Military institutions engage in a constant internal battle between old and new ideas even in peacetime; the difference between peace and war is that if you get it wrong in peace you waste money, but if you get it wrong in war you waste lives.
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General Mick RyanEvidence Quote
“there's a constant battle for the soul of a military institution between old and new ideas even in peace time we saw this in Ukraine and Russia in the decade before this War I mean both Russia and Ukraine had Fairly significant military transformation programs where there's a a battle between old and new ideas”
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Mick Ryan: This Is What The Next Great Power Conflict Will Look Like— Decoding Geopolitics Podcast with Dominik PreslCreated: 8/11/2026, 7:55:20 AM
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