Rebuilding Ukraine’s Defense Industrial Base
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Some thoughts on Ukraine’s DIB:
Military-industrial production is hardly new to Ukraine. In fact, Ukraine was a critical regional cog in the Russian defense industry, stretching back to the days of the Russian Empire.
The Russian defense industry of the early 20th century was primitive relative to its European counterparts, but its development accelerated rapidly with the onset of World War I, and its Ukrainian components continued to increase in size and sophistication despite the disruptions of the Russian Civil War and World War II.
Many of the largest and most sophisticated warships built in both the Imperial and Soviet periods were constructed and fitted out at the great shipyards in Mykolaiv, along the Black Sea coast.
This column was inspired by and built upon a comment left by a contributor here, but I failed utterly to record the name of the commenter and could not find the original comment. If you know who deserves credit, please note in comments!
UPDATE: It was Leeward Mountain!