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mystified5016
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Essential node in global semiconductor supply chai...
> The Black Hills are a relatively obscure source of the semiconductor-grade quartz we use in everything from chips to nuclear warheads.
Maybe read the thread you're replying to?
kevindamm
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Nuclear warheads have electronics with very sensitive timing requirements. It is these components, and not the processing of fissile material, that the quartz is needed for.
pfdietz
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I see. If a component is in a nuclear warhead, it must be made of plutonium. The things one learns!
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Maybe read the thread you're replying to?