It just occurred to me while searching for various brands of capacitors and checking where they're made, that these components all come from more or less a single region of the world. Somewhere in China, Japan, Taiwan, or Korea, which are all fairly close together.
It got me wondering about supply vulnerabilities. I mean, suppose some country like North Korea or China started conquering their neighbors like Taiwan, SK, and Japan, and we ended up in a protracted war. Where would capacitors and small electronic components come from? Is there a backup plan?
It's not that I don't think they're doing a good job making them, it just really seems like we have all of our eggs in one basket. I would think we would have at least one backup supplier with facilities elsewhere.
So, hypothetically, does anyone know if any companies manufacture them in South America, Africa, North America, Europe, etc? Or would it just be impossible to produce/repair any complex electronics in that scenario?
It got me wondering about supply vulnerabilities. I mean, suppose some country like North Korea or China started conquering their neighbors like Taiwan, SK, and Japan, and we ended up in a protracted war. Where would capacitors and small electronic components come from? Is there a backup plan?
It's not that I don't think they're doing a good job making them, it just really seems like we have all of our eggs in one basket. I would think we would have at least one backup supplier with facilities elsewhere.
So, hypothetically, does anyone know if any companies manufacture them in South America, Africa, North America, Europe, etc? Or would it just be impossible to produce/repair any complex electronics in that scenario?
