I ka mahina o ʻOkakopa i ka makahiki 1957, ua hoʻokuʻu ka USSR i ka satellite honua i hana ʻia e ke kanaka, ʻo ka Sputnik ka nui o ka basketball, ua hopu ʻia ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a hoʻokuʻu i ke aupuni. ʻAʻole wale ka poʻe Soviets i pahū i kahi pōkā atomika i nā makahiki ma mua o ka wānana ʻana o ka poʻe ʻAmelika e hana lākou, akā i kēia manawa ke alakaʻi nei lākou i ka "lāhui ākea." I ka pane ʻana, ua ʻae ke Keʻena Defence i ke kālā no kahi papahana satelite US hou, i alakaʻi ʻia e ka luna Nazi SS mua ʻo Wernher von Braun, a hoʻokumu ʻia, ma 1958, ka Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) e hōʻoia i ka United States mau loa ma hope o ka mālama ʻia. "he alakaʻi i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻenehana kiʻekiʻe no ka hiki i ka pūʻali koa a me ka pale ʻana i ke kahaha ʻenehana mai kona mau ʻenemi."
Ma kahi kokoke i ka hapalua haneli ma hope, ʻo ka mea i koe o ka USSR he pūʻulu hāʻule o nā mokuʻāina hapa hapa, ʻoiai ʻo ʻAmelika ke kū hoʻokahi ma ke ʻano he hyperpower hoʻokahi o ka honua. Akā naʻe, ʻo DARPA, ka ʻoihana no ka honua hoʻokūkū lima, me he mea lā e hoʻomehana wale ana i ka alualu. ʻAʻohe ʻāina i koe e alakaʻi mai iā mākou, ʻo ka mea hoʻokūkū pūʻali koa kokoke loa ʻo Kina ka mea i hōʻike ʻia he $ 65 biliona i nā hoʻolimalima koa i ka makahiki 2002 (hoʻohālikelike ʻia me kā mākou $ 466 biliona e like me GlobalSecurity.org) a ʻo ia wale nō ma 2003, kau i kāna. mua "Taikonaut" i waho. Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo DARPA i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā ʻōnaehana mea kaua kiʻekiʻe no 2025-2050 a ma waho aʻe - ʻo kekahi o lākou ka uku maʻamau e like me kāu holo-of-the-mill. nā mea hoʻopahū hypersonic, nā mea ʻē aʻe.
Ma kahi ʻatikala ʻAukake 2003, Los Angeles Times Ua ʻike ʻo Charles Pillar, ka mea kākau moʻolelo, ua hoʻopuka ʻo DARPA i kekahi o nā "manaʻo iwi poʻo nui loa e puka mai i ke aupuni" - me kahi "elepani mīkini" ʻaʻole i komo i loko o ka ululāʻau o Vietnam a me ka noiʻi telepathy ʻaʻole loa i hāʻawi i ka US i ka hiki. e komo i ka kilo kilokilo.
E like me kā Charles Herzfeld, Luna Hoʻokele mua o DARPA i ʻōlelo i ka makahiki 1975, "Ke hāʻule mākou, hāʻule nui mākou." Ua loli iki. Wahi a ke poʻo o DARPA i kēia manawa, ʻaʻole hiki i ka 85%-90% o kāna mau papahana ke hoʻokō i kā lākou mau pahuhopu piha. Eia nō naʻe, kuhikuhi ʻo Piller, ʻo DARPA "aia ma hope o kekahi o nā mea hoʻomohala hou loa o ka honua" - "ka Pūnaewele, ka ʻōnaehana hoʻonohonoho honua, ka ʻenehana stealth a me ka ʻiole kamepiula."
ʻO ka nui o ka hāʻule ʻana o DARPA a me nā kūleʻa koʻikoʻi i loaʻa mai kāna mau ʻoihana kiʻekiʻe. No nā makahiki, ua loaʻa kālā ʻo DARPA i ka noiʻi ʻokoʻa ʻole, i kekahi manawa ma waho o ka pale, avant-garde noiʻi ma nā wahi āpau o ka ʻepekema a me ka ʻenehana. ʻO ia paha ka wahi noʻonoʻo loa i loko o ko mākou aupuni nui no ka mea ʻepekema e makemake ana e hoʻolōʻihi i kona manaʻo ma nā ʻaoʻao hoʻokūkū a uku maikaʻi ʻia e hana pēlā. Inā he manaʻo hihiu kou, ʻo DARPA kahi e hoʻāʻo ai. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Donald Ingber, ka mea kālaihonua ʻo Harvard University i kahi makahiki 2001 Los Angeles Times ʻatikala, “Ua hoʻolako kālā ʻo DARPA i nā mea i manaʻo ʻia e ka poʻe he nui, a ʻo kekahi i manaʻo ʻia he mea hiki ʻole. Hana lākou i nā mea. "
Hoʻokahi wale nō mea hoʻopaʻa - ma ke ala a i ʻole ka hapa nui o kēlā me kēia papahana, akā naʻe e hoʻolōʻihi i ka noʻonoʻo, pono e hoʻopau, pololei a ʻole paha, i ka hiki ʻole a i ʻole ka make o nā ʻenemi ʻAmelika e hiki mai ana.
ʻO nā papahana kekahi o nā mea make loa i manaʻo ʻia. I loko o nā makahiki, ua alakaʻi ʻia ka noiʻi DARPA i kahi plethora o nā huahana i hoʻolālā ʻia e hōʻeha a pepehi, i waena o lākou ka: M-16 rifle, Hellfire-missile-i hoʻolako ʻia Predator drones, stealth fighters a me nā mea hoʻoheheʻe, nā ʻōnaehana rocket kiʻekiʻe-i-luna. Tomahawk cruise missiles, B-52 bomber upgrades, Titan missiles, Javelin portable "ahi a poina" alakaʻi missiles a me nā pūkuniahi Copperhead alakaʻi projectiles, e inoa wale nō.
ʻO kahi nīnau i nīnau pinepine ʻole ʻia, no ke aha i hoʻopaʻa ʻole ʻia ai ka pie-in-the-sky creativity a hānai ʻia i loko o ka pōʻaiapili o nā ʻenehana make? Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo ʻAmelika i kāna huakaʻi huhū ma hope o ke Kaua anu, hoʻokahi lāhui kanaka kaua, makaʻu i kahi ākea missile a i ʻole ka hoʻoweliweli ʻana o kahi ʻenemi ʻenehana holomua i hāʻule i ka wehewehe ʻana; ʻaʻole hiki ke lilo i ka makaʻu ākea o ka hāʻule ʻana ma hope o ke koena o ka honua. E nānā i ke kūlana o ka hoʻonaʻauao ma ʻAmelika — i ka makahiki 2002, ua helu ʻo ʻAmelika i ka helu 18 ma ka papa inoa o nā ʻōpio ma 24 mau ʻāina ʻoihana e hāʻule ana ma lalo o nā pae hoʻonaʻauao honua. ʻOiai ka maikaʻi ʻole o ka hōʻike ʻana, ʻaʻohe mea e wikiwiki nei e hoʻokumu i kahi Advanced Education Research Agency.
Wahi a ka CIA i paʻi ʻia i kēlā me kēia makahiki Puke ʻImi Honua, "ʻo ka US ka mea hoʻokuʻu nui loa o ka carbon dioxide mai ka puhi ʻana i nā wahie mōʻalihaku," akā ʻo ka "National Center for Environmental Innovation" o ka Environmental Protection Agency kahi mamao loa mai kahi hui e like me DARPA. He $737,500 wale nō i hāʻawi ʻia i loko o nā haʻawina ʻehiku mokuʻāina i ka makahiki 2003. ʻO DARPA, ma ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana, ua hoʻolilo ʻo DARPA ma kahi o $3 biliona ma kahi o 200 mau papahana mai nā mea kaua o ka lewa a i nā kaʻa lewa ʻole. Akā, no ka ninini ʻole ʻana o ke aupuni i ke kālā i loko o nā papahana a ka poʻe ʻepekema makemake nui e hoʻouka i nā pilikia kaiapuni, ʻaʻole ia he mea hoihoi ʻole ka noiʻi kaiapuni. ʻO ka mea kū'ē. Ua lawe ʻo DARPA i ka lama a ke kākoʻo nei i kahi papahana noiʻi koʻikoʻi e pili ana i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā ala hou e hoʻopaʻa ai i ka honua kūlohelohe.
E like me ka mea i hōʻike ʻia e kā lākou papahana ʻelepani mechanical o Vietnam a me kahi hāʻawi kālā hou i ka poʻe noiʻi e hoʻomohala ana i kahi ʻīlio robotic i kapa ʻia ʻo "Big Dog" no ka Pūʻali, hiki ke ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo DARPA he ʻano holoholona, i ʻike ʻia paha ma nā papahana like ʻole nona nā inoa e hoʻāla ai. ka manaʻo o ke aupuni hihiu. Ma waena o lākou:
WolfPack, he pūʻulu (pack) o nā mea ʻike honua liʻiliʻi, mālama ʻole ʻia i manaʻo ʻia e hana pū i ka ʻike, ʻike a hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā kamaʻilio ʻenemi; Piranha, he papahana e hiki ai i nā submarine ke komo i nā pahu hopu ʻāina a me ke kai paʻakikī; a Koa Hummingbird, he polokalamu e hana i ka helicopter-like vertical take-off a me ka pae ʻana i ke kaʻa ea unmanned (UAV).
Hoʻopili pū ka ʻoihana i nā kiʻi o ke kaiapuni kūlohelohe i kāna papahana "Organic Air Vehicles in the Trees", ʻo ia ka leo "'ōmaʻomaʻo," ʻoiai he UAV liʻiliʻi ia e lele i nā ululāʻau, ma luna o nā puʻu a me nā kūlanakauhale e ʻimi ana i nā ʻenemi. .
ʻO nā ʻōlelo pili i ke ao kūlohelohe, ʻo ia ka mea liʻiliʻi loa. ʻOiai ua mākaukau ka pūʻali koa i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻano mea ola āpau e hana i kāna kauoha, mai nā ʻīlio kiaʻi koa a hiki i nā iʻa Navy i hoʻohana ʻia no ka ʻimi ʻana i nā mina kai, makemake nui ʻo DARPA e hoʻokaʻawale i waho o ka papa. Mamalia. ʻO kahi ala ma o kāna papahana "Bio-Revolution" e ʻimi nei e "hoʻohana i ka ʻike a me ka mana o ka biology e hana i nā mea kaua kaua US a me kā lākou mau lako ... ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi."
ʻO Willard a me kāna mau hoa hihiu
Pepelu Killer
Ma hope o kēlā mau makahiki āpau o nā ʻōlelo luhi e pili ana i nā nalo pepehi kanaka hewa ʻole e hele ana i ka US, ua hoʻoholo ʻo DARPA e hoʻolālā i nā pi i ka ʻoihana koa. I ka makahiki 2002, ua hoʻomaka ʻia nā papahana e nānā ana i ka hana o nā nalo meli i aʻo ʻia e ʻike i nā mea pahū a ʻimi i nā "ʻala hoihoi" ʻē aʻe. Mai ia manawa mai, ua hana ʻo DARPA i nā ʻikepili pepeke me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana e "hoʻomaopopo i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā iniseti endemic ma ke ʻano he ʻohi ʻike kaiapuni." Ua ʻōlelo ʻo DARPA ua hoʻāʻo ʻo ia "i kēia ʻōnaehana pepeke hopena i nā hōʻikeʻike hana nui ma ʻaneʻi a ma waho." Pehea ka lōʻihi a hiki i ko lākou hoʻomaka ʻana e noʻonoʻo e pili ana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā iniseti pū kekahi? Ma kahi o kāu mau missiles Stinger kahiko kahiko, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i kahi pūʻulu o nā missile stingers.
Lele Boys
Ma ke Kulanui o Florida, ke hana nei nā mea noiʻi i kākoʻo ʻia e DARPA i nā "maka" i hoʻoulu ʻia i ka biologically, i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā nalo. "Manaʻo mākou hiki iā mākou ke hoʻohana i kēia manaʻo no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i nā mea kaua akamai," wahi a Paul Holloway, ka mea noiʻi alakaʻi o ka papahana. He koho palekana ia e kōkua mai nā maka hou, no ka mea, ʻaʻole hiki ke loaʻa i nā mea kaua akamai i kēia manawa! ʻOiai nā ʻōlelo a ka US Navy Vice Admiral Timothy Keating nāna, i ka pō o ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana iā Iraq, ua kaena ʻo ia i kahi pūʻali koa "hoʻolālā e ... hoʻemi i ka palena liʻiliʻi loa, inā ʻaʻole e hoʻopau ʻia, nā poʻe make ʻole," ʻaʻohe mea i hōʻoia hou mai ka hihia. ʻOiai ʻo 68% o nā mea kaua i hoʻohana ʻia i ka Operation Iraqi Freedom i alakaʻi pololei ʻia, e kū'ē ana i ka 6.5% wale nō i ka 1991 Gulf War, ʻo ka ratio o ka make kīwila i ka pūʻali koa i ʻaneʻane ʻelua ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe i kēia manawa, e like me Carol Conetta o ka papa manaʻo noʻonoʻo ma Massachusetts, Project on Defence Alternatives. ʻO nā maka lele ka pane? Malia paha ... ma ka liʻiliʻi a hiki i ka wā e hoʻomohala ai kekahi moku'āina rogue i kahi pale pale pale missile pepa lele.
Hale kiʻi ʻeha
I Iulai 2003, ua mālama ʻo DARPA i kahi papa hana e "kōkua i nā mea noiʻi ma nā ʻano aʻoaʻo like ʻole e hōʻuluʻulu iā lākou iho i nā hui e hiki ke hoʻomohala i nā ʻōnaehana hoʻoulu ʻia i hoʻoulu ʻia i ka mea kanu i hoʻohana hope ʻia i nā hale hoʻololi a i ʻole morphing." He aha ka mea ma ka lewa? ʻO Giant Venus Fly-trap-inspired kaʻa kaua? He brigade o nā koa Swamp-Thing?
(Octo)Pie in the sky camouflage
Wahi a ka papahana hoʻolālā 2003 o ke keʻena, “Ke aʻo nei nā mea noiʻi kākoʻo ʻia e DARPA i ka piʻi ʻana o nā moʻo i nā paia a me ka peʻe ʻana o ka heʻe e ʻimi i nā ala hou i ka locomotion a me ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka camouflage. ʻO ka manaʻo e ʻae ke ʻano i alakaʻi i ka ʻenekinia maikaʻi. E noʻonoʻo i ka frogman i uhi ʻia i ka inika, uhi ʻia i ke kīʻaha o ka wā e hiki mai ana!
Nā Robo-Iole Mana mamao
I ka makahiki 2002, ua hōʻike nā mea noiʻi DARPA e hiki iā lākou ke hoʻomalu mamao i ka neʻe ʻana o ka ʻiole me nā electrodes i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o kona lolo me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lolouila. I ka makahiki 2003 a me 2004, e huli ka poʻe noiʻi polokalamu "Robolife" o DARPA i ka "hana o nā ʻiole, nā manu a me nā iniseti i ka hana ʻana i nā misionari hoihoi i ka DoD, e like me ka ʻimi ʻana i nā ana a i ʻole ka waiho huna ʻana o nā mea ʻike." ʻO ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana i ka honua holoholona, eia naʻe, lawe i kāna mau pilikia ponoʻī. E lawe i ka Papahana X-Ray a ke Kaua Honua II kahi i hoʻohuli ʻia ai nā ʻōpeʻapeʻa me nā mea pahū i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ko lākou kino i ko lākou mau haku koa a puhi i ke ahi i kahi kahua mokulele US Army. E noʻonoʻo wale i ka hana a ka pūʻali koa o nā ʻiole! Ke hoʻomanaʻo nei kekahi iā Willard?
Ka hihiu loa o na Apes
Ke hoʻolei nei ʻo Kāpena ʻAmelika i kāna pale kaua ikaika…
ʻO ka mea weliweli loa o nā papahana ʻepekema mea kaua a DARPA, ʻo ia ka poʻe e pili ana i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka pūʻali koa i ka ʻino loa o nā ʻoki - ke kanaka. Ma kāna hoʻolālā hoʻolālā 2003, ua hoʻolaha ʻo DARPA i ka "Enhanced Human Performance" o kāna papahana "Bio-Revolution" nona ka manaʻo e pale aku i nā kānaka mai ka "lilo ʻana i ka loulou nāwaliwali loa i ka pūʻali koa US." O lilo nā ʻiole, nā pi a me nā lāʻau i poʻe koa nui, ʻo Enhanced Human Performance e "hoʻohana i ka ʻepekema ola e hoʻoikaika i ke kanaka kaua, ʻoi aku ka makaʻala, ʻoi aku ka hoʻomanawanui, a me ka hiki ke ho'ōla." ʻAe, he aha ka mea e hoʻopio nei i nā mea noiʻi DARPA i ka poʻe heluhelu puke comic - ka moeʻuhane o ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi Kapena ʻAmelika maoli, ʻo ia ka nāwaliwali-huli-Axis-smashing-super-patriot ma ke ʻano o "super soldier serum."
E ʻōlelo wale "ʻAʻole" i ka No Doze, akā "ʻAe" i ke kaua pau ʻole
Ua lōʻihi ka manawa o ka pūʻali koa US i hoʻopili i kāna mau koa kaua me nā luna. Ma Vietnam, ua hoʻopiha nā lāʻau lapaʻau i ka pono o nā koa no ka wikiwiki ma o ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā amphetamines hoʻopukapuka aupuni. I ka makahiki 2002, ua pepehi nā pailaka US ma lalo o ka mana o ka Air Force "go-pills" (i kapa ʻia e ka waha ʻōlelo Air Force ʻo Lt. Jennifer Ferrau he "mea hana hoʻokele luhi") pepehi i ʻehā mau koa Kanada a hōʻeha i ʻewalu mau mea ʻē aʻe i ka wā i hāʻule ai lākou i kahi pōkā alakaʻi laser ma luna. he hana hoʻomaʻamaʻa koa Kanada ma Afghanistan. I kēia lā, ʻo ka papahana Continuous Assisted Performance (CAP) a DARPA ke manaʻo nei e hana i kahi pūʻali 24-7 ma ka "ʻimi ʻana i nā ala e pale ai i ka luhi a hiki i nā koa ke noho makaala, makaʻala, a maikaʻi hoʻi a hiki i nā lā ʻehiku pololei me ka ʻole o ka ʻeha kino a me ke kino. nā hopena a me ka hoʻohana ʻole ʻana i kekahi o nā mea hoʻoikaika i kēia manawa. "
ʻO kou lolo kēia ma DARPA… he nīnau paha?
Ke hana pū nei nā mea noiʻi DARPA ma ka papahana "Brain Machine Interface" ("neuromics"), i hoʻolālā ʻia e like me ka manaʻo noʻonoʻo / mīkini, e ʻae ʻia nā mea hana mechanical e hoʻomalu ʻia ma o ka mana manaʻo. I kēia manawa, ua aʻo nā mea noiʻi i kahi monkey e hoʻoneʻe i ka ʻiole kamepiula a me ka lima telerobotic ma ka noʻonoʻo wale ʻana. Me nā papa hana a hiki i ka 96 electrodes i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o ko lākou lolo, hiki i nā holoholona ke kiʻi i ka meaʻai me ka lima robotic. Ua hoʻouna aku nā mea noiʻi i nā hōʻailona ma ka pūnaewele, e ʻae ana i ka mana mamao o kahi lima robotic 600 mau mile ka mamao. I ka wā e hiki mai ana, manaʻolana lākou e hoʻomohala i kahi "non-invasive interface" no ka hoʻohana kanaka. Wahi a DARPA, "ʻO ka hopena o ka pale lōʻihi o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ala e hoʻohuli ai i nā manaʻo i mau hana, inā hiki ke hoʻomohala ʻia, he nui loa: e noʻonoʻo i nā mea kaua US e pono wale ana e hoʻohana i ka mana o ko lākou mau manaʻo e hana i nā mea ma kahi mamao." No nā makahiki, ua hoʻomaikaʻi ka pūʻali koa US i kona hiki ke hele a pepehi i kekahi. He aha ka mantra o ka wā e hiki mai ana? Malia paha, inā manaʻo ʻoe, e make lākou.
ʻIke Ola (a me ka Make).
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Leonard J. Buckley, ka luna hoʻomalu o nā mea kemika ma DARPA's Defense Science Office, e pili ana i ka noiʻi optics insect-inspired, “Inspiration from nature… A, wahi a Jan Walker, wahaʻōlelo o DARPA, "Ua hoihoi mākou i ka noiʻi ʻana i nā mea olaola no ka mea ua ulu lākou i nā makahiki he nui i mea maikaʻi loa i ke ola ʻana i ke kaiapuni. … a ke manaʻo nei mākou e aʻo mai kekahi o ia mau hoʻolālā i hoʻomohala ʻia e Mother Nature.
Aloha Makuahine Natura! He aha ka manaʻolana i loaʻa iā ia i ka wā e kū ai i kahi kālā palekana ma mua o $ 400 biliona. He aha ka mea hiki iā ia ke hana inā ʻo ka manaʻo ikaika loa o ka poʻe ʻepekema noʻonoʻo noʻonoʻo e noʻonoʻo iā ia i ka makemake e hoʻohana i kāna mau keiki. Ma lalo o DARPA, ua lilo nā ʻepekema ola i wahi momona e hoʻonui i ka ʻepekema o ka make a me ka luku ʻana i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana, ma nā ʻōlelo a ka DARPA Defense Sciences Office, e lanakila ai i nā "Frailties of Life" e hoʻokō ai i ka "Super Physiological Performance." Nani ka nani o Nietzschean!
ʻO ia ke kūlana o nā mea hou i kākoʻo ʻia e ke aupuni ma ko kākou ʻāina. Inā he mea noiʻi ʻoe ma nā ʻano koʻikoʻi a makemake ʻoe i ka manawa, ke kālā, a me ka latitu i mea noʻonoʻo, pono kāu hana e pōmaikaʻi i ka Pentagon i kāna heihei e hōʻoia i ka hiki ʻana o ka Saddam e hiki mai ana, ma ka ʻōlelo a Mej. Gen. Raymond. ʻO Odierno, "hopu ʻia e like me ka ʻiole" e Kāpena Ben Willard o ka pūʻali kiaʻi ʻiole.
Ma waho aʻe o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ala hou e pale aku ai i nā kānāwai o ka honua (e laʻa me ka pale ʻana i ka ʻae ʻana i ka lewa aupuni me nā mea kaua i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka lewa) i hana maikaʻi ʻia e ka US me ka ʻenehana o kēia manawa a i ʻole ka mantra a ka mea piʻi mauna "no laila," paʻakikī ke hoʻomaopopo i ke kumu o ke aupuni. paʻa mau ʻia i loko o kahi heihei lima ʻano Cold War i kahi honua hyperpower hoʻokahi. ʻO ka wehewehe wale nō i loaʻa aia i ka makemake hoʻokele o ka pūʻali koa-ʻoihana e hoʻonui mau nei, i kapa mua ʻia e ka Pelekikena Eisenhower i ka makahiki 1961. E kōkua maoli kēia i ka wehewehe ʻana i ke kumu ʻaʻohe DARPA hoʻonaʻauao a i ʻole kaiapuni. No nā mea noiʻi o kēia lā, ʻo DARPA, ma ka noʻonoʻo a me ke kālā, he kaʻaahi gravy maikaʻi a nani hoʻi, ʻo ia wale nō ka ʻoihana e hoʻokomo i ke kālā maoli a uku i ka noʻonoʻo noʻonoʻo a me ka noʻonoʻo. ʻO ke kūʻokoʻa e moeʻuhane a hana, ʻo ke kauoha a DARPA, he mea hoʻowalewale a ʻokoʻa hoʻi, no laila, pilikia loa mākou e nīnau iā mākou iho inā ʻaʻole ʻo ka hana kaua ka huahana kiʻekiʻe loa o ʻAmelika.
Makemake ʻoe e nānā i kekahi mau pūnaewele e pili ana i nā manu a me nā pi? ʻAe, maʻalahi kēlā mau mea e loaʻa iā ʻoe iho. Ke kamaʻilio nei wau e pili ana i nā manu a me nā pi, ke ʻano DARPA! Inā manaʻo ʻoe he hihiu ʻoe e ʻike ka Hummingbird Warrior, kaomi maanei! Makemake ʻoe e ʻike i ka mea nāna e hoʻolālā i ka nalo i loko o ka ʻoihana koa (a "hoʻohana i nā mana o nā ʻōnaehana olaola")? A laila kaomi maanei. ʻO ka haʻi wale ʻana o kahi "ʻenehana lolo-mīkini hybrid" e waiho iā ʻoe makemake e neʻe i nā lima robotic i ka friji? E heluhelu i luna ma ke kaomi ʻana ma aneʻi. A i ʻole, manaʻo paha ʻoe i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ke aupuni ʻāhiu wale nō? Inā pēlā, kaomi maanei a e kaomi i lalo i "Bat Bomb–Project X-Ray" kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ke kiʻi o ka hana lima o nā ʻōpeʻapeʻa - kahi pūʻali koa e ʻā ana - maopopo e hoʻoulu i kahi Fox kūikawā, i kapa ʻia: "When Animals Attack the US Military!"
ʻO Nicholas Turse ka moho kauka ma ka Center for the History & Ethics of Public Health ma ke Kula Mailman of Public Health ma Columbia University.
Kuleana kope C2004 Nicholas Turse
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