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Eyona bhombu yenyukliya iphikisanayo eyakha yacwangciselwa iarhente yaseMelika - abanye bathi yeyona inobungozi, nayo - ifumene ukuqhubekeka phambili kwiSebe lezoLawulo lweSizwe loKhuseleko lweNyukliya.
The Iarhente ibhengeziwe Ngo-Aug. 1 ukuba i-B61-12 - ibhombu yenyukliya yokuqala kwisizwe, okanye "smart," ibhombu yenyukliya- yayigqibile isigaba seminyaka emine sophuhliso kunye novavanyo kwaye ngoku kukwinjineli yemveliso, isigaba sokugqibela ngaphambi kokuveliswa kwenqanaba elipheleleyo 2020.
Esi sibhengezo siza phambi kwezilumkiso eziphindaphindiweyo ezivela kwiingcaphephe zasesidlangalaleni kunye namagosa athile asebusweni abaphezulu ukuba le bhombu, izakuthwalwa ngeejethi zomlo, inokuzama ukusetyenziswa ngexesha lengxabano ngenxa yokuchaneka kwayo. Ibhombu ibeka ukuchaneka okuphezulu ngamandla ngokuqhushumba okunokulawulwa.
Umongameli Barack Obama uhleli ethembise ukunciphisa izixhobo zenyukliya kunye nokuyekisa izixhobo ezinobuchule obutsha bokulwa. Ukanti inkqubo ye-B61-12 iphumelele kwicala lezopolitiko kunye nezoqoqosho lweekhontrakthi zokhuselo ezinjengoLokheed Martin Corp., njengoko kubhaliwe kwiIsityholo sophando kunyaka ophelile.
I-B61-12- kwi-11 yezigidigidi nge-400 yeebhombu malunga ne-1 eyibhombu ebiza kakhulu i-US yanyanzela-ibonisa amandla angaqhelekanga kwephiko le-atomic malunga nento uMongameli Dwight D. Eisenhower awabiza ngokuba "ngumzi mveliso wezomkhosi," ngoku ozivuselele "Ushishino lwenyukliya." Ibhombu isisiseko sento engapheliyo yeengalo zenyukliya zaseMelika, kuqikelelwa ukuba iindleko ze- $ 30 trillion kule minyaka izayo yeXNUMX.
Phantse wonke umntu uyavuma ukuba okoko izixhobo zenyukliya zikhona, ukuphuculwa kwemikhosi yase-US kuyafuneka ukunqanda amanye amazwe ekubeni anyukele kwizikhali zenyukliya ngexesha lengxabano. Kodwa abagxeki bacel 'umngeni ukuxhaphaka kunye nobungakanani bezicwangciso zokuphucula zangoku.
Ekupheleni kukaJulayi, ii-seneta ze10 zabhala u-Obama ileta ebongoza ukuba asebenzise iinyanga zakhe ezisele e-ofisini “ukunqanda inkcitho yezixhobo zenyukliya zase-US kunye nokunciphisa umngcipheko wemfazwe yenyukliya”, phakathi kwezinye izinto, “ukubuyisela izicwangciso zenyukliya.” Bacele umongameli ukuba acime umoya omtsha wenyukliya. -umjikelo wokuhamba ngenqanawa, apho uMkhosi woMoya ngoku ucela iziphakamiso kubakhuseli.
Ngelixa ezinye iinkqubo ezitsha zisekupheleni kwendlela, ibhombu ye-B61-12 isondele kakhulu kwaye iyakhathaza ngokunikwa kweziganeko zamva nje kwezomzamo eTurkey. Kungenxa yokuba le bhombu yenyukliya ekhokelwayo kunokwenzeka buyisela iibhombu ze-180 ezindala ze-B61 igcinwe kumazwe amahlanu aseYurophu, kubandakanya iTurkey, ene-50 B61s egcinwe kwi-Incirlik Air Base. Umngcipheko onokubakho wale ndawo kuphakame imibuzo malunga nomgaqo-nkqubo wase-US malunga nokugcina izixhobo zenyukliya phesheya
Kodwa imibuzo emininzi igxile ekunyukeni kwe-B61-12. Ngokungafaniyo neebhombu zedrafti esetyenziswa mahala, iya kuthatha indawo yayo, iB61-12 iya kuba yibhombu yenyukliya ekhokelayo. Indibano yayo entsha ye-Boeing Co yomsila yenza ukuba ibhombu ibethe ngokuchanekileyo. Sebenzisa itekhnoloji yokudayela-isivuno, amandla okuqhushumisa ibhombu anokuhlengahlengiswa ngaphambi kokubhabha ukusuka kwixabiso le-50,000 leetoni zeTNT ezilinganayo ziye ezantsi kweetoni ze-300. Ibhombu inokuthwalwa kwijetsthi zokulwa.
"Ukuba amaRussia ebekhuphe ibhombu yenyukliya ekhokelayo kwijubaqa eyityhutyha imikhosi yomoya, ngaba oko kungongeza umbono wokuba apha babewunciphisela umda wokusetyenziswa kwezixhobo zenyukliya? Ngokuqinisekileyo, ”uHans Kristensen we-Federation of American Scientists utshilo kuVavanyo langaphambili.
Kwaye uGeneral James Cartwright, umphathi othathe umhlala phantsi kwi-US Strategic Command uxelele i-PBS NewsHour ngo-Novemba ophelileyo ukuba amandla amatsha e-B61-12 anokulinga ukusetyenziswa kwayo.
"Ukuba ndingasiqhuba isivuno, yehla, ke, amathuba okuwa phantsi, njl. Njl., Oko kuyenza isebenziseke ngakumbi emehlweni abanye - abanyeongameli okanye inkqubo yokwenza izigqibo ngokhuseleko? Kwaye impendulo kukuba, kunokwenzeka ukuba isebenziseke ngakumbi. ”
