America now reliant on China for our war machine

[Sonikku]

http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/u-s-weaponry-dependent-on-china/

Apparently we can't make our weapons and shit without their resources and industry. Assuming the non-nuclear WW3 fought only with conventional weapons between super powers scenario does ever go down, who exactly are we going to be directing our new fangled F-35's and overall war machine at? Hope it's a short war.

 

[master_shake_]

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[cabri]

What is needed/obtained from China is not exclusive to China

 

[trenchfoot]

This game of world dominance gets more tangled and obtuse all the time.

With China, that old adage of "Give them what they want....but not in the way they expect it." seems to be a scenario that gets played out more often than not.

 

[1prophet]

What is needed/obtained from China is not exclusive to China

where cheaper is better it most certainly is.

 

[touchstone]

95% of what that aircraft is supposed to do is just provide something for our military to brag about and convince everyone we are still 10 years ahead of the next guy in aeronautics.



The aircraft was designed to fill too many roles. It will eventually work out, it always does.

 

[Blanky]

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Yep the page won't load and I refuse to disable ad block for it.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Just look at it on a smartphone. I am disgusted how we all sit around and let all manufacturing go to China.

 

[Darwin333]

95% of what that aircraft is supposed to do is just provide something for our military to brag about and convince everyone we are still 10 years ahead of the next guy in aeronautics.



The aircraft was designed to fill too many roles. It will eventually work out, it always does.

Just about every bomb or missile or weapons system that we make has rare earths in it.

 

[nickqt]

Just about every bomb or missile or weapons system that we make has rare earths in it.

You can just pigeonhole all of that and more with the term "technology".

http://www.livescience.com/38094-facts-about-rare-earth-elements-infographic.html

 

[Jhhnn]

Try this link-

http://www.counterpunch.org/2006/04/07/the-saga-of-magnequench/

Just another facet of multinational financialized capitalism looting America.

It'll all trickle down. Honest.

And Righties are all a-twitter about Obama selling us out to the Iranians when Repub ideology has already sold us out to the lowest cost suppliers of nearly everything.

 

[Fenixgoon]

yes, we know that our rare earth metals largely come from china, and the US has mines that won't be operational for another ~10 years.

this is why you don't sell out everything you have.