Biden’s EV Push Experts in National Security Worries

Paresh Jadhav

11 months ago

Joe Biden appears to be uncommitted to Donald Trump, yet supports many of his policies? including his recently proposed electric vehicle plan. Biden drives an SUV known as The Beast which comes equipped with high-tech security features.

However, a coalition of retired military officials maintains that an aggressive push toward electric vehicles could compromise American national security by increasing our dependence on Chinese battery and mineral supply chains.

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China’s nuclear buildup

Experts once believed that Beijing would use nuclear weapons only as a last resort, yet now seems set on creating an even stronger retaliatory capability.

China is rapidly deploying new sea-based strategic weapons systems that could expand its retaliatory options and is expanding land-based missile forces, including a fractional orbital bombardment system equipped with hypersonic glide vehicles that can bypass radar detection to attack targets from higher altitudes.

According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, China appears on track to possess 1,000 warheads by 2030. According to US officials, China is on track to complete three new silo fields containing at least 300 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) silos by the People’s Liberation Army; their air force may soon surpass Russia in sophistication and size; leading some experts to predict an escalation with conventional as well as nuclear threats from this rising power.

Biden’s China policy

As China advances its military modernization efforts, it seeks access to sensitive technologies. To reduce China’s access to American technology and know-how, the administration has implemented export controls and inbound investment screening tools which limit their access.

China has also pushed allies to adopt similar regulations and restrictions on investment in high-tech sectors, but China has strongly denounced these moves as politicizing business engagement, economic coercion, and an attempt at “tech bullying.”

Experts generally acknowledge the necessity of targeted dialogue with Beijing; however, a targeted approach has proven more successful at yielding results and being sustainable than broad-brush strategies. A risk-management framework enables Washington to articulate its policy objectives towards China while keeping open channels of communication open.

Biden’s nuclear posture

Biden advocated during his campaign for nuclear weapons as being solely intended to deter and, if necessary, respond to strategic attacks against the US. That philosophy did not reflect in the 2022 Nuclear Posture Review (NPR).

Biden should be applauded for successfully deflecting calls by defense hawks for adding new types of nuclear weapons to our arsenal and delaying planned retirements of some. He should also be applauded for continuing to support robust extended deterrence arrangements with allies.

At a time when Russia and China are taking aggressive steps that threaten global stability, the National Policy Review fiddles on the margins with US declaratory policy and nuclear forces. For example, they continue to support W76-2 lower yield warhead for submarine-launched cruise missiles; it was designed to counter conventional attacks. Such endorsement could enable Washington and Moscow to lower thresholds before using nuclear weapons in regional conflicts.

Biden’s EV push

Electric vehicles (EVs) can be costly and more reliant on foreign supply chains than their gas car counterparts, according to Fox News Digital reporting. Jill Biden’s husband is involved with an organization which views transitioning to electric vehicles as an issue of national security, according to our source.

The Obama administration is using federal money to foster the electric vehicle (EV) movement, including providing a tax credit of $7,500 that will gradually decrease with production increases of these vehicles. Furthermore, they require that many battery components and minerals used for production come from U.S. trade allies, something less than half of existing models are capable of meeting.

The administration is making use of an antiquated Cold War law to expand mineral mining, something critics fear could pollute groundwater supplies and threaten ranching and wildlife populations. Furthermore, such action would strain an already overburdened Highway Trust Fund that maintains our roads with revenues mostly coming from gasoline taxes.