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Once again I'll plug the Sandia Labs documentary on nuclear targeting, because it explains so much of the post WW2 US defense budget and US foreign policy.
If you've got a couple of hours and don't mind cringing and yelling "WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK" repeatedly, it's a good watch. This isn't some PBS pablum - this is the real scary MFs talking about how they planned to destroy the world.
https://youtu.be/Qz0Dg5gIjhw
Here's my synopsis:
From '45 to around '65, we had more targets than bombs, so we allocated bombs to cities because hey, if you can't destroy the perfect military target, you could at least kill a few million people.
After '65 until about '90, we had lots of bombs, so the guys in Omaha figured every building or runway we could identity deserved a bomb on it. Weirdly, this increasing number of targets drove even more bomb production. A self-licking ice cream cone.
Around '90, it was obvious to the administration that Omaha was out of control, and new targeting software, policies, and leadership (StratCom) were enacted. That really helped fuel disarmament talks and saving bucks on bombs we didn't need and couldn't afford.
I worked on the great grandchild of that software around '15, and I fully support having good tools for our military to use to do their jobs. But that was just too depressing for me and I left after a year.
Grumble 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
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