Well, since we end up making up the bulk of force projection across the planet even within NATO, I would be referring to the United States and by extension NATO.
With limited fabs outside of Taiwan (a grave strategic "error" [read: Intentional act]) everyone and basically every industry would start to feel the constriction, and during wartime that would prevent the military from getting needed supplies for building replacement systems in the long term.
Everyone seriously underestimates the value of Taiwan, trying to jump to it being corrupt, not mattering, etc. but there simply are not enough fabs nor workers skilled in those fabs within U.S. reach and in an extended war with countries who have the resources, the fabs and the workers who are already skilled in working them, we would be disadvantaged.
According to Intel, it takes $10 billion dollars (likely more, and likely even higher than that in a wartime environment without access to replacement parts in the first place), three years (barring supply chain issues) and and more than 6000 construction workers to build and furnish a fab, and then there are multiple levels of training from there.
Some estimations even put it at five years to build.
These tiny chips with millions, billions, tens of billions of transistors in them can't just be created in a factory that's retooled for this purpose.
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Apologies if this went too in-depth, I just wanted to elaborate on why Taiwan is critical right now. That's ignoring how something not too far from 100% of medication is made in China, which would be another huge advantage that they have.
I am very critical about the U.S. sending actually critical infrastructure overseas instead of ensuring that we are self sufficient in every critical industry. Not even least of all the fact that IP theft has put China on a map where they should never have been without being jumped forward a century.
They didn't even have a very large naval force in WW2.
You really on this site and don’t know why I’m asking you who the we in “our” is when referring to geopolitical maneuvering and war games?
Who is we, friend? When you say “The United States and by extension, NATO” what makes you think they are we? Do you say “we” and “our” when referring to the Biden administration? Do you really not get what I’m driving at here? You’re spitting out a view that reads like that of a 2005 avid Fox News watcher. It’s like being an expert, but your area of expertise is tainted by the specter of propaganda. You don’t hear it? Read your replies out loud to yourself and tell me you don’t hear it.
Well, since we end up making up the bulk of force projection across the planet even within NATO, I would be referring to the United States and by extension NATO.
With limited fabs outside of Taiwan (a grave strategic "error" [read: Intentional act]) everyone and basically every industry would start to feel the constriction, and during wartime that would prevent the military from getting needed supplies for building replacement systems in the long term.
Everyone seriously underestimates the value of Taiwan, trying to jump to it being corrupt, not mattering, etc. but there simply are not enough fabs nor workers skilled in those fabs within U.S. reach and in an extended war with countries who have the resources, the fabs and the workers who are already skilled in working them, we would be disadvantaged.
According to Intel, it takes $10 billion dollars (likely more, and likely even higher than that in a wartime environment without access to replacement parts in the first place), three years (barring supply chain issues) and and more than 6000 construction workers to build and furnish a fab, and then there are multiple levels of training from there.
Some estimations even put it at five years to build.
These tiny chips with millions, billions, tens of billions of transistors in them can't just be created in a factory that's retooled for this purpose.
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Apologies if this went too in-depth, I just wanted to elaborate on why Taiwan is critical right now. That's ignoring how something not too far from 100% of medication is made in China, which would be another huge advantage that they have.
I am very critical about the U.S. sending actually critical infrastructure overseas instead of ensuring that we are self sufficient in every critical industry. Not even least of all the fact that IP theft has put China on a map where they should never have been without being jumped forward a century.
They didn't even have a very large naval force in WW2.
You really on this site and don’t know why I’m asking you who the we in “our” is when referring to geopolitical maneuvering and war games?
Who is we, friend? When you say “The United States and by extension, NATO” what makes you think they are we? Do you say “we” and “our” when referring to the Biden administration? Do you really not get what I’m driving at here? You’re spitting out a view that reads like that of a 2005 avid Fox News watcher. It’s like being an expert, but your area of expertise is tainted by the specter of propaganda. You don’t hear it? Read your replies out loud to yourself and tell me you don’t hear it.
Who is “we”, friend?