For instance, most U.S. military solid rocket engines use a substance called Dechlorane. However, "there is no domestic supplier for this material; the sole source is Occidental Chemical in Belgium," warns the Department of Defense's FY 2016 Annual Industrial Capabilities report. "Even more concerning is that the pre-cursor to make Dechlorane came from China. The Chinese source can no longer produce that pre-cursor and so there is now no source for Dechlorane in the world."
As if the prospect of American weapons being dependent on Chinese-made parts is bad enough, there are already worries that Chinese-made electronics may be infected with computer viruses that would let China spy on or disable U.S. military, commercial and consumer products.
Much of the government’s annual $90 billion in spending on information technology is devoted to Chinese products, offering Chinese officials an opportunity to seed U.S. government offices with spyware and electronic back doors that could be exploited for cyberattacks, said Jennifer Bisceglie, chief executive of Interos Solutions, which conducted the study. “They are doing it,” Bisceglie said. “We’re not even making it difficult right now.”
And this is why not having your own industry is like digging your own grave. The moment you rely on others to provide you with resources or material, you're fucked and dependent on them. They have you by the balls and you can't do anything about it other than slowly start building an industry that your people have no experience in because you always depended on foreigners to make stuff for you.
You cannot be a relevant worldpower without your own exclusive industry or bank.
James Ortiz
Western countries reap what they sow. Almost all western countries really need a good beating.
Eli Green
US industry was killed by unions and gubmint regulations, so it's no surprised we would have to go elsewhere for our shit.
Owen Morgan
I remember during the bush years somebody told me that the Republicans gave tax breaks to move factories to offshore.
People are more upset about an idea of a trade war than they are about an actual war with Russia.
Aaron Cook
NEXT ON THE NEWS!
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Ethan Moore
This.
Why are barbarians so incapable of grasping common sense? Outsourcing your own shit is only beneficial if you are physically incapable to produce that shit and it's more cost effective to use resources spent on said production line to produce some other shit that you can sell for more than it takes to buy from outsiders the shit you couldn't produce, and last time I checked westerners did not have any shortage of industrial facilities, raw resources or personnel at least compared to the second world where they send their industry to.
Julian Martinez
>(((I))) was made filthy rich by a consumerbase and a socially stable system in a country
Logan Wilson
So long as the code is written in America or open source, the parts are inspected for transmitters like the NSA's Cottonmouth, and the CPUs aren't sourced from China, it should be fine.
