Companies at AUSA would show off “a demonstrator, [and] that’s nice,” but systems operating in Ukraine are much easier for industry to demonstrate their “actual product works," said Finland's Lt. Gen. Pasi Välimäki.

From “the products that we have seen here at AUSA” the show floor includes “a demonstrator, that’s nice,” but systems operating in Ukraine are much easier for industry to demonstrate their “actual product works.”

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He said that Latvia is focused on “building up” a drone test range, after establishing a drone competency center in Riga.

“What we want to have is Ukrainian officers, kind of coming through, being kind of a continuous presence, which would kind of give [them a] better place” for testing equipment as close to “real-life conditions” as possible.

Does this sound like Russia is winning? It sure doesn’t to me.