US military. File photoMOSCOW, Jun 5If China decides to stop supplying rare earth minerals to the US, the US military will be left without weapons, writes Fox News. «Without this resource, planes will stop flying, tanks will stop, and the military may communication problems,» the publication says. As the publication emphasizes, China controls almost 90 percent of the world's supply of minerals, and in the United States itself, the production and extraction of these materials is limited due to strict environmental legislation. «American F-35 fighters, M1Abrams tanks «Surface-to-air missiles are made up of these materials. Beijing's monopoly on rare earth minerals threatens US national security,» the article notes.
Earlier, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, in a speech on US policy towards China, said that the US views China as «the most serious long-term challenge» to the international order. At the same time, he stressed that the United States does not support the independence of Taiwan, while opposing any unilateral change in the status quo and continues to help Taiwan maintain a sufficient level of defensive capability.
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