Thursday, June 12, 2025

“Ukraine’s battlefield is a laboratory for future war. Every FPV drone that disables a Russian tank, every drone boat that sinks a billion-dollar warship, every swarm that overwhelms a state-of-the-art air defense system is proof.”
– Bill Cole –

Just as keen observers applied lessons from the Spanish Civil War to anticipate WWII’s trajectory, today’s war in Ukraine offers leaders a real-time masterclass in how low-cost, rapidly-evolving technologies can exploit traditional planning assumptions and create massive strategic blindspots. Non-defense sector leaders should take note, as this new warfare paradigm reveals how agile innovation consistently outmaneuvers institutional thinking across all industries. For a deeper dive into these emerging patterns, Check out Operation Spiderweb Is the Future of War – and America Isn’t Ready.

Stay safe. Stay healthy. Be strong. Lead well.

Chad