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These designations are nothing but schemes to lock in major weapon buyers into the US MIC ecosystem.
by Prbeek 2y ago
These designations are nothing but schemes to lock in major weapon buyers into the US MIC ecosystem.
- alephnerd 2y agoPartially, but defense is the biggest buyer for electronics - which is why the CHIPS Act and "Supply Chain Security" became a thing. For a number of commodity components, there was a heavy reliance on China due to low margins. Now there is a push to move those portions of the supply chain away to other partners.