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China Launches New Precision Strike Against Pentagon Rare Earth Supply Chains

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China Launches New Precision Strike Against Pentagon Rare Earth Supply Chains | NioCorp Developments Ltd.
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  • “This is not a mere supply chain hiccup, it’s a geopolitical earthquake in slow motion. Every fighter jet delayed, every missile contract disrupted, every paused satellite payload becomes a ripple in America’s strategic posture."

    The Americans stretching themselves thin before preparing to fight their greatest adversary yet. If a mere embargo on some metals is a "geopolitical earthquake" for your national security, how could you possibly expect to fight a world war?

    NioCorp is developing a critical minerals project in Nebraska that is expected to produce the processed rare earths to which China now seeks to restrict U.S. access, as well as niobium, titanium, and scandium.

    Let me guess, it's a private company and will overcharge the government and under deliver.

    • Let me guess, it's a private company and will overcharge the government and under deliver.

    • Capitalism will kill itself

    • I don't think the government will let them under deliver. Over charge? Definitely. But they'll deliver. The cost will be paid in the environmental impact that the US will do absolutely nothing to mitigate.

      • I don't think the government will let them under deliver.

        I mean, it's not like the US government didn't know about the rare earth metals vulnerability up until now. There must be some reason why even after all this time, they haven't managed to fix this supply chain issue. And as far as I am aware, REMs are used for many civilian applications as well, and the US military could probably manage for a while if the civilian sector took the brunt of the damage.

        And there is also the fact that utilization of REMs could be reduced by the military if they stopped forcing every single missile and plane to be some boutique artifact that people will find buried in the post-irradiation ruins of the US a 1000 years from now and wonder if these were ritual tools used for worshiping the gods.

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