Larry C. Johnson: A Dependency Decades in the Making: How Washington Let Five Minerals – and China – Take the US Arsenal Hostage

There is a single sentence in a 2025 defense-industry study that ought to end a certain kind of complacency in Washington. Researchers at Govini, a firm that maps the Pentagon’s supply chains, found that more than 80,000 parts across roughly 1,900 weapon systems incorporate just five processed...