“China, if it is dominated, will be hit 500 times more than Russia!” the US commander warned China to give up domination, but you don’t know that the Chinese hand holds the world’s rare-earth resources, the US F-35 fighter jets less than a gram of rare-earth do not dare to take off, this trick threat, more deadly than any missile!
The U.S. commander's warning of "500 times strike" does sound quite bluffing, but you may not know that modern warfare is not only about the number of weapons, but also about who can choke the opponent's resource lifeline. In this regard, the United States' own arsenal has long been firmly held by China.
Let’s say that their most proud F-35 hidden fighter aircraft, each aircraft has to put 0.4 tons of rare earth in the belly.These rare earth are not nothing, because once they are missing, the fighter aircraft’s radar system can’t turn, the engine can’t start, and even the most important air hidden capacity becomes nonsense.
The Defense Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives has long calculated this account clearly, and these data are written in their public report.
Not to mention those Virginia-class nuclear submarines that swim in the deep sea, a single submarine has to pour into 4 tons of rare earth. These rare earth are widely used in submarine sounding systems, navigation equipment and nuclear reactor control systems, without them submarines become underwater "blinds".
The Zeus Shield destroyer wants to perform the mission normally, each of which must be loaded with 2.4 tons of rare earth, otherwise even the most basic anti-aircraft missile function will not be realized.
These weapons are so dependent on rare earth because the elements of rare earth allow precision instruments to perform their best. Radar antennas such as the F-35s and sound sensors of nuclear submarines require rare earth permanent magnetic materials to design accuracy.
How important is China's position in this respect? Data show that China currently accounts for 69% of the world's rare earth smelting and separation capacity, and controls more than 90% of the finishing capacity.
This means that even if other countries can extract rare earth minerals, they often end up being sent to China to process and purify.The United States has 70% of rare earth products dependent on imports from China, of which the dependence rate of heavy rare earth is up to 92%, and heavy rare earth is the key material necessary to make advanced weapons.
In April this year, after China began to implement export controls on 7 categories of medium-heavy and rare-earth related items such as uranium, uranium, uranium, etc., U.S. enterprises immediately panicked.
It is reported that the rare earth inventory of many U.S. military enterprises is only enough for 40 to 60 days. If the subsequent supply cannot keep up, the production line may have to shut down.
While the U.S. government is eager to boost domestic rare earth production and wants help from allies like Australia, industry experts say it will take at least 10 to 15 years to build a complete supply chain that doesn’t depend on China.
Interestingly, the United States’ strategic rare-earth reserves are also underweight, with strategic reserves worth as much as $50 billion during the Cold War, but now they have only about $800 million left.
In fact, China's strengthening of rare earth management is not to threaten whom, but to better safeguard national security and interests, which is also a common practice internationally.
But this incident does tell us that modern warfare is no longer a simple weapon bombardment, and the security of the supply chain is equally important. It is not wise for the United States to warn others while making its own weapons systems dependent on other people's critical resources.
After all, behind the struggle of rare earth is actually the combination of science and technology and industrial strength. China can take advantage in the field of rare earth, because of decades of accumulated technology and industrial base. Now the United States wants to rush out of dependence, but how can the construction of the industrial system at once?
How much do you think this resource advantage can affect the international situation? can the United States really find an alternative in a short time?
The U.S. commander's warning of "500 times strike" does sound quite bluffing, but you may not know that modern warfare is not only about the number of weapons, but also about who can choke the opponent's resource lifeline. In this regard, the United States' own arsenal has long been firmly held by China.
Let’s say that their most proud F-35 hidden fighter aircraft, each aircraft has to put 0.4 tons of rare earth in the belly.These rare earth are not nothing, because once they are missing, the fighter aircraft’s radar system can’t turn, the engine can’t start, and even the most important air hidden capacity becomes nonsense.
The Defense Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives has long calculated this account clearly, and these data are written in their public report.
Not to mention those Virginia-class nuclear submarines that swim in the deep sea, a single submarine has to pour into 4 tons of rare earth. These rare earth are widely used in submarine sounding systems, navigation equipment and nuclear reactor control systems, without them submarines become underwater "blinds".
The Zeus Shield destroyer wants to perform the mission normally, each of which must be loaded with 2.4 tons of rare earth, otherwise even the most basic anti-aircraft missile function will not be realized.
These weapons are so dependent on rare earth because the elements of rare earth allow precision instruments to perform their best. Radar antennas such as the F-35s and sound sensors of nuclear submarines require rare earth permanent magnetic materials to design accuracy.
How important is China's position in this respect? Data show that China currently accounts for 69% of the world's rare earth smelting and separation capacity, and controls more than 90% of the finishing capacity.
This means that even if other countries can extract rare earth minerals, they often end up being sent to China to process and purify.The United States has 70% of rare earth products dependent on imports from China, of which the dependence rate of heavy rare earth is up to 92%, and heavy rare earth is the key material necessary to make advanced weapons.
In April this year, after China began to implement export controls on 7 categories of medium-heavy and rare-earth related items such as uranium, uranium, uranium, etc., U.S. enterprises immediately panicked.
It is reported that the rare earth inventory of many U.S. military enterprises is only enough for 40 to 60 days. If the subsequent supply cannot keep up, the production line may have to shut down.
While the U.S. government is eager to boost domestic rare earth production and wants help from allies like Australia, industry experts say it will take at least 10 to 15 years to build a complete supply chain that doesn’t depend on China.
Interestingly, the United States’ strategic rare-earth reserves are also underweight, with strategic reserves worth as much as $50 billion during the Cold War, but now they have only about $800 million left.
In fact, China's strengthening of rare earth management is not to threaten whom, but to better safeguard national security and interests, which is also a common practice internationally.
But this incident does tell us that modern warfare is no longer a simple weapon bombardment, and the security of the supply chain is equally important. It is not wise for the United States to warn others while making its own weapons systems dependent on other people's critical resources.
After all, behind the struggle of rare earth is actually the combination of science and technology and industrial strength. China can take advantage in the field of rare earth, because of decades of accumulated technology and industrial base. Now the United States wants to rush out of dependence, but how can the construction of the industrial system at once?
How much do you think this resource advantage can affect the international situation? can the United States really find an alternative in a short time?