Each year the US Department of Defense (DoD) produces its strategic and critical materials report on stockpile requirements. The most recent report studied 76 materials to evaluate whether they would exhibit «shortfalls – insufficient reliable production to meet demands» in a modeled «conflict scenario».
The DoD found shortfalls for 19 non-proprietary materials, with most arising in «meeting essential civilian sector demands». Beryllium metal was the single non-proprietary material for which there was a defense shortfall. Both the format and content of the 2013 report mark a radical and refreshing departure from historic precedent. It is, now, a much more useful document.
| Shortfall found for the following 19 Materials | |
|---|---|
| Aluminum Oxide Fused Crude | Manganese Metal-Electrolytic |
| Antimony | Scandium |
| Beryllium Metal | Silicon Carbide |
| Bismuth | Tantalum |
| Chromium Metal | Terbium |
| Dysprosium | Thulium |
| Erbium | Tin |
| Fluorspar Acid Grade | Tungsten |
| Gallium | Yttrium |
| Germanium | |
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