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Bare fiber (core + cladding) is quite easy to break in compression. It's brittle and prone to fracture under shear + pressure, just like any other piece of glass.
There's no intention to pick these strands up after use, it's a single use device. Once it leaves the spool it never goes back in. In the cold math of warfare a 1-way $3-5k device is worth much more than a lada filled with food and water if that delivery never makes it to the front. Moreso for an IFV, fixed artillery, AA, or drone operator.
These systems can operate as reconnaissance with reusable drones, however, the fiber spool is by design single use.
And yeah, that shit hurts when it's imbedded under your skin. And it's going to persist in the environment for years afterward. War is like that.