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Opinion: Face the facts: America has outsourced its military supply chain to China

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China is the largest foreign supplier of critical technologies for the Department of Defense , ahead of even close allies like the U.K. and Japan .

U.S. may be the first country to deliberately outsource its military supply chain to an adversary in exchange for cost savings.

Congress and the Pentagon need to make it clear that a failure to decouple will be even more costly.

Dan Nidess is a former Marine captain, veteran of the war in Iraq , and former product manager at the Defense Innovation Unit . He currently works in the tech sector. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to The Hill ..

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