# Broken Nest **Entity class:** Strategic denial proposal **Domain:** Taiwan / semiconductor security / deterrence **Doc Type:** Developed Publication Node **Maturity:** Proposed ## Definition **Broken Nest** refers to the 2021 proposal by Jared McKinney and Peter Harris that Taiwan and the United States develop a credible capability to disable Taiwan's semiconductor fabrication capacity if China invaded, thereby denying the expected technological prize. ## Evidence Ledger - **Established:** McKinney and Harris published the proposal in _Parameters_ in 2021. - **Established:** The proposal made semiconductor destruction an explicit deterrence instrument. - **Strongly indicated:** Advanced fabrication capacity is treated as a strategic asset comparable to territory or weapons infrastructure. - **Unresolved:** Whether any government adopted the proposal operationally. Promotion requires plans, directives, exercises, or procurement records; demotion requires authoritative records rejecting and excluding the option. ## Sources / Provenance - Jared McKinney and Peter Harris, [“Broken Nest: Deterring China from Invading Taiwan” (2021)](https://press.armywarcollege.edu/parameters/vol51/iss4/4/). - [[articles/A History of Machine Intelligence|A History of Machine Intelligence]]. ## Relationships - **Escalates:** [[wiki/Denial Wars|Denial Wars]] from export control to physical destruction. - **Targets:** semiconductor fabrication central to [[wiki/Technological Sovereignty|Technological Sovereignty]].