South Dakota’s leaders are working hard to make national security our state’s “next big industry.”
Gov. Larry Rhoden recently launched the South Dakota Defense Institute to build public-private partnerships around defense technology. Sen. John Thune has championed critical security infrastructure, including the Sanford Underground Research Facility, and helped bring the B-21 bomber to Ellsworth Air Force Base. And Sen. Mike Rounds is advancing legislation to stop American-made semiconductors from being smuggled into China.
But military hardware and advanced electronics aren’t the only innovations America will need to secure its future. To overcome the threat posed by China, our leaders must also help strengthen another South Dakota industry: our growing biotechnology sector.
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