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by j-bos 274 days ago
They used to, iirc that's how they sourced the titanium used in the b2 bombers, which was mined in the ussr.
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They got the titanium from the Soviet Union, so not exactly an ally. The US just lied about using it for pizza ovens instead of jets.
I think that was the SR-71, but yeah.
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