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The U.S. government is becoming the owner of autonomous warfare standards. Value increasingly accrues to the integration layer: deployed interfaces, operational data, user familiarity, accreditation history, and contract position.
The semiconductor supply chain is not a policy debate — it is a physical constraint. Advanced packaging, equipment tooling, and rare earth processing cannot be duplicated instantaneously. The irreversible timeline for strategic decoupling is approximately 2028-2032.