>China's SMIC is very far behind I think you misread the thrust of this comment. Commenter was likely alluding not to R&D, but an amphibious invasion, as to ho

>China's SMIC is very far behind I think you misread the thrust of this comment. Commenter was likely alluding not to R&D, but an amphibious invasion, as to how it would end up being China. Obviously I don't know how much of that infrastructure would persist to be carried off after that invasion, but it would reasonably be considered 'lost' to the US.