Usashandiswe neWar Profiteers! Tinonyatsoda MaDrones Ane Armed?

NaMaya Garfinkel naYiru Chen, World BEYOND War, January 25, 2023

Vabatsiri vehondo vane vice grip paCanada. Mushure meanoda kusvika makore makumi maviri ekunonoka uye kukakavara kwakatenderedza kana Canada ichifanira kutenga drones ane zvombo kekutanga, Canada. zvakaziviswa mukupera kwa2022 iyo yaizovhura kubhidha kune vagadziri vezvombo zvekusvika mabhiriyoni mashanu emadhora emadhora ane zvombo. Canada yakaruramisa chikumbiro ichi chakakura uye chine njodzi pasi pechiratidziro chekuchengetedzwa kunofungidzirwa. Nekudaro, pakunyatsotariswa, zvikonzero zveCanada zvechikumbiro ichi hazvigone kupembedza kushandisa mabhiriyoni mashanu emadhora pamichina mitsva yekuuraya.

Dhipatimendi reNational Defense rine waiti kuti "nepo [drone] ichange iri yepakati-yakareba-yekutsungirira system ine chaiyo yekurova kugona, inongove ine zvombo kana zvichidikanwa pabasa rakapihwa." Tsamba yehurumende yekufarira inoenderera mberi ichitsanangura mashandisirwo anogona kuitwa drones ane zvombo. Aya "mabasa akagoverwa" akakodzera kutarisa kwechipiri. Semuenzaniso, gwaro rinosuma chiitiko chekufungidzira chekurorwa. Iwo "Unmanned Aircraft Systems" anoshandiswa kuita maitiro e "ongororo yehupenyu" kune akati wandei "anofungidzirwa nzvimbo dzevapanduki," nzira dzekuongorora dze "coalition convoys," uye nekupa "kutarisa." Mune plainspeak, izvi zvinoreva kuti kuvanzika kwevagari vemo kunogona kuve panjodzi. Iwo ma drones anopihwawo basa rekuita carry AGM114 Hellfire Missiles uye maviri 250 lbs GBU 48 laser anotungamirirwa mabhomba. Izvi zvinotiyeuchidza nezvemishumo yakawanda yemauto eUS achiuraya zvisirizvo vagari muAfghanistan nekuda kwekuti vakafona zvisirizvo zvichienderana nemifananidzo yakatumirwa kubva kumadrones.

Hurumende yeCanada yakaburitsa hurongwa hwekushandisa drones ane zvombo kuNational Aerial Surveillance Program kuona zviitiko zvemugungwa muCanada Arctic uye kuchengetedza mhuka dziri mungozi uye nharaunda yegungwa. Nekudaro, hapana humbowo hwakananga hwekudiwa kwema drones ane zvombo zvechirongwa ichi, sezvo asiri echiuto drones ari. zvakakwana nokuti ongororo basa. Sei hurumende yeCanada ichisimbisa kukosha kwema drones ane zvombo kuCanada Arctic? Tinogona kufungidzira kuti kutenga uku kushoma pamusoro pekudiwa kwemitemo uye kuongorora uye zvakawanda nezvekubatsira kumujaho wezvombo watowedzera. Zvakare, kushandiswa kwezvidhori zvine zvombo kana zvisina pfuti kuChamhembe kweCanada zvinogona kukuvadza vanhu veko pane kutarisa zviitiko zvemugungwa zveArctic. Nekuda kwezvigadziko zve drone muYellowknife, iri munharaunda yeChief Drygeese panyika yechinyakare yeYellowknives Dene Yekutanga Nyika, zviitiko zvezvidhori zvine pfuti zvine hunyanzvi. kuwedzera kutyora kwekuvanzika nekuchengetedzeka kune veIndigenous.

Izvo zvinofungidzirwa kuti zvinobatsira kune veruzhinji kutenga ndege dzisina munhu ane zvombo hazvina kujeka. Nepo kudiwa kwevatyairi vendege vatsva kuchigona kupa mamwe mabasa, sezvingaite kuvaka base ine drone ine zvombo, huwandu hwemabasa hwakagadzirwa hudiki kana zvichienzaniswa nehuwandu hwevasingashandi vekuCanada pazere. Mutungamiriri weRoyal Canadian Air Force Lt.-Gen. Al Meinzinger akati iyo yese drone force yaizosanganisira nezve 300 sevhisi nhengo, kusanganisira matekiniki, vatyairi vendege, uye vamwe vashandi vanobva kuAir Force uye mamwe mabhesi emauto. Kuenzaniswa ne5 bhiriyoni yemadhora mukushandisa kwekutanga kutenga chete, mabasa mazana matatu zvakajeka haapi mupiro wakakwana kuhupfumi hweCanada kupembedza kutenga ma drones ane zvombo.

Mushure mezvose, chii chinonzi $5 bhiriyoni, chaizvo? Huwandu hwemadhora mabhiriyoni mashanu hunonetsa kubata kana zvichienzaniswa nezviuru zvishanu zvemadhora nemazana mashanu emadhora. Kuti titarise huwandu uhu, kushandiswa kwepagore kweHofisi yese yeUnited Nations High Commissioner yevapoteri yakatenderedza madhora 5 - $ 5 bhiriyoni mumakore achangopfuura. Iyi ndiyo mutengo wepagore wekushandisa sangano reUN rinobatsira vanhu vanosvika mamirioni makumi manomwe pasi rose vanga varipo kumanikidzwa kusiya misha yavo. Uyezve, British Columbia inopa vanhu vasina dzimba vane madhora mazana matanhatu pamwedzi murubatsiro rwekurojesa, uye hutano hwakakwana uye rutsigiro rwemagariro runogona kubatsira vanhu vanopfuura zviuru zvitatu vane mari shoma yeBC kuwana dzimba mumusika wega. Tomboti hurumende yeCanada yakashandisa mabhiriyoni mashanu emadhora kubatsira vasina pekugara panzvimbo yekuchengeta zvombo chinyararire. Kana zvakadaro, inogona kubatsira vanhu vanosvika 600 vakatarisana nedambudziko rekugara mugore rimwe chete.

Kunyange hurumende yeCanada yakapa zvikonzero zvakawanda zvekutenga ma drones ane zvombo, chii chiri kuseri kwezvose izvi? Kubva muna Mbudzi 2022, vagadziri vezvombo vaviri vari mumatanho ekupedzisira emakwikwi: L3 Technologies MAS Inc. uye General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. Vose vakatumira vatsigiri kuti vakumbire Dhipatimendi reNational Defense (DND), Prime Minister's Office (PMO). , nemamwe madhipatimendi emubatanidzwa kakawanda kubvira 2012. Uyezve, chirongwa cheCanada Public Pension zvakare invested muL-3 uye 8 makambani epamusoro zvombo. Nekuda kweizvozvo, maCanada akadyarwa zvakanyanya muhondo nemhirizhonga yenyika. Nemamwe mashoko, tiri kubhadharira hondo asi makambani aya achiwana purofiti kubva pairi. Izvi ndizvo zvatinoda kuva here? Izvo zvakakosha kuti vanhu vekuCanada vataure vachipokana nekutenga uku.

Zvikonzero zvehurumende yeCanada zvekutenga drones ane zvombo zviri pachena kuti hazvina kukwana, sezvo ichipa mikana yebasa shoma uye rubatsiro rushoma kune dziviriro yenyika harurevereri mutengo wemadhora mabhiriyoni mashanu emadhora. Uye kugara uchinyengerera kweCanada nevashambadziri vezvombo, uye kupinda kwavo muhondo, kunoita kuti tishamise kuti ndiani ari kuhwina chaizvo kana kutenga drone uku kuchienderera mberi. Zvingave nekuda kwerunyararo, kana kungove nehanya nekushandiswa kwakakodzera kwemitero yevagari vekuCanada, vanhu vekuCanada vanofanirwa kunetsekana kuti iyi mabhiriyoni mashanu emadhora mune inonzi mari yekudzivirira ichatikanganisa sei isu tese.