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It has less problems than welding, which can break wires in cases of extreme acceleration and vibration and/or shock. There’s big gold-plated multi-contact pads under those plates. We use a torque wrench obviously.
They have to be tested and serviced regularly according to schedule, and any sub-par cells replaced, sometimes in the field (if you drew a short straw)
Judging from the shape, one might assume that it powers some kind of electronics package that comes in a very large metal tube that can “find things” and is rapidly self-propelled, and a “failure is not an option” reliability.