I don't know...
some are/seems older than others... not that's indicating which is the first one.
As with other designs... when something works... suddenly people from same or other country clone that stuff...
we see that everyday.
Today is an accepted fact... though there are still copyright and patent issues worldwide... that it's easy and cheap manifacturing stuff in countries like today China, and tolerate they will copy/clone devices and schematics.
Happened with so many things! That's and enstablished rule now... for many companies to tolerate that approach cause they can produce things for just a small fraction of what they had to spend in Europe or US/Canada or Japan.
Some companies, instead, like to do all in house... usually those companies sell stuff at higher prices and have really strict quality control chain.
Also, the divide et impera approach still works... so can make e.g. just pcb in a place... then assembly/tune stuff in house and the like.
Anyway, bulk production of cheap stuff is usually a target for cloners worldwide... that's why we have all that dang chinese MDs on the market for just 30eurs or something.
The XR-71 cloning is old stuff... maybe started as low end production in eastern countries of western made thing, but who can say for sure ?
Just original designer and people who cloned stuff I think.
Kind regards,
Max
some are/seems older than others... not that's indicating which is the first one.
As with other designs... when something works... suddenly people from same or other country clone that stuff...
we see that everyday.
Today is an accepted fact... though there are still copyright and patent issues worldwide... that it's easy and cheap manifacturing stuff in countries like today China, and tolerate they will copy/clone devices and schematics.
Happened with so many things! That's and enstablished rule now... for many companies to tolerate that approach cause they can produce things for just a small fraction of what they had to spend in Europe or US/Canada or Japan.
Some companies, instead, like to do all in house... usually those companies sell stuff at higher prices and have really strict quality control chain.
Also, the divide et impera approach still works... so can make e.g. just pcb in a place... then assembly/tune stuff in house and the like.
Anyway, bulk production of cheap stuff is usually a target for cloners worldwide... that's why we have all that dang chinese MDs on the market for just 30eurs or something.

The XR-71 cloning is old stuff... maybe started as low end production in eastern countries of western made thing, but who can say for sure ?
Just original designer and people who cloned stuff I think.

Kind regards,
Max
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