IMHo, the "secret weapon" used to cause the collision of both the Fitzgerald and the McCain is the labor arbitrage behind outsourcing chip production to China.
Very Chinese approach, really. Plant termites in the house then let the house fall in its own good time. Then you can show everyone your clean hands and express great sympathy for for the people who no longer have a house.
JMHo
Gee, maybe they read my suggestion 15-20 years ago, that any military hardware (ships, planes, missiles, weapons, electronics, radar, etc.) we sold to other countries should have a hidden self-destruct feature that our forces could activate if it was ever used against us. Maybe they've done so with the chips!