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The US CIA director recently made an unannounced visit to Moscow that has naturally raised much speculation, while the EU and NATO have now officially accused Russia of being behind a drone incursion into Germany that took place at the beginning of August. The other day I wrote about signs, which have crept into the AM industry, that the US is in the process of mobilizing for a sustained period of war, and the heightened attention to Russian activity does nothing to dispel that idea.
Even if it’s solely for deterrence purposes, any such mobilization would have to ultimately fold the EU and NATO into the US defense posture, which is perhaps the most urgent catalyst that explains why the concept of AM-enabled distributed manufacturing is gaining traction. Relevantly, at the Armed Forces Air