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The New Economics and Investibility of Defence
Blain’s Morning Porridge 16th December, 2025: The New Economics and Investibility of Defence
“The war was started by career soldiers, but will be finished by teachers, engineers and accountants.”
Ukraine has demonstrated massive changes in how future wars will be fought. Yet, the military bureaucracies of Western Nations are mired in the procurement-treacle of 80 years of peacetime spending. It’s time for radical overhaul, and an explosion of private-funding to build a stronger Western economy through aggressive deterrence.
One of the big market themes I’ve been drawn to is the rising threat…
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