A Trident II D5 missile launched from an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine during a test launch. John Kowalski/US Navy Photo The Pentagon is betting on relative newcomers like Anduril to mass-produce cheap missiles for future wars. US officials are chasing low-cost cruise missiles and low-cost hypersonics amid stockpile concerns. The push explores whether "disruptive new entrants" can scale weapons production fast enough for war. The Pentagon is preparing to test low-cost missiles from a handful of "disruptive" defense tech companies in hopes of rapidly scaling the US military's stockpile of affordable cruise and hypersonic missiles. The Department of Defense announced agreements Wednesday with four companies — Anduril, CoAspire, Leidos, and Zone 5 Technologies — to launch the "Low-Cost Containerized Missiles " (LCCM) program aimed at producing large numbers of cheap cruise missiles. Another defense startup, Castelion, will support the development and production of low-cost hypersonic weapons.…