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Demand will soon outstrip Rare Earth Mineral production and China monopoly breaks supply chains – Autonomous Underwater Vehicles provide access to new sources preserving contingent industries
Green 14 – Senior Editor-in-Chief at Robotics Business Review (Tom, 5-12-14, Robotics Business Review, “Deep Sea Dive for Rare Earth Elements”, http://www.roboticsbusinessreview.com/article/deep_sea_dive_for_rare_earth_elements) After a year of falling prices and depleting customer inventories, buyers of Rare Earth AND with subsea robot mining tools built by technology partners like Soil Machine Dynamics.

AUVs provide a cost effective and efficient method of resource extraction
Wiltshire 10 – Specialist at Ocean and Resources Engineering [J. C., "MINERAL EXTRACTION, AUTHIGENIC MINERALS." //Marine Policy & Economics: A Derivative of the Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences//(2010): 274., Google Books, [|http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=dqzXwFsOFMcC&oi=fnd&pg=PA274&dq=(%22Rare+Earth+Elements%22+OR+%22rare+earth+minerals%22)+AND+(%22autonomous+underwater+vehicles%22+OR+%22Autonomous+Benthic+Explorer%22)&ots=PIzchVTPjs&sig=C1I_dhR2fdZIW6VUSsl3m8t-n44#v=onepage&q&f=false], pg 276] The first step in minerals development is to find an economic mine site. This AND model to determine whether it is economically profitable to mine a given deposit.

China REM dependency butchers U.S. tech manufacturing – plan is key to prevent industry monopoly
Hannis 12 – Senior fellow in defense studies at the American Foreign Policy Council, (Eric, 11-20-12, US News, “Are We Losing the Race for Rare Earths?”, []) The United States, like most of the industrialized world, is currently engaged in AND alternative that will allow them a way out of the China relocation trap.

Manufacturing is key to defense technology that’s the foundation of military primacy
O'Hanlon 12 – Scholar at the Brookings Institution (Michael, January 2012, The Brookings Institution, “The Arsenal of Democracy and How to Preserve It: Key Issues in Defense Industrial Policy”, [] ) The current wave of defense cuts is also different than past defense budget reductions in AND civilian and military export opportunities for the United States in a globalized marketplace.

Specifically aerospace manufacturing is critical to airpower – decline risks global instability and conflict
Pfaltzgraff 10 – Professor of International Security Studies at. The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy [Robert L, Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of International Security Studies at. The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and President of the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, et al., Final Report of the IFPA-Fletcher Conference on National Security Strategy and Policy, “Air, Space, & Cyberspace Power in the 21st-Century”, p. xiii-9]

Deterrence Strategy In stark contrast to the bipolar Cold War nuclear setting, today’s security AND that airpower would play in U.S. strategy and crisis management.

Status quo rare earth production is unsustainable – decks hegemony
Hannis 12 – Senior fellow in defense studies at the American Foreign Policy Council (Eric, 11-20-12, US News, “Are We Losing the Race for Rare Earths?”, http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/world-report/2012/11/20/the-us-needs-rare-earth-independence-from-china) This race is also important for defense reasons: A reliable domestic source of rare AND that supplies much of our oil: Neither are getting friendlier to America.

The pursuit of hegemony is inevitable, sustainable, and prevents great power war
Ikenberry, Brooks, and Wohlforth 13 – Associate Professor of Government at Dartmouth College and the Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University and Global Eminence Scholar at Kyung Hee University in Seoul and the Daniel Webster Professor of Government at Dartmouth College (John Ikenberry, Stephen G. Brooks, William C. Wohlforth, January/February 2013, Foreign Affairs, “Lean Forward: In Defense of American Engagement” http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/138468/stephen-g-brooks-g-john-ikenberry-and-william-c-wohlforth/lean-forward) Of course, even if it is true that the costs of deep engagement fall AND an engaged and liberal leading power. The results could well be disastrous.

U.S. unipolarity is the __only option__ – best data proves
Drezner 5 – Daniel W. Drezner, Professor of International Politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, Senior Editor at the National Interest, M.A. in Economics and Ph.D. in Political Science from Stanford University, “Gregg Easterbrook, War, and the Dangers of Extrapolation”, 5-25, http://www.danieldrezner.com/archives/002087.html Via Oxblog's Patrick Belton, I see that Gregg Easterbrook has a cover story in AND , the prospect of U.S. intervention would be equally daunting.

Vulnerabilities make ports high risk terrorist targets – action is needed to avoid cemented complacency
Marcario 14 – Associate Editor of Seapower Magazine [John,6-4-14, “Lawmakers Question Port Security and Delays of TWIC Reader, Cargo Scan Mandate,” []. //BR] Port security has been steadily improving over the last decade, but challenges remain, AND preserving the necessary speed of moving containers through the ports,” Carper said.

AUVs bolster security networks – checks terrorism
Bluefin 14

[Bluefin Robotics, “Port and Harbor Security”, http://www.bluefinrobotics.com/applications/port-and-harbor-security/] There has been dramatic development of autonomous systems in the last two years to address AND hullborne IEDs, swimmer attacks, or the introduction of dangerous contraband. .

High risk of nuclear terrorism – weak detection capacity and loose materials
Abt 3 – Ph.D. [Clark C., Risk analysis prepared for US DOT/RSPA/Volpe National Transportation. “The Economic Impact of Nuclear Terrorist Attacks on Freight Transport Systems in an Age of Seaport Vulnerability,” Apr 23, []. International terrorists have asserted their intention to acquire nuclear weapons, and have an increasing AND , such as the 14 th Street Bridge in DC, or midtown Manhattan

Nuclear attack results in retaliation – escalates to nuclear war
Ayson 10 [Robert Ayson, Professor of Strategic Studies and Director of the Centre for Strategic Studies: New Zealand at the Victoria University of Wellington,“After a Terrorist Nuclear Attack: Envisaging Catalytic Effects,” Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, Volume 33, Issue 7, July, Available Online to Subscribing Institutions via InformaWorld] A terrorist nuclear attack, and even the use of nuclear weapons in response by AND for the terrorists. This might not help the chances of nuclear restraint.

Default to our risk analysis – the multi-causal nature of terrorism makes proximal solvency our best strategy
Bakir 7 – Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of Southern California for Homeland Security [Niyazi Onur, “A Brief Analysis of Threats and Vulnerabilities in the Maritime Domain, Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE) Research Archive Non-published Research Reports, http://research.create.usc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1004&context=nonpublished_reports) Terrorism is a multi-dimensional risk that will probably never be eliminated with limited AND dirty bomb or a weapon of mass destruction arrives at a US seaport.

Solvency
====Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) development is inevitable, but Congress has to act promptly to authorize, appropriate and coordinate a //comprehensive national program// for it to work—that spurs P3s which streamline production and overcome previous barriers==== FIND 14 – Federal information and news dispatch (FIND, “House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Hearing”, federal press release, [|http://insurancenewsnet.com/oarticle/2014/02/07/house-transportation-and-infrastructure-subcommittee-on-coast-guard-and-maritime-a-457472.html#.U6xpufmICQo], HW) The AUV's evolution is taking place at an amazing rate of change. At the AND . A new public-private partnership is the key to such success.

Only U.S. federal investment can catalyze private sector tech and R&D development
Avery, 13 —President and Director Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, June 11 2013 [Dr. Susan K., Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Published June 11 2013, []] JB Frontiers in the Ocean Jim Cameron is a visionary who is capable of looking beyond AND that U.S. ocean science research will have around the globe.

Federal support is the seed for commercial spillover and widespread deployment
Avery, 14 — Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution President and Director, April 29 2014 [Susan K. Avery, April 29, 2014, “Driving Innovations through Federal Investments” United States Senate Committee on Appropriations Written Testimony, []] JB

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