Since early 2025, media outlets aligned with both the junta regime and anti-junta militias have published imagery documenting the use of fiber-optic-guided FPV drones and improvised loitering munitions in combat. These outlets have primarily shown seized or intercepted systems, including FPV drone platforms equipped with fiber-optic cable spools, as well as fiber-optic-guided FPV racing drones modified as improvised loitering munitions.
The emergence of fiber-optic-guided UAVs in Myanmar suggests increasing efforts by rival forces to circumvent radio-frequency jamming systems.
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