Mufananidzo naGlen Milner.
By Ground Zero Center yeChirungu cheNyika, May 16, 2023
Silverdale, Washington: Varatidziri vakavhara musuwo weUS Navy's west-coast-coast nuclear submarine base, inova kumusha kune hukuru hwekushanda kwezvombo zvenyukireya zvakaiswa, muchiitiko chisina chisimba zuva risati rasvika Zuva raAmai.
Varwiri vasere verunyararo kubva kuGround Zero Center yeNonviolent Action, vakabata zvikwangwani zvinoti "Pasi ndiAmai Vedu Mubate Noruremekedzo" uye "Zvombo zvenyukireya hazvina Kuzvibata Kushandisa, Kusazvibata Kuva nazvo, Kusazvibata Kuita," vakavhara muchidimbu traffic yese yaiuya gedhi reMain Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor muSilverdale, Washington sechikamu chekucherechedzwa kweChivabvu 13th Day.
Kusateerera kwevanhu kwaive chikamu chekucherechedzwa kwegore negore kweGround Zero kweZuva reMai, kwakatanga kukurudzirwa muUnited States muna 1872 naJulia Ward Howe sezuva rakatsaurirwa kurunyararo. Howe akaona mhedzisiro kumativi ese eHondo yeVanhu uye akaona kuparadzwa kubva kuhondo kunodarika kuurayiwa kwevarwi muhondo.
Sechikamu chekucherechedzwa kwegore rino reMothers Day vanhu makumi mana nevashanu vakaungana kuzodyara mitsetse yesunflower paGround Zero Centre yakananga mhiri kwefenzi kubva paTrident Submarine Base, uye vakataurirwa naPastor Judith M'maitsi Nandikove vekuNairobi, Kenya avo vakataura nezve basa rekusimudzira rinoitwa nesangano ravo mukuderedza kutambura nekusimudzira mararamiro anoenderera mberi kuburikidza neAfrica Quaker Religious Collaborative and Friends Peace Teams.
Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor inzvimbo yemusha kune yakakura kwazvo kurwiswa kwehondo dzenyukireya muUS Misoro yenyukireya inoiswa paTrident D-5 makombora paSSBN submarines uye anochengetwa pasi pevhu. zvombo zvenyukireya zvekuchengetedza nzvimbo pachigadziko.
Kune masere epasi peTrident SSBN anotumirwa ku Bangor. Nhanhatu dzeTrident SSBN dzepasi pemvura dzakaiswa kuEast Coast kuKings Bay, Georgia.
Imwe Trident iri pasi pegungwa inotakura iyo inoparadza masimba anopfuura e1,200 Hiroshima mabhomba (iyo Hiroshima bhomba yaive 15 kilotons).
Imwe neimwe yeTrident submarine yakatanga yakagadzirirwa 24 Trident makomba. Muna 2015-2017 machubhu mana emissile akavharwa pane imwe neimwe yepasi pemvura semhedzisiro yeNew START Treaty. Parizvino, imwe neimwe yeTrident submarine inoshandisa 20 D-5 makomba uye anenge makumi mapfumbamwe ehondo dzenyukireya (avhareji ye90-4 warheads per missile). Iwo mawarhead ekutanga angave W5-76 1-kiloton kana W90 88-kiloton warheads.
Iyo Navy yakatanga kuendesa iyo nyowani W76-2 yakaderera-ield warhead (ingangoita sere kilotons) pane yakasarudzika mabhoti epasi pemvura kuBangor kutanga kwa2020 (inotevera kutumirwa kwekutanga muAtlantic muna Zvita 2019). Musoro wehondo wakaiswa kudzivirira kushandiswa kweRussia kwekutanga kwezvombo zvenyukireya, zvine njodzi kugadzira a kudzika chikumbaridzo yekushandisa kweUS zvine hungwaru zvombo zvenyukireya.
Ground Zero Center yeNonviolent Action yakatangwa mu1977. Pakati iri pa 3.8 acres inobatanidza Trident submarine base kuBangor, Washington. Tinorwisa zvombo zvenyukireya, zvikurukuru Trident ballistic missile system.
