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       Report: The US can't reproduce its high-end weaponry quickly enough.Munitions used in just the first 4 days of the war on Iran used 92 tons of copper, 137kg neodymium, 18kg gallium, 37kg tantalum, 7kg dysprosium, & 600 tons ammonium perchlorate (only 1 domestic US source).China controls production of 98% of gallium, 90% neodymium, 99% dysprosium.The US is a currency issuer. It *cannot* run out of USD. No such luck with copper, etc.https://thecradle.co/articles/between-war-and-industrial-breakdown-the-us-israeli-attrition-crisis #USPol #EUPol #USImperialism .