☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 11 days agoChina’s Grip on an Obscure Rare Earth Metal Threatens the West’s Militarieswww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up198arrow-down10file-text
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minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·11 days agoIt absolutely does because you need rare earths for producing basically any sort of tech, and China controls the vast majority of production and refining. It would take the US decades of concerted effort to replicate that.
It absolutely does because you need rare earths for producing basically any sort of tech, and China controls the vast majority of production and refining. It would take the US decades of concerted effort to replicate that.