Name: Anduril's New "Arsenal 1" Arms Factory: Selling Fear of China to Profit at "Hyperscale"
Uploaded: 2025-01-22T11:36:21+00:00
Duration: 47 min 28 s
Description: “For Americans convinced by Luckey’s rhetoric that China truly is an urgent threat to them and their way of life, it is actually Palmer Luckey, Anduril, and other companies and individuals like them d

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“For Americans convinced by Luckey’s rhetoric that China truly is an urgent threat to them and their way of life, it is actually Palmer Luckey, Anduril, and other companies and individuals like them demanding America “leverage the whole of the nation” by diverting resources needed to thrive at home, toward efforts to antagonize and coerce other nations abroad.

This results in transferring the wealth of the American people toward Palmer Luckey’s over-priced weapons and ultimately toward his next new home, rather than toward better education, healthcare, and infrastructure for the average American man, woman, or child.

In the end, Palmer Luckey and Anduril pose a much greater threat in reality to the average American and their way of life, than any threat China is claimed to pose in fiction.”

References:

NEO - Anduril’s “Arsenal 1” and “Rebuilding the Arsenal of Democracy” (January 22, 2025):
https://journal-neo.su/2025/01/21/andurils-arsenal-1-and-rebuilding-the-arsenal-of-democracy/
CSIS - Missiles of China:
https://missilethreat.csis.org/country/china/
Air and Space Forces Magazine - DOD’s New China Report Details CCP’s Growing Military Arsenal (Oct. 2023):
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/new-dod-report-china-growing-military-missile/
CSIS - Unpacking China’s Naval Buildup (Jun. 2024):
https://www.csis.org/analysis/unpacking-chinas-naval-buildup
SCMP - World-class production lines speed up deliveries of China’s J-20 stealth jet fighter (Nov. 2022):
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3200826/world-class-production-lines-speed-deliveries-chinas-j-20-stealth-jet-fighter
Defense News - China unveils J-35A and other new fighters at Zhuhai Airshow (Nov. 2024):
https://www.defensenews.com/global/asia-pacific/2024/11/13/china-unveils-j-35a-and-other-new-fighters-at-zhuhai-airshow/
Bloomberg Technology (YouTube) - Anduril Founder Luckey on Building a New Ohio Plant, an IPO, Working With Trump (Jan. 17, 2025):
https://youtu.be/T72DfPEBn0A?si=baQ8bW7scjpDu2PJ
Forbes - Billionaire Palmer Luckey Unveils A New Jet-Powered Drone — And It Looks Bonkers (Dec. 2023):
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeremybogaisky/2023/12/01/billionaire-palmer-luckey-anduril-drone/?sh=2f446d386b3f
The War Zone - What Does A Shahed-136 Really Cost? (Feb. 2024):
https://www.twz.com/news-features/what-does-a-shahed-136-really-cost
Bloomberg Television (YouTube) - China is afraid of us, says Anduril founder (Sep. 2024):
https://youtu.be/nS5jAx6UICg?si=c1p6htAxyaRzsdup
US State Department - U.S. Relations With Taiwan (May 2022):
https://www.state.gov/u-s-relations-with-taiwan/
Tech Crunch - From $19M to $1.5M, here’s how much Anduril pays top execs like Palmer Luckey in cash and stock (Nov. 2024):
https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/26/anduril-salaries-palmer-luckey-other-execs-how-much-do-they-make/
TWZ - The Rise of Fury (Sep. 2023):
https://www.twz.com/the-rise-of-fury