Trump just announced building Barracuda (kek) missiles, especially for Bolanda.https://x.com/clashreport/status/2074892301336232355The Barracuda missiles from Anduril look impressive on paper - low-cost ("only" $250k per unit in theory), autonomous, long-range (few hundred km) cruise missiles designed for mass production. However, Anduril is still a relatively young defense startup. While it has promising prototypes and deals (including with Poland), it lacks proven large-scale manufacturing experience and hasnt yet demonstrated full-rate production and rapid scaling. My bet is that USrael is going to suck Bolanda dry again, the missile cost will be inflated x10 and only few of them would be produced instead of thousands xD
This anime promo is so far the most real thing about this startup because it has no real products, only few prototypes xD
>>538580444>US needs more missiles to deter Chinadeter China from what?
>>538579686>$250k per unittributary payment + humiliation ritual
If this $250k price is real (doubt), it is still x6 cheaper than JASSM-ER, so a good deal. We will see xD
>>538579686The missiles will be produced in Poland and sold to other european coutnries it will be a great profit for Poland
>>538581058So far it looks good in theory. Flagship "Arsenal-1" factory located in Columbus, Ohio, 5-million-square-foot facility for $1 billion. Positioned as a "hyper-scale" manufacturing hub, it is specifically slated to begin producing the Barracuda systems by the end of 2026. They already operate a dedicated facility in Southern California (over 115,000 sq ft) with over $40 million invested. In Mississippi, they are building a facility for solid rocket motors, targeting an annual output of 6,000 tactical SRMs by late 2026. Unlike traditional cruise missiles, Barracuda was engineered from the ground up for manufacturability. Roughly 70% of its components are COTS and final assembly is designed to take only about 30 hours using just ten standard tools. Looks great in theory, we will see how it works in practice
>>538581940barracuda was designed to be produced in car factories looking from other accomplishment of the company i am sure it will perform
>>538581663>>538582163I have great doubts about anything coming from Mutts lately, especially if Poles are involved too xDAnyways, the sole idea is good. Looks like Amerimutts skipped to right conclusions after the Epstein Fury failure. But would they have enough refined rare earth and COTS to scale up so much and fast? Hard to tell. If China offered such a deal to Bolanda, i would be calm. But Mutts might struggle.
>>538581173$250k is real, the entire purpose is to be able to build them in any shop in the world as they only require 10 common tools to build, using mostly off the shelf parts
>>538582954US only imports 200 million worth of rare earths anybody who talks about it as US is going to run out of them is a brainlet monkey American equipment is still world class that's why they are world biggest arms exporter
>>538579686But what about with using low-cost, low-skill, Polack labour?
>>538583170Your “American made” military equipment btw
>>538583346this is some cope .jpg also don't use google translate it looks terrible
>>538583170The hard truth is that the US currently imports over 95% of its rare earths, with China controlling over 90% of heavy processing. For context, China recently cut off samarium (critical for missile magnets), forcing the DoD to scramble for stockpiles. The US is aggressively onshoring. MP Materials Mountain Pass mine is now producing more than ever, with the DoD locking in a 10-year, $110/kg minimum price deal and becoming a major shareholder. From 2027, defense systems are legally barred from using Chinese-sourced magnets. 70% COTS means Anduril can tap into vast commercial supply chains instead of bespoke military ones. But commercial electronics face obsolescence (short lifecycles), counterfeits and geopolitical disruptions. Competing for the same chips as iPhones means Anduril is vulnerable to the same shortages. The remaining 30% uses "competing open architecture designs from multiple suppliers", allowing quick swaps if a part goes obsolete so thats good. Production redundancy: parallel production across 6 sub-systems and motors that work with either US or allied suppliers so thats good too. The Poland deal is supposed to gradually integrate Polish and European components, diversifying the base beyond US sources.I think my gut feeling is right, tho. The US is pouring billions into breaking Chinas rare earth grip, but that transition takes years. Anduril is cleverly designing around these bottlenecks, but "clever design" doesnt magically create neodymium magnets or semiconductor fabs. The US might eventually get there, but hitting their ambitious 2026-2027 timelines while simultaneously scaling production and weaning off Chinese materials is an extraordinarily tall order. They are betting big, but success is far from a sure thing. My bet is that Bolanda will see like few hundred missiles (instead of thousands) up to 2030 and their price will be much higher than the promised one xD
>>538583478Are all Polish people illiterate? Or just the ones on here
>>538583569>My bet is that Bolanda will see like few hundred missiles (instead of thousands) up to 2030 and their price will be much higher than the promised one xDmy bet is totally opposite rare earths problem is only an economic one America can be china free when it comes to rare earths in next 5 years
>>538583846China could choke Western high-tech/defense production via processed materials and components where it holds 95%+ global capacity, faaaar beyond raw mining. Rare earth processing and permanent magnets: China +90% of separation/refining, 93% of NdFeB magnets (dysprosium, terbium for high-temp use). Essential for F-35 radars, missiles, submarine motors, EW systems, drones etc etc etc. West has almost zero capacity, rebuilding full chain (mines + toxic processing + specialized metallurgy) takes 20+ years. Chyna is 98% gallium. Critical for GaN/GaAs semiconductors in radars, 5G/6G, satellites, night vision, missiles. Export controls already used, so far only to ridicule/humiliate, not to kill. High-purity graphite and battery/anode materials - Chyna is again 80%+ production/processing. Vital for EV/military batteries, electronics. China dominates refining and synthetic grades.Tungsten, magnesium, antimony: 95%+ processing. Used in munitions, alloys, electronics, armor blah blah blah. China controls midstream (refining, separation, metallurgy) and downstream (magnets, precursors). These are skill-intensive, and capital-heavy. Decades of Western deindustrialization and niggerisation/jeetisation/muslimisation/faggotisation mean lost expertise, fabs, supply ecosystems and engineers. Rebuilding takes 15+ years even with subsidies - permitting, training, scaling, and qualifying for defense use add delays. Recent controls already disrupted F-35 lines and chip gases.
>>538584108you are wrong china already played their hand when it comes to rare earths and they blew it
>>538584216Current controls target niche materials (gallium/germanium), causing delays, not shutdowns. A full embargo on magnets or heavy rare earths would halt F-35s and munitions within months. China holds back because total cutoff would shatter its tech exports and force irreversible Western reindustrialization. So far China slapped the West delicatelly but it can also punch to kill xD
>>538584547the only thing china can do is to punch itself and die in the process
>>538583062>$250k is real, the entire purpose is to be able to build them in any shop in the world as they only require 10 common tools to build, using mostly off the shelf partsThe problem here is the subcomponents which are not produced by Anduril itself. They may be able to make 100 000 missiles per month, if but their subcontractor can only make 100 jet engines per month, Anduril is up shit creek. This is the problem with these horizontal systems integrators, they buy COTS components and screw them together into something, they dont make them. So when they say that they can scale, it completely depends on their subcontractors, and according to the current american invented and american spread MBA dogma, when there is any kind of shortage, its harvest time, crank the prices as much as possible and dont increase production because that will only result in you killing your own golden goose.
>>538584660Besides these barracudas are tiny. Few kg explosives, like 40 in the biggest version, no data about EW resistance, "quasi-stealth" to save the money, full of civilian electronics. Russians make their Gerans based on cheap Chinese jet engines and components too but these reactive ones cost $50k, they have similar range, 2-4x bigger warhead, and years of battlefield experience xD
>>538584846the components can be switched or they have a lot of suppliers Anduril has a barracuda version that uses only Japanese components so this is not an issue >>538584988Gerans are dogshit they can't be used from aircrafts and the most advanced version cost 800 thousand USA also they use normal explosive 45kg warhead in barracuda is the most advanced High explosives
>>538581058>EV graveyards
>>538585154>Gerans are dogshit they can't be used from aircrafts and the most advanced version cost 800 thousand USA also they use normal explosive 45kg warhead in barracuda is the most advanced High explosivesThe most advanced Geran-5 has 100kg warhead, 1000 km range, price $50k after scaling, $100k before scaling, battlefield proven already (vid-rel).
>>538585154Geran-5 supports versatile launch options. It can be deployed from traditional ground-based launchers and is being adapted for airborne platforms, notably the Su-25 attack aircraft. This air-launch capability extends its range and diversifies attack vectors.
>>538585418objectives of Polish army is to destroy russian army not Nova Poshta warehouses xDDDDD
>>538585547The warehouse on the vid was not Nova Poshta, it was "Megabaza" in Kharkiv, the biggest warehouse in the city and it really stored explosives judging from secondary explosions
>>538585755so russians are using their wunderwuffe Geran-5 to destroy something a Polish krab would reach?
>>538585932Gerans are expendable cheap kamikaze drones. Designed for saturation attacks where using cruise missiles is uneconomical.This is the swarm video of the year. Gerans obliterate some target one after another. Like 7 Geran-2 drones hit exactly the same target with pinpoint precision. This footage is actually rare because seen from 3rd person perspective. Drones as slow because they are piston-powered. No jet engines like in Geran 3/4/5.
>>538586321>This is the swarm video of the year. Gerans obliterate some target one after another. Like 7 Geran-2 drones hit exactly the same target with pinpoint precision. This footage is actually rare because seen from 3rd person perspective. Drones as slow because they are piston-powered. No jet engines like in Geran 3/4/5.so something syria and kurds would be able to build? not impressive at all
>>538586321One Geran-2 costs around $20k after scaling so very cheap
Anyways, the idea is good. Looks like Trump administration reads my posts on /pol/ and i inspired their desire for the cheap smart mass xD
>>538585932Russian drone strikes Ukrainian soldiers right the moment they stepped out of their vehicle on Kramatorsk direction. Would you like to become such a crispy bacon due to FPV robo-monster? Freshly busified and already injured/dead.
>>538583346"American made" by real "White Christian Americans" like Palmer Luckey (pic related)
>>538588579What happens when common Polacks, who hate Ukrainians, refuse to fight wars for Jews trying to genocide them and instead start attacking all of the local Jews? A lot of optimism that Goyim will come running to die in Jewish wars is based on misguided Jewish beliefs like "America will defeat Iran in 3 days" and other such nonsense.
>>538579686>Poland gets a new military hardware>the bolanda xd retard shits himselfClowns like you are great indicator that things are going in the right direction, despite the presence of german whore Tusk and his lackeys in the government.
>>538579686>16 posts by sweaty russian footwrapthings must be going well for Ukraine
>>538590856>start attacking all of the local Jews?There is no Jews in Bolanda (almost). Pollacks would just start killing each other while accusing each other of being Jews xD
>>538584660Don't downplay the danger from Chinks you dimwit. Brussels ruins European industry and pretends to be not a decaying retirement home, while Chinks are invading the market. If things keep going this way, we are going to have an American style "rust belt" spanning over several countries.
>>538591241>500K- 750K kikes imported from USSR to Polish Peoples Republic in 50s + their spawnMówi to coś panu panie ferdku?
>>538592123Most Jews in PRL were Polish, and true patriots: Jakub Berman, Julka Brystygierowa etc, all Poles who loved Polska Ludowa.
>>538592825lol kys
>>538593077Krwawa Luna was badass. She made eunuchs out of plenty Polish fascists/capitalists by crushing their genitals with a metal drawer. Sadly, she converted to catholicism right before her death. Horrible mistake destroying the legendary UB curriculum vitae.
>>538593355Salomon Morel to też wybitny polski patriota. Założył obóz koncentracyjny dla hanysów, trochę ich przetrzebił. Zasłużony towarzysz. Niestety solidaruchy się na niego uwzięły i musiał uciekać do Izraela w 1990 xD
>>538579686So which one of Trump's cronies or family members owns controlling interest in Anduril? I hope he's as goofy looking as the pool guy.
>>538594539Donald Trump Jr. firm, 1789 Capital, has taken a major stake in Anduril.
>>538594829Strong ties also exist via Palmer Luckey (Anduril founder, major Trump donor/supporter), Peter Thiel (Founders Fund) and JD Vance-linked funds.
>>538594829>>538594883Trump appointee/nominee Michael Obadal (Under Secretary of the Army) holds major Anduril stock too
>the xd nigger samefagging to keep his boring thread upyou could’ve just paid some poor jeet/chink a dollar or two to do the job if you care that much about fake engagement
