boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoSemiconductor manufacturers in Taiwan can remotely disable their chip-making machines in the event of a Chinese invasion.www.bloomberg.comexternal-linkmessage-square142fedilinkarrow-up1504arrow-down19
arrow-up1495arrow-down1external-linkSemiconductor manufacturers in Taiwan can remotely disable their chip-making machines in the event of a Chinese invasion.www.bloomberg.comboem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square142fedilink
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·6 months agoTaiwan presents the same kind of military threat to China as Cuba presented to the US during the Cold War. It’s an excellent staging ground for bombing and the mountainous terrain to the west guards it from effective retaliation. Even without a big chip factory, it presents an existential threat to the mainland only really matched by Korea or the Philippines.
Taiwan presents the same kind of military threat to China as Cuba presented to the US during the Cold War.
It’s an excellent staging ground for bombing and the mountainous terrain to the west guards it from effective retaliation.
Even without a big chip factory, it presents an existential threat to the mainland only really matched by Korea or the Philippines.