Extensive very long read, showing further the necessity of...

Extensive very long read, showing further the necessity of critical minerals in military applications and their never-ending requirements now and no doubt forevermore. Relying on China for any of this is simply plain daft and won't happen now that the West has finally woken up. "Better late than never" as the saying goes....

https://theoregongroup.com/commodities/copper/military-rearmament-is-just-getting-started-without-enough-critical-minerals/

Military rearmament is just getting started — without enough critical minerals

November 8, 2023

* rare earths: used in a variety of military applications, from strong alloys in aircraft engines to sensors, magnets, and lasers; for example, in Javelin missiles and F-35 fighter jets

“The bottom of the barrel is now visible… We give away weapons systems to Ukraine, which is great, and ammunition, but not from full warehouses. We started to give away from half-full or lower warehouses in Europe”

— Admiral Rob Bauer of the Netherlands, the chair of the NATO Military Committee and NATO’s most senior military official, said during a discussion at the Warsaw Security Forum