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  • Cheap, effective and battle-tested by Russia: Iran leans on Shahed drones to penetrate U.S. defenses

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  • The US government does actually maintain a two tiered system of stockpiles for rare earths and other critical minerals though the exact inventory size is not published, with one being a defense stockpile and a new larger commercial reserve just announced in february this year. The existing defense stockpile is managed by the defense logistics agency and exists solely to supply the military industrial and essential civilian needs during a national emergency. Supposedly it is a relatively small stockpile containing 37 different materials valued at approximately 1.15 billion dollars, which for context is about one tenth the value of the newly proposed commercial reserve. The new commercial reserve is a 12 billion dollar project funded by a 10 billion dollar loan from the us export import bank and about 2 billion dollars in private capital. This reserve will initially aim to hold a 60 day supply of critical minerals and will include any of the more than 50 minerals, but its structure and inventory details are still being finalized. To sum up, there is some reserve, but not much.

    https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/2/2/what-is-the-us-strategic-minerals-stockpile

    https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/03/trump-stockpile-critical-minerals-reserve-project-vault.html

    https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/02/03/rare-earths-stocks-trump-critical-minerals-stockpile-project-vault.html

  • Oil hits $90 per barrel, stocks continue to drop as escalating Iran war shocks markets

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  • oh yeah this is just the start

  • Oil hits $90 per barrel, stocks continue to drop as escalating Iran war shocks markets

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  • I mean if you know about it ahead of time, you are well positioned to make money hand over fist. It's not like he has to worry about reelection here.

  • The Misconception That Air Supremacy Has Been Achieved Over Iran

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  • but drunk war bro in charge of the Pentagon said it, so must be true

  • NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte just spills the beans live on air: "NATO is a platform for the United States to project power on the world stage."

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  • It's normal for people to adopt mainstream views of their society as the default, that's what makes it mainstream. It takes events like Gaza for people to start questioning those views. Glad you found your way out of the maze. :)

  • Russia is providing Iran intelligence to target U.S. forces, officials say 🎻

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  • It's absolutely hilarious how they've been doing this for four years in Ukraine, and are now acting shocked that Russia is doing it back to them.

  • Modern problems require modern solutions

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  • sounds exactly like the kind of plan war bro hegseth would approve

  • Modern problems require modern solutions

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  • They don't really have the numbers, but also imagine being dumb enough to fall for it right after the US left kurds in Syria out to dry.

  • NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte just spills the beans live on air: "NATO is a platform for the United States to project power on the world stage."

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  • Exactly, every little bit helps. Every time people start to question the narrative even a tiny bit, it makes them more open to considering other views. And shit like invasion of Iran or the genocide in Gaza creates a powerful context where a lot of people start wondering how these things can be happening.

  • NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte just spills the beans live on air: "NATO is a platform for the United States to project power on the world stage."

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  • it's noteworthy that he's just saying it out loud

  • Modern problems require modern solutions

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  • lmao have them read a barcode and get infected 🤣

  • Modern problems require modern solutions

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  • The whole thermal paint thing is new though.

  • US Won’t Allow India to Become Rival Like China, Official Says

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  • Same, I'm hoping pride will win out in the end and India will choose sovereignty instead of groveling at the feet of the fading empire.

  • Modern problems require modern solutions

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  • I can't really see a ground invasion myself, like where do the troops come from for it?

  • Modern problems require modern solutions

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  • US Won’t Allow India to Become Rival Like China, Official Says

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  • You gotta love how India keeps trying to kiss America's ass while America just keeps openly spitting on them.

  • U.S. Has a Big Ask for China: Buy Less Oil from Russia, More From America 🤣

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  • like how is this not the onion

  • Canada's carney in charge says unable to rule out military role in Iran war

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  • anybody who bombs brown people is automatically an ally of Canada

  • Chinese refiners are snapping up Russian oil that India is shunning, helping Moscow to overcome a dip in purchases.

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  • Basically, I think that's how I'm reading it too. Trying to disrupt China's oil imports almost certainly appears to be part of the plan, but naturally it only forces both China and Russia to cooperate more creating a nightmare scenario for the US. And of course, the countries that get hurt the most are US vassals in Europe, Japan, and occupied Korea. All of them were hugely dependent on oil and LNG shipments going through the Strait of Hormuz, which are now cut off. China will be fine, US aligned countries, not so much.