you cant even see a circuit board here
do you know how pcbs are produced?
because they are dirt cheap
Does it actually have anything? Seems empty to me
they are dirt cheap to buy in bulk, but for a one of custom PCB its not
or cheap to buy a mass produced one
i dont see any fake PCB’s
Just because there is a genuine pcb doesn’t mean its presenting a finalised design nor has any code for the seeker’s operation
a kh38 style missile, seeker a bit tilted like the IIR version, but doesnt look anything close to a IIR seeker
fake pcbs are cheaper to produce than a real one while giving near identical looks and weights to a finished product. its commonly done for testing or sales purposes everywhere in the world in any place that a pcb exists military or not.
phones in a phone shop for example are usually dud systems or severeley cut down in circuitry for demo purposes only
building a single high quality mockup is also expensive
and for a single one of pcb you would likely pay around 10$ without shipping
then zoom in brother…
bro… guess what, making a PCB LOOK the same as a real one, does not mean you made a REAL PCB. fake ones ditch the solderings, many of the internal connections and capacitors and resistors
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different mockup
looks like a block of dark metal with silver blobs
how would you test a missile with non functional hardware?
10$ is a very low end estimate but having the people already making a mockup just make a fake on with it is much cheaper than a real PCB
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:facepalm:
okay, does that mean its a real seeker?
nyet broski
nyet
The picture alone is not enough evidence to support such claims; at most, it only suggests that it may have undergone more research
photolithography. pretty simple stuff that you can do in a shed. however adding capacators and chipsets still costs more than a bare board for a mockup
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thats the reflection of the expo/ airshow
why would you need to do that for a mockup?
nobody that is going to see it wouldnt even know if it makes sense or not, because they are likely not engineers
I get where you are coming from but its not necessary to include those additional bad faith comments
finnaly a bit sensible claim
I should clarify “more research” doesn’t mean its reached testing or is even close just more advanced than a basic idea