Dino Mavrukis
Co-founder, Saronic · Former Navy SEAL (SEAL Team 6)
“The United states can build 100,000 gross tons of ships every year. ... The Chinese ... can build 23 million gross tons. So they can outbuild the US 230 to 1.”
“A destroyer, naval Destroyer costs about $3 billion. ... you can field about 96 VLS tubes. ... We're going to be building 20 marauders per year ... 16 VLS tubes ... 320 VLS tubes per year as opposed to 15.”
“When you look at the overall Defense Department of War's budget, 1%, 1% goes to autonomous systems. That's not nearly enough.”
“we're proud to announce that we found that in Brownsville, Texas. ... 800 acre plot ... scale that to 4,000 acres. ... 10,000 jobs over the next 10 years.”
Dino Mavrukis
One-line summary: Saronic co-founder; first-party source on US/China shipbuilding gap, Marauder VLS unit economics, Port Alpha, and the 1% autonomy-budget constraint.
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On china-shipbuilding-gap-to-autonomous-naval-mass, defense-industrial-base-magazine-depth:
"The United states can build 100,000 gross tons of ships every year. ... The Chinese ... can build 23 million gross tons. So they can outbuild the US 230 to 1." — 2026-08-15-all-in-podcast-saronic-founders-autonomous-warships-chinas (2026-08-05)
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On china-shipbuilding-gap-to-autonomous-naval-mass, defense-industrial-base-magazine-depth:
"A destroyer, naval Destroyer costs about $3 billion. ... you can field about 96 VLS tubes. ... We're going to be building 20 marauders per year ... 16 VLS tubes ... 320 VLS tubes per year as opposed to 15." — 2026-08-15-all-in-podcast-saronic-founders-autonomous-warships-chinas (2026-08-05)
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On china-shipbuilding-gap-to-autonomous-naval-mass, defense-industrial-base-magazine-depth:
"When you look at the overall Defense Department of War's budget, 1%, 1% goes to autonomous systems. That's not nearly enough." — 2026-08-15-all-in-podcast-saronic-founders-autonomous-warships-chinas (2026-08-05)
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On china-shipbuilding-gap-to-autonomous-naval-mass:
"we're proud to announce that we found that in Brownsville, Texas. ... 800 acre plot ... scale that to 4,000 acres. ... 10,000 jobs over the next 10 years." — 2026-08-15-all-in-podcast-saronic-founders-autonomous-warships-chinas (2026-08-05)
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