Countries stockpiling supplies and hoarding what they produce would be a good strategy in times of war. Today I think its more of a commodity war.
Speaking of war, there is the Taiwan issue. This makes interesting reading, and mentions that China aim to invade Taiwan in a 14 hour time frame. As it will take the US and the west 24 hours to get their boots on, Taiwans best defence is to blow up their own semiconductor (silicon chip) manufacturing capacity, the largest in the world.
Their biggest customer is mainland China, so by "destroying the nest" they also destroy Chinas technology industry too. Ergo, no one wins the chess game, both sides lose in the worst possible fashion by a non nuclear version of 'mutually assured destruction'.
Chip Geopolitics: If China Invades, Make Taiwan 'Unwantable' by Destroying TSMC, Military Paper Suggests - High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC
US military planners are taking notice of a suggestion by two military scholars calling for the destruction of semiconductor foundry company Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), whose fabs produce advanced microprocessors used in HPC and AI, in the event China invades the island nation...
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