September 13, 2026, 6:04 pm
Historically, there are few supply/demand shocks quite like a full scale conventional war. Demand for weapons, ammunition, and just about everything of military use tends to spike, just as wartime conditions put pressure on the ability of the economy to supply them.
Some nations fastidiously prepare for wartime demands by stockpiling and preparing enough to cover their needs until industry can catch up….and some don’t.
For those nations caught in a supply squeeze, the imperative is often to find something, anything to help fill the gaps.
And so today let’s talk about wartime weapon shortages and how nations might try to substitute, simplify, or simply suffer their way through the problem .
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 — Intro
00:01:46 — What Am I Talking About?
00:02:21 — the Wartime Crunch
00:05:56 — Simplify
00:10:30 — Substitute
00:15:16 — Suffer
00:21:20 — Designing for a Crunch
00:30:57 — the Modern-brief & Hi-Lo Mix
00:33:53 — What Has Changed
00:39:03 — Where Are the Modern Bottlenecks
00:47:03 — Channel Update
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