Industry experts have blasted the Pentagon’s latest (unpublished) report which claims that domestic sources will allow the U.S. military to meet its demand for rare earths by next year. “The only way we can get that material right now is from a foreign company in China,” said Jack Lifton, co-founder of Technology Metals Research.

American reliance on foreign nations leaves us vulnerable to supply disruptions and places our national security at risk. When our military needs rare earths, it’s imperative that we have a domestic supply on hand.