According to Business Insider, Russian forces can no longer destroy Ukrainian military factories despite intense attacks. The reason is a radical strategic shift: instead of relying on a few large, centralized plants, Ukrainian defense companies are distributing production across numerous small sites – often in various European countries. This approach is intended to become the standard for the entire European defense industry, the report says.
Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Davyd Aloyan, told Business Insider: “Some countries should definitely do this.” Representatives of the defense industry share this assessment. The head of Ark Robotics, who goes by the pseudonym Achi for security reasons, said his company deliberately avoids building large “gigafactories” to avoid becoming a lucrative target. Ark Robotics, based in Estonia with an engineering center in Kyiv, develops drones, ground robots, and software for autonomous systems. The teams work in several European countries, with tests sometimes conducted near the front line in Ukraine.
Other Ukrainian companies like Frontline Robotics have also switched to a multi-site strategy. The company stated that its system is designed to withstand the loss of any single site. However, the constant relocation of production between different points creates significant organizational challenges. The companies draw a key lesson from the war in Ukraine: “Resilience must not depend on a single object, a single supplier, or a single geography. Modern defense requires distributed capabilities that can continue to operate under pressure.”
Source: www.unian.ua
