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Defence firms in Ukraine make new weapons much faster and cheaper than most Western companies
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Shashank Joshi, our defence editor, says survival on the front line is anything but simple

They win only if governments want just enough weapons—but not too many

A deployment to Ukraine and a row with America could upend plans

Marketing and human-resources departments are key

Most are too expensive, and irrelevant to the kind of war Russia is waging

Shashank Joshi, our defence editor, invites a Ukrainian drone expert to write a guest edition