We went back to Ukraine and were stunned at how much its weapons have evolved in just one year
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Wartime Ukraine is showing how fast defense tech can iterate when feedback loops are brutally tight and survival-linked. Civilian operators should pay attention to that tempo—product cycles measured in months, not years, are now proven feasible under pressure.
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