Submitted 11 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to globalnews@lemmy.zip
https://militarnyi.com/en/news/usa-unable-to-make-drones-without-components-from-china/
American drone manufacturers are facing a serious dependency on Chinese components in their products.
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USA Unable to Make Drones Anything Without Components From China
FTFY
hmm i wonder if they’ll start using washing machine chips
Rare tarif W.
What supply chains need to be blocked so that they stop making bombs for Israel? Asking for a homework.
“Mask off Maersk”
Also gonna drop this map of Elbit investors: act.progressive.international/out-palestine/
Much obliged! 🤘
Can’t they just use rubber bands instead?
The rubber bands are also made in china.
USA Unable to Make Drones Without Components From China militarnyi.com
The rubber bands are also made in china.
What rubber bands?
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Those are made in China
Oh alright. Quick! To the inner tubes!
Probably should have thought that one through before pulling the trigger on tariffs with zero research
Oh come on, are you trying to say there’s a better way to bring manufacturing of specific high end parts to the United States than blanket tariffs on everything?
Have you tried making all the input materials more expensive too?
And fucking over Ukraine (as everyone anticipated).
thought
We don’t do that here in the States.
It’s one of the banned words
It’s more like:
They’ve thrown themselves off the fast moving economic bus
tacosplease@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Remember how we’ve been punishing Cuba for 60 years by making sure they can’t buy stuff from other countries? That’s our new model for checks notes … improving the US economy.