Prisjämförelser Onizuka flygbasen stänger
Som en del i omprioriteringen iPentagons budget kommer en av militärbaserna här i Silicon Vallet att stänga. Det är den lilla Onizuka basensom sköter USAs hemliga militärsattelliter.
Silicon Valley har ett mycket stort militärinslag som man inte brukar tala om så ofta. En av orsakerna till att Silicon Valley expanderade så nabbt är just den stora utbyggnaden av USAs armen under 60 och 70-talen.
City leaders in the Bay Area breathed a sigh of relief when the Pentagon announced that just two of the region’s 21 military bases are to close. On the chopping block is the Onizuka Air Force Station in Sunnyvale, which employs 278 workers and helps run the military’s satellite system, and a defunct weapons depot in Concord. The latter closure was cause for celebration: Concord has long wanted to boost its economy by turning the base into offices and homes.
During the last round of closures in the 1990s, the Bay Area lost nine bases, including the Presidio, which employed 50,000 people. But this turned out to be beneficial. Many of the bases are in varying stages of being transformed into housing, business and high-tech complexes.
