Originally Posted by
Sallyann1234
I see the Russian press are now claiming that Boeing is having to reduce production of the 737 due to loss of Russian titanium.
Nowadays, Russia is no longer a major Titanium (ore) supplier. In the Cold-War age, Ukraine (Donbas ????) was important, though now, it has been overtaken by significant other resources, including Australia. So, yeah, this looks like a tit-for-tat propaganda.
Or. maybe, the US could scrap some SR-71 ? The CIA obtained the Titanium for those devices from the USSR, using a large scale, multi-country decoy operation to hide the final destination for the metal.