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> American doctrine here, as far as such a thing exists, is to reduce its fab yields to zero by using 2,000 lb kinetic contaminants via the B-2 bomber deposition process

What are these "kinetic contaminants"? Does anyone have more detail? I couldn't find anything.

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Hi there. Register writer here, and personal friend of the author of this piece.

It is a joke. You missed the joke.

What the sentence means is "America's policy is that if China takes over Taiwan, it will bomb TSMC's chip fabs."

The phrase "kinetic contaminant" means "big bombs". That's why he specified the model of bomber.

The B2 is the American "Stealth bomber".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_B-2_Spirit

No, it is not about graphite.

Got it, thanks for the explanation! I thought he was talking about some dirty bomb delivered by he B2s

I can only imagine something like a graphite bomb[0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite_bomb

No. It means bombs. It means bombing the fabs to stop them falling into Chinese hands.

Thank you!

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