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We Need Chinese Products to Fight a War With China
Oops. Who would have thought relying on overseas manufacturing so much would be a terrible idea?
We Need Chinese Products to Fight a War With China | Frontpage Mag
"Among the deficiencies: components of solid rocket motors, shell casings, machine tools"
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"Among the deficiencies: components of solid rocket motors, shell casings, machine tools"
Between the "peace dividend" and "outsourcing", our defense industry is reliant on Chinese products.
But a swift response may not be possible, in large part because of how shrunken the U.S. manufacturing base has become since the Cold War. All of a sudden, Washington is reckoning with the fact that so many parts and pieces of munitions, planes, and ships it needs are being manufactured overseas, including in China. Among the deficiencies: components of solid rocket motors, shell casings, machine tools, fuses and precursor elements to propellants and explosives, many of which are made in China and India.
There's nothing sudden about this.
Congress, administrations and the defense industry focused on expensive big ticket items and new technology at the expense of the basics that would allow us to fight an extended war.
Oops. Who would have thought relying on overseas manufacturing so much would be a terrible idea?