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Article: Global industrial trends spell doom for defense.(DEFENSE WATCH)
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- National Defense
- Article date:
- August 1, 2006
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THE WELL-PUBLICIZED INTENT OF the U.S. military to remain on technology's cutting edge appears to overlook the predictions of the Pentagon's own soothsayers, who warn that the Defense Department soon may be unable to acquire critical microelectronics.
Simply put, a large portion of the industry that manufactures the most sophisticated microchips--which are key to modern weapon systems--resides offshore, and even those suppliers that remain in the United States view the military as an undesirable customer.
The problem was laid out in excruciating detail in a 118-page report that the Defense Science Board published last year.
"The Department of ...