Not just for hardening lead....

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U.S. relies on Axis of Evil for ammo: One of the many problems of globalism is the likelihood that sovereign states ultimately become dependent upon other states for essential goods. And what could be more essential than the goods that provide for one's own defense? As RedState reports, "The US military is almost entirely dependent upon China and Russia for a metal used in many military applications, such as explosives and armor-piercing bullets." (And night vision goggles, infrared sensors, precision optics, laser sighting, nuclear weapons, flares, and military clothing, we might add.) RedState continues: "The metal is antimony, and China currently owns 53 percent of the world's supply. However, it processes over 80 percent of antimony ore through contracts with other producers. The US's last source of antimony, the Stibnite mine in Idaho, ceased operations in 1997." This is certainly bad enough, but our dependency doesn't stop there. As Forbes points out, antimony is also essential to many critical private-sector products such as "semi-conductors, circuit boards, electric switches, fluorescent lighting, high quality clear glass and lithium-ion batteries." That iPhone of yours? That hi-def TV? Those nice major appliances in your kitchen? All of them rely on antimony.