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Sadly, we can't even make simple drones. I hope everyone loves their cheap Walmart soda and toys. This is the cost for all of that.
1 posted on 08/11/2025 10:05:05 AM PDT by whyilovetexas111
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It can be done if we make the commitment.


2 posted on 08/11/2025 10:07:03 AM PDT by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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The root of the problem is a nearly extinct domestic manufacturing base, leaving the U.S. unable to produce drones at scale without relying on Chinese components.

Somebody should tell Adam Smith.

3 posted on 08/11/2025 10:07:24 AM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”)
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This is one of issues with liberalism, they create so many rules and roadblocks, either thru legislation, rules by Administrative agencies and rogue Judges that nothing important gets done.

We can’t build drones because of rules and regulations, power generation plants either gas or nuclear take years and cost billions, military equipment can’t get built efficiently, nothing can be built or can’t be built cost effectively.


5 posted on 08/11/2025 10:09:07 AM PDT by srmanuel
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A few aggressive, patriotic businessmen could fix that in 6-12 months.


6 posted on 08/11/2025 10:11:50 AM PDT by ComputerGuy
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The root of the problem is a nearly extinct domestic manufacturing base, leaving the U.S. unable to produce drones at scale without relying on Chinese components.

The root of the problem is a nearly extinct domestic manufacturing base, leaving the U.S. unable to produce _____ at scale without relying on Chinese components.

7 posted on 08/11/2025 10:12:54 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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That’s because the US gov’t has over-taxed and over-regulated the US economy. Look what happened in Chile and Ireland when they cut businesses taxes—their economies exploded with growth rates unseen in other countries. Yet, Leftist say: “Tax the corporations!”. Where do these dolts think the corporations get the money to pay those taxes? It from the consumer, you idiot! Cut the tax rates and watch the companies grow as they hire more new workers. And with that comes economic growth as the economic pie grows. And with a growing economy, even if your slice of the pie stays the same, it’s now a larger pie and you enjoy a rising standard of living. But, since that’s a good thing, the Left will fight it to the death.


9 posted on 08/11/2025 10:14:31 AM PDT by econjack
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Interesting, from your website:
"...a non-ideological lens. That means we publish all ideas and analyses–we are not a ‘conservative’ or ‘progressive’ website."
Sorry mate. I'm most assuredly "ideological" and conservative.
10 posted on 08/11/2025 10:15:28 AM PDT by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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He found we don’t have dies to make necessary tools, molds to mass produce templates, tools to assemble and construct subcomponents, nor people with the necessary knowledge and experience to manufacture products.

I'm not so sure about that. Mike Rowe has a series on Fox, "How America Works," and one episode was made at ChannelLock, Inc. I am certain that the expertise exists and only needs the appropriate investment to make happen.

BTW, has Mike received the Medal of Freedom? He certainly deserves it.

11 posted on 08/11/2025 10:17:34 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (First, I was a clinger, then deplorable, now I'm garbage. Feel the love? )
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Perhaps we could send a team over to a drone factory in Ukraine to see how it’s done.


12 posted on 08/11/2025 10:20:06 AM PDT by ryderann
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FR static thinking. The USA doesn't have X so therefore the USA can never make X. Like their is some kind of force field over the USA preventing anything from changing.
15 posted on 08/11/2025 10:25:35 AM PDT by central_va (The I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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Any war between AMerica and China will be decided by who can make the most drones both fast and cheap. The quality of the drone will be important to an extent. But quality can be overridden by price and speed to quantity. If I can make them fast I can give every solder a number of drones. I can swarm my opponent. I can see everything. If I can do it cheaply I don’t worry about priorities. Its not a tank or drone its both. And drones are a quick delivery method for many attack techs. I need a gun, or a laser, or a camera, or a missile, or a bomb, I can do it with a drone. Or I can do it with lots of drones. The biggest issue is battery tech. Smaller lighter is best. Right now china can make more faster, higher quality and cheaper than we can by about a thousand fold. Thats a problem.


17 posted on 08/11/2025 10:27:02 AM PDT by poinq (thics and customs and did not take an oath to the country. And did not follow the country's traditio)
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It’s unimportant where the chip capacitors are made than the microcomputer and the software that control it are “made”.

Oversimplification.


24 posted on 08/11/2025 10:35:50 AM PDT by bigbob (If thou doth eff around, thou wilt findeth out)
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America’s best and brightest are all going into either Wall Street and America’s bloated, debt-fed financialization industry, or social-media and what is effectively tracking/marketing software.

In Russia and China, their young engineers are sent to industries that produce things.

Sorry to break it to everyone, but that will never be fixed under our present fiat, debt-based, Federal Reserve monetary system.


28 posted on 08/11/2025 10:40:32 AM PDT by PGR88
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Y’all dance around this!
America’s problem is Democrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We fought a war with them, we beat them, a man foolishly
forgave them, they killed him, and now we have to deal with them again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To fix our problem, we just need to convince a small proportion of our population to leave.
Liberal white women and a few black liberals.
Then we “re-man” our Media and all our lives will be improved.
Are Y’all smart enough to catch how easy my solution is?


31 posted on 08/11/2025 10:43:21 AM PDT by rellic (No such thing as a moderate Moslem or Democrat )
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Don’t tell Palmer Lucky.

He doesn’t realize that we can’t make drones in the USA.

https://www.anduril.com/hardware/ghost-autonomous-suas/


32 posted on 08/11/2025 10:46:01 AM PDT by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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There are numerous American players and start-ups in the marketplace including RedCat, Unusual Machines, and others. And there's government and investment money flowing to them to help them scale-up production. This issue will be fixed in the short-to-medium term.

In the meantime, the investment market for American drone manufacturers is hot and getting hotter.
35 posted on 08/11/2025 10:49:25 AM PDT by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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“”The root of the problem is a nearly extinct domestic manufacturing base, leaving the U.S.””

The root of the problem is leftist Democrats... ie the Marxist liars that have driven manufacturing out of the country via labor unions, demanding higher and higher wages, their war on corporate America, and via stifling regulations, along with their stupid green energy BS. All done to aid and abet their real loyalties... which does not include the USA. Unless or until these cretins are dealt with appropriately... the problem will persist.

Trump is trying, but he is getting resistance even from those supposedly on his side. We need to fix that, somehow, some way. Making the stupid half of America aware of these issues would be a good start.


38 posted on 08/11/2025 10:51:17 AM PDT by Danie_2023
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I’m sure my great-grandma (born 1890’s) thought airplanes were impossible, not to mention people landing on the moon.


51 posted on 08/11/2025 11:07:30 AM PDT by Buttons12 ( )
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Surely with modern CNC equipment, tooling and dies can be made with extreme efficiency. Additionally, plastic injection molding has come a long way.


54 posted on 08/11/2025 11:11:15 AM PDT by LastDayz (A Blunt and Brazen Texan. I Will Not Be Assimilated.)
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55 posted on 08/11/2025 11:11:58 AM PDT by sauropod (Make sure Satan has to climb over a lot of Scripture to get to you. John MacArthur Ne supra crepidam)
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