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Re:Critical Minerals: Reducing U.S. Import Reliance with Sub... by 1970-01-01 on Wednesday July 22, 2026 @01:33PM (#49010391)
War with China has been on the roadmap for 10+ years.
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Re:Critical Minerals: Reducing U.S. Import Reliance with Sub... by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday July 22, 2026 @05:53PM (#49013978)
Yeah, but not for 2030. IIRC, Xi has demanded that China's military be ready to take Taiwan in 2027.
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Re:Critical Minerals: Reducing U.S. Import Reliance with Sub... by ColdStream on Wednesday July 22, 2026 @09:33PM (#49015736)
True but it also looks like a Hail Mary shot for them. If they make the move and it doesn't work, the internal pressures from the people could topple a lot of the power structure.

They probably won't move until they have a very decent chance of pulling it off but they are running out of runway to build that force.

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