FOREIGN POLICY CONFIRMS PENTAGON S DIRE MISSILE SHORTAGE IS COMPOUNDED BY THE EPSTEIN ADMIN S DISASTEROUS CHINA TRADE WAR , DEFENCE CONTRACTORS CANNOT GET CRITICAL MINERALS TO BUILD NEW WEAPONS

THE EPSTEIN ADMIN CONTRIBUTED TO THE CURRENT DE WEAPONIZATION OF THE USA AND ISRAEL BY CUTTING OFF CRITICAL MINERALS IMPORTED FROM CHINA IN ANOTHER SPECTACULAR MISCALCULATION

CRITICIAL MINERALS ARE A KEY BARRIER TO THE REPLACEMENT OF THE WASTED, DESTROYED MILITARY ASSETS IN THE IRAN WAR

FANTASTY RULES IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE DECISIONS HAVE DESTROYED WHAT IS LEFT OF THE USA, PLUNGING IT INTO A MILITARY, ECONOMIC, DIPLOMATIC AND POLITICAL CRISIS

As Trump and Netanyahu have burned through the last remaining stocks of key air defence and offensive missiles at an alarming rate, it is increasingly clear there are, and will be, virtually no replacements.

And the reason is another spectacular miscalculation of Trump, namely, his trade war with China.

This resulted in China cutting off much of the critical minerals to the US defence industries which it needs to build missiles, jets, radar systems.

After  Iran destroyed a huge  radar system central to Patriot/THAAD in Qatar, Foreign Policy confirms it, says it will take 5-8 years to rebuild, and that another destroyed in Bahrain will take 12-24 months to replace.

The biggest problem facing contractors  will be getting the 77.3 kg of gallium needed for both systems, which would have been sourced from China until Trump s disastrous trade war.

Now industry cannot get enough of the gallium, cannot buld a new radar system to replace the destroyed one, slowing down the entire production process.

It may take years for the US industry to create its own critical mineral mining and refining industry.

To emphasize, these are disasters caused by Trump and the Epstein admin

From media.

Had seen unconfirmed reports that Iran destroyed a huge, expensive radar system central to Patriot/THAAD in Qatar: here Foreign Policy casually confirms it, says it will take 5-8 years to rebuild, and that another destroyed in Bahrain will take 12-24 monthss to replace.

The first 36 hours of the U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran consumed more than 3,000 precision-guided munitions and interceptors, exposing a critical vulnerability in the supply chain. https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/05/iran-war-munitions-critical-minerals/

The United States, engaged in a war with Iran, has begun relocating part of its Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system deployed in South Korea to the Middle East, the Washington Post (WP) reported on the 9th (local time), citing two U.S. Department of Defense officials.

According to the WP, the U.S. military expended $5.6 billion (approximately 8.26 trillion Korean won) worth of ammunition in the first two days of airstrikes against Iran, rapidly depleting advanced weaponry. As advanced weapon stockpiles neared exhaustion, the U.S. military has been redeploying air defense assets from the Indo-Pacific region. Additionally, Patriot interceptor missiles are being diverted from other regions to counter Iran’s drone and ballistic missile attacks.

However, the same report highlighted that the Pentagon seeks to control the narrative: "These measures are not due to a shortage of weapons in the Middle East but are preventive steps in anticipation of the Iran crisis potentially prolonging," one US official was cited in WaPo as saying.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/south-korea-angry-over-us-plan-redeploy-critical-air-defense-system-mideast