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“Technological sovereignty” is an intriguing term. How else can the “America First” slogan mean anything unless the United States becomes self-sufficient? In a strange way, Trump Administration policies are forcing Russia and China to promote “Russia First” and “China First” policies, respectively. Populations learn how to invent, build, and grow things themselves. This can be viewed as a good thing.
The doctrine of “global interdependence” and “global governance” as promoted by the Anglo-American elites for the past 100 years is the exact opposite of “technological sovereignty” and other expressions of national self-sufficiency. Is it safe to say that the Anglo-American globalist experiment is a failed one? Why else did the London and New York banks fund Hitler? What kind of civilization is Russia trying to build?
“”The United States cannot tolerate anyone acting independently. “Every US president has to have a war.”
– Mikhail Gorbachev
As quoted in an interview with The London Daily Telegraph (7 May 2008)
Is Russia finally starting to understand this?
US F-35 Jet Production at Risk if China Cuts Rare Earth Exports Amid Trade War
https://sputniknews.com/world/201905301075465322-china-trade-us-f35-fighter-jet-production/
“The ongoing trade war between the United States and China may take a dramatic turn for the Pentagon if Beijing, the leading supplier of rare earths, chooses to give Donald Trump a taste of his own medicine and imposes tariffs on the minerals essential for the manufacture of everything: from military equipment to high-tech products.
The US-made fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter may fall victim to the ongoing trade war between Washington and Beijing as Chinese media outlets have speculated over a possible ban on sales of rare earths — elements critical to the production of cutting-edge weapons and high-tech products — in retaliation for US tariffs, according to Bloomberg.
Beijing has yet to comment on the said assumptions, but the speculation is growing that China may pull the plug, thus targeting Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets, each of which requires about 920 pounds of rare earth minerals, according to a 2013 report from the US Congressional Research Service.
A 2018 US government report, titled “Assessing and Strengthening the Manufacturing and Defence Industrial Base and Supply Chain Resiliency of the United States”, highlighted the Pentagon’s reliance on Chinese supplies.
“Rare earths are critical elements used across many of the major weapons systems the US relies on for national security, including lasers, radar, sonar, night vision systems, missile guidance, jet engines, and even alloys for armoured vehicles”.
Bye-bye, Miss American Pie…
It would be so nice if the rest of the world would stand up as one and say, “Sorry USA (UK, Australia….), we have no more patience as waiting for you to act like a partner instead of an enemy is clearly pointless. All trade stops today. Good Luck and Good Bye.”
Three weeks later the civil war or at least the feral war would consume the USA as the economy imploded, prices skyrocket and the people can’t get their daily dose of trinkets from third world sweatshops…
Sure, nuclear exchange becomes more likely but we are headed there anyway.
I am very surprised a more coherent push back hasn’t happened allready. Probably no group surprises me more than the EU which seems to be more than happy to sit back and let the US boot f___ them.
vottak,
even better – the chinese should raise the price of rare metals
and let the pindo MIC continue building useless F35s
(we all know they will just raise the MIC budget to cover the extra costs)
… hastening the pindoland bankruptcy
#WIN
Back when the first Apple phone was release, everyone was excited. Back when Android came out, the same story. The top mobile reviewers in Russia even cheered this on. I remember watching Symbian die out and understood this is a moment the US is owning the entire system. Now seeing them around 10 years later, already abusing this position should wake up the companies. If not, they are going to be in for a rude awakening.