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The Department of War just shot the accountants and opted for speed

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287 points ridruejo | 2 comments | 11 Nov 25 14:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.511s | source
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chiph ◴[11 Nov 25 21:14 UTC] No.45892948[source]▶
> Design For Rapid Scale In a Crisis

One of the things that I think Anduril (Palmer Luckey and other founders) is doing right is designing for manufacturability. The invasion of Ukraine has shown that future conflicts will use up weapons at a very high pace. And that the US capability to build them at the rate needed to sustain conflict isn't there anymore. But that one thing that could help is making them easier to build. (the decline of US manufacturing is a related but separate topic)

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Y-bar ◴[11 Nov 25 23:59 UTC] No.45894589[source]▶
What’s up with Maga people using LotR names for their military/panopticon companies?

Anduril, Palantir, Lembas have I seen so far.

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1. JoshTriplett ◴[12 Nov 25 00:32 UTC] No.45894876[source]▶
Lembas seems unrelated to the MIC, or is there some investor or board member in common?

(EDIT: thanks to a reply for researching; it is the same people.)

As for the rest, I think because it's many of the same people and the same VCs.

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2. Y-bar ◴[12 Nov 25 00:41 UTC] No.45894965[source]▶
Lembas LLC is owned by Peter Thiel.