Wait til you see Republicans take credit for the promotions.

• Katana - quiet, and meant as a weapon against humans
• Night vision goggles - can take advantage of the cover of night
• Water purifier - greatly simplifies one human necessity
• Body armor - will put it on whenever there’s a risk

None of these are common household items, whereas some of the items on the list are, and thus, scavenged easily enough.

The CCP wants a military that can win against the counterparties in a Taiwan takeover, but the US (and probably a few other countries too) don’t want that because of the intellectual property that has been entrusted to TSMC.

The technological trade war is part of the military technology war. However, the US has been fighting military technology wars for over half a century now, so it at least has some practice.

EUV lithography is probably the most powerful military technology that can be stolen since the atomic bomb.