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From Lebanon’s Drones to AI, Robotics and Moon Missions: The Fiber Optic Age

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28.05.2026

From Israblog to the Battlefield: Israel’s Fiber Optic Revolution.

As Israel now faces drones connected by fiber-optic cables — a technology capable of challenging even the “Startup Nation” — I was reminded of something I wrote nearly 20 years ago.

In June 2006, I published my very first post on the old Israblog platform. Its purpose was to draw public attention to what at the time sounded almost like science fiction in Israel: broadband communication through fiber-optic infrastructure.

To promote the idea, I launched a blog called FTTH Israel — Fiber To The Home Israel — dedicated to raising awareness about bringing fiber optics directly into Israeli homes and businesses.

Back then, I wrote that fiber........

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