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Dollar value is not the point. For the US MIC this matters a lot. There are not really any ready replacements for some vital weapons components at a time when U
by tmnvix 1y ago
Dollar value is not the point. For the US MIC this matters a lot. There are not really any ready replacements for some vital weapons components at a time when US weapons stockpiles have been heavily depleted.
- kapone 1y agoSo, we’ll pay more and still get them. You think China is the only one that can game the system? Who’s got the money?
- tmnvix 1y agoThe usual solutions - money and violence - are not applicable here. China doesn't need the money and can't be bullied. Sources other than China are not going to cut it in the short and mid term. This is a geopolitical nightmare for the US and deserves more media attention.
- mgh95 1y agoThere is a new facility coming online from MP Materials (see https://fortworthreport.org/mp-materials-awarded-58-5-million-to-advance-rare-earth-magnet-manufacturing-plans-to-open-fort-worth-facility-this-summer https://fortworthreport.org/mp-materials-awarded-58-5-millio...) later this year that serves dual purpose customers (GM and the US gov)
- potato3732842 1y agoIf we really needed them they'd cut through the red tape and mine them here, clean water act, screeching idiots, NIMBYs, everything else be damned.