Fiber optics

Life finds a way: Ukrainian bird builds nest with cables from fiber-optic explosive drones

The nest appeared to combine grass with thin strands of optical fiber, a material increasingly scattered across areas where Russian and Ukrainian forces operate first-person-view drones. 

|BySHIR PERETS
A bird eats an ashberry on a cold winter day in central Lviv, Ukraine January 6, 2017.
Members of the Metula civilian security squad search the area following the fall of an Iron Dome interceptor missile and reports of a drone infiltration near the Israel-Lebanon border, June 01, 2026.

Robel Innovation unveils “Black Raven” counter‑drone system shaped by frontline experience

The system emerged directly from the operational experiences of its own employees who have faced the threat of Hezbollah's fiber-optic drones on the battlefield

|ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Members of the Metula civilian security squad search the area following the fall of an Iron Dome interceptor missile and reports of a drone infiltration near the Israel-Lebanon border, June 01, 2026.

Hezbollah likely obtained drones capable of attacking deep into n. Israel, defense officials fear

According to defense officials, the introduction of this capability would pose a significant threat to the entire north, specifically exposing strategic infrastructure and other sensitive sites.

|ByAMIR BOHBOT
An IDF drone during a training exercise near the Syrian border, northern Golan Heights, June 26, 2025; illustrative.

Israel's defense industry races to develop defenses against Hezbollah's deadly fiber-optic drones

Among the solutions proposed by the defense industries are systems for kinetic interception and energy-based systems, including one that uses electromagnetic force designed to capture the drone.

|ByAVI ASHKENAZI

Knesset Cabinet approves fiber optics enterprise

In areas where fiber optics have been introduced, the number of start-ups increased by 5%, the cost of living fell drastically and peripheral areas were significantly strengthened.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020ByYOAZ HENDEL
COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER and Derech Eretz Party chairman Yoaz Hendel.

Cable-X case heads to Complex Business Litigation court

Florida judge to decide whether to hear or dismiss case over alleged swindling of Israeli businessman by partners.

JUNE 27, 2017ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Fiber optics

Israeli-owned Dutch company in legal battle over fiber optics in Miami

Cable-X BV is said to hold the exclusive patent rights to use technology that enables construction companies to convert older underground cables to fiber optics

JUNE 20, 2017ByJPOST.COM STAFF
A worker holding a fiber optic cable