# The Pentagon Doesn’t Need to Reinvent Supply Chain Transparency

- Source: War on the Rocks
- Published: 2026-10-19T08:00:14+00:00
- Category: Local
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As the United States seeks to rebuild its defense industrial base, Washington is scrambling to understand an industrial ecosystem that it no longer controls, nor largely understands. China has been able to achieve strategic advantage against the United States through the targeted application of export controls and licensing requirements on specific materials at specific supply chain nodes. U.S. re

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