By Kālāʻo Smith, Ianuali 19, 2018, ʻO Truthout.
A i hoʻokuʻu houʻia ʻO ka "draft pre-decided" o ka Pentagon's Nuclear Posture Review o ka Pentagon no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kahi hanauna hou o nā pōkā nukleia "haʻahaʻa-hua" - nā mea kaua i ʻike nui ʻia e ka uē aloha nani: "mini-nukes."
Wahi a ka Posture Review - kahi hui pū o Pentagon / Keʻena ʻo Energy i hana - ʻo ka pahuhopu "e hōʻoia i ka pale kaua nukelika o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i kēia manawa, ikaika, maʻalahi, kūpaʻa, mākaukau, a kūpono kūpono e kāohi i nā hoʻoweliweli 21st kenekulia a hōʻoia hou kā mākou mea kōkua. ”
Ke koi nei ka Pentagon i kahi laina hou o nā mini-nukes i kāhiko pono ʻia e hāʻawi i ka pūʻali koa me nā "ʻoi aku nā koho" a me "ka maʻalahi o ka loli." Ma kahi o ke alo ʻana i ka specter weliweli o ke komo ʻana i loko o ke kaua nukelea holoʻokoʻa me nā mea hoʻomake honua honua he 400-kiloton, e hoʻokuʻu nā mini-nukes i nā mea hoʻolālā pūʻali koa o Wakinekona e hōʻeha aku i kona mau ʻenemi me ka hoʻowahāwahā ʻana i ka hoʻoweliweli atomic e hōʻaleʻa wale i kekahi mea i loko o kahi mile mai ka Ground Zero.
ʻO Air Force Gen. Paul Selva, ka luna kūikawā o nā ' kaʻana ʻO kēia conundrum atomic me kahi hui ʻoihana pale i ʻAukake 2017. "Inā ʻo nā koho wale nō i kēia manawa e hele me nā mea kaua kiʻekiʻe e hana i kahi pae o ka luku hewa ʻole i hiki ʻole i ka pelekikena ke ʻae," wehewehe ʻo Selva, "ʻaʻole mākou 'aʻole i hāʻawi iā ia i kahi koho. ”
"ʻAʻole pono!" Pane nā loiloi anti-nukelea. ʻO ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i ka paepae no ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea kaua nukelea e hoʻonui wale ana i ka likelike o kahi hakakā ākea. ʻO kahi mini-nuke ma aneʻi, kahi mini-nuke ma laila, a ʻoi aku ka hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻōlelo ʻo “Armageddon,” he ʻewalu mau mana o ka honua i ʻike i nā mana nukelea (a ʻo nā mea kūwaho e like me Israel) e hiki ke hele i ka ballistic.
Eia kekahi, e like me he'ōlelo hoʻokele i Roll Call nā memo, ʻo ka hapakolu o kā Pentagon mau mea kaua o kēia manawa i kēia manawa ua "haʻahaʻa-loaʻa" a i ʻole nā "ʻōnaehana maʻalahi" hiki ke "kāhea ʻia i hope." ʻO ka B61, no ka laʻana, he hoʻololi nukelea me kahi pahū i hiki ke hoʻoponopono ʻia mai ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o ka kiloton i kahi kuʻi Nā kāʻei 340, hiki i nā w80 mau kīʻahi i hoʻohuiʻia i nā missiles hoʻokele i lele i ka lele e hiki ke hukiʻia mai ʻelima i mau kilo 150.
Ua hoʻāʻo ka Pentagon e hoʻāla i kahi hua hou o nā pōkā pahū i nā lā i noho ai ʻo George W. Bush ma ke keʻena - akā ʻaʻole makemake ka ʻAhaʻōlelo i ka maunu. Hoʻokahi wale nō kuleana no nā mea kaua nukelea, e like me ka Sen. Dianne Feinstein, aʻo ia ka mea pale. "ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou, ʻaʻole pono, ʻaʻole e nānā i kā lākou hoʻohana maoli." ʻO ia ke ala ʻo deter Lawrence i manaʻoʻia e hana: Pono nui nā kukua i hiki i nā mea a pau ke hopohopo i ka make o ka hoʻohanaʻana i hoʻokahi. (ʻO keʻano palekana,ʻo ka waiwai maoli o nā mea hoʻolālā uilaʻaʻole i kāohi i nā'āina'ē aʻe mai ka makemake e kūkulu i kā lākou mau pono ponoi'ōpiʻeneʻuki ma mua o ka hanaʻana ma keʻano paʻakikī.
I kēia manawa, nā ʻuhane irrepressible ma Trump's Papa Hoʻonaʻauao Science (ʻaʻole kōkua kahi pūʻulu aʻoaʻo Pentagon me nā pūʻali koa / ʻenehana hana i hoʻomaha loa). I Pepeluali 2017 ua hāpai hou lākou i ka prospect o ka "hele liʻiliʻi" a, ʻeono mau mahina, ua piʻi pū ka luna hope o nā Joint Chiefs ma luna o ka pōkā mini-nuke.
Fox News ua hoʻokomo 'ia i ka hoʻolālā pro-mini ma ka mahinaʻo Novemaba 2017 me kahi hoʻopiʻi kū'ē i hoʻohālikelikeʻia ai ka hoʻohanaʻiaʻana o nā'ōpili māmā.
"ʻO kēlā me kēia mini-nuke hiki ke hoʻonohonoho pono ʻia i ke kikoʻī kikoʻī e pono ai ka luku," ʻo ka mea haʻi ʻōlelo ʻo Fox, ʻo Allison Barrie i hoʻoponopono ʻia. Hiki iā lākou ke "kau a hoʻopau e ʻōlelo i hoʻokahi mile kuea - me ka ʻole o nā wahi i waho o kēlā mile i kuʻi ʻia."
ʻOiai, ua ʻae ʻo Barrie, "e hoʻonui maikaʻi ʻia ka radiation a me nā mea hoʻoweliweli ʻē aʻe ma mua o ka radius blast." Akā, mai hopohopo: ʻo ka hopena atomic blast e "kāohi nui ʻia" a "hiki i nā mini-nukes variable ke hāʻawi i kahi maʻalahi a me nā koho."
ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Barrie, he 100-kiloton-pēpē-pōpō pahū i hiki ke "luku paha i kekahi kūlanakauhale," akā ʻaʻole, e noʻonoʻo ʻoe, i kahi ala kūpono ʻole. Me ka "mini-nuke hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia," hiki i ka US ke "hoʻokaʻawale ma ka kuhikuhi kikoʻī ʻana i nā mea hana hewa a hoʻēmi i nā mea make kīwila."
ʻO ka manaʻo e hiki ke lawe ʻia i kahi "perpetrator" malevolent male e kahi mini-nuke i hoʻokau maikaʻi ʻia he paʻakikī paha ia na Fox e ale. Ua noi koke ʻo Barrie i kahi hanana pani: "Ma mua o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i kahi mea kaua nukelea i hiki ke pepehi i ka lehulehu holoʻokoʻa o kahi ʻāina" kākau ʻo Barrie, "E loaʻa iā Trump ke koho e hoʻohana i kahi mini-nuke i hoʻomākaukau ʻia e hoʻokumu i kahi pūʻali koa weliweli."
Politico kahakaha i nā mea kaua o kēia manawa, e like me nā warheads W88 i hoʻopili ʻia i nā missiles sub-launch, i hiki ke hāʻawi i kahi punika atomic 475-kiloton koʻikoʻi. (ʻO ke poʻo kaua a North Korea i hoʻohaunaele i Kepakemapa 2017 i kaupaona ʻia ma 140 kilotons.) Akā i ka wā mua o Wild West i ka wā o ka pōkā pahū nukili, ua loaʻa i ka Pentagon kahi pūʻali o nā mea kaua liʻiliʻi i kāna manawa e hoʻohana ai.
ʻO kēia mau mini-nukes i ka wā mua i komo pū kekahi pū waikaua nukeli i kapa ʻia ʻo "Honest John" a me kahi bomb atomic-bazooka-fired atomic i kapa ʻia ʻo "Davy Crockett," me kahi mea pahū e like me 10-20 kilotons.
A laila aia ka hush-hush o ka Pentagon "atomic demolition munitions." Heʻuʻuku kēia mau mīkini atomika i hiki i kahi koa Koa ke hele wāwae ma hope o nā laina ʻenemi i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o kāna ʻeke. "He ʻūlū kaumaha nui loa ia," i haʻi aku ai ʻo Pentagon Weaponeer Philip Coyle iā Politico. “ʻAʻole ʻoe makemake e lawe iā lākou i kahi mamao loa.”
No laila no ke aha he pahu hou mega-busting mega push no nā mini-nukes? Ua like ka pane me ke kumu ma hope o kā Obama / Trump kāhea ʻana no "modernizing" i ka US nukelea mea kaua - ma ke kumukūʻai o $ 1 trillion no nā makahiki he 30 e hiki mai ana.
"ʻO kēia ka puaʻa nukelea i hoʻoliʻiliʻi ʻia e like me ka hoʻolālā nuklea," ʻo Joe Cirincione, pelekikena o ka antiwar Plowshares Fund, haʻi iā Politico. “He papahana hana kēia no kekahi mau keʻena hoʻokolohua aupuni a me kekahi mau mea ʻaelike…. E hoʻohaʻahaʻa ia i ka paepae no ka hoʻohana nuklea. E hana paha ia i ke kaua nukelea. Hele mai ia mai ka kuhihewa hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana i kahi mea kaua nuklea a hoʻopau i kahi hakakā ma nā ʻōlelo maikaʻi. Ke hele aʻe ʻoe i ka paepae nukili, ke kono nei ʻoe i kahi pane nukelea. ”
A i kēia manawa ua hiki mākou i kahi hoʻopaʻapaʻa ikaika loa o nā mea āpau no ka haʻalele ʻana i nā charlatans o mini-nukery. Pili ia i ka hoʻopiʻi e hoʻoneʻe i kēia mau mea kaua liʻiliʻi - me kahi pae pahū o 10-20 kilotons - e hōʻike i ka hoʻoliʻiliʻi o ka hōʻino a me ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i nā pilikia o kahi kaua nuklea ākea.
ʻAe, ʻo kahi "mini-nuke" me kahi hōʻike pahū o 10-20 kilotons e ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka luku ma mua o ka 15,000-kiloton Castle Bravo mea i hoʻopau ʻia e ka Pentagon ma luna o nā Marshall Islands ma 1954. Akā aia kekahi hoʻohālikelike koʻikoʻi e hoʻokau i ka holoʻokoʻa "mini-nuke" hoʻopaʻapaʻa i kahi kukui hou:
Ua luku ʻia ʻo Hiroshima, Iāpana e ka pōkā he 15-kiloton bomb. ʻAe, he "mini-nuke."
Kuleana kope, Truthout. Hoʻopiliʻia me ae.
ʻO Charles Smith he mea noiʻi noiʻi lanakila, poʻokela o Kū'ē a me ke Kaua'ē, mea kākau o ʻO Nuclear Roulette:ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo e pili ana i ka Energy Energy ma ka Honua (Chelsea Green Publishing, 2012) a me ka mea hoʻoponopono o ʻO ka War and Environment Reader (Just World Books, 2017).
