Sarah Rohleder, World BEYOND War, April 11, 2023
Sarah Rohleder ndi wochita kampeni yamtendere ndi Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, wophunzira ku yunivesite ya British Columbia, wogwirizanitsa achinyamata ku Reverse the Trend Canada, ndi mlangizi wachinyamata kwa Senator Marilou McPhedran.
Pa Januware 9, 2023, Nduna ya "Defence" yaku Canada Anita Anand adalengeza zomwe Boma la Canada likufuna kugula ndege zankhondo 88 za Lockheed Martin F-35. Izi zikuyenera kuchitika pang'onopang'ono, ndikugula koyambirira kwa $ 7 biliyoni kwa 16 F-35's. Komabe, akuluakulu aboma avomereza m'chidule chaukadaulo, kuti pa moyo wawo wonse ndege zankhondo zitha kuwononga ndalama zokwana $70 biliyoni.
Ndege yankhondo ya F-35 Lockheed Martin idapangidwa kuti izinyamula zida zanyukiliya za B61-12. Boma la US lanena momveka bwino kuti F-35 ndi gawo la zomangamanga za zida za nyukiliya mu Nuclear Posture Reviews. Bomba la nyukiliya lomwe F-35 lapangidwa kuti linyamule lili ndi zokolola zosiyanasiyana, kuyambira 0.3kt mpaka 50kt, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti mphamvu yake yowononga kwambiri ndi katatu kukula kwa bomba la Hiroshima.
Ngakhale lerolino, malinga ndi kufufuza kwa Bungwe la World Health Organization, “palibe chithandizo chaumoyo m’dera lirilonse la dziko lapansi chimene chingathe kulimbana mokwanira ndi zikwi mazanamazana za anthu ovulala kwambiri ndi kuphulika, kutentha kapena kutentha kwa bomba ngakhale limodzi la megatoni imodzi. .” Mavuto amene zida za nyukiliya ali nazo m'mibadwo yosiyanasiyana zikutanthauza kuti ndege zomenyera nkhondozi, poponya bomba limodzi, zitha kusintha kwambiri miyoyo ya mibadwo ikubwerayi.
Ngakhale kuti ndege zankhondo za nyukiliyazi zitha kukhala nazo, boma la Canada layika ndalama zina $7.3 biliyoni kuti zithandizire kubwera kwa ma F-35 atsopano malinga ndi bajeti yomwe yatulutsidwa posachedwapa ya 2023. Uku ndi kudzipereka pakulimbikitsa nkhondo, zomwe zidzangoyambitsa imfa ndi chiwonongeko chotheka kwambiri m'madera a dziko lapansi omwe ali pachiopsezo kwambiri, ngati si dziko lonse lapansi.
Ndi Canada kukhala membala wa NATO, ndege zankhondo zaku Canada zitha kunyamula zida za nyukiliya za mayiko omwe ali ndi zida za nyukiliya omwe ali mamembala a NATO. Ngakhale izi siziyenera kudabwitsa chifukwa Canada imatsatira chiphunzitso choletsa zida za nyukiliya chomwe ndi gawo lalikulu la mfundo zachitetezo cha NATO.
Pangano la Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) lomwe linapangidwa kuti liletse kufalikira kwa zida za nyukiliya ndikukwaniritsa zida za nyukiliya lalephera mobwerezabwereza kupanga zochita zothana ndi zida za nyukiliya ndipo lathandizira kuwongolera zida za nyukiliya. Ili ndi pangano limodzi lomwe Canada ndi membala wake, ndipo likhala likuphwanya ngati kugula kwa F-35 kungachitike. Izi zikuwoneka mu Ndime 2 yokhudzana ndi mgwirizano "osalandira kutumiza kwa zida zilizonse za nyukiliya .. osapanga kapena kupeza zida za nyukiliya ..." NPT yawonedwa kuti yathandiza zida za nyukiliya kukhala gawo lovomerezeka dongosolo lapadziko lonse lapansi, ngakhale akufunsidwa mosalekeza ndi mayiko omwe si a nyukiliya, komanso mabungwe aboma.
Izi zapangitsa kuti Pangano la Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) lomwe linakambidwa mu 2017 ndi mayiko opitilira 135 ndipo lidayamba kugwira ntchito ndi siginecha yake ya 50 pa Januware 21, 2021 ikuwonetsa gawo lofunikira pakutha kwa zida za nyukiliya. Panganoli ndilopadera kuti ndilo pangano lokhalo la zida za nyukiliya loletsa mayiko kupanga, kuyesa, kupanga, kupanga, kutumiza, kukhala ndi, kusunga, kugwiritsa ntchito kapena kuopseza kugwiritsa ntchito zida za nyukiliya kapena kulola zida za nyukiliya kuziyika m'madera awo. Lilinso ndi zolemba zachindunji zothandizidwa ndi ozunzidwa chifukwa chogwiritsa ntchito ndi kuyesa zida za nyukiliya ndipo ikufuna kukhala ndi mayiko kuti athandizire kukonza malo omwe ali ndi kachilomboka.
TPNW imavomerezanso kukhudzidwa kosagwirizana ndi amayi ndi atsikana ndi anthu amtundu wamba, kuphatikizapo zovulaza zina zomwe zida za nyukiliya zimayambitsa. Ngakhale izi, ndi Canada akuganiza kuti mfundo zachikazi zakunja, boma la federal lakana kusaina panganoli, kugwera m'malo monyanyala NATO pazokambirana ndi Msonkhano Woyamba wa Zipani za Boma ku TPNW ku Vienna, Austria, ngakhale kuti anali ndi akazembe mnyumbayo. Kugulidwa kwa ndege zomenyera nkhondo zambiri zokhala ndi zida za nyukiliya kumangolimbitsa kudzipereka kumeneku kunkhondo komanso utsogoleri wa zida zanyukiliya.
Pamene mikangano yapadziko lonse ikukwera, ife, monga nzika zapadziko lonse lapansi, timafunikira kudzipereka ku mtendere kuchokera ku maboma padziko lonse lapansi, osati kudzipereka ku zida zankhondo. Izi zapangidwa kukhala zofunika kwambiri kuyambira pomwe Wotchi ya Doomsday Clock idakhazikitsidwa kukhala masekondi 90 mpaka pakati pausiku ndi Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, kuyandikira kwambiri komwe kwachitikapo ku tsoka lapadziko lonse lapansi.
Monga anthu aku Canada, timafunikira ndalama zambiri zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pazochitika zanyengo ndi ntchito zothandiza anthu monga nyumba ndi chithandizo chamankhwala. Ndege zankhondo, makamaka zomwe zili ndi zida za nyukiliya zimangobweretsa chiwonongeko ndi kuvulaza moyo, sizingathetse mavuto omwe akupitilira umphawi, kusowa kwa chakudya, kusowa pokhala, vuto la nyengo, kapena kusalinganika komwe kwakhudza anthu padziko lonse lapansi. Yakwana nthawi yoti tidzipereke ku mtendere ndi dziko lopanda zida za nyukiliya, kwa ife ndi mibadwo yathu yamtsogolo yomwe tidzakakamizika kukhala ndi cholowa cha zida za nyukiliya ngati sititero.
