Re:TSMC Expected to Announce $100B Investment in U.S.
by deagle50 on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @01:04AM
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It would not go unnoticed and would pretty much guarantee invasion.
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Re:TSMC Expected to Announce $100B Investment in U.S.
by DeathArrow on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @02:14AM
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I think US can try to covertly move some hundreds of nuclear missiles in Taiwan and succeed until China notices.
Re:TSMC Expected to Announce $100B Investment in U.S.
by luthus001 on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @11:23AM
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Yes in theory and that's Taiwan's best bet. But the US would never go along with that because guarding Taiwan's democracy is not the main objective even as it is the main talking point. The main objective is US interests, which are not served by nuclear proliferation or by losing Taiwan as either a bargaining chip to extract concessions, or a chess piece in a proxy war to weaken China, the main rival to US global dominance. Taiwan's value as a bargaining chip or as an acceptable battleground to both sides for a controlled conflict, is unfortunately greater than it's value as a democracy
Re:TSMC Expected to Announce $100B Investment in U.S.
by throwaway48476 on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @01:26AM
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Sweden built a bomb in secret. Invasion planning would not go unnoticed either.
Re:TSMC Expected to Announce $100B Investment in U.S.
by KoftaBob on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @03:56PM
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They can ask for Israel's assistance, they managed to (relatively) covertly develop nuclear weapons without a major power getting in their way.
Granted, the US president who was pushing the most for inspections of Israel's Dimona nuclear facility was JFK, who ended up no longer being a problem for them (how very convenient).