{"id":136293,"date":"2025-09-11T10:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T10:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=136293"},"modified":"2025-09-11T10:00:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T10:00:14","slug":"is-chinas-rare-earths-policy-frustrating-us-upgrades-to-the-f-35-stealth-jet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=136293","title":{"rendered":"Is China\u2019s rare earths policy frustrating US upgrades to the F-35 stealth jet?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostAmerica\u2019s upgrade programme for its F-35 stealth fighter jet is facing further delays and China\u2019s control of rare earths and metals could be a contributing reason, according to industry assessments.<br \/>\nThe F-35 has consistently improved its combat capabilities through upgrades named blocks, ranging from 1A to 3F. In 2019, the US Defence Department launched its Block 4 upgrade initiative to improve the aircraft\u2019s detection range, air-to-air engagement and precision strike abilities.<br \/>\nHowever, the&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3325020\/chinas-rare-earths-policy-frustrating-us-upgrades-f-35-stealth-jet?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostAmerica\u2019s upgrade programme for its F-35 stealth fighter jet is facing further delays and China\u2019s control of rare earths and metals could be a&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136293"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=136293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136293\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=136293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=136293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=136293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}