China's New Rare Earth and Magnet Restrictions Threaten US Defense Supply Chains

Re:China's New Rare Earth and Magnet Restrictions Threaten U... by mattmaroon on Sunday October 12, 2025 @02:04AM (#45555669)

Ha.

I think the bigger problem than the military is probably the nascent EV industry here. It must use orders of magnitude more of them than the defense industry, which can surely source them indirectly much the way China is still getting the chips we have export controls on.

I doubt they can kill our missile production no matter what they do but they can probably kill Tesla.

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Re:China's New Rare Earth and Magnet Restrictions Threaten U... by woooooo on Sunday October 12, 2025 @03:42AM (#45556150)

That could be China's real motivation as well, they have BYD and Xiaomi with a good shot at outcompeting the US globally in EVs.

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Re:China's New Rare Earth and Magnet Restrictions Threaten U... by mattmaroon on Sunday October 12, 2025 @08:00AM (#45557567)

It’s probably a major factor. Also, it’s great way to hammer back at the sanctions we already put in place.

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