(Own report) - While the German frigate Bayern is preparing to set off for its Asia-Pacific tour, high-ranking US military officials are intensifying their discussion on the type and time of a possible large-scale war against China. Retired Admiral James Stavridis, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe and author of a newly published novel on such a war, assumed until recently that the battle could begin in the coming decade and could possibly be triggered by a conflict over Taiwan or islands in the South and East China seas. However, the military balance of power between the USA and China is rapidly shifting in favor of the People's Republic, which in some areas has already caught up, for example in the number of warships or in cyber warfare, Stavridis notes. He warns that "the battle" between Washington and Beijing "may come much sooner. US allies play a central role and the USA is deliberately involving them in "more aggressive" operations, for example, in the South China Sea. Germany is among the allies he mentioned.
Holy fucking shit lol does our military have some other hookup? Because it would be too fucking funny if we declared war and immediately lost our fucking ammo supplier.
It's a large amount. A alot of precursor chemicals are also refined in China then shipped to Europe. For example all US solid fuel rocket engines use Dechlorane, which is made by one company in Belgium, which gets all precursor chemicals from China. Most electronics in the military are also on Chinese made circuit boards. Final assembly of everything is usually in the US.
But yeah, US empire can't function without Chinese manufacturing, and Chinese domestic life cannot continue without the customers, no one is really interested in rocking the boat too much. I mean take the Belt and Road Initiative, you know who is a huge supporter? Bill Gates lol.
The main contracted supplier for military ammo is a factory in Missouri called Lake City. I couldn't find anything on their supply chain's origins, but also couldn't find articles about them facing input shortages like civilian factories had. That might be domestic or at least non-Chinese.
It looks like most us lead consumption is domestic (https://prd-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/atoms/files/mis-202102-lead.pdf) but I don't know enough to say weather any of the materials required to mine that lead could be produced domestically.
Holy fucking shit lol does our military have some other hookup? Because it would be too fucking funny if we declared war and immediately lost our fucking ammo supplier.
It's a large amount. A alot of precursor chemicals are also refined in China then shipped to Europe. For example all US solid fuel rocket engines use Dechlorane, which is made by one company in Belgium, which gets all precursor chemicals from China. Most electronics in the military are also on Chinese made circuit boards. Final assembly of everything is usually in the US.
But yeah, US empire can't function without Chinese manufacturing, and Chinese domestic life cannot continue without the customers, no one is really interested in rocking the boat too much. I mean take the Belt and Road Initiative, you know who is a huge supporter? Bill Gates lol.
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The main contracted supplier for military ammo is a factory in Missouri called Lake City. I couldn't find anything on their supply chain's origins, but also couldn't find articles about them facing input shortages like civilian factories had. That might be domestic or at least non-Chinese.
It looks like most us lead consumption is domestic (https://prd-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/atoms/files/mis-202102-lead.pdf) but I don't know enough to say weather any of the materials required to mine that lead could be produced domestically.