What happens to the wire after launching a fly-by-wire missile?

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What happens to the wire after launching a fly-by-wire missile?

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The wire is discarded, and as you can imagine it can become a hazard.

During training teams have to go out of the range with a spool and collect the wire for disposal exactly for this reason. You don’t want a fiber optic cable laying around for something to snag.

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