美国防初创企业在构建武器以应对中国时面临一个难题——他们高度依赖中国的零部件供应。
中国是美国防务公司获取电池、电机、传感器、稀有地球材料和其他生产无人机至舰船与导弹所需关键组件的主导供应商。此行业对来自中国的原材料严重依赖,在华盛顿已成无可忽视的事实,其现状显得愈发难以承受。
新闻来源:www.wsj.com
原文地址:Defense-Tech Startups Need a New Supplier: Anyone but China
新闻日期:2024-09-30
原文摘要:
Defense startups developing weapons to counter China have a problem. They depend on the country for parts. China is the dominant supplier of batteries, motors, sensors, rare-earth materials and other key components needed by U.S. defense companies. The industry’s outsize reliance on China for materials to build everything from drones to ships and missiles has become an untenable reality in Washington.