EXPLAINED: The Metal China Controls That Could Decide the Next World War

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EXPLAINED: How China’s Tungsten Grip Is Hitting US Missile Supply | Times Now World WASHINGTON / BEIJING — A catastrophic depletion of the United States' advanced munitions inventory has triggered an unprecedented, acute panic within the highest echelons of the Pentagon, exposing a severe vulnerability ahead of China’s critical 2027 Taiwan timeline. High-level defense assessments indicate that following the expenditure of over one thousand advanced missiles during recent hostilities with Iran, Washington faces a near-insurmountable hurdle in replenishing its strategic stockpiles due to a complete domestic deficit of tungsten—an irreplaceable, ultra-dense metallurgical component critical to Tomahawk cruise missiles, armor-piercing munitions, and bunker busters. Compounding the security crisis, Beijing leverages an aggressive 80 percent monopoly over global tungsten production, actively executing hostile export controls that have driven material costs to historic peaks and effectively t

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