In the United States, they are concerned about the "total dependence" of their army on the supply of Chinese microcircuits and rare earth metals

The US Congress is going to pass a regulation that would introduce additional obligations for the Pentagon in the use of high-tech products. As it turns out, American lawmakers are concerned about the fact that such products often come to the United States from China.

Earlier, as an example, a case was cited when surveillance cameras were installed in the repair hangars of the US Air Force, which, according to the documents, were made in America, but in fact turned out to be with Chinese "stuffing". Then even the FBI got involved in the case, checking whether a potential adversary had leaked important data concerning aviation technologies and chains for the repair of combat aircraft.

Now the US Congress is going to oblige the Pentagon to "map" the supply of microcircuits and equipment with their use. In other words, the US military will have to provide a report on the supply of high-tech elements in order to be able to trace the chain according to the formula "from manufacturer to customer."

As reported in the American press, Congressmen are concerned about the fact that the percentage of the use of microchips produced in Chinese enterprises has increased in the US troops. American lawmakers believe that with their help, China can engage in espionage, receiving classified information, including on the military-technical aspect of the activities of the US troops.

From the report of the task force of the US House of Representatives:

The defense supply chain poses a national security risk: a significant amount of materials for the defense industrial base come exclusively from the People's Republic of China.

The Pentagon has already been ordered to diversify the supply of microcircuits for the needs of the US Army, to identify the most "vulnerable" links in the supply chain of the necessary elements.

In addition, it is noted that the risks are associated with the significant dependence of the US military-technical complex on the supply of rare earth metals from China. It is noted that these metals are used in the creation of stealth fighters, the latest missiles, blocks and nodes of communications and electronic suppression, in the space industry.

Congress said that if it is possible to trace the supply chain, risks can be minimized.

From the report:

The Pentagon's dependence on foreign, primarily Chinese, rare earth metals and microcircuits is total today. This is a national security risk. Need a tracking software.

Comments

[aszzz888]

In the United States, they are concerned about the "total dependence" of their army on the supply of Chinese microcircuits and rare earth metals

Have seen)) however!

[Cat Alexandrovich]

Duc, after all, the Vigilant Falcon lived on their territory.

[SKVichyakow]

Got it clear, but what will change this situation?

[Starover_Z]

Quote: aszzz888

Have seen)) however!

They did not see the light, but admitted that they themselves had "a stigma in the cannon"! And they were afraid.
It is surprising that they are not outraged .... Even strange.

[Muddy Seeing ORACLE]

And then I think that the satellites do not reach, the progress of regressions are falling, but it’s there that the Chinese sabotage service of microelectronics tried ...

[Thrifty]

So, their defense industry up to 90 percent of processors are made by Taiwanese! Or, without knowing it, the Yankees consider Taiwan as a single whole with China ???

[Kronos]

About 90% is too bold. And if we consider that China does not produce the necessary equipment for the production of chips and microcircuits, then the concern of the United States and the EU is not China in this matter, but a general dependence on other countries in this matter.

[Ingvar 72]

Quote: Kronos

China does not produce the necessary equipment for the production of chips and microcircuits

We do not produce either one or the other. AvtoVAZ was again stopped this week due to the lack of electronics supplies from China. And sooner or later this problem will affect the military-industrial complex.

[tihonmarine]

Quote: Ingvar 72

And sooner or later this problem will affect the military-industrial complex.

Yes, the Russian military-industrial complex has long been using electronics from China.

[KCA]

This is practically the case, financially, Formosa and China are one whole, war is the horror stories of the United States, but in fact, China has not needed it for a long time, they bought everything

[tralflot1832]

First we ran into China, and now there it is, Pilossi. Disperse the Capitol, a bunch of ancient Marozmatics! All the troubles of the United States from the Capitol.

[aszzz888]

tralflot1832 (Andrey S.)
Today, 07: 32
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First we ran into China, but now it’s like, Pilossi. Disperse the Capitol, a bunch of ancient Marozmatics!All the troubles of the United States from the Capitol.

And all our troubles are from the USA.

[tralflot1832]

I don’t see any troubles because of the United States. But total theft is a problem for us! One thing pleases they can’t take out, hence the golden toilet bowls and tons of money in apartments.

[tihonmarine]

Quote: tralflot1832

One thing pleases they cannot take out, hence the golden toilet bowls and tons of money in apartments.

"Cut Shura, cut! They are golden!" Everything according to Ilf and Petrov.

[Mountain shooter]

They have yet to learn how difficult and expensive it is to engage in import substitution. Wouldn't you quarrel with China?
Do not throw stones in a house with glass walls.

[knn54]

The economic war with China is gradually developing into a resource war.
China accounts for about 36,7% of the world's known reserves of rare earth metals and 70,6% of the world's production of these metals.
The method of extracting minerals for each deposit is INDIVIDUAL.
So the reorientation to Vietnam and Brazil (possibly Australia) will not be painless.
Regarding the microcircuits. It seems that instead of Taiwanese suppliers are importing Chinese ones, which are cheaper and less reliable. A few years ago, this "replacement" caused two (officially) US Air Force fighters to crash.
I do not remember from what year, but Taiwan on its products (seen on the connectors) puts the mark "Made in China".

[Egoza]

Quote: knn54

instead of Taiwanese, suppliers import Chinese, which are cheaper and less reliable. A few years ago, this "replacement" resulted in the accident of two (officially) US Air Force fighters.

Well, at least B. and P. have nothing to do with it. And we wish China good luck in carrying out further operations to destroy the enemy, who himself paid for the wonderful microcircuits.

[Maikcg]

How does it have nothing to do with it? And who draws up with labeled microcircuits?

[carstorm 11]

A total craze for espionage ... this is already a clinic

[orionvitt]

Quote: carstorm 11

A total craze for espionage ... this is already a clinic

Okay, espionage, you can still understand that. But the general obsession with the "problem" of sex minorities and the "gender issue" in the US Army, this is really a clinic. However, I am personally glad. The more they have a headache about the rights of "fighting gay" , the calmer the rest of the world will be.

[syndicalist]

Earlier it was necessary to choke. They themselves raised this monster, which will swallow both America and the rest of the world, starting with Russia.

[HaByxoDaBHocep]

Che are worried, we also have everything Chinese and no one cares)

[tihonmarine]

Quote: HaByxoDaBHocep

Che worried, we also have everything Chinese and no one cares

Even house slippers and nails.

[tralflot1832]

Nails are nothing, I've straightened the key by 32, almost killed myself.

[tihonmarine]

Quote: tralflot1832

Nails are nothing, I've straightened the key by 32, almost killed myself.

It's easier for me, I hit the nail, but he bent, and so on 10 times. I threw out the whole pack, drank a glass of moonshine out of frustration, and went to buy Swedish nails.

[tralflot1832]

Our Soviets are also good at lubrication.

[tihonmarine]

Quote: tralflot1832

Our Soviets are also good at lubrication.

It's a pity, it's long over.

[tralflot1832]

You can still find from the state reserve. When it was built in 2010 2015, like a Kalashnikov assault rifle in waxed paper and grease.

[Max PV]

It will be difficult for them to solve this problem. China is literally everywhere now. Let me give you an example from my own experience. Took part in the investigation of the failure of a German high-power electric motor. I will not name the company - I can only say that it is a world-renowned corporation. The motor's shaft was cut off. The investigation showed that there were no accidents or breakdowns capable of causing such damage, the unit was operated according to the manufacturer's instructions. Examination of the cut site showed slag impurities and pores in the metal. We began to find out with the representatives of the company who was to blame. So, it turned out that the engine was assembled and wound in Germany, and steel parts, except for the magnetic circuits of the rotor and stator, were supplied from China, and if they were sharpened at a normal plant, then the workpieces were cast at all, it is not clear who, and it is not clear where.

[tihonmarine]

Quote: Max PV

So, it turned out that the engine was assembled and wound in Germany, and steel parts, in addition to the rotor and stator magnetic circuits, were supplied from China,

And this is everywhere and everywhere. But in China, decent state-owned enterprises are doing well, and in "sharashki" how it will turn out. But the prices in "sharashki" are many times more expensive, and people forget that "the greedy pays twice." Although having bought a Chinese part from a "sharashka", you can capitalize it as a European one, and the difference is in your pocket.

[prior]

If the Americans are concerned about the total dependence on Chinese microcircuits, then what to say about ours ...

[tihonmarine]

Quote: prior

then what to say about our ...

I don't want to offend anyone, but I want to ask, "are there many of these microcircuits produced?"

[prior]

The profitability and development in the field of microcircuit production is determined by the sales market. China has the whole world. Our market is practically limited by its own borders. So count ... And if you take into account equipment for the production of microcircuits and devices for controlling parameters, then in general a pipe ...

[YuryPVO]

The main thing is not to confuse the concept - Chinese microcircuits and manufactured in China at factories belonging to American brands. The PRC produces its own microcircuits, which are designed and manufactured in China. They have their own markings. These microcircuits have never been used in American military equipment. Chips of the Chinese design have lower integration, but they are workable and perfectly replace well-known brands, as evidenced by flights of Chinese spacecraft. Moreover, China does not sell us products of its own design for space, and we have almost none of our own. American brands import their own crystals from America to China for packaging at a lower cost. Or they use crystals of their own design, but produced in Taiwan, where they are also packaged. Those. the technique uses brands that were brought from China, which have passed there a test for workability, sorting by temperature range and marking. After such manipulations, the remnants that did not pass the checks should be destroyed, but they fall into the hands of Chinese dealers, who mark them as workable and release them to the market. These microcircuits are efficient in a narrow range of temperatures, voltages, vibrations. So they make up the bulk of Chinese counterfeit products under well-known brands. Some of the counterfeit goods are Chinese crystals marked with brands, but they are mostly low-tech products such as diodes, transistors, microcircuits with low integration. They are also of limited capacity. And there are completely unusable products for well-known brands. This is the so-called re-marker, when they take a microcircuit with the desired case, regardless of the filling, and mark it under the brand. Such products do not work at all and it is very difficult to figure out what they are. To do this, you need to open the case to see the marking of the crystal. And the bookmarks are also easily detected at the entrance control, and are spyware in the microcontroller software. Therefore, the entire production cycle of such complex microcircuits must be kept in the hands of the brand. And this is easier, but more expensive to do in America. Moreover, often brands do not have their own production facilities at all and order everything in Taiwan, albeit in a friendly, but nevertheless, Chinese country.

[APASUS]

China can win a war without even starting it. Here's another on the subject of economics

[Kostadinov]

And if you consider that China does not produce the necessary equipment for the production of chips and microcircuits

China has been producing such equipment since the days of Mao and the Cultural Revolution. Of course, then other microcircuits were beaten since 50 years have passed, but the PRC has never depended on foreign countries for the production of microcircuits.
Taiwanese production is the assembly of parts from the PRC.
Of course, the United States can produce everything on its own, but the price will increase dramatically.

[zwlad]

American lawmakers are concerned about the fact that often such products come to the United States from China.

But our lawmakers are not particularly worried about the similar situation in the Russian Federation.

[orionvitt]

with their help, China can engage in espionage

Here, as they say, "what we fought for, we ran into it." Use "bookmarks" in hardware and software (especially if military products), a purely American know-how, known from the last century. Back in Soviet times, there were several major scandals. So serve you the Yankees, don't dig another hole.

[xorek]

The "total dependence" of its army on the supply of Chinese microcircuits and rare earth metals

The DPRK trades there, they have a large field ..
And, thank God, China is developing and cannot stand the United States and other tolerators ..
Here we Russia and China have full agreement .. China now takes on most of the negative from the West, and that's good! We support each other, albeit with caution.
The West made a huge mistake when it transferred all production to China and other countries with cheap labor.
Trump tried to fix it, but alas .. Biden is in the mood for war. Because the United States is China. already a couple of trillions or more .. And the whole world is already under 30 trillion.
How will they get out:? They are trying to start a war or

[tarakan]

I live in the baltics, I decided to buy an electronic protractor, Chinese for 10 euro, but long. I went to a local store, Chinese for 50 euro, PANCAKE I AM DEPENDING ON CHINA !!!!!