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Chris Miller, "Chip War"

After Words

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Security and Semiconductors in the Modern World

Sally Kohn: Our entire lives are surrounded by semi-conductors. She says chips emerged out of demand for smarter guidance computers on missile systems in the Cold War. But today, 30 years later, our military is even more reliant on computer chips, she says. Kohn: In Russia-Ukraine war, Russian missiles often rely very heavily on smuggled chips from outside world.

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