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kamranjontoday at 3:20 PM1 replyview on HN

For those interested there is an open source radar based phased array project here: https://github.com/NawfalMotii79/PLFM_RADAR

I may have even discovered it from hacker news, I forget now.


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kklisuratoday at 4:14 PM

I remember seeing this on HN when it was first submitted. I honestly think that project is either a scam, an elaborate hoax, a cover for a Chinese company selling radar systems or a three-letter-agency honeypot.

The files [1], [2], [3] on Github (once featured on README and on some articles) depict what I presume is a Chinese built radar which you can see here [4], [5]. I also suspect this might be a honeypot since Instagram - of all places - is full of accounts offering these radars [6], [7]. Some of the contributors on that projects are heavily leaning into AI. Git project history is suspicious. Discussions on the issues seem very artificial. I remember having bunch of notes on this project, but can't find it now. Just looking at it from outside, nothing about it seems real.

[1] https://github.com/NawfalMotii79/PLFM_RADAR/blob/main/docs/a...

[2] https://github.com/NawfalMotii79/PLFM_RADAR/blob/main/docs/a...

[3] https://github.com/NawfalMotii79/PLFM_RADAR/blob/main/docs/a...

[4] https://www.cloudwalkerfpv.com/product/CW-t20.html

[5] https://www.militarysignaljammer.com/supplier-4701497-survei...

[6] https://www.instagram.com/cloudwalker_radar/

[7] https://www.instagram.com/radar_lisa88/