There is an easier and less expensive way to get Titanium and rare earth metals. TRADE FOR THEM. Let the nations that own those resources mine for them... and then trade goods in exchange for rare earth metals. :>)
I don't know why the west salivates, the titanium is in the west of the country far away from the war. Russia has much more titanium anyway and China has even more.
There is an easier and less expensive way to get Titanium and rare earth metals. TRADE FOR THEM. Let the nations that own those resources mine for them... and then trade goods in exchange for rare earth metals. :>)
That's how it's supposed to work.
I don't know why the west salivates, the titanium is in the west of the country far away from the war. Russia has much more titanium anyway and China has even more.