Book Description
Arabic Tea Welcome back, friends and loyal supporters of Armory Reborn! May you all always be healthy, happy and enthusiastic. The world geopolitical situation, which was already hot with the Ukraine vs Russia war, is now getting hotter with the outbreak of the Hamas vs Israel military confrontation. At the time this article was written, around 8,000 people had died in this conflict, most of whom were civilians in Gaza. Israel imposed “collective punishment” by dropping thousands of bombs on the narrow, densely populated area to destroy Hamas bases. In this asymmetric war, the biggest victims are not Hamas fighters, but Palestinian civilians. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not a simple conflict. Apart from the territorial dispute between the two nations being quite complicated, the involvement of many other countries makes this conflict in the Middle East not easy to resolve. In addition to military confrontations such as Ukraine vs Russia and Hamas vs Israel, there is secretly other battle going on. This is not a battle with military force but a technological and trade war between the United States and China. This conflict is popularly referred to as the “chip war.” This small chip turns out to have very strategic value. Now you could say that all electronic devices produced throughout the world involve the use of chips or semiconductor technology. In fact, the application of future technology, such as artificial intelligence (AI), really requires various sophisticated chips. So, this “chip war” is not just an ordinary US vs China conflict but a conflict with global dimensions. This “chip war” will affect various aspects of life in other countries. For those of you who are interested in defense technology, we provide articles about various weapons used by Israel and Hamas in their recent military confrontations. When this article was written, fighting was continuing so it is possible that there are still other types of weapons that will be used by both parties. We hope that Armory Reborn friends can enjoy all these articles. Satrio Arismunandar Editor in chief
