Throughout last year, the west was willing to provide enough modern military hardware for Ukraine not to lose the war, but not enough for it to win. In recent weeks, there appeared to be a significant shift in the west’s policy of supplying heavy armaments to the Ukrainian military. Western military technology has had an enormous impact on this war. Javelin and NLAW anti-tank weapons stopped Vladimir Putin’s blitzkrieg attempt to capture Kyiv in its tracks, forcing him into a humiliating retreat. The arrival of HIMAR long-range artillery systems with their precision-guided munitions played havoc with the Russian army’s logistical...