Yes, all of those are to everyone’s knowledge mockups and not functional.
Here is an image of Eurofighter with IRIS-T and METEOR missiles from 2001:
Meteors first test fire was done in 2006, before then there was no proof of the missile even functioning. Despite that it had already sold thousands of missiles years before first test fire.
IRIS-T had it’s first test fire in 2003.
The missiles presence on a showroom floor tells you absolutely nothing on it’s practical functionality or even actual existence. For all we know the images you show might be completely empty plastic cases with a TV seeker at the front to make it look more appealing to potential buyers.
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I do want to clarify that i’m not saying that they aren’t capable of building it or even if they have built it or not. The only thing i personally know as of now is that there is no evidence that they ever did have a functional missile, that evidence might exist, but i haven’t seen it and that is what a vast majority of users in this thread is looking for.
And honestly, i actually personally don’t care either way. The only thing i’ve strived for in this thread so far is that everyone arguing should be on the same page of what evidence does or does not exist, after that everyone is completely free to have whatever opinion they want.
Well the missile already existed, it’s just a seeker swap correct? So it’s a debate truly over whether or not the seeker is currently in service or exists?
I’ve seen things that suggest the seeker is being used in small numbers, and does exist. They have been deployed according to 2 sources, none of which I can link due to:
Being politically a problem in the current climate of Europe
Well, there is verified evidence that SRAAMs have actually had multiple test firings. So whilst they are a prototype weapon that was canceled before entering service, they did at least exist in their entirity and were functional. Which is likely the bare minimum requirement for a weapon system to be added.
