The US has atrophied in manufacturing capability over the last 30 years by offshoring production to lower-cost locations like China, which has now developed advanced tooling and manufacturing know-how that would be difficult to replicate even with labor cost parity.

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Trey Stevens

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We've atrophied massively in our manufacturing chops... even if there was complete labor cost parody, we still don't have the ability to just magically reshore

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Inside Anduril: Exclusive HQ Tour w/ Palmer Luckey, Brian Schimpf, Matt Grimm & Trae StephensSourcery with Molly O'Shea
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:36:11 PM

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