光导纤维,一种在通用长途通信中已证明了其实用价值的技术,正开始显露出它的优势。它不仅是减少飞机、船只及飞行器机载通信和数据总线所需复杂电缆的一种手段;而且由于光波通信极好的特性而有利于武器制导。光纤的军事应用首先是导线制导或“系留”导弹、鱼雷和光纤传感器。 Optical fiber, a technology that has proven its worth in general long-distance communications, is beginning to show its advantages. It is not only a means of reducing the complex cabling required for airborne, marine and aircraft airborne communications and data buses; it also facilitates weapon guidance due to the excellent properties of optical communications. The military applications of optical fibers are first lead-guided or “tethered” missiles, torpedoes and optical fiber sensors.