



Daniel Boćkowski
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@DanielBockowski
Professor University of Bialystok, Department of International Policy and Security, International Security Lab; Institute of History PAS Warsaw









🚨🚨🚨 ONE ATTACK IN THE MIDDLE EAST JUST PUT THE ENTIRE TECH INDUSTRY ON LIFE SUPPORT 🚨🚨🚨 Iran bombed Qatar's helium plant. 33% of global supply is gone. Overnight. Here's who's bleeding right now: 🇰🇷 South Korea — 64.7% of all helium imported from Qatar ($226.9M). Samsung and SK Hynix fabs are on a countdown clock. 🇹🇼 Taiwan — home to TSMC, makes 18% of global chips. Said "monitoring situation." Translation: quietly panicking. 🇯🇵 Japan — major chip fab and MRI manufacturer hub. First to run out if Qatar outage extends beyond 60 days. 🇸🇬 Singapore — regional semiconductor hub. Heavy Qatar helium dependency flagged by Scientific American. 🇮🇳 India — imported helium from Qatar for thousands of hospital MRI machines. MRI costs already rising, scan delays starting. 🇩🇪 Germany — hosts Linde HQ, major industrial gas distributor. Helium spot prices up 100%. Linde and Air Liquide rationing supply. 🇺🇸 United States — federal helium reserve running down for years. US chip fabs still exposed. HP, Dell, Lenovo warned enterprise buyers: 15-20% price hike incoming. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom — NHS hospitals with MRI machines facing supply tightness. No domestic helium production. 🇫🇷 France — Air Liquide headquartered here but cannot produce new helium. Distribution-only country. 🇨🇳 China — imports helium for chip fabs and MRI. Could accelerate its own helium exploration in Siberian region. Strategic play. 🇦🇺 Australia — Exporter, one of few alternatives. Helium production from Amadeus Basin, but NOT enough to fill Qatar's gap. 🇶🇦 Qatar — the source. Offline since March 2. CEO says 14% of capacity PERMANENTLY damaged for up to 5 years. 12 countries exposed. 33% of global supply gone overnight. Zero substitutes. No restart timeline. This isn't just a war story. Your next laptop, your next MRI scan, your next phone — all of it runs on helium you didn't even know existed. Prepare accordingly. 🚨🚨🚨 X is hiding this. Follow + RT before it disappears. 🔥



















From my latest interview with @CBC 🇨🇦: "Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 will activate its bilateral defense agreement with Pakistan 🇵🇰 if it enters a war with Iran 🇮🇷."

Wojna Stanów Zjednoczonych i Izraela z Iranem stawia monarchie arabskie w Zatoce Perskiej w wyjątkowo trudnej sytuacji. Konsekwencje konfliktu już teraz odbijają się na ich bezpieczeństwie, gospodarce i reputacji na świecie. @RobertCzulda defence24.pl/geopolityka/ar…