IBluenosing kwiMilitary Industrial Complex

Ngokathrin winkler, World BEYOND War, UEpreli 7, 2022

Ibhongo laseNova Scotia laseMaritime kwilifa lakhe lokwakha iinqanawa libizelwe ukukhuthaza ilifa elitsha laseLunenburg, ngokukaCBC uBrett Ruskin. I nqaku enesihloko esithi “Imbali yokwenziwa kwezandla iyaqhubeka eLunenburg njengoko inkampani ye-aerospace isakha iinxalenye zejethi ye-F-35” oko kuthetha ukuba ukwenza iinxalenye zejethi eLunenburg zinxulumana nesithethe esikhulu saseLwandle sokwakha iinqanawa.

Enika ingxelo ngochulumanco kutyelelo lwakhe lwaseLunenburg kwinkampani yezamoya iStelia, uRuskin waqikelela ukuba iindawo zasekhaya, ezenziwe ngesandla ziza kuboniswa kungekudala kwiijethi zokulwa ze-RCAF kwaye “... isizukulwana” siya kuphinda sisenze sibe yinxalenye yembali.

Ingcebiso yokuba isithuthi esiqhuba kakuhle - iBluenose, eyilwe ngobuchule kwaye yakhiwe ukuba ihambe ngesantya esipheleleyo ngeeseyile kwimimoya elungileyo inokuthelekiswa neqela leejethi zokulwa ezingama-88 ze-F35 aziwagcini manzi. Akukho kwehla kwenjongo yokuzonwabisa okanye uzinzo kumatshini wokubulala wetekhnoloji ephezulu-owenziwe ukuba uqalise izixhobo ze-thermonuclear ngelixa uqinisekisa ukukhutshwa kwekhabhoni enkulu, ebulalayo ukuba iithagethi zemozulu ziwela phantsi komyalelo we-NATO. Uthelekiso phakathi kwezi zibini luphumelele kuphela njengomzekelo wokugqibela we-media spin.

Ukuvusa imbali ukuthethelela ukuthengwa okulindelekileyo kweejethi zase-US Lockheed Martin zinqongophele ngokulusizi kwiinkcukacha. Iindleko kunye noqeqesho kunokuba yindawo yokuqala. Kwimikhumbi yokuloba, ukufunda kwemveli kwakusenziwa ngamava nolwazi lwagqithiswa. Ukuba nobuchule kunye nesibindi yayiyeyona nto ibalaseleyo yabasebenzi. UCaptain Angus Walters wafunda emsebenzini nakwimali, kakuhle, bekunqabile ukugcina iBluenose kolu nxweme. Amaxesha atshintshile kwaye xa siqwalasela umgca webhajethi yezempi sibona ukuba iyaqhubeka nokunyuka, ngelixa iimali eziphuthumayo zemozulu xa zithelekisa.

Nge-inki esele ilungele ukungena kwi-19 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi zekhontrakthi yokuthengwa kweejethi zokulwa ezingama-88 F35, imali ingena kwishishini lezixhobo zase-US. Ebudeni bobomi beejethi iindleko zonyuka ziye kuthi ga kwi-77 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi, kodwa ungathembeli kuyo. Asizukwazi ukuba zingaphi iziphene ezinkulu ze-F-35 eziza nesivumelwano, njengoko kubonakala ngathi iPentagon ayifuni ukwabelana ngolu lwazi. I-RCAF ayinakuqesha abaqhubi abaneleyo abazimisele ukubhabha iziqhushumbisi, kwaye ukuhlaziya iijethi kufuna inkqubo yoqeqesho yomqhubi webhiliyoni yezigidi zeedola.

Iinqanawa kunye neejethi - imbali eyahlukileyo, ikamva elihlukeneyo. Masingayihoyi imbali ye-Lockheed Martin. I-Enola Gay, ibhombu ye-B-29 enoxanduva lokuwisa ibhombu yeathom yokuqala eHiroshima, eJapan ngo-Agasti 6, 1945 yakhiwa kwiNkampani yeGL Martin eNebraska - eyaba nguLockheed Martin. Ngaba ngokwenene sifuna ukuqhubeka njengenxalenye yeli lifa?

Iishim ezisetyenziselwa ukuvula nokuvala iingcango zebhayi yezixhobo kwiibhombu ze-F35 zenziwe ngesandla eLunenburg. Xa ibhombu ye-RCAF F35 ijolise kwaye ibethe abantu abaya kujonga esibhakabhakeni ngebhongo bebhiyozela ubukrelekrele basekhaya obenze iishim? Masisebenzise izisombululo zezozakuzo kwaye sibongoze ubuchule bokusombulula impixano kunye, ewe, ukudala uxolo njengesithethe salo mhlaba.