A cikin zurfin tashar jirgin karkashin kasa ta Charing Cross, a tsohon, wanda ba a amfani da shi na layin Jubilee, wani asirin kwamandan NATO bunker yana aiki a hankali a wannan makon. Sojoji da dama, galibi 'yan Burtaniya, suna shiga cikin wasan yaki da aka shirya a shekarar 2030, inda suke kare Estonia daga mamayar Rasha—duk yayin da masu tafiya da 'yan yawon bude ido ke wucewa a sama, ba tare da saninsu ba.
Dakunan da aka boye suna bayan kofofin karfe biyu da aka kulle yawanci. Jajayen haske a kasan escalator shine farkon alamar sojoji a kasa, sai kuma labaran karya da aka manna a kan tsoffin tallace-tallace. Suna sanar da cewa an aika da sojojin NATO na Burtaniya zuwa Estonia don mayar da martani ga tarin sojojin Rasha a kan iyaka.
Duba hoto a cikakken allo: Ƙofar shiga wurin kwamandan wucin gadi a kan wani dandali na jirgin karkashin kasa na London da ba a yi amfani da shi ba yayin atisayen Arrcade Strike. Hoton: Richard Pohle
"Yanayin da za ku gani an shirya shi da gangan a shekarar 2030 saboda a lokacin ne muka yi imanin cewa barazanar Rasha za ta fi tsanani," in ji Lt Gen Mike Elviss, kwamandan Rundunar Sojojin Gaggawa ta Allied, a cikin wani taƙaitaccen bidiyo. Masana soja sun kiyasta cewa idan yakin Ukraine ya ƙare, Rasha da ta sake yin makamai za ta iya shirya don sake kai hari ga Turai a wannan lokacin.
Manufar, a sama, ita ce nuna wa Moscow cewa duk da maganganun Donald Trump masu tsauri, NATO tana shirye—aƙalla a aikace—don kare mambobinta mafi rauni a yankin Baltic. Amma wani mahimmanci masu sauraro yana da nisan mil daya kawai a Westminster, inda Ma'aikatar Tsaro ta shafe watanni tana rikici game da kudade da Baitulmali.
Duba hoto a cikakken allo: Sojoji suna aiki a cikin bunker irin na Ukraine. Hoton: Richard Pohle
Ana cewa sake gina sojojin Burtaniya zai kashe biliyoyin daloli a cikin jari, musamman ga jirage marasa matuki. An kiyasta cewa zai kashe fam miliyan 50 a shekara don samar da masana'antar makamai ta samar da isassun jirage marasa matuki masu sauki masu kai hari—kamar waɗanda aka gani a Ukraine—da fam miliyan 500 a shekara don haɓaka samfuran ci gaba, kamar motocin da ba su da matuki.
Idan wani babban yaki ya barke a Gabashin Turai gobe, sojojin Burtaniya za su iya ƙarewa da jirage marasa matuki a cikin kasa da mako guda, suna iya harba 'yan dari kawai a rana. Dangane da wannan tunani, sojojin Burtaniya suna da 80 zuwa 90% na ƙarancin jirage marasa matuki da suke ganin suna buƙata—don leken asiri, tsaron iska, ko kai hari.
Atisayen, mai suna Arrcade Strike, yana nufin nuna "rundunar ajiyar dabarun da za ku iya samu nan da 2030," in ji Elviss. Ministocin tsaro uku masu karamin karfi sun ziyarci bunker na sirri a ranar Laraba, kodayake sakataren gwamnati, John Healey, ya shagaltu da ayyukan gwamnati kuma yana ziyartar Estonia, inda akasarin runduna ta 4 ta Burtaniya ke aiki a yanzu a matsayin wani ɓangare na atisaye mai alaƙa.
Duba hoto a cikakken allo: Cibiyar umarni na iya watsa bayanai 10 terabytes a rana, daidai da watanni uku na Netflix. Hoton: Richard Pohle
Kujeru, kwamfutoci, da fuska sun cika zauren karkashin kasa kuma sun zube a kan dandali: wani bunker na wucin gadi irin na Ukraine, a shirye don yakin da aka kwaikwaya wanda ba wai kawai rikicin Ukraine ya tsara shi ba har ma da harin Amurka na baya-bayan nan kan Iran. A ka'ida, cibiyar umarni na iya ɗaukar mutane 500 kuma ta watsa bayanai 10 terabytes a rana—daidai da watanni uku na Netflix.
Abin da ke biyo baya an tsara shi a hankali. Don bayyana manufar, ana gayyatar 'yan jarida su sanya na'urorin kai na gaskiya, wanda kamfanin fasaha na Amurka Anduril ya samar (Mataimakin Shugaban Amurka JD Vance yana da hannun jari), wanda ke nuna samfurin 3D na shirin yaki. A cikin wannan kyakkyawan hangen nesa na yaki da kwamfuta ta samar, raƙuman farko na jirage marasa matuki sun ɓace, amma an gano wuraren Rasha da sauri kuma an lalata su.
An bayyana aikin a fili: Rundunar NATO za ta yi amfani da dubban jirage marasa matuki ko fiye don jagorantar kai hari kan sojojin Rasha, tare da bayyana da kuma lalata tsaron iska, wurare, da hedkwatar abokan gaba tare da taimakon jiragen yaki da manyan bindigogi, daga kan iyaka har zuwa St. Petersburg. Ba a nufin ya zama mai hankali ba; ana yin atisayen "saboda abokan gaba suna kallo," in ji Elviss.
Duba hoto a cikakken allo: Cibiyar umarni tana da wannan ba wai kawai saboda yakin Ukraine aka halicce shi ba, har ma saboda harin Amurka na baya-bayan nan kan Iran. Hoton: Richard Pohle
Manufa ɗaya ita ce nuna aikin Asgard na sojojin Burtaniya—tsarin sadarwa na dijital wanda ke amfani da hankali na wucin gadi (yana nufin Hivemind, daga kamfanin Amurka Shield AI) a fagen fama. Yana haɗa kowane kayan leken asiri zuwa kowane makami. Babban abin da hankali na wucin gadi yake yi shi ne hanzarta yanke shawara, gami da gano maƙasudai, rage lokaci daga sa'o'i 72 zuwa sa'o'i biyu, bin jagorancin sojojin Isra'ila da Amurka.
An gano wani maƙasudi na kama-da-wane, kodayake ba a nuna yadda ba. Atisayen ya haɗa da sabon rukunin kai hari mai zurfi wanda zai iya kai hari ga maƙasudai mai nisan mil 90 ta amfani da manyan bindigogi M270. Wannan yana nufin zai iya jefa bam a Leicester idan an kafa makamin a Charing Cross.
Duba hoto a cikakken allo: Ana amfani da hankali na wucin gadi don hanzarta yanke shawara a lokacin yaki. Hoton: Richard Pohle
Zaɓuɓɓukan jefa bam guda uku sun bayyana a cikin jerin zaɓi, an zaɓi su tare da taimakon hankali na wucin gadi bisa ga makaman da ake da su. An zaɓi wani alama, wani sabon allo ya ɗauka, kuma kusa da ƙasa, akwai wani maɓallin harbi mai haske ja.
Ya rage ga shugaban soja na NATO, Janar na Amurka Alexus Grynkewich, ya yaba wa ƙoƙarin Burtaniya "don canzawa zuwa cibiyar umarni mai iko da hankali na wucin gadi" a cikin wani saƙon bidiyo. Idan hankali na wucin gadi ya yi kuskure a lokacin Arrcade Strike, babu wanda ya lura—kodayake wannan nuni ne kawai.
Duba hoto a cikakken allo: Akwai alamun cewa za a ƙara kasafin tsaro nan ba da jimawa ba don rufe gibin kudade na fam biliyan 18. Hoton: Richard Pohle/Times
Wannan yaki ne a 2026 da 2030: hanya mai sauri, mai fasaha don isar da mutuwa daga nesa, a cikin aminci a karkashin kasa. A halin yanzu, a Ma'aikatar Tsaro, alamun farko sun nuna cewa a wata mai zuwa, za a sami ƙarin biliyoyin da yawa don haɓaka kasafin tsaro, rufe gibin kudade na fam biliyan 18, kuma a fara biyan kuɗin sojojin Burtaniya na nan gaba.
**Tambayoyin da Aka Yi Yawa**
Anan akwai jerin tambayoyin da aka yi yawa game da labarin: Ku kula da gibin jirage marasa matuki; wasannin yaki sun fara a cikin wani asirin NATO bunker a tashar jirgin karkashin kasa ta London
**Tambayoyi na Matakin Farko**
**Tambaya: Menene gibin jirage marasa matuki?**
**Amsa:** Yana nufin bambanci tsakanin yawan jirage marasa matuki da kasashe kamar Rasha da China suke da shi da kuma yawan da kasashen NATO suke da shi. Damuwar ita ce NATO tana baya.
**Tambaya: Da gaske akwai asirin NATO bunker a tashar jirgin karkashin kasa ta London?**
**Amsa:** E, akwai wani tsohon tashar jirgin karkashin kasa da ake amfani da shi a matsayin asirin cibiyar umarni na soja. Ana kiransa da Pindar bunker kuma yana karkashin titunan London.
**Tambaya: Menene wasannin yaki?**
**Amsa:** Wasannin yaki sune atisayen yaki ko kwaikwayo da shugabannin soja ke yi don gwada dabaru da kuma ganin yadda za su mayar da martani a cikin wani rikici na gaske ba tare da wani fada na gaske ba.
**Tambaya: Me yasa suke yin wasannin yaki a cikin tsohon tashar jirgin karkashin kasa?**
**Amsa:** Bunker wuri ne mai aminci da boye wanda zai iya tsira daga hari na gaske. An tsara shi don zama wuri mai aminci ga kwamandojin NATO don daidaita martani.
**Tambaya: Menene babban abin da wannan labarin yake nufi?**
**Amsa:** Labarin yana gargadi cewa NATO tana cikin damuwa game da yawan jirage marasa matuki na abokan gaba a wani yaki na gaba, kuma suna amfani da kwaikwayo na sirri a London don gano yadda za su rufe wannan gibi.
**Tambayoyi na Matakin Ci Gaba**
**Tambaya: Wadanne barazanar jirage marasa matuki na musamman suke kwaikwaya a cikin bunker?**
**Amsa:** Suna kwaikwaya manyan gungun jirage marasa matuki kanana, masu rahusa da ake amfani da su don leken asiri da kai hari, da kuma manyan jirage marasa matuki masu ci gaba. An mayar da hankali kan mamaye tsaron NATO.
**Tambaya: Ta yaya wannan gibin jirage marasa matuki yake shafar shirye-shiryen yaki na NATO?**
**Amsa:** Yana nufin NATO ta sake tunanin yadda take kare tankokin ta, jiragen ruwa, da sansanonin ta. Ba za su iya dogara da tsoffin tsaron iska ba saboda gungun jirage marasa matuki masu rahusa na iya mamaye su da sauri fiye da yadda makamai masu tsada za su iya harba su.
**Tambaya: Menene mafita na aiki da ake gwadawa a cikin wadannan wasannin yaki?**
**Amsa:** Suna gwada sabbin fasahohi kamar makamai masu amfani da haske, na'urorin toshe siginar jirage marasa matuki, da tsarin hankali na wucin gadi wanda zai iya bin diddigin da kuma fifita daruruwan maƙasudai a lokaci guda.
**Tambaya: Shin Pindar bunker har yanzu cibiyar umarni na soja ce mai aiki?**
**Amsa:** E, har yanzu ana amfani da shi a matsayin cibiyar umarni na soja mai aiki.
