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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
No. The biggest issue with Taiwan is that it’s where the USA gets all its superconductors from, and they do not want China to control that manufacturing arm, at all. It’s actually a national security risk to the USA given much of its newer aged military equipment and weapons rely on said superconductors.
If China makes a move on Taiwan there will be a response. And I think it might just happen actually.
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I’ve seen this argument from several sources. But I question the logic of it.
The semiconductor plants are high-tech factories made up of extraordinarily complex precision machinery. They only have value if captured intact.
Why wouldn’t the U.S., or even Taiwan’s government, simply target the facilities with missiles or other destructive weapons, and notify China that the instant hostile Chinese forces set foot on Taiwan, the plants will be destroyed? That would remove the plants as an economic prize.