The US Is Worried About its Critical Minerals Supply Chains, Which Are Essential for the Nation s Defense
A F-35A Lightning II jet fighter stands ready to depart RAF Fairford, England, for the United States on July 13, 2016. (Staff Sgt. Madelyn Brown/U.S. Air Force)
6 Apr 2021 The Conversation | By Morgan Bazilian and Jordy Lee
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Jordy Lee and Morgan Bazilian work at the Colorado School of Mines.)
When U.S. companies build military weapons systems, electric vehicle batteries, satellites and wind turbines, they rely heavily on a few dozen “critical minerals” many of which are mined and refined almost entirely by other countries. Building a single F-35A fighter jet, for example, requires at least 920 pounds of rare earth elements
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