port
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The U.S. faces vulnerabilities in microelectronics, port cranes and large power transformers as well as in rare-earth minerals and the magnets made from them, all of which underpin economic activity and military readiness.
Pictures of the aftermath showed a number of burned out military vehicles and pick-up trucks parked in a walled-off area at the port, as well as damage to a nearby building.
From BBC
It said the shipment at Mukalla port didn’t include weapons and that the goods were for use by Emirati troops in the country.
The weapons and vehicles were unloaded from two ships that had left the Emirati port of Fujairah and had disabled their tracking systems, Saudi officials said.
They simulate a blockade of key Taiwanese ports including Keelung in the north and Kaohsiung in the south, according to a Chinese military spokesperson and state media.
From Barron's
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