Iibhombu eParadesi: Imijukujelwa kunye neMunitions zibhekise e-Ewa Beach, eHawaii 

NguBrad Wolf, World BEYOND War, UJuni 10, 2021

Umkhosi wase-United States uceba ukwakha izixhobo ezinkulu zokugcina izitokhwe zemfazwe kunye neziqhushumbo kufutshane neendawo zokuhlala zase-Ewa Beach, iilali zase-Ewa, ii-West Loch Estates, kunye ne-Ewa Gentry, kunye nePearl Harbour National Wildlife Refuge eHawaii. Le paradesi yesiqithi sePasifiki sele inezona ndawo zinkulu zoxinaniso emkhosini e-United States, isenza ukuba ibe yenye yezona ndawo zinomkhosi emhlabeni. Ukuba bezinokuzinza kuManyano, iHawaii ibiya kuba ligunya elikhulu emkhosini kwihlabathi liphela. Kwaye ngoku, ezinye izixhobo zisendleleni. Okuninzi ngakumbi.

Ubungakanani, ubungakanani, kunye nenkcitho yale projekthi inkulu yokwakha kufuneka ithathelwe ingqalelo, kunye nengozi ekhawulezileyo ebekwe kubahlali beendawo ezingqongileyo. Ngokubaluleke ngokulinganayo kukuba ingaba ukubekwa kwangaphambili kwezixa ezikhulu zeemfazwe eziqhubekayo kunye nezinto ezenziwayo zikumdla nakukhuseleko kuluntu lwaseMelika. Ukubekwa kwangaphambili kuthetha ukuba ukulungele ukusetyenziswa. Tshixiwe kwaye zilayishiwe. Siya emfazweni. Oku kunciphisa ixesha lothethathethwano kunye nokunyusa amathuba okusetyenziswa kwezixhobo. Ngaba ngokwenene sifuna ukugcina izixhobo ezingakumbi kwesi siqithi sinomkhosi omkhulu ukulungiselela imfazwe enkulu elandelayo? Ngaba esi sisicwangciso sobulumko, okanye ukungxama kunye nokuziphatha okuyingozi?

Kwiphepha le-164 umbiko ibhalwe liSebe loMkhosi woMkhosi, elibizwa ngokuba "Ukufumana akukho Mpembelelo ibalulekileyo (i-FONSI) ye-US Army West Loch Ordnance Facilities e-Joint Base Pearl Harbour-Hickman (JBPHH), e-Oahu, eHawaii," Umkhosi wamanzi uxela le projekthi. izakubandakanya iimagazini ezingama-27 ezintsha zohlobo lwe “D” iimagazini, iimagazini ezisibhozo zokugcina iimodyuli, izixhobo zolawulo kunye nokusebenza, iindlela zokufikelela kunye neepads zekhonkrithi, inkonzo eluncedo kunye nolwabiwo, umjelo wamanzi esiza, amanqaku okhuseleko kunye neentambo zomlilo. Kwirekhodi, uhlobo lwebhokisi ethi "D" inemagazini eqikelelweyo yeenyawo ezingama-8,000. Kuya kubakho abangama-27 kwezi. Isithuthi esineenyawo ezingama-86,000 esibambe iyadi, indawo yokuhlola iimoto ezisikwere ezingama-50,000 20,000, kunye nendawo yokugcina izinto ezingama-XNUMX XNUMX ezikwere zeenyawo ziphakathi kwezinye izinto ezinkulu eziza kwakhiwa.

Ngaphandle kwale projekthi inkulu yokwakha, uMkhosi wamanzi awuqinisekisi nganto ngokuthe ngqo, ngokungathanga ngqo, okanye ukwanda kwendalo esingqongileyo. Umkhosi wamanzi emva koko uphindaphinda ezantsi kububhanxa, esithi indawo ecetywayo iya kuthi ikhokelele kwimpembelelo eluncedo kwimpilo yoluntu kunye nokhuseleko, ingxoxo enomdla yokugcina izigidi zeepawundi zezinto eziziqhushumbo ezingekho ngaphezulu kwesiqingatha semayile ukusuka kuphuhliso lwezindlu.

Ingxelo iyaqhubeka ngendlela efanayo isebenzisa ulwimi ekufanele ukuba lube msulwa kwaye lube sengqiqweni, kodwa olubi kakhulu, ngokuthi izixhobo ezimbaxa ezinkulu azizukubangela mpembelelo kwizibonelelo zenkcubeko, kwizixhobo zebhayoloji, iimeko zentlalo noqoqosho, kunye nefuthe elincinci ekusetyenzisweni komhlaba. ISebe leNgaphakathi lide lityikitye kwimpikiswano yempembelelo kwindalo esingqongileyo, ngaloo ndlela kungqinwa kucacile, ukuba onke amasebe karhulumente asebenzela iPentagon.

Izixhobo zokuqhushumba zaziza kubakho kwaye zilayishwe kule ndawo ukusuka kwiinqanawa ezahlukeneyo, ziloriwe zaza zanyuselwa kwiindawo zokugcina iimpahla, zaze zabuyela kwezinye iinqanawa zilungele imfazwe. Ukuqhuma ngengozi kuya kuba yinto ebhubhisayo kwezi ndawo zokuhlala, kuthwele amandla okubulala nokwenzakalisa amakhulu. Amakhaya, amashishini, iipaki kunye nezikolo zonke ziya kuba kwindawo yokuqhushumba, okanye "ukuqhushumba."

Ukongeza, kuqhushumbe ngengozi apho kungakhokelela nakwezona ndawo zibalaseleyo ePearl Harbour naseHickam Field, into ke leyo eyenzeka xa uMkhosi woMkhosi uthi "luqhushumbo olunovelwano." Ngo-1969 iUSS Enterprise yomlilo kufutshane nePearl Harbour yaqala xa irokethi yeZuni ngengozi yaqhushumba phantsi kwephiko lenqwelomoya yaza yaqhushumbisa izixhobo ezongezelelekileyo, ukuvuthela imingxunya kumgangatho wenqwelomoya owavumela i-jet fuel ukuba iyitshise inqanawa. Kwabulawa oomatiloshe abangamashumi amabini anesibhozo, abangama-314 benzakala, kwaza kwatshatyalaliswa iinqwelomoya ezili-15 ngexabiso elingaphezulu kwe-126 yezigidi zeedola. Olu dubulo lwenzeka ngengozi kude nonxweme kwaye kude lee neendawo zokuhlala. Ukuqhuma okunje kule ndawo intsha kungadala ilahleko enkulu ebomini nakwipropathi.

Ngokukodwa okuqaphelekayo malunga nezi zixhobo zitsha kukunciphisa umgama wokhuseleko phakathi kwezakhiwo zokugcina iibhombu kunye nabemi, ngaphantsi kwesiqingatha seekhilomitha ukusuka kuphuhliso lwezindlu lwe-Ewa Gentry North Park. Ezinye izinto zokugcina ezifana nesiQithi saseIndiya e-Washington State kunye ne-Earle Amunition Loading in New Jersey zineziqhushumbisi ezikhulu kakhulu, ngelixa indawo ye-Army MOTSU eMantla Carolina ine-arc eyi-3.5 yeemayile. Ukuqhuma ngengozi kutshanje eBeirut, eLebhanon, nangona kungengomkhosi wezomkhosi, kushiye indawo yokuqhushumba yeemayile ezi-6.2. Idatha esetyenzisiweyo ukubala ezi zinto ziqhushumbe ngokwe-Navy, yahlelwa. Ukongeza, iintlobo zeembumbulu kunye neemali ezizodwa ekufuneka zigcinwe nazo zahlelwa. Kwaye ke, ukuqhushumba i-arc ligama elinentsingiselo yokwenyani egcinwe ngokuzithemba okusondele kuMkhosi wamanzi. Sithembe, bathi.

Ekupheleni kwengxelo yabo ende, uMkhosi wamanzi, akumangalisi, ugqiba ukuba akukho ndlela yimbi ngaphandle koku. Baye, ke baphikisana, benze umsebenzi wabo ngokufanelekileyo. Izixhobo maziziswe apha, kufuneka kwakhiwe indawo entsha, akukho bungozi kuluntu okanye kwindalo esingqongileyo. Bazalisekisa uxanduva lwabo phantsi komthetho ngokucwangcisa, ukubeka indawo kwangaphambili, nangokulungiselela imfazwe. Qiniseka, kubonakala ngathi bathi, konke kulungile. Akukho sizathu sokukhathazeka. Usezandleni ezikhuselekileyo. Umkhosi ulawula. Ulwakhiwo luqala ngo-2022.