Yea, that is a critical issue. We need to get that mine open. Rory
-----Original Message----- From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Andrews Sent: Monday, September 4, 2017 10:23 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] North Korea, China, sanctions, and wireless radios... Then we better get our act back together on rare-earth minerals.. On 09/04/2017 09:44 AM, Steve Jones wrote: > Foxconn is coming here (IPhone) > Taiwan is hoping this goes down, their sovereignty is on the table > Philippines and Malaysia used to produce, probably a lot of shuttered > factories we haven't closed the door on cuba yet There is no shortage > of slave labor nations, china knows this. > When you rely on the spoils of slaver and servitude such as we do, its > best to spread the risk around, and that's what we are poised to do > with this. It will hurt in the wallet for a time, but in the end, we > would be better, critical components will make their way back to > silicon valley, the rest of the stuff will spread out. > > We actually have a great deal of bargaining power in all this. > > > > > On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 11:25 AM, Josh Reynolds <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > The short version of this, is that for the first time since April > 30th, 1975 (end of Vietnam War) the American people might actually > realize we are at war. They've largely been excluded from that fact > for almost 17 years now. This however, would be a much more > conventional battle. We are REALLY good at those, or at least we were > at one time. > > The alternative is that North Korean continues their program to > increase their range, accuracy, explosive potential, and eventually a > multi-warhead (MIRV) situation. There have been some links in the past > between NK and Iran, so if NK ends up being successful, Iran would > likely be quick to follow. > > None of this is any good. > > On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 10:56 AM, Kurt Fankhauser > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I'm starting to get worried if the US tries to punish China for > North Korea > > what does this mean for wireless radios that are made in China? > Will we not > > be able to import them anymore? We rely quite a bit on products > made in > > China for our everyday lives. I use alot of Ubiquiti products and > if i can > > no longer get those my WISP operations would be severely crippled... > >
