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Subject(s)

• Strategic materials—United States [Browse]
• Nonferrous metal industries—United States [Browse]
• Nonferrous metal industries—Africa, Southern [Browse]
• United States—Armed Forces—Supplies and stores [Browse]
• United States—Foreign economic relations—Africa, Southern [Browse]
• Africa, Southern—Foreign economic relations—United States [Browse]

Related name

• United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense [Browse]
• Noehrenberg, Peter C., 1960- [Browse]

Series

R (Rand Corporation) [More in this series]

Summary note

Recent and rapid changes in the world have led to a reexamination of a number of national policy issues. This report focuses on the issue of the current and projected U.S. dependence on strategic materials from southern African nations. The authors conclude that the United States is very dependent on two materials (chromium and cobalt) and somewhat dependent on three other materials (manganese, platinum group metals, and vanadium) obtained from southern African nations. The article also briefly discusses four hedging options against these dependencies: purchasing and stockpiling strategic materials, industrial incentives, research into alternative sources for these materials, and research into alternative materials.

Notes

• "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."
• "National Defense Research Institute"--Cover

Tech. report no.

RAND/R-4165-OSD

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