E, e hauʻoli no ka mea he nani maoli nō! Ke kamaʻilio nei au e pili ana i kēia ʻāina hou loa o ka "stealth bomber," ka B-21 Raider, hōʻike wale ʻia by Northrop Grumman, ka hui nana i hana, me kona nani a pau. Me kona ʻano ʻēheu ʻēheu a me kona hiki ke hoʻopuka i kahi pā nui loa (e like me nā mea kaua nuklea), ʻo kā mākou "bomber o ka wā e hiki mai ana." E like me ke Kakauolelo o Defence Lloyd Austin i kau ai i kāna hoʻomaka pahū, "e hoʻoikaika i ka hiki o ʻAmelika e pale i ka huhū, i kēia lā a i ka wā e hiki mai ana." I kēia manawa, haʻaheo maoli wau i koʻu lilo ʻana i ʻAmelika.
A ʻoiai ʻoe ma ia mea, ma kēia MAD (as in mutually assured destruction) honua o kākou, e kēlā ʻano, kēlā ʻano ano pupule, e pili ana i ka hopena paha o nā mea a pau ma ka Honua Honua, e komo i loko. Ma ke ʻano he luna Air Force i hoʻomaha ʻia, ua hoʻomanaʻo nui mai iaʻu i kaʻu lawelawe mua a hoʻomanaʻo i ka motto kahiko o ka Kauoha Ea Kūikawā (SAC), "ʻO ka maluhia kā mākou ʻoihana." Ke poʻo i kona mau makahiki haʻaheo e ka mea kaulana General Curtis LeMay, ua hoʻohiki ʻo ia i ka "maluhia" ma o ka hoʻoweliweli ʻana i ka luku ʻia ʻana o nā ʻenemi o ʻAmelika.
Ua hoʻomalu lōʻihi ʻo SAC i ʻelua "wāwae" o ka triad nuklea o kēia ʻāina: ʻo kāna mau mea hoʻopaʻa ʻāina a me nā missiles ballistic intercontinental, a i ʻole ICBM. I ka wā o ke Kaua anu, ua mālama ʻia kēlā mau Titans, Minutemen, a me MX "Peackeepers" me ka makaʻala mau, mākaukau e hoʻopau i ka hapa nui o ka honua i ka manawa. ʻAʻole ia he mea koʻikoʻi ke hoʻopuehu ʻia kēia ʻāina i kekahi kaua me ka Soviet Union. ʻO ka mea nui ke waiho ʻia ma luna o ka puʻu nuklea. ʻO kahi pōmaikaʻi hui pū ka mālama ʻana i nā kaua maʻamau mai ka wili ʻana i waho o ka mana ma o ka hoʻoweliweli ʻana i ke koho nuklea a i ʻole, e like me ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia i kēlā manawa, "hele nukelea.” (I ka makahiki o Biden, ʻo ia ka "ʻo'Amagedo. ")
ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, mai ka luku ʻia ʻana o Hiroshima a me Nagasaki i ka makahiki 1945, ʻaʻole i hele hou ka honua i ka nuklea a ke hoʻomau nei ka pūʻali koa o kēia ʻāina, me ke kōkua ʻana o nā mea hana mea kaua e like me Northrop Grumman, e holo i kēlā ala i ʻAramagedona. I kekahi manawa, ua hopu ʻia ka lapuwale o kēia mau mea a pau e Stanley Kubrick ka hana kiʻiʻoniʻoni, ʻo ka kiʻiʻoniʻoni hoʻomāinoino i ka makahiki 1964. Kauka Strangelove, kahi i hōʻike ʻia he "lumi kaua" kahi i loaʻa ai ʻaʻohe hakakā, e like me ka mālama ʻana o ka poʻe e noho ana i kahi lā make nuklea. ʻO ka mea kaumaha, ʻike mau ʻia kēlā kiʻiʻoniʻoni ma kahi o 60 mau makahiki ma hope mai i kahi honua i nele i ka Soviet Union, kahi e ʻoi aku ai ka hoʻoweliweli o ke kaua nuklea. He aha ka hāʻawi?
ʻO ka pane pōkole, ʻo nā alakaʻi o ʻAmelika, e like me ko lākou mau hoa ma Rusia a me Kina, me he mea lā he manaʻo make hui pū ʻia, kahi makemake like e apo i nā mea kaua ʻino loa a me ka pōʻino ma ka inoa o ka maluhia.
Hoʻi hou nā Nuclear Bombers a me ICBM!
ʻAʻohe mea kupanaha e pili ana i ka triad nuklea. ʻO ia ʻaʻole ka "Trinity Hemolele, "e like me ka ʻōlelo a kahi ʻahaʻōlelo mai Florida i ka wā i hala. ʻOiai pēlā, hoʻomana ʻia e ka pūʻali koa US ma kāna ʻano kūʻai nui loa. ʻO ka hui triad o ʻAmelika he mau pōkā hiki ke lawe i nā mea kaua nuklea (B-52s, B-1s, B-2s, a i kekahi lā B-21s), kēlā mau ICBM i hoʻokumu ʻia i ka ʻāina, a me kēlā "wāwae" hiki ke ola, ʻo ka US Navy's Trident-missile. - nā moku kai kiʻi. ʻAʻohe ʻāina ʻē aʻe he ʻekolu e like me ka mahalo (inā ʻo ia ka huaʻōlelo no ia), ʻaʻole hoʻi kekahi ʻāina ʻē aʻe e hoʻolālā e hoʻolilo a hiki i $ 2 trillion i loko o nā makahiki ʻekolu e hiki mai ana "hoʻololi" iā ia. ʻO ka Air Force, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ke hoʻomalu nei i nā wāwae ʻelua o kēlā triad a ʻaʻole kokoke e hāʻawi iā lākou no ka mea ʻoi aku lākou i ka "pale" a ʻAmelika (i hāʻawi ʻia i kēlā mau submarines), ʻoiai ke lilo nei i mea hoʻoweliweli i ke ola ma kēia honua. .
I kēia mau lā, i ka wā o ka Air Force e höʻike i ia B-21 Raider, ʻO kāna mea hoʻopapa nuklea hou loa, ua aʻo mākou ua like kona ʻano me ka mea mua, ʻo ka B-2 Spirit, me kona ʻano like me ka peʻapeʻa (i ʻike ʻia he ʻēheu lele) i alakaʻi ʻia e ka stealth a i ʻole ka pale ʻana i ka ʻike radar. Hoʻolālā ka Air Force e kūʻai "ma ka liʻiliʻi loa" 100 o kēlā mau mokulele ma kahi kumukūʻai i manaʻo ʻia he $750 miliona kēlā me kēia. E helu i hoʻokahi mea, akā naʻe: me ka hiki ʻole ke hoʻopaneʻe ʻia a me ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o nā kumukūʻai e pili ana i kekahi papahana koa ʻenehana kiʻekiʻe i kēia mau lā, ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kumukūʻai lele ma mua o $ 1 biliona no kēlā me kēia mokulele, a i ʻole $100 biliona o kāu mau ʻauhau ʻauhau (a ʻoi paha. $ 200 ieeeea?).
ʻEhā makahiki aku nei, i koʻu wā mua kakau iho la e pili ana i ka B-21, ʻo kona kumukūʻai i manaʻo ʻia he $ 550 miliona no kēlā me kēia mokulele, akā ʻike ʻoe i ka moʻolelo, pololei? ʻO ka F-35 ua manaʻo ʻia he mokulele haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, multi-role fighter jet. He hanauna ma hope mai, ma ka hoʻokomo pono ʻana o ka Air Force, i kēia manawa a "Ferrari" kūʻai nui loa o ka mokulele, nani ma ka nana aku aka piha me na hemahema. Ma keʻano maʻamau, hoʻolahaʻia ka B-21 ma keʻano he mea hoʻokani pila nui e hiki ke lawe i nā "mea maʻamau" a iʻole nā mea kaua nukili a me nā thermonuclear, akāʻo kona kumu nui o ka hiki ke hoʻokomo i nā pōkā nuklea ma ka pahu hopu, me kaʻole. Slim Pickens ("Major Kong" ma Kubrick's Kauka Strangelove) e holo ana ilalo ma kekahi o lakou.
ʻO nā manaʻo koʻikoʻi no nā pōkā nuklea koʻikoʻi e hiki ke hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma ke ʻano he hōʻike hoʻoholo, akā, ʻaʻole like me nā missiles, hoʻomanaʻo ʻia, inā pono. (A i ʻole ke manaʻolana nei mākou.) He "kanaka i loko o ka loop" ko lākou no ka maʻalahi o ka huli ʻana a no laila e paʻakikī i ka hoʻolālā pale ʻana o ka ʻenemi. Ua manaʻo paha ia mau manaʻo i ka makahiki 1950 a me ka 1960 mua, ma mua o ka ICBM a me kā lākou mau mea like i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i nā ʻenehana piha piha, akā he mau mea a he lapuwale lākou i kēia lā. Inā ʻaʻole i pale ʻia nā lāhui nuklea e like me Rūsia a me Kina e nā haneli o nā missiles me nā tausani o nā poʻo kaua nuklea pololei loa i loko o ʻAmelika, ʻaʻole lākou e hoʻohiolo ʻia e kekahi mau kakini, a i ʻole 100, hou B- ʻO 21 mau mea hoʻohuehu huna, ʻaʻohe mea i hala ʻO ke ʻano hoʻohiwahiwa Hollywood e pili ana iā lākou.
Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole hiki i ka noʻonoʻo ke koʻikoʻi ma ʻaneʻi. ʻO ka mea nui, ua loaʻa i ka Air Force nā mea hoʻokele nuklea mai nā B-29 i hoʻololi mua ʻia i hāʻule. Keiki liʻiliʻi a me ke kanaka momona ma Hiroshima a me Nagasaki, a ʻaʻole e haʻalele nā generals iā lākou - mau loa. I kēia manawa, ʻo ke kūkulu ʻana i nā ʻōnaehana mea kaua e like me ka B-21 e hoʻohana i nā ʻumi kaukani o nā limahana. (Aia aia 400 mau mea hoʻolako no ka B-21 i hoʻopuehu ʻia ma nā mokuʻāina he 40 e hōʻoia i ke aloha pau ʻole o ka poʻe ʻelele o ka ʻaha kūkā.
He mea heluhelu ma ko'u Nā manaʻo pale ʻO Substack, he kanaka koa Vietnam, i hoʻopaʻa iā ia i kona wehewehe ʻana i kāna pane ponoʻī i ka wehe ʻana o ka B-21:
"ʻO ka mea i hahau iaʻu i loko o koʻu puʻuwai (ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, he pacemaker maikaʻi koʻu) ʻo ia ka hilinaʻi iā ia iho, aneane hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ke ʻano o ke Kakauolelo [o Defence], ka hoʻokani ʻana a me ke kukui ʻana o Hollywood, a me ka nele o ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ke ʻano o ka naʻau. Hiki ke hoʻokau ʻia nā pōʻino kino ma luna o ka mea nānā, mai noʻonoʻo i ka ʻike ʻana i ka ʻike ʻana i ka pahu pahu maoli a me kāna ukana - hoʻohui i ke kumukūʻai kupaianaha a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ke kālā ʻauhau no kahi mīkini a me nā ʻōnaehana kākoʻo ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻohana maoli ʻia, a inā hoʻohana ʻia. hana i ka luku helu ʻole ʻia o nā kānaka a me ka honua; Eia hou, mai noʻonoʻo pehea i hoʻohana ʻia ai nā mea āpau e hoʻomaka ai i ka hoʻolilo ʻana iā ʻAmelika i ke aupuni democracy e hana nei ma mua o ka emi ʻana o ke aupuni.
Ke aupuni demokalaka? E hoʻopau i ka manaʻo. Hoʻokumu ʻia ka hoʻokele waiwai o ʻAmelika e kahi Keynesianism militarized i hoʻopaʻa paʻa ʻia e ka ʻaha kūkā a me nā hoʻokele āpau i ka Hale Paʻa. No laila, ʻaʻohe pono o kēlā mau pōkā, ʻoiai ke piʻi ʻana o kā lākou kumukūʻai i luna, e hoʻomau paha lākou. E ʻimi iā lākou e lele ana ma luna o ke kahua haʻuki kokoke iā ʻoe, ma 2030 paha - inā, ʻo ia hoʻi, ke ola nei mākou ma ke ʻano he ʻano.
Ke kūʻai aku nei ka Air Force i nā mea hoʻoheheʻe hou me kāu mau ʻauhau ʻauhau, hoʻolālā lākou e kūʻai i kahi hanauna hou o ICBM, a i ʻole kahi "hoʻopaʻapaʻa hoʻolālā honua" ma Newspeak, e kanu i nā silos missile ma nā wahi māla e like me ke kuaʻāina ʻo Montana, Nebraska, Dakota ʻĀkau, a me Wyoming. Ua loaʻa i ka Air Force nā ICBM mai ka makahiki 1960. Ma kahi o 1,000 o lākou (ʻoiai ua noi mua ʻia kēlā lawelawe 10,000) ua mālama maikaʻi ʻia a hiki i ka makahiki 1980. ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka ikaika ICBM o kēia lā, akā ʻoi aku ka pipiʻi o ka mālama ʻana ma muli o kona mau makahiki. ʻAʻole hoʻi ia e hoʻonui ʻia, e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka Navy a hiki ke pale aku i ka nuklea. Akā, eia hou, ʻaʻole pili ka lokahi ma ʻaneʻi. Inā makemake ʻia a ʻaʻole paha, makemake ka Air Force i kēlā mau missiles hou e pili ana i ka ʻāina e like me kēlā mau mea hoʻoheheʻe stealth a ua makemake nui ʻo Congress e hāʻawi kālā iā lākou ma kou inoa.
Ka-ching! Akā, manaʻolana ʻaʻole ʻo ka-boom!
E like me ke kumukūʻai kūʻai no ka papahana B-21 e manaʻo ʻia e hoʻomaka ma $100 biliona (akā oi loa aku ʻO ia), ʻo nā ICBM hou, i kapa ʻia ʻo Sentinels, ua manaʻo ʻia he $100 biliona. Hoʻomaopopo ia he olelo kahiko (hōʻano hou ʻia): hoʻokahi haneli piliona ma ʻaneʻi, hoʻokahi haneli piliona ma laila, a ʻaʻole koke ʻoe e kamaʻilio kālā maoli. Ma kahi hihia o ka lua-lua koʻikoʻi, ʻo Northrop Grumman hou ke alakaʻi ʻaelike, ua wehe koke nei i kahi $1.4 biliona hale e hoʻolālā i ka missile hou ma Colorado Springs, ma kahi kokoke i ka Air Force Academy a me nā mea like ʻole o ka Air and Space Force. Kahi, wahi, wahi!
No ke aha ke ano lapuwale nukelea? ʻO nā kumu maʻamau, ʻoiaʻiʻo. ʻO ke kūkulu ʻana i nā missiles genocidal e hana i nā hana. He pōmaikaʻi a me ka hapa ia no ka ʻāpana ʻoihana o ka pūʻali koa-industrial-congressional. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia he "olaola" no nā kaiāulu kahi e loaʻa ai kēlā mau missiles, nā wahi kuaʻāina e pilikia i ka hoʻokele waiwai inā e hoʻopau ʻia a wehe ʻia paha nā kahua mokulele. No kēlā lawelawe, ʻo nā ICBM hou alohilohi he kālā kālā kālā, ʻoiai e kōkua ana e hōʻoia i ka "ʻenemi" maoli - a ʻae, aia wau i ka US Navy i ka noʻonoʻo - ʻaʻole e pau me ka monopoly ma nā mea kaua hoʻopau honua.
I nā makahiki e hiki mai ana, manaʻo e kanu ʻia kēlā mau "Sentinels" ma nā māla mamao mai kahi e noho ai ka hapa nui o nā ʻAmelika ma lalo o ke kumu alakaʻi, inā mākou e haʻalele iā lākou mai ka ʻike ʻole ʻana, e pau lākou i ka noʻonoʻo. ʻAʻole naʻe hiki iaʻu ke noʻonoʻo ʻaʻole i pau ka manaʻo o ka pūʻali koa o kēia ʻāina i ke "kau" iā lākou ma laila inā ʻo ka ʻohi wale nō ka make nui.
He Honua Kahiko MAD
As MAD Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Alfred E. Neuman o ka magazine magazine, "He aha, hopohopo wau?"
E, MAD kahiko honua i loaʻa nā nukes i loko! E hoʻohilahila mai iaʻu, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole i loli nui ka hui ʻana o nā mea kaua nuklea ʻAmelika mai ka makahiki 1960. ʻO kēlā ʻano hoʻomau honua e haʻi mai iā mākou i kekahi mea, akā he aha ka mea? ʻO ka mea hoʻokahi, ʻaʻole lawa ka hiki iā mākou ke noʻonoʻo i kahi honua hou wiwo ʻole me nā mea kaua nuklea genocidal i loko.
I ka makahiki 1986, ua hana maoli ʻo Pelekikena Ronald Reagan a me ke alakaʻi Soviet ʻo Mikhail Gorbachev. Ua kokoke lākou, ʻoiaʻiʻo, i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi kuʻikahi e hoopau i na mea kaua nukelea. ʻO ka mea kaumaha, ʻaʻole makemake ʻo Reagan e haʻalele i kāna moeʻuhane no kahi pale kaua nuklea, a laila kaulana ʻia ʻo "Star Wars" a i ʻole, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, ʻo ia ka Strategic Defense Initiative. Mai Reagan, kaumaha loa, ua noho nā pelekikena o ʻAmelika i ka papa ma nā nukes. ʻO ka mea hoʻohilahila, ʻo ka Loaʻa ka Nobel Prize Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Barack Obama no ka hoʻopau ʻana iā lākou, i kākoʻo ʻia e ka mea mua ʻO ke kaua anuanu e like me Henry Kissinger a me George Schultz, e haʻalele wale i kēlā pahuhopu, ʻo kekahi hapa e hoʻoikaika i ke kākoʻo i ka Senate no kahi hana nuklea me Iran, ʻaʻole i emi iki ke kaumaha, ʻo ia iho. make loa a kanuia i keia la.
Inā ʻaʻole hiki iā Reagan a me Obama ke hana, he aha ka manaʻolana o nā ʻAmelika maʻamau e hoʻopau i kā mākou nuklea MADness? ʻAe, e ʻōlelo aku i kahi haipule maoli, ʻo Dorothy Day, ka mea hoʻomalu maluhia Katolika, "ʻO kā mākou mau pilikia e loaʻa mai i ko mākou ʻae ʻana i kēia ʻōnaehana haumia a pala." He mea paʻakikī ke noʻonoʻo i kahi ʻōnaehana i ʻoi aku ka haumia a i ʻole ka popopo ma mua o ka mea e hoʻoweliweli ana e luku i ka hapa nui o ke ola o ko kākou honua, i hiki ai i kēia ʻāina ke "lanakila" i ke Kaua Honua III.
Lanakila i ke aha, pololei? He ahi ahi o ka honua?
E nānā, ua ʻike au i nā mea lele i hoʻokele i nā pōkā nuklea. Ua ʻike wau nā pahi kaua kuleana no nā poʻo kaua i hiki ke pepehi i nā miliona (inā i hoʻokuʻu ʻia). Ua kiaʻi koʻu kaikunāne i nā silos ICBM i kona wā he mākaʻi palekana ma SAC. Noho au ma ke kikowaena hoʻolaha missile o ka Air Force ma Mauna Cheyenne ma lalo o 2,000 kapuaʻi o ka granite paʻa i ko mākou holo ʻana i nā pāʻani kaua kamepiula i hoʻopau ʻia i… yep, hoʻopaʻapaʻa i ka luku ʻana. ʻAʻole mākou pupule. Ke hana nei mākou i kā mākou hana, e hahai ana i nā kauoha, e hoʻomākaukau ana no ka pōʻino loa, ʻoiai (ʻo ka hapa nui o mākou, ʻoiai) ke manaʻolana nei i ka maikaʻi.
He ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo: mai ʻimi i nā mea i loko o kēia ʻōnaehana pōʻino e hoʻololi, ʻaʻole i ka wā i lilo ai kā mākou mau ʻelele i koho ʻia i loko o ka pūʻali koa-ʻoihana e hoʻomau nei i kēia MADness. ʻO ke kamaʻāina makaʻala a ʻike wale nō, me ke kūʻokoʻa maoli, hiki ke hana pēlā no ka pono o ke kanaka. Akā, e hana mākou i kēlā?
"Ke hoʻi nei mākou ma ke ʻano he ʻāina," hoʻomanaʻo mai kaʻu wahine iaʻu - a hopohopo wau he pololei ʻo ia. Ua hōʻuluʻulu ʻo ia i ka hoopla i ka wehe ʻana o ka B-21 i kēia ala: "E hele mākou i kahi mīkini pepehi kanaka."
I ka hui pū ʻana, me he mea lā ua kokoke mākou e hoʻi i kahi pōʻino i hala, kahi a mākou i noho ai me ka makaʻu i ke kaua nukelea e pepehi iā mākou a pau, ka lōʻihi a me ka liʻiliʻi, a ʻo ka mea liʻiliʻi loa i waena o mākou, nā keiki a mākou. ʻoiaʻiʻo ko mākou wā e hiki mai ana.
ʻO kaʻu makaʻu: ua lilo mākou i mea ʻoluʻolu iā ia a ʻaʻole hiki ke lawe hou i kēlā moʻomeheu o ka make nui. Ke ʻōlelo nei au i kēia me ke kaumaha nui, ma ke ʻano he kamaʻāina ʻAmelika a he kanaka.
He mea ʻole. ʻO ka liʻiliʻi o kekahi o mākou e loaʻa i ka waiwai mai ke kūkulu ʻana i nā mea hoʻoheheʻe kiʻekiʻe ultra-expensive hou a me nā missiles hou ʻālohilohi, ʻoiai e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana e noho mau nā ao mushroom ma kahi o kā mākou hui e hiki mai ana. ʻAʻole anei ʻo ia ke ʻano o ke ola?
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