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Re:US Military Failings Exposed by steponlego on Saturday February 25, 2023 @01:51PM (#34939309)
Without Asian electronics components, alloys, etc. we couldn't build an electric combat pickle domestically here in the US.
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Re:US Military Failings Exposed by dragontamer on Saturday February 25, 2023 @02:06PM (#34939438)
Asian components are fine from a foreign policy perspective.

Japan, Korea, Taiwan are allies and I don't see any reasonable future where that's threatened.

The main issue is that Taiwan is directly threatened by military action by China. Even if Taiwan remains friendly with us, a war in that region would cut off our supply of chips.

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Re:US Military Failings Exposed by steponlego on Sunday February 26, 2023 @02:09AM (#34943726)
I disagree, some kind of looming Chinese naval adventure could cut us off as quick as you like.
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