> But a potential military market in 10 years is not even close to "worth it" for any private investors or even the government to build out a domestic supply chain for that stuff.

I’m pretty sure the US already has military market has been doing exactly this for decades. The military budget is over twice the size of Apple’s revenue.

The CHIPS act is essentially doing the same kind of thing that helped Taiwan get so good at semiconductors in the first place. Whether it’s been as effective remains to be seen.