OCT 09
Ukraine's best weapon is adaptation
Ukraine has relearned how to build cheap weapons in volume and improve them in days. The United States has the capital Ukraine lacks. Each needs the other.
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Perspectives is written by PB Research, Data & Analytics with occasional principal bylines.
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SEP 08
Europe, Ukraine, and Sovereignty in Low Earth Orbit
One European rocket reached orbit this month. The harder layers are being built by different governments, through different instruments, at the same time.
AUG 27
DALO Dispatch: The Half-Life of Relevance
Adaptation has become the decisive variable in what a frontline system is worth. Western acquisition still prices them as though it hasn't.
AUG 26
Opacity & Ukraine's Defense Tech Market
Why the world's best combat-proven defense tech attracts almost no private capital, and what outside investors actually face in Ukraine.
AUG 20
Ukraine's Wartime Export Regime
Ukraine has reopened defense exports and put a steep, state-set price on them. The price, and how it's charged, is where Ukraine shows its intent.
AUG 19
The Fiber Optic Squeeze
Fiber optic drones beat jamming on the cheap. The cable that makes them unjammable is now the expensive, hard-to-get part, and the economics have turned.