Tatova nendege “dzinonyengera,” asi zvakadiniko nezvehumwe hunyengeri hunogona kupiwa nezvisikwa?
Navy Seals, fambisa pamusoro - heino kuuya maNavy shark. Maererano nezvino Magazini yeNew Scientist, Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency kana DARPA, bapiro rebhuruu-denga rePentagon, rakaisa rimwe boka revasayendisiti veAmerica rakasununguka kuti rigadzire hwaro hwezvirongwa zveramangwana red-in-to-and-maw Discovery Channel. Muchiitiko ichi, vari kuronga kuisa ma<em>neural implants muuropi hwe<em>shark vaine tariro, rimwe zuva, “yekudzora mafambiro emhuka, uye zvichida kunyange kuziva zvayava kunzwa.” Muzviroto zvavo, vatsigiri vemari veDARPA vari kure vanotarisira “kushandisa simba rechisikigo rehove kunyungudika mumvura chinyararire, kunzwa kutsetseka kwemagetsi uye kutevera nzira dzemakemikari. Kupfurikidza nokutungamirira kufamba kwehove dziri kure, vanotarisira kushandura mhuka kuva vasori vasingaonekwi, zvichida vanokwanisa kutevera ngarava pasina kuoneka.”
Kusvika pari zvino vangosvika kuhove dzembwa dzine urombo, "inotungamirwa" muhusungwa kuburikidza nemagetsi akaiswa "kunhuhwirira kwephantom." Sezvinoitika zvakadaro, zvirongwa zvinotsigirwa neDARPA ibasa rakanaka rinonakidza kupfuura izvozvo: Chinotevera kumira, iyo bhuruu shark, iyo inosvika kureba mamita gumi nematatu. Muinjiniya weProjekti Walter Gomes weNaval Undersea Warfare Center muNewport, Rhode Island anoti timu munguva pfupi iri kutevera ichange ichiisa ma<em>neural implants “mublue sharks [vachiisa] mugungwa kumhenderekedzo yeFlorida.” Kuendesa masaini kumashark, timu haizoda chimwe chinhu kunze kwetiweki yemasaini eshongwe munzvimbo iyi. Izvi zvine "anti-ballistic shark system" yakanyorwa pese pairi.
Chaizvoizvo, hakasi kekutanga mauto kuisa mari muhunyanzvi hwe shark. As Noah Shachtman weDefenceTech.org yakataura muna Chikunguru apfuura, "Vemauto eNavy vakabaya mafemu matatu kuti vagadzire zvigadzirwa zvemhando yepamusoro zvinotevedzera zvinoitwa neshark nemasikirwo: tsvaga mhuka dzemagetsi dzavanoburitsa." Mumwe wavo, Nhoroondo ye Advanced Ceramics Research, Inc., yakaratidza kubatsira kunoita chirongwa ichi neiyi nzira: “Kana kugadzirwa, kugona kwakadaro kungabvumira kuonekwa kwengarava dzepasi pemvura duku, dzine utsinye dzichipinda panopindwa mvura yegungwa, pachiteshi chengarava kana kuti mugero, kana kuti kubvumira zvinhu zvakadai semigodhi kunonangidzirwa mumvura isina kudzika umo inokanganiswa zvakanyanya." Uye ipapo pane izvo zvekupedzisira zviroto zvepasi pemvura, iyo Microfabricated Biomimetic Artificial Gill System, izvo zvinogona kutungamira kune ese marudzi eNavy kubudirira, pamwe kunyangwe - kana iwe ukaregerera tad yeblue-skying padivi pangu - yebhuruu shark / zvikwata zvekutevera zvevanhu, kana zvisiri izvo, saka yakawanda-husiku-TV. Aquaman majee.
Ehe, Navy yanga iri mumvura yemusikirwo munzira huru kwechinguva neyayo Marine Mammal Program muSan Diego. Ikoko, inodzidzisa ma dolphin emabhodhoro se "varindi" uye ma detectors emigodhi. Vakadaro ma dolphin "kutanga kushandiswa kushandiswa" muVietnam muna 1971 uye yese yeDolphin patrol (senge, sekufungidzira, shark patrol inouya) iri ikozvino pabasa muKhor Abd Allah nzira yemvura, nzira yeIraq inopinda muPersian Gulf. Kukunyadzisa kweNavy, dolphin inonzi Takoma yakatoenda "AWOL" ikoko muna 2003, nguva pfupi mushure mekupinda kweIraq.
As Nick Turse yakaratidza, DARPA inobhadhara mari yekutsvakurudza kune zvisikwa zvezvombo zvinogara chero ipi zvayo yezvakatipoteredza niche inofungidzirwa - kusanganisira nyuchi dzinokwanisa kuona zvinoputika; “maziso” akafananidzwa nenhunzi idzo rimwe zuva dzingaita kuti zvombo “zvakangwara” zvive zvakangwara; gecko madziro-kukwira uye octopi kuvanza maitiro; uye makonzo anodzorwa nemagetsi anokwanisa kutsvaga nemumirwi yemarara. Pamusoro pezvo, pakati pezvisikwa uye chero zvinopesana nekurera zvingave, pave nehondo inoenderera mberi yekupa-uye-kutora. Funga, semuenzaniso, BigDog, yakasimbiswa mune imwe cheteyo yeNew Scientist. Tichifananidzwa nehesera, mbudzi, kana bhiza, iyi "robhoti chikara chinotakurwa" chiri kugadzirwa neBoston Dynamics kuti itakure munzvimbo dzakashata zvinokwana makirogiramu makumi mana ezvigadzirwa zvisingazodiwe kutakura masoja, achikwanisa kutora " kurova kukuru” mumakumbo pasina kuumburuka pasi.
Kubva pa shark kusvika kumarobhoti, kubva kubira mukati tsinga yako kuti kugadzirisa mamiriro ekunze, Pentagon inoratidzika kunge yakatsunga kushandisa "full spectrum dominance" kunyanya pamusoro pepamusoro pemutsara weprimate, isu. Kuti uite izvi, inotsigira kufunga kweblue-sky nekutsiva. Hapana chinhu chinofamba kana kufema pasi pano, zvinoita sekunge, chinopfuura kunyoreswa naSekuru Sam mune zvinogona kuitika zvehondo-remangwana.
Izvi pasina mubvunzo zvinoitika kana iwe uine manejimendi anofunga Pentagon mhinduro kumatambudziko edu ese uye anopa iyo $ 439.3 bhiriyoni bhajeti kutamba nayo - uye inongori mari chaiyo yekurwa hondo (iyo, yeIraq neAfghanistan, inofungidzirwa kuti $ 120 bhiriyoni kwegore, ichauya muzvikumbiro zvekuwedzera kuCongress). Uye yeuka zvakare kuti mari ye2007 Pentagon bhajeti haisanganisi iyo $ 9.3 bhiriyoni iyo Dhipatimendi reMagetsi ichaisa muzvombo zvenyukireya kana kuwanda kweveterans-care mabhenefiti, izvo zvese zvinounza bhajeti iri pedyo neiyo $600 bhiriyoni. Achiongorora bhajeti ra2006, nyanzvi yezvehupfumi Robert Higgs akafungidzira kuti zvese zvine chekuita nemauto - ndiko kuti, zvechokwadi Pentagon bhajeti - yakazara padyo ne $ 840 mabhiriyoni emadhora.
Kunyange zvakatorwa pachiso, bhajeti ra2007 rinotora inopfuura hafu yemabhiriyoni mazana masere nemakumi manomwe nematatu emadhora mumubatanidzwa wemashandisirwo emari - mari iyo Mutungamiriri neCongress vanosarudza kushandisa gore rega rega. Muna 873, dzidzo, yechipiri yakakura discretionary bhajeti chinhu, inosvika kungodarika mabhiriyoni makumi mashanu emadhora, iyo piddling sum kana tichienzanisa. Asi pamwe hapana nzira yekuisa chero shanduro yemari yePentagon mumaonero. Nekutaura kwechiuto, inokanda imwe mari yemauto pasi pano mumumvuri wakadzika. SaFrida Berrigan, mukuru wekutsvagisa anoshamwaridzana kuWorld Policy Institute's Arms Trade Resource Center uye munyori-mubatanidzwa we Zvombo muHondo 2005, inoti, “Pentagon inotora inenge hafu yemari yose yepasi rose inoshandiswa muchiuto inosvika madhora miriyoni 1.04, ichipedza yoga izvo 32 dzinotevera dzine simba zvikuru dzinoshandisa pamwe chete.”
United States ndiyo iri zvakare mutengesi mukuru wepasi wezvombo nemidziyo yemauto. Chirevo chegore negore cheCongressional Research Service chakawana kuti, muna 2004, kuendeswa kwezvombo zvepasi rose kwakasvika madhora mabhiriyoni makumi matatu nemanomwe - neUnited States inotarisira zvinopfuura 37% yavo, kana $ 33 bhiriyoni, uye hazvisati zvave nani kubva ipapo.
Hapana imwe nyika inoisa chero sekuedza kwakadai, kuronga, uye kurota mupfungwa yekuronga masimba emauto anotenderera pasirese, akabatwa zvine hukasha mumutsara iwoyo, "hutongi hwakazara." KuPentagon pfungwa izvi zvinoita sezvinoreva: kubva 20,000 ligi kudzika kusvika 20 mamaira kumusoro (uye zvese zvinokambaira, zvinokambaira, kushambira, kana kubhururuka pakati). Mutsara uyu wakatanga kutariswa nekuburitswa muna 2000 yeAir Force's Joint Vision 2020 chirevo - inofungidzirwa kutarisa mune ramangwana renyika yekugadzira hondo yeAmerica. Ndiyo imwe yeaya mazwi anonamira pauri - uye kwete nekuda kwezvombo zvakazara-zvizere izvo zvave pamabhodhi ekudhirowa, kubva kune hypervelocity tsvimbo mabundle anofanirwa kupinda pasi pevhu kubva kunze (zvinotyisa zita remadunhurirwa). “tsvimbo inobva kuna Mwari”) kune Common Aero Vehicle (CAV), "munhu asina munhu chombo chinotakurika icho [pakasvika 2010] chaizofamba nekashanu kumhanya kwenzwi uye chaigona kutakura makirogiramu 1,000 XNUMX ezvombo zvehondo, masensa enjere kana zvimwe zvinhu zvinobhadharwa” chero kupi zvako panyika mumaawa maviri, kana kuti zvachose base pamwedzi hutongi hweBush hwakadaidzira panosvika 2020 (uye hurongwa hweStar Wars-style space-based chombo chaizoririra).
Hutongi hwakazara hunoita kuti hubatanidze kunyange United States uko, muna 2002, hutongi hweBush hwakatanga United States Northern Command kana Northcom ine Website parizvino ine zvinotevera kubva kushanya kweMutevedzeri weMunyori weDziviriro yeHomeland Defence Paul McHale semashoko ake anosimbisa esvondo: "Ndiri kuenda ndiine chivimbo chakajeka muchiratidzo uye kuronga kwe NORTHCOM kugadzirisa chero dambudziko riri kubuda. , kungave kuitika kwechirwere chefuruwenza, dutu remhepo ya2006 ... kana kurwisa kwemagandanga kuchiri kurongwa nemhandu dzedu."
Ipo Pentagon ichitanga kutora chinyararire mabasa aimbopihwa kumasangano evagari vemo, kuronga kwayo zvombo zvebhuruu-denga kunosvika mune ramangwana riri kure. Tora, semuenzaniso, iyo Air Force Futures Game 05, yakaitirwa kwemazuva akati wandei Gumiguru apfuura muDulles, hofisi yeVirginia yevanopa mazano Booz Allen Hamilton. Chiitiko ichi chakatsaurirwa "kutarisa mamiriro egore ra2025," kunyanya imwe iyo chombo chenyukireya chakasununguka mu "nyika yeMiddle East" uye hondo huru iri kuuya. Kufanana nemamwe akawanda ePentagon emitambo yemitambo yehondo, iyi yaive yakazvipira kusimbisa kukosha kwezvombo zvisati zvavepo kana zvisati zvavepo, kunyanya munzvimbo dze "nzvimbo yekuwana" uye "hondo yemagetsi." Sekureva kwaCol. Gail Wojtowicz, director weAir Force division of the future concepts and transformation, vatambi "vakatarisawo imwe yenyaya dzakaomesesa iyo Air Force kana imwe sevhisi inogona kutarisana nayo: izvo Pentagon ingaite paivhu reAmerica." Chokwadi.
Muongorori wemauto, William Arkin akanyora nezve iyi mitambo yeAir Force, yaireva kusimudzira "laser, high-powered microwaves, uye acoustic zvombo," panguva yake. Washington Post Early Yambiro blog. Maekisesaizi akadai edenga-denga, akatsanangura, anofambisira mberi masisitimu ezvombo zvitsva (uye vatsigiri vavo vemakambani) "panzira yakajairika yekusimudzira yevanosimudzira uye vatsigiri vachipa ruzivo kune vatambi vehondo vanodyisa vatori vechikamu vanodyisa vaongorori vanodyisa vagadziri. Pakupera kwezuva, zvakaoma kutaura kuti ma microwave ane simba guru uye laser zvakavapo nekuti mumwe munhu akazvitora nekuda kwekushaiwa kana nekuti kuvepo kwayo murabhoritari kwakagadzira kudiwa. ”
Kutsigira kurega pfungwa dzekutanga dzichidzungaira kunze kwemaitiro akajairwa iko pachako ipfungwa yakafemerwa. Asi ini ndinobheja hapana DARPA-yakafanana nesangano kune imwe nzvimbo muhurumende mari yakaenzana yedzidzo 2025 kana hutano 2025 kana kunyange simba rusununguko 2025. Kuti izvi zviitike, ndinotya, iwe unofanirwa kuvashandura kuita Northcom hondo mitambo.
Ikozvino ichokwadi kuti kubhururuka-kubhururuka kwakawanda kungasambovapo. Idzo US Navy stealth shark dzinogona kusatenderera kumahombekombe edu uye yakanaka, inokurumidza muvengi kukanda kune imwe nzvimbo isingatarisirwe pane BigDog's anatomy inogona kudonha "chisikwa," kana bhajeti kana yepamusoro-tech wrinkles ikasaita hunyengeri kutanga - sekunge zvisingatarisirwe. nhevedzano yekurova kwakadzika-tekinoroji kumauto edu akazara-yakasiya Pentagon yakasuwa uye Mauto achifumuka muIraq.
Hazvingave zvakanaka here, zvakadaro, kana zviri pamutemo kufunga kwedenga-denga kwaisareva nguva dzose kuunganidza mari, masayendisiti, makambani, uye kunyangwe mhuka mukushandira kufa kwepasirese. Hazvingave zvakanaka here kuti blue sky ingori tad nezvehupenyu?
[Cherechedza: Kutenda kwakakosha nekuda kwePentagon chokwadi uye manhamba muchikamu chino enda kuna Frida Berrigan weWorld Policy Institute yakakosha. Arms Trade Resource Center. Kuti uenderane neazvino Pentagon yakazara-spectrum kutonga mapurojekiti, iva nechokwadi chekutarisa kuvaraidza kwaNoah Shachtman pamwe nekubatsira. DefenceTech webhusaiti, yakacherwa zvakanyanya chidimbu ichi, uye William Arkin's Washington Post Yambiro yekutanga blog.]
Tom Engelhardt, anomhanyisa National Institute's Tomdispatch.com ("mushonga wenguva dzose kune vezvenhau"), ndiye muvambi we iyo American Empire Project uye munyori we Mugumo Wekukunda Muitiro, nhoroondo yekukunda kweAmerica muCold War. Novel yake, Mazuva Ekupedzisira Ekudhinda, achangobuda ari mupepa.
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