Comments by "" (@TheDavidlloydjones) on "Why Russia Can’t Replace TSMC" video.

@touristguy87 A military clique getting into bed with a subsidized, state-power-related, Russian industry is nobody's idea of "basic globalization." I'd think you'd need to look at a bunch of Brazilian generals' bank accounts in Switzerland to get a focus on this one.
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@dravmtp385 The germanium diode and the crystal set may have been there then. The transistor, however, is a post-WWII invention.
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That's very close to being the exact opposite of the truth. Contracting offices make a great show out of insisting on "military specs," but that's just bureaucratese for "must appear to work when first delivered." Military rockets typically work 30% of the time. Guns of all kinds, from the sidearm pistol up through big league artillery, are produced and distributed en masse exactly because most of them miss most of the time. Tanks sit around for years and then have a half-life measured in hours once they're sent into use. Military procurement specialists talk about reliability a great deal. Then they talk about reliability a great deal more.
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But hurry up. While there are still some Russian tanks left...
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@kospencer1 Hunh?
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@andersjjensen Anders, Have you tried driving a Russian tank into Ukraine lately?
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