[kevmo]

Because at some point, you need domestically-owned manufacturing as a matter of national security.

[mrweasel]

Exactly, the US already have a functional domestic semiconductor production, covering pretty much everything you'd need. It's much cheaper to protect and maintain that, compared to trying to revive or create a production line, like the EU is.

[epolanski]

I don't buy it, it's not like the military needs the latest bleeding edge semiconductors out there.

If they do, they shouldn't rely on publicly traded companies and put them on support line on taxpayer's money.