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US Army made in China (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by yogthos@lemmygrad.ml to c/news@hexbear.net

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A report for the Pentagon was released by Arlington, Virginia-based Govini, which in 2019 received a five-year, $400 million contract from the Pentagon to provide data, analysis and information on Department of Defense spending, supply chain and acquisitions.

The report also states that dependence on the Chinese supply chain is present on every major weapons platform, including US aircraft carriers.

It is separately noted that the current dependence on China cannot be resolved even in a decade. Because a “supply chain” at this scale is an entire economy, as it is a network of many firms that buy and sell from each other.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/erictegler/2024/01/09/americas-carriers-rely-on-chinese-chips-our-depleted-munitions-too/

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[–] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I only have time to read this, not deliver line by line dunking, but I encourage comrades to read this article critically as it is a masterclass in neoliberal interests making a correct critique shared by the left (hollowing out domestic production and overreliance on Chinese suppliers has consequences) but wedded to entirely the wrong takeaway and diagnosis. Truly sublime brainworms

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Haha couldn't have said it better.

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

Indeed, the problems are inaction, lack of will, layers of obstructionist government and Pentagon bureaucracy, and executive policies that do nothing.

Sensible chuckle!