Taiwan to up defense spending and develop Iron Dome-inspired missile protection — expert warns one well-placed Chinese missile could make it ‘impossible to get a new iPhone for three years’

As Taiwan ups defense spending and invests in air defenses to fend of possible missile attacks as part of a foreign invasion, a researcher from the Taiwan National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Hsinchu Science Park Bureau suggested that a single missile strike targeting the Hsinchu Science Park would have catastrophic effects worldwide, resulting in a 6% to 10% drop in global GDP and halting iPhone production for several years. According to Nikkei Asia, Taiwan’s Silicon Valley houses more…