strategic reserves
Backup supply cache
Strategic reserves are stockpiles of critical resources—oil, grain, minerals, military equipment—held by governments for emergencies.
The U.S.
Strategic Petroleum Reserve, for instance, buffers against supply disruptions.
The term extends to military units held back from immediate deployment: The general committed his strategic reserves to shore up the collapsing flank.
- natural gasSubterranean hydrocarbon fuel
- grain silosAgricultural bulk storage towers
- oilSlippery viscous fluid
- emergency rationsFood for crises
- energy securityAssured access to fuel
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