Wolemba Robert F. Dodge, MD
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists yangolengeza kumene za nyukiliya yatsopano ya Doomsday Clock yomwe ikupita patsogolo pamphindi mpaka mphindi zitatu mpaka pakati pausiku. Wotchi imayimira kuwerengera mpaka zero m'mphindi zochepa kuchokera ku apocalypse yanyukiliya - pakati pausiku. Kusuntha kofunikira kumeneku kwamphindi ziwiri ndi nthawi ya 22 kuyambira pomwe idakhazikitsidwa mu 1947 kuti nthawi yasinthidwa.
Posuntha dzanja mpaka mphindi zitatu mpaka pakati pausiku, a Kennette Benedict, Executive Director wa Bulletin, adazindikira mu ndemanga zawo: "kuthekera kwa tsoka lapadziko lonse lapansi kwachuluka kwambiri"… "chisankho ndi chathu ndipo nthawi ikudikira"… "ife ndikumverera kuti ndikufunika kuchenjeza dziko lapansi ”…” chigamulochi chinali chokhudzidwa kwambiri ndi changu. ” Adalankhulanso zowopsa za zida za nyukiliya komanso kusintha kwa nyengo nati, "zonsezi ndizovuta kwambiri ndipo tikuzinyalanyaza" ndikugogomezera kuti "ili ndi tsiku lachiwonongeko, ndikumapeto kwa chitukuko monga tikudziwira." Clock idayamba kuyambira mphindi ziwiri mpaka pakati pausiku kutalika kwa Cold War mpaka mphindi 17 mpaka pakati pausiku ndikuyembekeza komwe kudatha kutha kwa Cold War. Lingaliro loti lisunthire mphindi limapangidwa ndi Bulletin's Board of Directors polumikizana ndi Board of Sponsors, yomwe imaphatikizapo 18 Nobel Laureates.
Zomwe zili zowonekeratu ndikuti nthawi yoletsa zida za nyukiliya ili tsopano. Zolengeza za lero za Bulletin zikuwonjezeranso zoopsa zomwe asayansi a nyengo yaposachedwa akuchita. Kafukufukuyu akuwonetsa kuwopsa kwakukulu komwe kungachitike ngakhale ndi zida zazing'ono zakugwiritsa ntchito zida za zida za nyukiliya "100 Hiroshima" kuchokera mu zida zamakono za 16,300. Kusintha kwakukulu kwa nyengo komanso njala yomwe ikanatsatira ikusokoneza miyoyo ya anthu mabiliyoni awiri padziko lapansi ndi zotsatira zomwe zingatenge zaka zoposa 10. Palibe kuthawa kukhudzika kwapadziko lonse lapansi kwa nkhondo yankhondo ya nyukiliya yaing'onoyo.
Sayansi ya zamankhwala yakhala ikuwunikira zotsatira komanso kuwonongeka kwa kuphulika kwanyukiliya kochepa kwambiri mu umodzi mwamizinda yathu ndipo zenizeni palibe kuyankha kokwanira kwachipatala kapena boma pangozi iyi. Timadziphunzitsa zabodza kuti titha kukonzekera ndikuganiza zakuphulika kwa bomba. Mbali zonse za anthu mdera lathu zitha kupsinjidwa ndi kuwukiridwa kwanyukiliya. Pamapeto pake zotsatila zakufa pansi zitha kukhala zabwino.
Akatswiri ofufuza zakuthambo akhala akuwerengera zovuta zakusowa kwakuti mwayi wopezeka ndi zida za nyukiliya mwina mwa pulani kapena mwangozi sunatithandizire. Zolemba zaposachedwa zomwe zapezeka kudzera mu Freedom of Information Act zimafotokoza zoopsa zoposa 1,000 zomwe zachitika m'malo athu anyukiliya. Nthawi siili kumbali yathu ndipo kuti sitinakumanepo ndi tsoka la nyukiliya ndizotsatira za mwayi kuposa kulamulira ndikuwongolera zida zachiwerewerezi.
Nthawi yochitira tsopano. Pali zambiri zomwe zingathe kuchitidwa. Congress iyamba posachedwa pazokambirana za bajeti zomwe zikuphatikizapo malingaliro owonjezera zida zanyukiliya kuti zisungidwe masiku ano ndi $ 355 biliyoni pazaka khumi zikubwerazi mpaka trilioni m'zaka 30 zikubwerazi - ndalama za zida zomwe sizingagwiritsidwe ntchito komanso panthawi yomwe chuma zosowa mdziko lathu ndi dziko lapansi ndizabwino kwambiri.
Padziko lonse lapansi, pali chidziwitso chokulirapo cha kufalitsa zida zanyukiliya, komanso chifuno chofuna kuchotsa padziko lapansi zida izi. Msonkhano wa Vienna Humanitarian Implies of Nuclear Weapons mwezi watha wa 80% ya mayiko adziko lapansi akutenga nawo mbali. Mu Okutobala 2014, ku UN, mayiko a 155 adayitanitsa kuti zida zanyukiliya zithe. Ku Vienna, mayiko a 44 kuphatikiza papa adalimbikitsa kuti achite nawo mgwirizano woletsa zida za nyukiliya.
Anthu akupanga mawu awo kuti amve ndipo akufuna kuti asinthe njira zawo.
M'mawu ake a State of the Union sabata ino, Purezidenti Obama adatsimikiza kuti ndife anthu amodzi omwe ali ndi tsogolo limodzi. Ananena izi ponena za dziko lathu komanso dziko lathu lapansi. Ziwopsezo za zida za nyukiliya zimatigwirizanitsa ngakhale zikuwopseza kukhalapo kwathu. Izi zitha kukumbukiridwanso m'mawu a Martin Luther King pomwe adati,
"Tonsefe tiyenera kuphunzira kukhala limodzi ngati abale kapena tonse tidzawonongeka monga zitsiru. Timamangika palimodzi mu chovala chokha chamtsogolo, chogwidwa mumsewu womwe sungapewe kuwonongeka. Ndipo chilichonse chomwe chimakhudza munthu chimakhudza mwachindunji onse. ”
Nthawi yochitapo kanthu tsopano ili kale, nthawi isanathe. Kwatsala mphindi zitatu mpaka pakati pausiku.
Robert F. Dodge, MD, ndi dokotala wochita, amalembera PeaceVoice,ndipo imagwira ntchito pa matabwa a Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Kupitilira Nkhondo, Madokotala a Maudindo Aumunthu Los Angelesndipo Nzika Zogwirizana ndi Mtendere.
