To: E. Pluribus Unum
I wonder if this will turn into an anti-weapons manufacturing thread, an MIC thread.
2 posted on
07/18/2025 11:47:12 AM PDT by
ansel12
((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Yes, everyone’s searching for and investing in rare earth metals. But mining them is one thing, while actually processing them into usable form is quite another. My understanding is that essentially 100% of rare earths processing is done by China, so the West will need to develop its own processing capability too — and pronto.
3 posted on
07/18/2025 12:12:40 PM PDT by
Blurb2350
(posted from my 1500-watt blow dryer)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
They should have plenty of money if they can lay hands on the 6.5 trillion they misplaced.
5 posted on
07/18/2025 12:29:40 PM PDT by
dljordan
(The Rewards of Tolerance are Treachery and Betrayal)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
To: E. Pluribus Unum
8 posted on
07/18/2025 12:50:14 PM PDT by
bankwalker
(Feminists, like all Marxists, are ungrateful parasites.)
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