Na John LaForge
He mea paʻakikī ke noʻonoʻo i ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i ka hoʻolālā kaua nuklea, akā ʻo ia ka mea ma ka papahana ma Hill Air Force Base, kokoke i Ogden, Utah i ka Pōʻalima i hala, Feb.
Ma kahi ʻaha hoʻohanohano kūhelu, loaʻa nā makana no "nā mea hoʻokani kiʻekiʻe" ma ke kahua me ka Hui o ka Makahiki, Volunteer of the Year a me Key Spouse of the Year. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ka luna kumu, ʻo Col. Ron Jolly, "ʻIke nā Airmen ma ʻaneʻi i ke kiʻi nui a ʻike lākou ʻo ia ... e pili ana i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke kākoʻo iā Team Hill."
He aha ka "Puʻu Hui"? Ma hoʻokahi miliona mau ʻeka a me 20,000 mau limahana, aia ʻo Hill AFB i ka mālama ʻana a me ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka "kūpono" o, ma waena o nā mea ʻē aʻe, nā missiles ballistic intercontinental 450 Minuteman III o ka ʻāina a i ʻole ICBM. ʻO ka 60-foot-kiʻekiʻe, 39-ton rockets, me 335-kiloton nuclear warheads (manaʻo iā Hiroshima, manawa 22), hiki ke lele i 6,000 a 7,000 mau mile ma mua o ka pahū ʻana i nā pahu i koho ʻia e ka Global Strike Command (kona inoa maoli) ma Omaha.
ʻO ke keʻena hoʻāʻo ʻo Hill AFB "ke ʻano o ka noʻonoʻo" e alakaʻi i nā hoʻokolohua o ka "paʻakikī nuklea, hiki ke ola, hilinaʻi"… ʻO kēia nā hopena o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i nā mea kaua nuklea, a mālama ka waihona i kā mākou ICBM "hilinaʻi" - ua mākaukau e hoʻokuʻu ʻia mai nā bunkers ma North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado a me Nebraska.
Ma nā ʻōlelo missile ballistic, ʻo ka "reliability" ʻo ia ka mea e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ai e hiki ke hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā ʻino ahi radioactive e uhi ana i 40-square-miles-per-warhead i kahi honua me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā pōhaku i hoʻokuʻu ʻia me ke kī o ke kī. (Ua kākau ʻo Daniel Berrigan i ka wā o ke Kaua Honua II ua hāʻawi nā poʻe Kelemania i ka poʻe i ka crematoria, a ke lawe nei nā missiles i ka crematoria i nā kānaka.)
I ʻApelila 2014, hana mau nā pūʻali koa i kā lākou hana Cold War - 26 mau makahiki ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ke "kaua" - ua hāʻawi ʻia i ka paipai hou i ka wā i hāʻawi ai ʻo Hill AFB i kāna "Brent Scowcroft Awards." Hele lākou i nā limahana hana ikaika i ka "Launch and Test Team" a me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e hana ana i ka mālama, logistic, acquisition a me kekahi mea i kapa ʻia ʻo "sustainment."
Ua kapa ʻia ka makana ma hope o Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, ka mea i ke kiʻekiʻe o ke kaua Cold War i alakaʻi i kahi komisina o Reagan-era nāna i ʻōlelo i ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā hoʻolimalima ma ICBM. Ua ʻōlelo ke Kōmike Scowcroft i ka makahiki 1983 "he pūʻali ma ka ʻāina me ka mana koʻikoʻi a wikiwiki hoʻi e pepehi i ka pahuhopu."
ʻO ka euphemism "paʻakikī paʻakikī pepehi" e pili ana i nā H-bomb i lawa pono e luku ai i nā missiles o kekahi ʻāina i loko o nā bunker ma mua o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana - kahi nuklea "first-strike." ʻO kēia ka mea e hiki ai i nā missiles Minuteman III ke hoʻokō a me ka mea a lākou e hoʻoweliweli nei, 24/7, me kā lākou Mark 12A warheads. Ua ʻōlelo ke komisina o Scowcroft i ka Air Force e hoʻomohala i nā missiles hoʻokahi-warhead, ʻo ia ka mea i lilo ai kā mākou mea kaua o Minuteman IIIs.
E like me nā "missileers" i hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻia i loko o kā lākou hoʻokuʻu ʻana i nā kahua hoʻokuʻu ʻia a puni ʻo Malmstrom Air Base, FE Warren Air Base a me Minot AFB, hoʻomākaukau ʻo Team Hill i nā mīkini o ka nuklea holocaust. ʻO kāna ICBM System Program Office he "ʻoiaʻiʻo" Minuteman missile "nā hale hoʻokuʻu a hoʻomaka i nā keʻena kikowaena mana." "Hoʻomohala, loaʻa a kākoʻo ʻo Hill's Nuclear Weapons Center i nā ICBM e pili ana i ka silo… hoʻokele i nā mea ʻokoʻa… hoʻomau i nā ʻōnaehana ICBM i hoʻokumu ʻia i ka silo" a kūʻai ʻo ia i "nā ʻāpana, nā lawelawe, a me ka hoʻoponopono ʻana" no nā polokalamu "Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) a me nā mea kaua."
ʻElua makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hāʻawi ʻo Hill i kahi ʻaelike $90 miliona i kahi hui Cincinnati e kūkulu i kahi kaʻa hou no ka huki ʻana i nā ICBM nunui. ʻO ke kaʻa kaʻa, i kapa ʻia he "transporter erector," hoʻokomo a lawe i nā pōhaku. Wahi a ka Air Base, "e lawelawe ʻo ia i ka Minuteman III ICBM ma o 2035."
Akā, pehea e pili ana i ka Peace Prize President's "world free of nuclear weapons"? ʻAʻole hiki i ke Kanaka Mana Loa ke pani i kahi panalāʻau liʻiliʻi hou loa ma waho o ke kahakai ma Guantanamo. No ka paʻakikī - ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka ʻoki ʻana - ʻo ke kālā kaua nuklea trillion-dollar, pono ka Prez i kahi kipi anti-nuke nui a me ka wiwo ʻole o MLK.
I kēia manawa, ʻo ka poʻe ʻoihana, nā mea lawelawe a me nā mea kākoʻo e hoʻolālā a hoʻomaʻamaʻa i nā mea hiki ʻole ke haʻi ʻia, ʻaʻole i noʻonoʻo ʻia, hoʻohilahila ʻia, a i ka hui ʻana o ka hui ʻo Team Hill i Feb. Ua ʻōlelo kekahi luna hui kōmike, "Makemake nui mākou i kā mākou mau mea i koho ʻia e like me nā mea kaulana." Ua haʻaheo ke keʻena o ka Public Affairs no ka "kaʻa valet, nā nīnauele ma ka 'kāleka ʻulaʻula,' hors d'oeuvres, kahi string quartet a me ka hula."
Ua hala ka manawa e ʻae ai ua hewa kēia ʻano a e haʻi aku i ka pau ʻana o ke kaua nuklea. ʻO ka nīnau ʻaʻole ʻo ka nui o nā ʻānela e hiki ke hula ma ke poʻo o kahi pine, akā ʻehia ka nui o "nā hoa kāne kī" hiki ke waltz ma luna o 450 mau ICBM i hoʻouka ʻia.
- Hana ʻo John LaForge no Nukewatch, kahi hui kiaʻi nukelea ma Wisconsin, hoʻoponopono i kāna nūpepa Quarterly, a hana syndicated ʻia e AlohaKai.
