Chithunzi chojambulidwa ndi Glen Milner.
By Gulu la Zero la Pansi la Zachiwawa, May 16, 2023
Silverdale, Washington: Omenyera nkhondo adatsekereza khomo la sitima yapamadzi yankhondo ya nyukiliya yaku US Navy yakumadzulo, komwe kuli zida zazikulu kwambiri za zida zanyukiliya zomwe zidatumizidwa, mosachita zachiwawa kutatsala tsiku la Tsiku la Amayi.
Omenyera mtendere asanu ndi atatu ochokera ku Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action, atanyamula zikwangwani zolembedwa kuti "Dziko Lapansi Ndi Mayi Wathu Muzimulemekeza" ndi "Zida za Nyukiliya Ndi Zoipa Kugwiritsa Ntchito, Zopanda Makhalidwe Kukhala, Zopanda Makhalidwe," adaletsa mwachidule magalimoto onse omwe akubwera. Chipata Chachikulu ku Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor ku Silverdale, Washington monga gawo lamwambo wa Tsiku la Amayi pa Meyi 13.
Kusamvera kwapachiweniweni kunali gawo la chikondwerero cha pachaka cha Ground Zero cha Tsiku la Amayi, chomwe chinaperekedwa koyamba ku United States mu 1872 ndi Julia Ward Howe ngati tsiku lodzipereka ku mtendere. Howe adawona zotsatira kumbali zonse ziwiri za Nkhondo Yapachiweniweni ndipo adazindikira kuti chiwonongeko chankhondo chimapitilira kupha asitikali pankhondo.
Monga gawo lachikondwerero cha Tsiku la Amayi chaka chino anthu 45 adasonkhana kudzabzala mizere ya mpendadzuwa ku Ground Zero Center kufupi ndi mpanda wa Trident Submarine Base, ndipo adalankhulidwa ndi M'busa Judith M'maitsi Nandikove aku Nairobi, Kenya omwe adalankhula za ntchito yolera yomwe bungwe lake limachita pochepetsa kuvutika komanso kulimbikitsa moyo wokhazikika kudzera mu Africa Quaker Religious Collaborative and Friends Peace Teams.
Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor ndi doko la zida za nyukiliya zomwe zidatumizidwa ku US Zida za nyukiliya zimayikidwa pamivi ya Trident D-5 pamadzi apamadzi a SSBN ndipo amasungidwa mobisa. malo osungira zida za nyukiliya pamunsi.
Pali ma sitima asanu ndi atatu a Trident SSBN omwe aponyedwa pamenepo Bangor. Six Trident SSBN submarines atumizidwa ku East Coast ku Kings Bay, Georgia.
Chombo chimodzi chamtundu wa Trident chimanyamula zida zowononga za bomba zoposa 1,200 Hiroshima (bomba la Hiroshima linali ma kilota a 15).
Sitima yapamadzi iliyonse ya Trident inali ndi zida zoponya 24 Trident. Mu 2015-2017 machubu anayi a missile adazimitsidwa pa sitima yapamadzi iliyonse chifukwa cha New START Treaty. Pakadali pano, sitima yapamadzi iliyonse ya Trident imayendetsa ndi zida za 20 D-5 komanso zida zanyukiliya za 90 (avareji ya 4-5 warheads pa missile). Mitu yayikulu yankhondo ndi W76-1 90-kiloton kapena W88 455-kiloton warheads.
Navy idayamba kutumiza zatsopano W76-2 zida zankhondo zotsika kwambiri (pafupifupi ma kilotoni asanu ndi atatu) pazosankha zoponya zapansi pamadzi ku Bangor koyambirira kwa 2020 (kutsatira kutumizidwa koyamba ku Atlantic mu Disembala 2019). Gulu lankhondo lidatumizidwa kuti liletse ku Russia kugwiritsa ntchito zida zanyukiliya mwanzeru, ndikupanga mowopsa kutsika kwapansi pakugwiritsa ntchito zida zanyukiliya zaku US.
Ground Zero Center ya Nonviolent Action inakhazikitsidwa mu 1977. Mzindawu uli pa ma 3.8 mahekitala omwe akuyang'anizana ndi mabungwe oyenda pansi pa nyanja ku Bangor, Washington. Timalimbana ndi zida zonse za nyukiliya, makamaka mchitidwe wa missile wa Trident.
