Masu Kera Makamai na Amurka sun saka hannun jari a sabon yakin cacar baki

m: Bayan hayaniyar siyasar Amurka na sabon yakin cacar baka da Rasha wani babban jari ne na Sojoji da Masana'antu a cikin "tankunan tunani" da sauran hanyoyin farfaganda, in ji Jonathan Marshall.

Daga Jonathan Marshall, Consortium News

Sojojin Amurka sun yi nasara a babban yaki daya tilo tun karshen yakin duniya na biyu (Yakin Gulf na 1990-91). Amma 'yan kwangilar sojan Amurka suna ci gaba da samun manyan yake-yaken kasafin kudi a Majalisa kusan kowace shekara, suna tabbatar da cewa babu wani karfi a duniya da zai iya yin tir da bajintar su da kuma kimar siyasa.

Yi la'akari da ci gaba da tafiya zuwa nasara na babban shirin makamai guda ɗaya a cikin tarihi - shirin sayan manyan jiragen sama na Lockheed-Martin F-35 na Sojan Sama, Navy, da Marines a kan jimillar farashin da aka yi hasashe. fiye da $ 1 tiriliyan.

Rundunar Sojan Sama da Marines duka sun ayyana Joint Strike Fighter a shirye don yaƙi, kuma Majalisa yanzu tana ɗaukar sama da biliyoyin daloli a shekara don siyan abin da aka tsara zai zama jirgin sama na 2,400.

Amma duk da haka harin bom mafi tsada a duniya har yanzu baya aiki yadda ya kamata kuma maiyuwa bazai taba yin kamar yadda aka yi talla ba. Ba haka bane"dezinformatsiya"daga ƙwararrun "yakin basasa" na Rasha. Wannan shine ra'ayin hukuma na babban jami'in tantance makamai na Pentagon, Michael Gilmore.

a wani Agusta, 9 memo Bloomberg News ya samu, Gilmore ya gargadi manyan jami'an Pentagon cewa shirin na F-35 "a zahiri baya kan hanyar samun nasara amma a maimakon haka yana kan hanyar kasa isarwa" damar da jirgin ya yi alkawari. Ya ce shirin "yana kurewa lokaci da kudi don kammala gwajin jirgin da aka tsara da aiwatar da gyare-gyare da gyare-gyaren da ake bukata."

Sarkin gwajin soja ya ba da rahoton cewa hadaddun matsalolin software da gazawar gwaji "na ci gaba da ganowa a cikin adadi mai yawa." A sakamakon haka, jiragen na iya kasa bin diddigin abubuwan da ke motsi a kasa, gargadin matukan jirgi lokacin da na’urorin radar abokan gaba suka gano su, ko kuma yin amfani da wani sabon bam da aka kera. Ko bindigar F-35 ba zai yi aiki da kyau ba.

Ƙididdiga masu ɓarna

Kima na Pentagon na ciki shine kawai na baya-bayan nan a cikin dogon jerin sunayen m kimantawa da koma bayan ci gaban jirgin. Sun hada da dakatar da saukar jirgin da aka yi saboda gobara da sauran matsalolin tsaro; gano rashin lafiyar injin mai haɗari; da kwalkwali waɗanda zasu iya haifar da bulala mai mutuwa. Har ila yau jirgin ya sami duka da kyau a cikin izgili tare da tsofaffi (kuma mai rahusa) F-16.

A bara, an Labari a cikin masu ra'ayin mazan jiya National Review "Babban barazanar da sojojin Amurka ke fuskanta a cikin 'yan shekarun da suka gabata, ba wai makami mai linzami na kasar Sin da ke kashe-kashen jiragen ruwa ba, ko kuma yaduwan farashin wutar lantarki mai saukin gaske, ko ma shirye-shiryen yaki da tauraron dan adam na Sin da Rasha. Babbar barazana ta fito ne daga F-35. . . Don wannan jarin dala tiriliyan-da-dala muna samun jirgin sama da nisa a hankali fiye da 1970s F-14 Tomcat, jirgin da bai wuce rabin kewayon A-40 Intruder mai shekaru 6 ba. . . da wani jirgin sama wanda jirgin F-16 ya mika masa kansa a lokacin gasar kare kare a baya-bayan nan.”

Kwatankwacin F-35 da shirin jirgin saman yakin da ya gaza a baya, Kanar Dan Ward mai ritaya na Sojan Sama lura a bara, "Wataƙila mafi kyawun yanayin da gaske ga Joint Strike Fighter shine ya bi sawun F-22 kuma ya ba da damar yaƙi wanda bai dace da ainihin bukatun soja ba. Ta wannan hanyar, lokacin da dukkanin jiragen ruwa suka sauka saboda wani lahani da ba za a iya warwarewa ba, tasirin tsaron mu ba zai yi kyau ba."

Lockheed's "Hukumar Talla ta Biyan-zuwa-Play"

Zuwan shirin na tsaro na baya-bayan nan shi ne manazarcin soja Dan Goure, a cikin shafin mujallar da ake girmamawa. Ƙananan Shawara. Goure ya raina masu suka a Ofishin Gwajin Aiki da Kima na Pentagon a matsayin "mutane masu launin ido, kamar goblins a Gringott's a cikin jerin Harry Potter."

Ya bayyana F-35 a matsayin "dandali na juyin juya hali," in ji shi, "Ikon yin aiki ba tare da ganowa ba a cikin sararin samaniyar sararin samaniya, tattara bayanai har ma da niyya kan bayanan abokan gaba na iska da kasa, kafin kaddamar da hare-haren bam-bam yana nuna kyakkyawar fa'ida kan tsarin barazanar da ake ciki. . . . . Shirin gwajin gwagwarmaya na Joint Strike Fighter yana samun ci gaba cikin hanzari. Fiye da ma'ana, tun ma kafin ya kammala samfurin aiki mai tsauri wanda DOT&E ya shimfida, F-35 ya nuna iyawar da ta wuce duk wani mayakin Yamma na yanzu."

Idan hakan yana karanta ɗan kamar ƙasidar tallan Lockheed-Martin, la'akari da tushen. A cikin labarinsa, Goure ya bayyana kansa a matsayin mataimakin shugaban Cibiyar Lexington, wanda takardar kudi kanta a matsayin "kungiyar bincike mai zaman kanta ta jama'a da ke da hedkwata a Arlington, Virginia."

Abin da Goure bai faɗi ba - kuma Cibiyar Lexington ba ta bayyana gaba ɗaya ba - ita ce "tana karɓar gudummawa daga manyan masu tsaron gida Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman da sauransu, waɗanda ke biyan Lexington don yin sharhi kan tsaro, "a cewar wani rahoto. 2010 Cikakken Bayani inPOLITICO.

A farkon wannan shekarar. Harper ta mai ba da gudummawa Ken Silverstein kira The ko'ina aka nakalto tunani tank "kayan tsaro masana'antar ta biya-to-play hukumar." Ya kara da cewa, "Kayan kaya kamar Lexington suna samar da taron manema labarai, takaddun matsayi da op-eds waɗanda ke ba da kuɗin soja zuwa ga 'yan kwangilar tsaro."

Haɗin kai kai tsaye na Goure tare da Lockheed yana ba da alamar dalilin da yasa shirye-shirye kamar F-35 ke ci gaba da bunƙasa duk da gazawar aiki, hauhawar tsadar kayayyaki, da jinkirin jadawalin da zai haifar da binciken kanun labarai na majalisa da samar da rafukan bacin rai daga masu sharhi na Fox News. game da gazawar gwamnati.

Haɓaka Sabon Yaƙin Yakin

Tunani tankuna kamar Cibiyar Lexington manyan masu motsi bayan yakin farfaganda na cikin gida don farfado da yakin cacar baki da kasar Rasha da ta ragu da kuma tabbatar da shirye-shiryen makamai kamar F-35.

Kamar yadda Lee Fang lura kwanan nan in Tsarin kalma, "Haɓaka kalaman nuna kyama ga Rasha a yakin neman zaben shugaban kasa na Amurka ya zo ne a tsakiyar wani babban yunkuri da 'yan kwangilar soji ke yi na sanya Moscow a matsayin makiya mai karfi da dole ne a tinkari karuwar kudaden soji da kasashen NATO ke kashewa."

Don haka Ƙungiyoyin Masana'antu Aerospace da Lockheed ke tallafawa yayi kashedin cewa gwamnatin Obama ta kasa kashe isassun kudade kan "jirgin sama, jirgin ruwa da tsarin yaki na kasa" don magance yadda ya kamata "hargitsin Rasha a kofar NATO." The Lockheed- da Pentagon-kudinCibiyar Nazarin Manufofin Turai ta fitar da rafi na rahotannin ƙararrawa game da barazanar sojojin Rasha ga Gabashin Turai.

Kuma Majalisar Atlantika mai matukar tasiri - tallafi by Lockheed-Martin, Raytheon, US Navy, Soja, Air Force, Marines, har ma da Ukrainian Majalisar Duniya - yana inganta articles kamar "Me yasa Aminci ba shi yiwuwa tare da Putin" da ayyana cewa NATO dole ne "ya ba da gudummawa ga yawan kashe kuɗin soji" don magance "Rasha mai raɗaɗi."

Asalin faɗaɗa NATO

Gangamin nuna Rasha a matsayin wata barazana, karkashin jagorancin masana da manazarta masu samun kudin kwangila, ya fara ne jim kadan bayan kawo karshen yakin cacar baka. A cikin 1996, Lockheed Executive Bruce Jackson kafa Kwamitin Amurka kan NATO, wanda takensa shine "Karfafa Amurka, Amintaccen Turai. Kare Darajoji. Fadada NATO."

Manufarta ta gudana kai tsaye akasin haka Alkawuran da gwamnatin George HW Bush ta kada ta fadada kawancen sojojin kasashen yamma zuwa gabas bayan faduwar Tarayyar Soviet.

Haɗuwa da Jackson sun kasance masu ra'ayin mazan jiya kamar Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Perle da Robert Kagan. Wani mai binciken neocon mai suna Jackson - wanda ya ci gaba da kafa kwamitin 'yantar da Iraki - "dangantaka tsakanin masana'antar tsaro da masu ra'ayin mazan jiya. Yana fassara mu zuwa gare su, su kuma gare mu.”

Ƙoƙarin ƙoƙarce-ƙoƙarcen ƙungiyar da kuma samun nasara mai yawa na ƙoƙarce-ƙoƙarce ba a lura da su ba. A shekarar 1998, da New York Times ruwaito cewa "Kamfanonin kera makamai na Amurka, wadanda ke samun biliyoyin daloli wajen siyar da makamai, tsarin sadarwa da sauran kayan aikin soja idan majalisar dattijai ta amince da fadada NATO, sun sanya hannun jari mai yawa a cikin masu fafutuka da kuma gudummawar yakin neman zabe don inganta manufarsu a Washington. . . .

“Kamfanoni guda hudu wadanda babban kasuwancinsu na makamai ne, sun baiwa ‘yan takara dala miliyan 32.3 tun bayan rugujewar tsarin gurguzu a gabashin Turai a farkon shekaru goma. Idan aka kwatanta, gidan cacar taba ya kashe dala miliyan 26.9 a wannan lokacin, 1991 zuwa 1997."

Wani mai magana da yawun Lockheed ya ce, "Mun dauki dogon lokaci don fadada NATO, tare da kafa kawance. Lokacin da ranar ta zo kuma waɗannan ƙasashe suna da damar siyan jiragen yaƙi, tabbas muna da niyyar zama masu fafatawa."

Lobbying yayi aiki. A shekarar 1999. da adawar RashaNATO ta mamaye Jamhuriyar Czech, Hungary da Poland. A cikin 2004, ta ƙara Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia da Slovenia. Albaniya da Croatia sun shiga na gaba a cikin 2009. Mafi tsokana, a cikin 2008 NATO ta gayyaci Ukraine don shiga cikin kawancen Yammacin Turai, wanda ya kafa mataki na rikici mai haɗari tsakanin NATO da Rasha a kan wannan ƙasa a yau.

Arzikin masu kera makamai na Amurka ya karu. "A shekara ta 2014, sabbin mambobin NATO goma sha biyu sun sayi makaman Amurka kusan dala biliyan 17," bisa ga Andrew Cockburn, “yayin da . . . Romania ta yi bikin isowar tsarin tsaron makamai masu linzami na Lockheed Martin Aegis Ashore na farko na dala miliyan 134 na Gabashin Turai."

Karshe dai, Jaridar Kasuwancin Washington ruwaito "Idan wani yana cin gajiyar rashin jin daɗi tsakanin Rasha da sauran ƙasashen duniya, dole ne ya zama Lockheed Martin Corp. na Bethesda (NYSE: LMT). Kamfanin yana da matsayi don samun riba mai yawa daga abin da zai iya zama kuɗaɗen kashe kuɗin soja na ƙasa da ƙasa daga makwabtan Rasha. "

Jaridar ta kara da cewa, wata babbar kwangilar sayar da makamai masu linzami ga Poland, jaridar ta kara da cewa, "Jami'ai daga Lockheed ba sa bayyana karara cewa sha'awar shugaban Rasha Vladimir Putin a Ukraine yana da kyau ga kasuwanci, amma ba sa gudun fahimtar damar da Poland ke da shi. gabatar da su yayin da Warsaw ke ci gaba da aiwatar da wani gagarumin aikin sabunta aikin soji - wanda ya kara ruruwa yayin da tashin hankali ya mamaye Gabashin Turai."

Lockheed's Lobby Machine

Lockheed na ci gaba da sanya kudi a cikin tsarin siyasar Amurka don tabbatar da cewa ya ci gaba da kasancewa mafi girman kwangilolin soja a kasar. Daga 2008 zuwa 2015 kashe kudi ya zarce dala miliyan 13 a duk shekara guda. Kamfanin kasuwanci yafa masa daga shirin F-35 zuwa jihohi 46 kuma ya yi ikirarin cewa yana samar da dubun dubatar ayyukan yi.

Daga cikin jihohin 18 da ke jin daɗin tasirin tattalin arzikin sama da dala miliyan 100 daga jirgin saman yaƙin akwai Vermont - wanda shine dalilin da ya sa F-35 ke samun tallafi. har ma da Sanata Bernie Sanders.

Kamar yadda ya fada wa wani taron zauren gari, “Tana daukar daruruwan mutane aiki. Yana ba da ilimin kwaleji ga ɗaruruwan mutane. Don haka a gare ni tambaya ba shine ko muna da F-35 ko a'a ba. Yana nan. Tambaya a gare ni ita ce ko tana cikin Burlington, Vermont ko kuma tana cikin Florida. "

A cikin 1961, Shugaba Eisenhower ya lura cewa "haɗin kai na babban sansanin soja da manyan masana'antar makamai" ya fara rinjayar "kowane birni, kowane gidan gwamnati, kowane ofishin gwamnatin tarayya."

A cikin shahararren jawabinsa na bankwana ga al'ummar kasar, Eisenhower ya yi gargadin cewa "dole ne mu kula da samun tasirin da bai dace ba, ko an nema ko ba a nema ba, ta rukunin soja da masana'antu. Yiwuwar mummunan tashin hankalin da ba a yi amfani da shi ba ya wanzu kuma zai ci gaba. "

Yaya daidai yake. Amma ko da Ike ba zai iya tunanin irin tsadar da al'ummar kasar ke fuskanta na kasa rike wannan hadaddiyar giyar ba - kama daga shirin jirgin sama na dala tiriliyan zuwa maras bukata kuma mafi hatsarin tashin yakin cacar baki karni kwata bayan da kasashen yamma suka cimma. nasara.