Military-grade equipment and ammunition don't require cutting-edge manufacturing nodes. There are fabs for older nodes aplenty, and new ones don't require cutti

Military-grade equipment and ammunition don't require cutting-edge manufacturing nodes. There are fabs for older nodes aplenty, and new ones don't require cutting-edge equipment from ASML. Also, since older fabs are usually kept around, there is going to be demand for older tech and spare parts. To sustain AI and other applications that require cutting-edge tech, the best strategy would be to either stockpile chips (not really feasible since the tech is deprecating) or to build spare capacity, along with the necessary supply chain.