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Fortune
Jason Ma

Ukraine will have the most important defense industrial base in the free world, former CIA chief predicts

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The transformation of warfare since Russia invaded Ukraine four years ago is also changing how countries must adapt their defense industries, and Kyiv is leading the way, according to former CIA director, retired Gen. David Petraeus.

In an interview with World at Stake earlier this week, he called Ukraine the “arsenal of democracy,” a term first used to describe the U.S. during World War II as it sustained allies with weapons and supplies.

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