Itis notclear ifthiscouldbe applied to aircraft carriers, and theproblemismorecomplexwhen consideringtheuseofballisticmissilesagainstmovingshiptargets.
Now that the problem is understood it is clear that fewer PCs will ship in the first quarter because of a shortage of hard disk drives, driving an oversupply of semiconductors which will put prices into a tailspin.