Taran RampersadMar 15

Helium. This I did not see coming.

Helium.

https://www.techspot.com/news/111683-critical-semiconductor-gas-lost-third-global-supply-drone.html

#tech #iranwar

Drone strikes halt a third of the world's helium supply, threatening chip production

At the center of the issue is the precision gas vital to chip manufacturing and cryogenics. Helium cools silicon wafers during fabrication, maintaining the extremely low temperatures...

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Show threadDavid Mitchell 

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Not surprising … I recall at least a couple helium crises in the last couple decades, certainly shouldn’t have been a surprise to those who launched the war, but it seems like they didn’t bother to properly think anything through.

Mar 15 at 10:07pmWeb
Show threadTaran RampersadMar 15

@DavidM_yeg 1/ they honestly expected decapitation would be enough.

Interestingly... they did not know that control had been passed to local commanders.

That's a pretty big oversight on intelligence.

But it would not be obvious to those with authoritarian mindsets.

True theological authoritarianism puts the supreme being above all. The late Ayatollah was a true believer, looks like.. I am not saying he was a good guy by any measure....

Show threadTaran RampersadMar 15

@DavidM_yeg but... that level of commitment is...

Well, extreme beyond what we in the West know. And it certainly threw everyone.

So now, it's still not a war, and yet...

Charlie Foxtrot exponential. Hydra.

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