This anti-arms trade article makes good reason and worth
re-posting in its entirety
Killing people is big business. If there is an industry that
is most morally repugnant it is the defence industry. Even its name is a lie.
Trillions are spent on providing the means to destroy and murder. It’s one of
the only industries whose profits soar in line with the suffering of millions.
What is interesting in the promotional material is that you’re at a loss to
find words like “death,” “killing,” or even “people.” Instead, they use
technical jargon to cloak the brutal reality of what their weapons do. What
they describe as a “moving target” can end up being a fleeing ambulance full of
children in reality, so for a “what they say and what they mean” feature it’s
truly easy pickings, but it’s hard to read their words and not be left with an
extremely bad taste in your mouth.
WHAT THEY SAY: “Lockheed Martin has a long history of
successfully providing its customers with missile and missile systems that are
affordable, proven, and in production.”
WHAT THEY MEAN: Lockheed Martin has a long history of
successfully providing governments, despots or anyone able to pay with missiles
and missile systems that are affordable and proven to kill children, parents,
grandparents and pets, as well as destroy critical infrastructure. We have a
big warehouse of these bad boys so you can order as many as you want.
WHAT THEY SAY: “Our
reputation is backed by a record of exceptional contractual performance and
successful partnerships, in both the U.S. and international defense
communities.”
WHAT THEY MEAN: Our reputation is backed by a record of
exceptional partnerships, helping governments around the world blow up stuff
and kill countless soldiers and citizens. Also, the amount of fraud we conduct
is not as bad as some of the other guys.
WHAT THEY SAY: “Lockheed Martin is supporting the warfighter
by providing a wide variety of highly effective and reliable weapons systems to
ensure that the right weapon is available for each situation that they may
face.”
WHAT THEY MEAN: Lockheed Martin is supporting
the murderous villains by providing a wide variety of highly effective stuff
that destroys things and kills people. These reliable weapons systems ensure
that the right amount of people are eviscerated for each situation they may face.
WHAT THEY SAY: “These weapon systems include precision
strike weapons with long standoff ranges to keep pilots and aircraft out of
harm’s way. Lockheed Martin systems also include smart submunitions to give the
warfighter maximum flexibility as well as fire support mobile artillery and
guided munitions to dominate the battlefield.”
WHAT THEY MEAN: These
weapon systems include really accurate bombs that you can shoot from miles
away, which means the pilots don’t have to see all the people they just
slaughtered. Lockheed Martin systems also have other stuff that, on the ground
or in the air, will ensure you only leave death and destruction in your wake.
This gives the aggressor lots of flexibility in how he chooses to kill and
obliterate; let’s not forget variety is the spice of life.
WHAT THEY SAY: “Other Lockheed Martin systems include
air-to-air missiles to give pilots air supremacy; helicopter launched
anti-armor missiles to destroy enemy tanks and other armored vehicles;
man-portable short-range anti-armor and assault weapons; kinetic energy
hyper-velocity missiles that can defeat all current and future armored threats,
hit-to-kill air defense systems that protect the troops from ballistic
missiles, cruise missiles, enemy aircraft and weapons of mass destruction.”
WHAT THEY MEAN: You should come over and check out all the
rad shit we have. I am not kidding, we have about 101 different ways to blow
shit up and wipe people off the face of the earth. Hell just called, and they
want their weapons back. Hey, just kidding. We even have stuff that keeps you
snug and cosy when you are unleashing your torrent of annihilation on those who
are not doing as instructed.
WHAT THEY SAY: “Lockheed Martin-developed strategic missile
systems include intercontinental-range ballistic missiles and reentry systems
that serve as strategic deterrents.”
WHAT THEY MEAN: Our shit is so hardcore that when people
see the serious carnage you can impose at the flick of a switch, they will
think first before they fuck with you.
WHAT THEY SAY: “The Lockheed Martin Dual Mode Plus leverages
the enhanced performance of the PavewayTM II Plus laser guided bomb (LGB) to
provide the lowest cost, all-weather direct attack capability available today.”
WHAT THEY MEAN: Okay, it sounds like a new Gillette razor,
but check out our PavewayTM II Plus. This baby can pretty much blow stuff up
any time of the day. Before brunch? After lunch? Late night supper? You choose.
WHAT THEY SAY: “The Dual Mode Plus combines semi-active
laser (SAL) terminal guidance with inertial navigation system (INS) / global
positioning system (GPS) guidance for precision strike against high priority
fixed, relocatable and moving targets.”
WHAT THEY MEAN: Built like the Sat-Nav in your car, but
instead of punching in the town you want to drive to, you just punch in the
town you want to blow up, then sit back and relax as Paveway Plus does the
rest. In addition, we have added a bonus feature free of charge. If even that
wedding party tries to run for cover, Paveway Plus will follow them. There
literally is no escape.
WHAT THEY SAY: “Dual Mode Plus provides greater mission
flexibility through a launch acceptable region larger than other dual mode
weapons, increased standoff and cross-range capability. Warfighters will be
able to maximize operational effectiveness through use of single weapons
loadout rather than a combined loadout of Paveway II LGB and JDAM munitions.”
WHAT THEY MEAN: Instead having to use loads of different
types of bombs, PavewayTM II Plus is the shampoo-and-conditioner-in-one of
bombs. With just this alone you can flatten and burn to ashes much much more
stuff. Why press three buttons when you can just press one?
At Lockheed Martin we are proud to be the world’s leading
arms manufacturer. This means we help facilitate the pointless and violent
death of millions of humans. We provide the means to plunge innocent lives into
a pit of desperation and despair, as we help murder their family and destroy
the critical infrastructure required to live a healthy life. We make billions
on death and destruction, and we are proud of it. We have accumulated untold
wealth and power on the back of the world’s grief, suffering and despair. Some
people say, “Well, if we didn’t make weapons someone else would,” but at
Lockheed we don’t need to justify our wanton passion for slaughter and
devastation. Yes, someone else may do it if we didn’t, but never as good as we
do it. Lockheed Martin: where every day we make a killing.
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