Tech hobbyist makes shoulder-mounted guided missile prototype with $96 in parts and a 3D printer — DIY MANPADS includes assisted targeting, ballistics calculations, optional camera for tracking

Quite the feat...

Tom's Hardware
I know we have been on this path for a while. I checked and Chris Anderson started DIY drones in 2007 https://3drpilots.com/threads/a-message-from-chris-anderson-founder-diy-drones.10174/ so nearly 20 years
A message from Chris Anderson, Founder, DIY Drones

From: Chris Anderson Date: May 24, 2017 at 8:58:18 AM GMT+10 To: Subject: A message from Chris Anderson, Founder, DIY Drones Reply-To: [email protected] 3dr_header.png feature-image-5.png Dear DIY Drones Member, I founded the DIY Drones community ten years ago, in April...

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@z303 reminds me of the YouTuber (at a guess Xyla Foxlin) who was trying to get help from various scientists to break the home built rocket record, with extra bells and whistles, but kept getting push back and couldn’t work out why.

Then a friendly NASA engineer pointed out that what she doing was asking how to build an ICMB, and the the FBI might be round any day.

@tamonten At least it wasn't a nuclear reactor in the basement
@z303 that’s a bit passé by now. Everyone’s done that and thumbnailed it with the shock face and clickbait title.