Good piece that we should all think about and our nation should correct.
Here is another one for the list -
Electrical power grid components and appliances such as large transformers....
These are all made in China. The biggest transformers in our grid take months to obtain and we have very few spares on hand.
While many frame this argument in terms of an EMP attack on our nation and its infrastructure, the same effect or even worse can occur from a solar storm.
In other words, there is a slight chance that our electrical distribution network could be knocked out. We do not have the spares on hand to quickly repair the grid and we would be solely dependent on China in the first few months of such a disaster. If we could not repair the switching yards for the large transmission lines the rest of the system is useless.
Imagine a world with no electricity for months.... everything would stop, food would spoil, no internet, no phone, etc.
This is another area we need to address with domestic manufacturing and preparation (i.e. - lots of spares on hand). Just talk to any electrical engineer with a major utility and they will tell you this is a real problem.
My husband and I talk about this problem all the time. We were led to believe the “mega transformers” are made in South Korea and take months to make and we have no spares on hand.
2.2 Trillion and not one dime put toward an EMP attack by a enemy or naturally occurring, where millions would die within months.