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==Pentagon needs==

==Pentagon needs==

Researchers at Govini, a firm that maps the [[Pentagon]]'s [[supply chain]]s, found that more than 80,000 parts across roughly 1,900 [[weapon]] systems incorporate just five processed minerals — and that the global supply of all five is dominated by [[China]]. The conclusion, in the report's own words: nearly 78% of all [[Department of War]] (DoW) weapon systems are potentially affected. Nearly four out of five [[American]] weapon systems depend, somewhere in their supply chain, on materials controlled by the country they are most likely to be used against. The five elements are antimony, gallium, germanium, tungsten, and tellurium.

Researchers at Govini, a firm that maps the [[Pentagon]]'s [[supply chain]]s, found that more than 80,000 parts across roughly 1,900 [[weapon]] systems incorporate just five processed minerals — and that the global supply of all five is dominated by [[China]]. The conclusion, in the report's own words: nearly 78% of all [[Department of War]] (DoW) weapon systems are potentially affected. Nearly four out of five [[American]] weapon systems depend, somewhere in their supply chain, on materials controlled by the country they are most likely to be used against. The five elements are antimony, gallium, germanium, [[tungsten]], and tellurium. Two elements the arsenal can least do without — gallium and tungsten — the United States has essentially no [[domestic]] production at all.

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