The new Axis of Evil led by the PRC with its Russia province fighting on the Ukraine front may have quantitative advantages regionally, or even globally, but it can never have an overall advantage on the technology front because freedom is the most important factor for innovation. I started to wish the Ukrainian government could appeal to engineers and scientists worldwide to join coordinated efforts to defeat the invaders on the technology front, soon after the Rashists began the full-scale slaughter.  There are so many technological breakthroughs that Ukraine could use to defeat the enemy - jam-resistant drones (they have fiber-optical drones now, but they could be better), reliable wireless communication to replace Starlink that is controlled by an unreliable man, autonomous unmanned land, sea, and aerial vehicles, cost-effective drone and missile intercepters, etc. I was frustrated by not seeing any movement in that direction, though Ukraine is doing a great job in developing i...