Guest Post: How One of Europe’s Smallest Countries Became NATO’s Precision Photonics Capital
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Lithuania’s 60‑year laser base becoming NATO’s precision photonics hub is another data point that deep-tech clusters form around long-term scientific compounding, not just recent capital. If you rely on advanced optics or photonics — from sensing to quantum-adjacent hardware — assume more of the strategic supply chain and talent will concentrate in a few such defense-aligned regions.
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