China’s Rare Earth Threat Sparks An International Backlash – Forbes

China fired a verbal rocket at U.S. arms maker Lockheed Martin last month only to unleash a response which threatens its most strategically important industry, rare earths.
Because rare-earth elements have essential uses in a range of civil and military technologies, such as weapons guidance systems, Chinas control of supply is a powerful commercial and diplomatic bargaining chip.
A US-made Patriot missile is fired from a mobile launcher on a beach during an exercise in eastern ……

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