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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: 0.666s | 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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1. bootsmann ◴[12 Nov 25 10:07 UTC] No.45898371[source]▶
Is this just their marketing language or have they independently verified this? IIRC their interceptors got absolutely rinsed at trials in Alaska so I’d be very wary of their claims at this point.
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2. ntonozzi ◴[12 Nov 25 17:34 UTC] No.45903034[source]▶
Could you share more information about the trials in Alaska? I can't track down the results you're talking about.