https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/8c328784-e94a-4c07-904b-a21238527d8c Forever wars in the Middle East, and now in Ukraine, have drained NATO arsenals. But while the US and NATO countries have made giant pledges to boost defense spending, China's export bans on critical materials are blowing up supply chains for Pentagon weapons makers. Closing scene, Kunming, Yunnan Resources and links: Wall Street Journal, China Is Still Choking Exports of Rare Earths Despite Pact With U.S. https://www.wsj.com/world/china/china-rare-earths-exports-2fd0dab4 Wall Street Journal, China Is Choking Supply of Critical Minerals to Western Defense Companies https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/china-western-defense-industry-critical-minerals-3971ec51 Zerohedge, China's Grip On Critical Minerals Disrupts U.S. Defense Supply Chain https://www.zerohedge.com/military/chinas-grip-critical-minerals-disrupts-us-defense-supply-chain 78% of US military weapon systems vulnerable to China’s critical mineral dominance https://theoregongroup.com/commodities/rare-earths/78-of-us-military-weapon-systems-potentially-vulnerable-to-china-critical-mineral-dominance/ Nearly one in 10 ‘Tier 1’ subcontractors to defense primes are Chinese firms: Report https://breakingdefense.com/2025/06/nearly-one-in-10-tier-1-subcontractors-to-defense-primes-are-chinese-firms-report/ China Adds 28 U.S. Defense Companies to Export Controls List https://www.thomasnet.com/insights/china-us-defense-companies-export-controls/ Defence expenditures and NATO’s 5% commitment https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_49198.htm Antimony Is A Strategic Metal That Is Critical For The Defense Industry & The West Doesn't Have Much https://robertsinn.substack.com/p/antimony-is-a-strategic-met Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:29:44 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/8c328784-e94a-4c07-904b-a21238527d8c All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.