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Some U.S. military parts imported from China
CBS News ^ | 06/08/2013 | CBS News

Posted on 06/08/2013 7:46:51 PM PDT by TexGrill

(CBS News) WASHINGTON The cybersecurity issues aren't the only U.S. concern has about China. The Pentagon is growing increasingly worried about relying on military components made in China.

The hellfire missile -- launched from helicopters, jets and predator drones -- has been a critical weapon in the war on terror. But the propellant that fires the missile must be imported from China.

It's not the only area where the Pentagon military depends on imports. The glass in U.S. made night vision goggles requires a soft white-colored metal called lanthanum, 90 percent of which comes from China.

"We need to onshore our critical defense supply," said retired Army Gen. John Adams. He is the author of a new report, which lists14 categories where the military relies on imported minerals or technologies. Some of those supplies, Adams said, could be stopped during a conflict.

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"We need to make sure that our most advanced and our most critical weapons systems don't depend upon or strategic competitor to supply those components to us," he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chinausdefense
Funny but as of the time of this posting there are no CBS News readers' comments for this story. Makes you go hummmm ....
1 posted on 06/08/2013 7:46:51 PM PDT by TexGrill
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To: TexGrill
The glass in U.S. made night vision goggles requires a soft white-colored metal called lanthanum, 90 percent of which comes from China.

WHY... the EPA???

Sources of Lanthanum:
Found with rare earths in monazite and bastnasite. Around 12,500 tons are produced world wide each year. Primary mining areas are USA, Brazil, India, Sri Lanka, Australia.

http://environmentalchemistry.com/yogi/periodic/La.html

2 posted on 06/08/2013 8:13:40 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Chode

Communist China has been after a corner on the rare earths market.


3 posted on 06/08/2013 8:18:18 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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To: TexGrill

Uh, go back to the DuPont family and let them make the stuff, again...


4 posted on 06/08/2013 8:18:50 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: combat_boots

Well, they ain’t getting the corner 7-11...


5 posted on 06/08/2013 8:19:25 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: combat_boots
sure, but only because we are not allowed to mine it here, NOT that we don't have deposits here

i smell a clinton somewhere in this...

6 posted on 06/08/2013 8:20:49 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Chode

the epa


7 posted on 06/08/2013 8:21:00 PM PDT by bigheadfred ( barry your mouth is writing checks your ass cant cash)
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To: bigheadfred
the epa is simply a communist front organization...
8 posted on 06/08/2013 8:22:37 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: TexGrill

Serious, we have to get the propellant for our missiles from China? Come on. How do you say, ‘pathetic’ in Mandarin?


9 posted on 06/08/2013 8:37:24 PM PDT by OldNewYork (Biden '13. Impeach now.)
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To: TexGrill

I guess “free trade” does have some national security implications after all. Just think about all computer hardware (motherboards, network cards, video cards, etc) we import from China. Now think how easy it would be for China to place backdoors in all of it. It is about time we start making stuff here in America again. Sometimes the bottom line is not the only consideration.


10 posted on 06/08/2013 9:20:59 PM PDT by 3Fingas (Sons and Daughters of Freedom, Committee of Correspondence)
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To: OldNewYork

Right now, all Taiwan Websites are shut down in Beijing. Does it make you curious? Especially since it was easy to open Taiwan Websites a few days ago.


11 posted on 06/08/2013 9:49:55 PM PDT by TexGrill (Don't mess with Texas)
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To: TexGrill

Curiouser and curiouser.


12 posted on 06/08/2013 9:54:45 PM PDT by OldNewYork (Biden '13. Impeach now.)
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To: TexGrill

Thanks, TexGrill. The truly anonymous proxy servers, open source BSD systems (NetBSD, OpenBSD) and strong encryption would probably be too conspicuous and suspicion-arousing for anyone to use there, too. The cultures around there are interesting to some of those of us, who haven’t had the opportunity to travel around that part of the world.


13 posted on 06/08/2013 10:13:22 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of rotten politics smelled around the planet.)
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