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torginusyesterday at 6:28 PM1 replyview on HN

I was thinking you could run a fiber optic cable. Those have proven themselves to work over 10s of miles in Ukraine with drones.


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beedeebeedeeyesterday at 7:59 PM

That’s an interesting idea. I think the fiber optics for drones works because it is only used once over a short period of time. It seems like a cable connected to a mine could be easily disrupted by dragging an anchor with a small robot boat.

And as another commenter noted, mines get moved by currents, so the cable could get tangled and snap.

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