Akatswiri Othandizidwa ndi Lockheed Martin Avomereza: South Korea Ikufunika Mizinga Yowonjezereka ya Lockheed Martin

Dongosolo la anti-missile la THAAD ndilabwino, atero akatswiri omwe malipiro awo amalipidwa ndi opanga THAAD.

BY ADAMU JOHNSON, ZIMENEZI.

Pamene mikangano pakati pa United States ndi North Korea ikukulirakulirabe, thanki imodzi yoganiza, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), yakhala liwu lodziwika bwino pamutu wa chitetezo cha mizinga, ndikupereka Mauthenga Omveka kwa atolankhani ambiri ku. Makanema aku Western media. Mawu onsewa akulankhula za chiwopsezo chachangu cha North Korea komanso kufunika kotumiza kwa United States kwa zida za Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) ku South Korea:

  • "Ma THAAD amagwirizana ndi ziwopsezo zapakatikati zomwe North Korea ili nazo - North Korea nthawi zonse ikuwonetsa kuthekera kotere," akutero a Thomas Karako, director of the Missile Defense Project ku Center for Strategic and International Study. "THAADs ndiye mtundu wazinthu zomwe mungafune kudera lachigawo." (yikidwa mawaya, 4/23/17)
  • Koma [CSIS's Karako] adatcha [THAAD] gawo lofunikira loyamba. "Izi sizokhudzana ndi kukhala ndi chishango chabwino, koma kugula nthawi ndikuthandizira kudalirika kwachitetezo," adatero Karako. AFP. (France24, 5/2/17)
  • THAAD ndi njira yabwino, akutero a Thomas Karako, director of the Missile Defense Project ku Center for Strategic and International Study (CSIS) ku Washington, akutchula mbiri yabwino yoyeserera pamayesero mpaka pano. (Christian Science Monitor, 7/21/16)
  • Kuwona THAAD ngati "zotsatira zachilengedwe" za chiwopsezo chochokera ku North Korea, a Bonnie Glaser, mlangizi wamkulu waku Asia ku Center for Strategic and International Study (CSIS), adatero. VOA kuti Washington ipitilize kuuza Beijing "dongosololi silinayang'ane China ... (Voice of America, 3/22/17)
  • Victor Cha, katswiri waku Korea komanso wogwira ntchito ku White House tsopano ku Center for Strategic and International Study ku Washington, adachepetsa mwayi woti THAAD ibwezeredwa. "Ngati THAAD idatumizidwa chisankho chisanachitike ndikuwopsezedwa ndi zida za North Korea, sindikuganiza kuti zingakhale zanzeru kuti boma latsopano lifunse kuti libwererenso," adatero Cha. (REUTERS, 3/10/17)
  • Thomas Karako, mkulu wa bungwe la International Security Program ku Center for Strategic and International Studies, adati njira zachindunji zaku China, zobwezera zomwe zatumizidwa ndi THAAD zingolimbitsa chigamulo cha South Korea. Anatcha kulowererapo kwa China "kusaona mwachidule." (Voice of America, 1/23/17)

The mndandanda amapitirira. M'chaka chathachi, FAIR yanenapo za 30 zomwe zatchulidwa pawayilesi za CSIS ikukankhira makina a missile a THAAD kapena malingaliro ake ofunika kwambiri muzofalitsa za US, ambiri mwa miyezi iwiri yapitayo. Business Insider inali malo omwe anali ofunitsitsa kwambiri kwa akatswiri a think tank,kawirikawiri kukopera-ndi-kumata CSIS mfundo zokambirana m'nkhani zochenjeza za ngozi yaku North Korea.

Zosiyidwa pamawonekedwe onsewa a CSIS, komabe, ndikuti m'modzi mwaopereka ndalama zapamwamba ku CSIS, Lockheed Martin, ndiye kontrakitala wamkulu wa THAAD-Lockheed Martin's kutenga kuchokera ku THAAD system ndiyofunika. pafupifupi $ 3.9 biliyoni yekha. Lockheed Martin amapereka ndalama mwachindunji Pulogalamu ya Missile Defense Project ku CSIS, pulogalamu yomwe mitu yake yolankhula imatchulidwa kawirikawiri ndi atolankhani aku US.

Ngakhale sizikudziwika kuti ndi ndalama zingati ndendende zomwe Lockheed Martin amapereka ku CSIS (zokwanira zenizeni sizinatchulidwe patsamba lawo, ndipo wolankhulira CSIS sakanauza FAIR atafunsidwa), iwo ndi m'modzi mwa opereka khumi apamwamba, omwe adalembedwa mu "$500,000 ndikukwera". ” gulu. Sizikudziwika kuti "ndi mmwamba" bwanji, koma ndalama zogwirira ntchito za tank tank mu 2016 zinali. $ Miliyoni 44.

Palibe mwa zidutswa izi zomwe zidanena kuti 56 peresenti ya anthu aku South Korea kutsutsa kutumizidwa wa THAAD, osachepera mpaka chisankho chatsopano chichitike pa May 9. Munthu yemwe adawotcha kutumizidwa kwa THAAD, Purezidenti wakale Park Geun-hye, adasiya manyazi pambuyo pa chiwonongeko chachinyengo-kuponyera kuvomerezeka kwa kutumizidwa kwa THAAD, ndikutembenuza. munkhani yotentha-batani pachisankho chotsatira.

Potengera kutsutsidwa kwake - ndipo, mosakayikira, chisankho chodabwitsa cha Purezidenti Trump ku US - anthu ambiri aku South Korea akufuna kudikirira mpaka chisankho chatsopano asanapange chisankho pa THAAD. Kupatula zolemba zingapo zomwe zikunena za anthu aku South Korea "osakanizika" momwe amachitira, kapena kutsutsana ndi ziwonetsero zakumaloko, izi zidasiyidwanso m'manyuzipepala aku US. Trump, a Pentagon ndi makontrakitala a zida za US adadziwa zomwe zili bwino ndipo akubwera kudzapulumutsa.

Palibe chilichonse mwa zidutswa za 30 zomwe zili ndi atsogoleri olankhula a THAAD ochokera ku CSIS omwe adagwira mawu omenyera mtendere aku South Korea kapena mawu odana ndi THAAD. Kuti mudziwe zodetsa nkhawa za otsutsa aku Korea THAAD, wina adayenera kutembenukira ku malipoti odziyimira pawokha, monga Christine Ahn's in. Nation (2/25/17):

"Zidzawopseza moyo wachuma komanso chikhalidwe cha anthu," [wopenda mfundo zaku Korea ndi America a Simone Chun] adatero….

"Kutumizidwa kwa THAAD kudzakulitsa mikangano pakati pa South ndi North Korea," adatero Ham Soo-yeon, wokhala ku Gimcheon yemwe wakhala akufalitsa nkhani za kukana kwawo. Poyankhulana pa foni, Ham adati THAAD "ipangitsa kuti mgwirizano wa Korea ukhale wovuta kwambiri," ndikuti "idzayika chilumba cha Korea pakatikati pa kayendetsedwe ka US kuti ikhale ndi mphamvu zazikulu kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa Asia."

Palibe chilichonse mwazinthu izi chomwe chidapangitsa kuti izi zitheke.

Zisanu za CSIS khumi opereka makampani akuluakulu (“$500,000 ndi mmwamba”) ndi opanga zida: Kupatula Lockheed Martin, ndi General Dynamics, Boeing, Leonardo-Finmeccanica ndi Northrop Grumman. Atatu mwa iwo omwe adapereka maboma anayi apamwamba ("$500,000 ndikukwera") ndi United States, Japan ndi Taiwan. South Korea imaperekanso ndalama ku CSIS kudzera mu boma la Korea Foundation ($200,000-$499,000).

Ogasiti watha (8/8/16), a New York Times adavumbulutsa zikalata zamkati za CSIS (ndi Brookings Institution) zowonetsa momwe akasinja oganiza adachitira ngati olandirira osadziwika kwa opanga zida:

Monga tank loganiza, Center for Strategic and International Studies sanapereke lipoti lolimbikitsa anthu, koma zolinga za khamazo zinali zomveka.

"Zopinga za ndale zotumiza kunja," amawerenga ndondomeko ya chitseko chimodzi chotsekedwa Msonkhano wa "gulu la ogwira ntchito" wokonzedwa ndi Bambo Brannen womwe unaphatikizapo Tom Rice, wothandizira ku ofesi ya General Atomics 'Washington, pamndandanda woitanira, maimelo akuwonetsa.

Boeing ndi Lockheed Martin, opanga ma drone omwe anali othandizira kwambiri ku CSIS, adaitanidwanso kuti akakhale nawo pamisonkhano, maimelo akuwonetsa. Misonkhano ndi kafukufukuyu zidafika pachimake ndi lipoti lomwe linatulutsidwa mu February 2014 lomwe likuwonetsa zomwe makampani amafunikira patsogolo.

"Ndinatuluka mwamphamvu kuti ndithandizire kugulitsa kunja," Bambo Brannen, mlembi wamkulu wa phunziroli, analemba mu imelo kwa Kenneth B. Handelman, wachiwiri kwa mlembi wothandizira wa boma kwa kayendetsedwe ka malonda a chitetezo.

Koma khama lake silinathere pamenepo.

Bambo Brannen adayambitsa misonkhano ndi akuluakulu a Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo ndi ogwira ntchito ku Congress kuti akakankhire malingaliro, zomwe zinaphatikizapo kukhazikitsa ofesi yatsopano ya Pentagon kuti iwonetsetse kwambiri kupeza ndi kutumiza ma drones. Center idatsindikanso kufunikira kochepetsa malire otumiza kunja pamsonkhano womwe udachitika linapangitsa ku likulu lake lokhala ndi akuluakulu a Navy, Air Force ndi Marine Corps.

CSIS idakanidwa ku Times kuti ntchito zake zinali zokopa anthu. Poyankha pempho la FAIR kuti apereke ndemanga, wolankhulira CSIS "anakana zonena za [FAIR] kotheratu" kuti pali kusamvana kulikonse.

Kukwezeleza kosalekeza kwa CSIS kwa zida zoponyera ndalama za opereka ndalama zitha kukhala mwangozi. Akatswiri owoneka bwino ku CSIS angakhulupirire moona mtima kuti ambiri aku South Korea akulakwitsa, ndipo kutumiza kwa Trump ku THAAD ndi chisankho chanzeru. Kapena zingakhale kuti akasinja oganiza bwino omwe amalipidwa ndi opanga zida sakhala otsutsa mosakondera kuti ngati zida zambiri zili bwino, osati magwero othandiza kwa owerenga omwe akuyembekeza kuti mafunso oterowo afufuzidwe mopanda tsankho.

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