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Re:Singapore Urges U.S. to Accept China's Rise, Spare Other ... by tomp on Thursday May 16, 2019 @06:21AM (#19927666)
It's more like, if you don't have steel/oil/planes/guns/CPUs you don't have an army (or more specifically, producers of the above can deny you resources when you need them most, in war).
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Re:Singapore Urges U.S. to Accept China's Rise, Spare Other ... by AsyncAwait on Thursday May 16, 2019 @06:24AM (#19927673)
As an example, this is why Russia has rushed to finish GLONASS, (GPS was disrupted for them in 2008) & why China and the EU are working towards the same goal.
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Re:Singapore Urges U.S. to Accept China's Rise, Spare Other ... by thefounder on Thursday May 16, 2019 @09:11AM (#19928655)
You could argue the same with anything: food, energy, cars, electronics etc... In time of war everything counts but I thought we are not at war...are we? Is it free trade, fair justice, human rights etc or "national security" and "our interests"?
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