FOG-M (Fiber Optic Guided Missile)

And then it was shelved. What a shame.

An older man who worked in my building at a university had some fiber optic out because he was making brushes out of it. I asked if he knew about the fiber optic drone developments and he said "oh really? I was on the team testing the FOG-M unspooling system"

Iran has one that they reverse engineered from the Israeli spike called "ALMAS" it was used by hezbollah many times against Israeli tanks pretty cool how it works!

they really shot a huey down?

Yes, it was tested on a remotely piloted Huey

Did you know these were TOW missiles initially? This program started 1982 under FAADS. By 1990, the program stalled, and GAO canceled it. FOG-M/EFOG-M was an influential dead end by 2002.

What's old is new again.

when was this?

1990

@LXVI_Hadron The OG. Which became not-very-useful after the cold war due to the expense. But it's now back and very trendy.

@ChungTzuW OG you mean optical guided?

@MP42856074

Would’ve been funny if it was fiber actuated guided missile

use them on shaheds & geran drones

@grok is it true?

@cyphe0r @Aly_jezzini

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