China can cripple American industries and the Military Industrial Complex by turning off rare earth

Beneath all those threats, the bottom of the USA's military strength is falling out from under resulting from the stress of the Iran War.

There is a perceived realization that the USA is unable to produce the volume of weapons needed to fight three wars at the same time. Not just sustaining the three ongoing wars but trying to replenish the exhausted stockpile of weapons used against Iran is already a problem in itself. Judging from the output capability of the USA, with its hollowed-out manufacturing base, together with its desperate call to those existing non-military manufacturers to lend a hand outside those of the Military Industrial Complex is indeed telling. Even car manufacturers are being hauled in to lend all hands to the pump. China has so far, I believe given a waiver by not sanctioning rare earth for Boeing, already a big component of the Military Industrial Complex

Now, China is not going to let vehicle manufacturers in USA get their rare earth supplies to be used for making more weapons by using vehicle manufacturing facilities as cover-up, under China's dual used sanctioning mantra. China has been watching the USA exhausting its weapons stockpile and cannot be oblivious to the fact that any replenishment of those exhausted weapons will be used to target China once the opportunity arises.

Therefore, I can only surmise that all the threats made by Trump, that have not been put to fruition against Iran so far, are testimony to its weapons shortage.


Anonymous