The Galling Gallium Chokehold: Why the US Cannot Produce Precision Missiles and Fully-Functional F-35s
Summary
A Sonar21 piece argues that the US cannot produce gallium domestically and relies on China for supply, creating strategic vulnerabilities in precision missiles and radars for aircraft like the F-35. It ties gallium dependency to GaN technologies used in next-generation radars and the 6G race, and discusses policy moves to rebuild domestic supply chains.