Ukraine Urges Civilians to Build FPV Drones at Home You cannot win a war by such desperate measures, especially not if there is already a large & growing gap between Ukrainian & Russian industry;
This idea of distributed manufacturing shouldn't be dismissed though, it has been used in the past, including in the UK during WW2 - but it wouldn't have helped the UK win if its allies (US-Soviet Union) didn't already have the massive advantage in industrial output they did;
Instead of (or in addition to) networking ordinary people, universities, vocational schools, & industry with extra capacity could be used to boost output of key items;
As manufacturing technology advances, (3D printing, CNC milling/laser cutting), distributed manufacturing becomes increasingly viable for a wide range of applications;
If Ukraine has any success, Russia could simply do it too, but with a population many times larger than Ukraine;
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