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Military industrial complex money machine AND a way to ‘beta’ test things.

“Ukraine has become a testing ground for state-of-the-art weapons and information systems, and new ways to use them, that Western political officials and military commanders predict could shape warfare for generations to come,” write’s NYT’s Lara Jakes.
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A former Lithuanian president is quoted as saying, “We’re learning in Ukraine how to fight, and we’re learning how to use our NATO equipment,” adding, “It is shameful for me because Ukrainians are paying with their lives for these exercises for us.”

Yeah, no shit.”

‘US Empire Views Ukrainians And Russians As Lab Rats For Weapons Testing’
https://caitlinjohnstone.substack.com/p/us-empire-views-ukrainians-and-russians

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"“Ukraine has become a testing ground for state-of-the-art weapons and information systems, and new ways to use them, that Western political officials and military commanders predict could shape warfare for generations to come,” write’s NYT’s Lara Jakes."

I've read of the Spanish civil war in a similar manner. It might have been considered a practice run up to World War 2.