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both sides are using fiber optic controls because they're using modded hobby grade drones which don't have phased array antennas, and fiber is far cheaper than a phased array antenna on a drone which is disposable.

But the next gen of drones will have phased arrays because they're things that are hard to design, and expensive to make a small quantity of, but when you start making 10M+ drones, they become cheap, and obviously have more utility than fiber.



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