EXCERPTS <> The Last Temptation of Chinese President Xi Jinping The Communist Dictator has sent troops to India, warplanes over Taiwan and missiles over Japan. Now, the man who seized Hong Kong is planning his next big move.
Taiwan makes 66% of the world’s semiconductors, or microchips.
They're the tiny operating brains inside just about any modern device, like smartphones, hospital ventilators or fighter jets.
A China attack on Taiwan would immediately stop 66% of the world’s chips from leaving Taiwan.
Now apply that problem to the F-35 Fighter Jet.
This weapons system uses the most advanced semiconductors on earth.
What if a fighter jet has a software update that requires new semiconductors?
A Chinese attack on Taiwan would put our very National Security at risk.
As a matter of fact, no critical system or network you can think of — defense, power, transport, finance, communications, health care — can function without semiconductors.
The first move our military would have to make is to secure the 33% of semiconductor chips that were left, or we wouldn’t be able to support our own weapons systems. It’s a question of National Security.
Because of the National Security implications of a Chinese attack on Taiwan, there are four reasons to believe things could get worse in a hurry.
To begin, China is a near-peer competitor.
This is not Saddam Hussein invading Kuwait. China doesn’t have old Soviet tanks.