China produces the entire world’s supply of samarium, a rare earth metal that the United States and its allies need to rebuild inventories of fighter jets, missiles and other hardware.
China’s Grip on an Obscure Rare Earth Metal Threatens the West’s Militaries
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China, Conflict Minerals and Resources, Defense and Military Forces, Defense Contracts, Embargoes and Sanctions, Inner Mongolia, International Trade and World Market, Magnets and Magnetism, Metals and Minerals, Mines and Mining, Ministry of Commerce (China), Rare Earths, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Supply Chain, United States Defense and Military Forces, United States Politics and Government