Ifoto nguGlen Milner.
By IsiGqeba seZero soMgangatho weNxaxheba engeyiyo, NgoMeyi 16, 2023
eSilverdale, eWashington: Amatshantliziyo avale indawo yokungena kwisiseko senkwili yenyukliya esentshona yoMkhosi waManzi wase-US, nelikhaya kweyona ndawo inkulu yokusebenza kwezixhobo zenyukliya ezisetyenzisiweyo, kwisenzo esingenabundlobongela ngosuku olungaphambi koMhla woMama.
Abaphembeleli boxolo abasibhozo abasuka kwiZiko leGround Zero leZenzo eziNgenabuNdlobongela, bephethe amabhena abhalwe “Umhlaba nguMama Wethu Mphathe Ngentlonipho” kunye nokuthi “Izixhobo zeNyukliya azinasimilo ukuzisebenzisa, azinasimilo ukuba nazo, azinasimilo ukwenza,” zavala ngokufutshane zonke izithuthi ezingenayo. iSango eliPhambili kwi-Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor eSilverdale, eWashington njengenxalenye ye-13th kaMeyi yokubhiyozela uSuku loMama.
Ukungathobeli koluntu kwakuyinxalenye yomsitho wonyaka weGround Zero woSuku looMama, owacetyiswa okokuqala eUnited States ngo-1872 nguJulia Ward Howe njengosuku olunikezelwe eluxolweni. U-Howe wabona iziphumo kumacala omabini eMfazwe yombango kwaye wabona ukutshatyalaliswa kwemfazwe kudlula ukubulawa kwamajoni edabini.
Njengenxalenye yoqwalaselo loSuku looMama kulo nyaka abantu abangama-45 bahlanganisene betyala imiqolo yoojongilanga kwiziko iGround Zero Centre ngqo ngaphaya kocingo ukusuka kwiTrident Submarine Base, kwaye bebethethelelwa nguMfundisi uJudith M’maitsi Nandikove waseNairobi, eKenya obethetha ngo umsebenzi wokukhulisa umsebenzi owenziwa ngumbutho wakhe ekunciphiseni ukubandezeleka nokukhuthaza impilo ezinzileyo ngokusebenzisa iAfrica Quaker Religious Collaborative and Friends Peace Teams.
I-Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor likhaya lelona qela likhulu leentloko zenyukliya ezisasaziweyo e-US Iintloko zenyukliya zisasazwe kwimijukujelwa ye-Trident D-5 kwiinkwili ze-SSBN kwaye zigcinwe ngaphantsi komhlaba. indawo yokugcina izixhobo kwisiseko.
Kukho iindlela ezisibhozo ze-Trident ze-SSBN ezisasazwe apho Bangor. Iinkwili ze-Trident SSBN ezintandathu zibekwe kuNxweme oluseMpuma eKings Bay, eGeorgia.
Inqanawa enye yeTrident ithwala amandla otshabalalo ngaphezulu kweebhombu ze-1,200 ze-Hiroshima (ibhombu yeHiroshima yayiziikhilothi ze-15).
Inkwili nganye ye-Trident yayixhotyiselwe imijukujelwa engama-24 ye-Trident. Kwi-2015-2017 iityhubhu ezine ze-missile zacinywa kwi-submarine nganye ngenxa yeSivumelwano esitsha se-START. Okwangoku, inkwili nganye ye-Trident isebenzisa imijukujelwa ye-20 D-5 kunye malunga ne-90 yeemfazwe zenyukliya (umyinge we-4-5 warheads nge-missile nganye). Iintloko zemfazwe eziphambili zii-W76-1 90-kiloton okanye ii-W88 455-kiloton warheads.
Umkhosi wamanzi waqala ukuthumela into entsha I-W76-2 Intloko yemfazwe enesivuno esiphantsi (malunga neekhilotoni ezisibhozo) kwimijukujelwa yangaphantsi kolwandle ekhethiweyo eBangor ekuqaleni kuka-2020 (elandela ukuthunyelwa kokuqala eAtlantiki ngoDisemba ka-2019). Intloko yemfazwe yasetyenziselwa ukuthintela ukusetyenziswa kweRashiya okokuqala kwezixhobo zenyukliya ezinobuqili, ngokudala ingozi umbundu osezantsi ukusetyenziswa kwezixhobo zenyukliya zase-US ezicwangcisiweyo.
Isiko seZero sokuSebenza seNkqubo engeyiyo iViyolo esekelwe kwi-1977. Iziko likho kwii-3.8 iihektare ezidibene ne-Trident base-basin e-Bangor, eWashington. Sichasa zonke izixhobo zenyukliya, ngakumbi i-Trident ballistic missile system.
