>>509361972To address ww3 drone tech:
My post also doesn’t take into account the global nature of drone production.
>where are the processing chips manufactured>where are the chips designedThe US
https://www.csis.org/blogs/perspectives-innovation/rai-explainer-strategic-importance-continued-us-leadership-chip
>where is the material input for the micro processors producedThe US and Africa
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/10/01/flooding-north-carolina-sand-quartz-electronics-supply-chain/
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gallium-critical-minerals-us_n_65fb62fde4b07c954d54942c
Gallium is a by product of bauxite mining, which China ironically has to go to Africa to produce because they can’t produce enough gallium and bauxite for themselves with their small deposits:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saleemali/2023/08/15/sourcing-gallium-for-american-semiconductor-supremacy/
>56% of Chinese bauxite comes from Guinea And that’s just one of the countries China has mineral stakes in.
>where is the ai coding doneThe US leads AI research by a huuuge margin
https://www.techopedia.com/top-10-countries-leading-in-ai-research-technology
>where are the processors produced?Taiwan
https://us.metoree.com/categories/4621/
>where is base manufacturing and product assembly doneChina
You need microprocessors and AI to run these drones, and currently no one place is capable of producing them alone. If the global system stops then the meme of drone warfare is dead in its tracks.
However the US absolutely could build chip manufacturing facilities and low skill base manufacturing/assembly facilities very quickly and easily.