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It sounds incredible. One of the shots Trump fires at full throttle to magnify his presidency. But – reports the Washington Post – “Woodward writes that anonymous sources later confirmed to him that the US military has a new secret army, of which they do not give details, and that these sources were surprised that Trump had revealed it.”
The news seems sensational. Is it possible that the Pentagon manufactured such a device, mobilizing funds and technicians, conducting tests, and finally making it operational without a single indiscretion leaking?
United States, Trump thinks about a nuclear test. It would be the first since 1992
There are media in the American arsenal that remain top secret. Proof of this was found during the bombing that killed Osama Bin Laden in 2011: the Seals were forced to destroy one of the helicopters, which had capsized while landing in the shelter of the founder of Al Qaeda. The remains of that plane and specifically the tail have shown that it was an unknown model: in nine years no one has yet solved the mystery and there is not a single photo of this vehicle. Experts are sure that the rear rotor had a special configuration, aimed at minimizing noise and the trace left on the radar: a stealth helicopter for stealth missions. Which, however, has been built in multiple copies while maintaining absolute confidentiality: Pakistan has returned all the remains, apparently behind a stratospheric counterpart.
Designing and building such a helicopter requires special technologies, but designing and producing a nuclear weapon is something else. It takes huge funds and a number of scientists with different skills: years of study and work. And since the end of the Cold War has never been a project so complex that it has remained buried in secret.
In fact, the American press is very careful in scrutinizing Pentagon contracts, which in the case of large investments must pass the scrutiny of parliamentary committees. Last August, for example, the Air Force’s Nuclear Research Center had submitted a request that immediately raised the alarm: companies were asked to submit plans for a hypersonic ICBM capable of very high speeds. Following the recommendation of a specialized magazine, taken up by various websites, the call was withdrawn. And the Pentagon explained that it was just one of many studies to upgrade the missile arsenal – a program destined to close in 2070 at an estimated cost of $ 85 billion.
Trump, for his part, spoke with Woodward about an operational device, bringing up the revelation and recalling the tension with North Korea in 2017, when the two countries had moved one step away from confrontation.
It is well known that the president has a passion for nuclear warheads. After years in which the United States has focused on the global fight against terrorism, Trump has reopened the confrontation with Russia and China by focusing on nuclear weapons. Of the projects launched, however, the only one that has entered service is the W76-2, the updated version of a low-potential “tactical” bomb, already deployed on the missiles of at least one submarine. A device that cannot correspond to the identikit outlined in the interview with the Watergate journalist: the president’s phrases suggest something much more sophisticated and revolutionary, such as displacing Russian and Chinese intelligence. And in the absence of the slightest clue, the suspects begin to look into space. Where a military shuttle called X-37 has been launched for some time: the latest mission dates back to last May. No one knows what this robotic spacecraft does as it travels in orbit. But everyone remembers where the race for the final weapon of the old Cold War stopped: the United States and the USSR were studying nuclear missiles placed on satellites and capable of striking anywhere. And with a shiver, now, one begins to fear that this crazy design has been made. In absolute secrecy.
