The Dragon Holds The Key !!
China’s Rare Earth Chokehold: A Quiet War On the World’s Military Backbones
Every warplane, guided missile, drone, and surveillance satellite America produces depends on a dizzying array of niche metals and rare minerals. These aren’t interchangeable parts you can swap out of a Home Depot aisle-they’re incredibly specific, high-performance materials that can only be sourced, for now, from one country: China.
At a time when geopolitical tensions are rising and the specter of great power conflict looms once more, the battlefield is not just being shaped by missiles and soldiers–but by minerals. And right now, China is waging a quiet but devastating campaign to strangle the very materials that power America’s military industrial complex.
In recent months, Beijing has tightened its grip on the global rare earths market, limiting the export of critical minerals that the U.S. military depends on for everything from drone motors to missile guidance systems. With China producing roughly 90% of the world’s rare earths, this isn’t just a supply chain issue. It’s a national security crisis.
The result? U.S. defense suppliers are scrambling. Some have delayed deliveries of key components by months. Prices for essential materials like samarium have exploded–up to 60 times their normal cost. Other critical minerals, like germanium and gallium, used in night vision and precision-guided weaponry, are now virtually unavailable from Chinese sources. And the clock is ticking. The Pentagon has mandated that by 2027, defense contractors must eliminate Chinese-sourced rare-earth magnets entirely. That sounds like a plan–until you realize how few alternatives exist.
This is economic warfare, plain and simple.
A Fragile Backbone
Every warplane, guided missile, drone, and surveillance satellite America produces depends on a dizzying array of niche metals and rare minerals. These aren’t interchangeable parts you can swap out of a Home Depot aisle–they’re incredibly specific, high-performance materials that can only be sourced, for now, from one country: China.
China knows this. It’s using that leverage. And Washington is only now waking up to how deeply the tentacles of Beijing’s mineral monopoly reach.
Leonardo DRS, a key U.S. defense firm, recently admitted it’s running on “safety stock” of germanium. Once it runs dry, infrared sensors for missiles could be delayed or halted. Small companies are especially vulnerable. Drone parts manufacturer ePropelled was recently forced to halt shipments because its Chinese supplier demanded images of its product designs and lists of customers–information no defense-linked company would dare give to Beijing. When they refused, the shipments stopped.
This isn’t just bureaucratic red tape. This is coercion.
From Supply Chain to Sovereignty
What’s truly unsettling is how deeply the U.S. military supply chain has become entangled with its chief geopolitical rival. More than 80,000 parts used in U.S. defense systems rely on critical minerals now subject to Chinese controls. That means one export license denied in Beijing can halt an entire production line in Virginia or Texas.
It’s as if, during the Cold War, the Pentagon had relied on the Soviet Union for tank parts.
The wake-up call is loud, but Washington’s response is slow. While the Department of Defense has begun investing–like its recent $400 million deal with MP Materials to secure domestic magnet production–it may take years before any new source can meaningfully offset China’s dominance. Startups like Vulcan Elements and USA Rare Earth show promise, but they’re still climbing uphill against China’s 40-year head start and vertically integrated supply chains.
In the meantime, prices rise, production slows, and America grows weaker where it should be strongest.
The High Cost of Complacency
Let’s not forget: the current bottleneck is not a natural disaster. It’s a man-made maneuver. Beijing is choosing to throttle supply, demanding Western companies reveal proprietary defense-related information to gain access to minerals it knows we can’t yet get elsewhere.
This isn’t simply trade leverage. It’s strategic warfare with minerals instead of missiles. And it’s working.
If America’s leaders do not act swiftly, the consequences could be devastating. In a future conflict, whether in the South China Sea or beyond, our military’s readiness may be dictated not by courage or capability–but by whether we can get enough samarium or germanium in time.
Signs of the Times
Digging Up Truth: New Discoveries At Shiloh Affirm The Bible’s Account
In the very place where the Bible says the Ark of the Covenant once rested–where priests sacrificed offerings, where Hannah cried out to God, and where Eli fell dead upon hearing the Ark had been captured–archaeologists now believe they have found the ruins of the original Tabernacle structure.
Temple Institute Announces: All Texas Red Heifers Disqualified ! WHAT NOW ?
“The three weeks of intensified focus and adoption of customs of mourning over the destruction of the two Holy Temples in Jerusalem have ended,” the announcement read. “But our recap of all the work the Temple Institute is involved with, the one aim of rebuilding the Holy Temple and renewing the Divine service is far from exhausted.”
The Temple Institute described its more than two decades of efforts to find a suitable red heifer. A red heifer is an entirely red female cow with no more than one non-red hair on its entire body. In the language of the Bible, red is not exclusively what we know today as red. It also includes brown and other similar shades of red. This excludes black. All of the hairs on its body must be the same color. The animal must also be two years and one month old. There can be no blemish, no holes in the ear, and it may never have carried a burden.
In September 2022, Boneh Israel, a cooperative effort of Jews and Christians together, found five suitable candidates in Texas and transported them to Israel.
“We have forged deep connections with cattle growers in the United States, both professionally and personally,” the statement by the Temple Institute continued. “We have worked with cattle growers in Israel. We have raised red heifer candidates here in Israel and flown over red heifer candidates from Texas. The halachot concerning the eligibility of a potential red heifer are very strict, and unfortunately, all our efforts so far have been frustrated by the appearance of more than one non-red hair on all our potential candidates. Nevertheless, our efforts continue.”
Judea and Samaria belong to Israel, declares House Speaker
A delegation of American lawmakers visited Israeli communities in Samaria on Monday, during a trip hosted by the Israeli settlement movement.
The delegation was headed by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana), and included US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee; his daughter, Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders; Heather Johnston, president of the US Israel Education Association; Rep. Nathaniel Q. Moran (R-Texas); Rep. Claudia L. Tenney (R-New York); Rep. Michael J. Cloud (R-Texas); and Rep. Michael T. McCaul (R-Texas).
The trip was organized by the US Israel Education Association and hosted by the Yesha Council, the umbrella organization representing all Israeli municipal governments in Judea and Samaria.
Israel Gantz, chief of the Binyamin Regional Council and chairman of the Yesha council, and Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan accompanied the US delegation during their visit to Samaria.
Gog and Magog Update
Trump Approves Israels Takeover
Israeli Prime Minister’s Office confirms Netanyahu met with House Speaker Mike Johnson in Samaria, amid reports Johnson discussed Israeli plans to annex parts of Judea and Samaria during trip approved by the White House.
The White House reportedly gave its approval to a high-level congressional delegation’s visit to Samaria this week, during which lawmakers met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and discussed the possible application of Israeli sovereignty over parts of Judea and Samaria.
House Speaker Mike Johnson led a congressional delegation in a visit to Samaria, marking the highest-profile American visit to Israeli towns beyond the pre-1967 Green Line.
The delegation included five House Republicans, a governor, US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, and the president of the US Israel Education Association.
A day later, the Prime Minister’s Office revealed that Netanyahu met with Johnson during the visit, in a gathering that took place at a Jewish winery in Shiloh in Samaria, north of Jerusalem.