#UKRAINIAN #DEFENCE INDUSTRY GREW 50-FOLD DURING THE #WAR: The sector’s production capacity increased to $50 billion- multiplying 50 times compared to pre-war levels, enabling Ukrainian manufacturers to supply more than half of the Ukrainian army’s weapons needs. https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-economy/4093094-ukrainskij-opk-zbilsiv-virobnictvo-do-50-milardiv-minoboroni.html
#IRAN STRENGTHENS PROTECTION OF #NUCLEAR FACILITIES: Amid tensions with the #US, Iran is rebuilding facilities destroyed by American and Israeli strikes and strengthening their security, #Reuters reported after analysing changes in satellite images of key facilities in Iran’s nuclear programme. https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/satellite-images-show-iran-repairing-fortifying-sites-amid-us-tensions-2026-02-18/