(November 15, 2013 at 11:54 am)Lemonvariable72 Wrote:(November 15, 2013 at 11:49 am)Drich Wrote:
Where do you think we get the parts to put into our missles, tanks and planes comes from? I saw a documentry "Death by China" it says that 95% of all of the avionics (Flate panel displays, flight sensors and computers) come from China.
If we went to war with them directly do you think they would continue to allow the export of parts to companies like lockheed martin and Boeing? We may do the final assembly of the planes here, but where do you think the parts for our over priced places comes from? How will we maintain our advantages if we can not service our equipment?
Mmmhhhmmmmm those effects would be interesting to say the least. In China you would have huge lay offs, while in the us you would a massive remobilization. With a huge Hick up in production and possibly price.
You know that China is the worlds largest producer of rare earth materials, right?.... and largest is a bit of an understatement... they produce something like 95% of those things... And all electronics rely on them.
The US does have a rare earth production industry, but it can't economically compete with China... until the chinese cut it off... like they did a few months... (years?) ago.
