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How U.S. microchips are fueling Russia's military – despite sanctions
- simonblack 3y agoWell, that's what 'Globalisation' means. You'll get US microchips in Russian military stuff, you'll get Russian metals in US military stuff, you'll get Chinese rare earths in European military stuff, you'll get European components making Chinese military chips, etc, etc. Manufacturers everywhere, all over the world, have that same old 'Managers' Dilemma'. As in "Do we buy stuff off the shelf because it's faster, cheaper and easier but leaves us at the mercy of the Vendor? Or do we 'roll our own' which is slower, more difficult and far more expensive, but at least we are independent of any Vendor?" Most Managers choose to 'buy built'. It's better for their bottom-line.