SiTU MEMO 21

“MOAB” is the name of a bomb. It is the “MOther of All Bombs” and the largest convential bomb used by the American military. It has the power to tear mountains apart and was used in the Tora-Bora mountains, to destroy the caves, where Osama Bin Laden and his fellow-terrorists were supposedly hiding. Air-bombardment is still in use and with disastrous effects. In the “war” against Serbia, the US Airforce destroyed 14 tanks and more than 450 schools. No one knows, or cares, how many civilians are killed in Yugoslavia, Vietnam, Iraq, Libia or Afghanistan, but it must total in the hundred of thousands. What a world to grow up in. Millions are traumatised, ill fed and lack proper health-care.

The combined atomic power on our planet is gigantic. France, England, United States, Russia and China are the atomic powers. Officialy. Israel has nuclear bombs and so has North-Korea. The rockets of the last “superpower” are not that good, but Seoul is only a couple of miles away. In recent times Iran is said to develop nuclear energy and has the basic materials to create a bomb. But atomic warfare is old fashioned and dangerous. It can easily escalated into a global conflict. These bombs are not used on the battlefield, but to destroy vital cities and industrial areas. Longdistance ballistic missiles will hit the major cities of the world. But I said, nuclear warfare is oldfashioned. But there is a new generation of weaponry under development. Laserweapons, mindcontrol, extreme low frequencies, sound and weathercontrol are just a few fields on which the military have developed exotic weapons. In Afghanistan and Iraq ELF was used. Low frequencies, constantly transmitted, would drive the people crazy and turn them into managable zombies. Unmanned aircraft rule the

sky. They are also used by intelligence and the police to monitor a crowd. War is getting sophisticated.

Every year about a trillion dollars are spent on “defense”. Half of it by the United States. Every year! This means that the armies worldwide are growing and have immense offensive capabilities.

But it's what we want. Even during an extreme economic recession, the Royal Dutch Air Force, wants to buy about 90 new airplanes, costing about 7 billion dollars. Designed for the war of the future.