Chinese media: The US militarys equipment supply chain cannot be completely sepa

(Beijing / Washington Comprehensive News) Chinese media posted a post saying that the U.S. military wants to create a complete equipment supply chain that is completely separated from China.

Comprehensive Reuters and Bloomberg reported that the U.S. Department of Defense spokesman announced on Wednesday (September 7) that during the investigation of the Ministry of Defense in August, it was found that the magnets in the F-35 engine lubricating oil pump belonged to the unsolved unruly.Chinese objects violate the US Purchasing Law, so they are required to suspend the delivery of the fighter aircraft in Lockheed Martin.

However, Russell Goemaere, a spokesman for the US National Defense Contract Administration, also said that it is expected that all magnets that have been delivered to fighters will not be replaced, because it will cost more than 500 US aircraft to cost high and timely and timely consumption.Modification.

Lockheed Martin and F-35 Joint Project Office evaluated that the turbine engine components involved in this incident did not have safety or flight risks to the aircraft.New fighter.

Lockheed Martin also said that it has found a source of alternative Chinese alloys in the United States with Pentagon, which can be used for future fighters.

The WeChat public account of the China Official Media Period Times "Privy Temple No. 10" posted on Sunday (11th) that the impact of the United States originally wanted to speculate on the "Made in China" on the US supply chain and promoted decoupled with China in the military industry, but the moreThe greater the trouble, it was changed to say that it did not cause the actual threat.

The article says that this is not the first time that F-35 has been found to use Chinese-made components.As early as 10 years ago, the Pentagon approved the use of Chinese magnets in F-35 components. At that time, China only provided raw materials, and subsequent processing was completed by the United States.

This time, it was sent to the United States to magnetize after being processed into parts in China, so the technical proportion of "Made in China" is higher.

The article also said that the Pentagon relies heavily on China and Russia in some key resources.For example, minerals are vital to the US military industry supply chain. The production of military equipment such as armor -piercing, explosives, and night vision mirrors requires 锑.

There is no ore in the United States, and China is the largest producer of ore or refined crickets.