{"id":56144,"date":"2025-11-12T07:33:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T15:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/?p=56144"},"modified":"2025-11-12T07:33:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T15:33:31","slug":"nuclear-force-recapitalization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/12\/nuclear-force-recapitalization\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuclear Force ‘Recapitalization’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reprinted from Bracing Views<\/a> with the author\u2019s permission.<\/i><\/p>\n

Just when you thought the assault on the English language couldn\u2019t be more severe, I came across a new abomination in a recent memo (11\/3\/25) signed by the Chief of Staff of the Air Force (CSAF).<\/p>\n

The CSAF expressed his commitment to nuclear force \u201crecapitalization,\u201d meaning that he fully supports the B-21 Raider and the Sentinel ICBM, which will cost more than $500 billion over the next two decades. He vowed he\u2019d \u201crelentlessly advocate\u201d for them.<\/p>\n

\u201cRecapitalization\u201d: What a word to describe more genocidal nuclear weapons!<\/p>\n

Typically, the Air Force refers to \u201cmodernization\u201d or \u201cinvestment\u201d when it comes to new nukes. This latest euphemism is an even more extreme example of bureaucratese and business-speak.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re just \u201crecapitalizing\u201d our nuclear forces, folks. Nothing to see here, move along.<\/p>\n

One thing is certain. The new CSAF, with his talk of \u201crecapitalization,\u201d will make the smoothest of transitions to industry once he retires from the military.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s time for recapitalization! (Red sky in morning, America take warning.)<\/p><\/div>\n<\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Above is an idealized illustration of a Sentinel ICBM soon after launch. Don\u2019t think about the aftermath of thermonuclear war. As NBC Pitchman Brian Williams once said, it\u2019s important to be guided by the beauty of our weapons<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author\u2019s permission. Just when you thought the assault on the English language couldn\u2019t be more severe, I came across a new abomination in a recent memo (11\/3\/25) signed by the Chief of Staff of the Air Force (CSAF). The CSAF expressed his commitment to nuclear force \u201crecapitalization,\u201d meaning that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_social_image_id":0,"_social_image_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"coauthors":[758],"class_list":["post-56144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"meta_box":{"disable_donate_message":"0","custom_donate_message":"","_social_image_id":false,"subtitle":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/290"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56144"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56148,"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56144\/revisions\/56148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56144"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=56144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}