[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Today, the Pentagon proposes to do just that. In a 189-page report, the DoD recommends investing US$130 million to establish near-term strategic stockpiles of seven rare earth elements – dysprosium, terbium, yttrium, erbium, thulium, scandium and one classified REE.

No unobtainium?

Wouldn't just about any other country in the world keep this information top secret and set up straw companies, mostly offshore, to buy these materials? Think of the Glomar Explorer.

[Sheapdog]

My understanding also is that we have these minerals and elements here in the US.

But like everything when using globalist and/or internationalist logic the end result is why do or produce anything outside of China.