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A supply

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noun

Electronics.
  1. a battery or other source of power for heating the filament or cathode heater of an electron tube.


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It provided a forceful response External link to the War Department’s labeling of the company a “supply chain risk.”

From Barron's

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has warned that if Anthropic doesn’t agree, the Pentagon could label the company a “supply chain risk” and crush its government business, or move to use the Defense Production Act to commandeer Anthropic’s systems for its uses, whether Anthropic likes it or not.

From Slate

The Pentagon also threatened to designate Anthropic a supply chain risk -- a label typically reserved for companies from adversary nations.

From Barron's

The former official added that the DoD's basis for threatening Anthropic with invoking either the Defense Production Act and being labeled a supply chain risk was "extremely flimsy".

From BBC

He also said he would deem Anthropic a "supply chain risk," meaning the company would be labelled not secure enough for government use.

From BBC