The U.S. should use onshoring for semiconductor parts essential for defense production, and should not be reliant on China to supply components for military hardware, as relying on a potential adversary for defense-critical inputs is unacceptable, though the U.S. has supply chain vulnerabilities in military systems because no one has managed the supply chains well.

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Glenn Tiffert

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the United States certainly should try to onshore those parts of the market that are essential for defense production you know we should not be reliant on China to supply parts for our own military hardware um that's that should be a no-brainer

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Glenn Tiffert on Why China Struggles to Produce Advanced SemiconductorsHoover Institution
Created: 8/10/2026, 11:07:41 PM

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