Ngu-Alice Slater, uMniki-mvo we-Opinion-Agasti 20, 2018, Hill.
Iimbono ezichazwe ngabaxhasi zodwa kwaye akusiyo imbono ye-Hill
Iveki ephelileyo, i-Vice-President Mike Pence sichaze isicwangciso solawulo lweTrump somyalelo omtsha wezempi, i-US Space Force, egxininisa uMongameli uDonald Trumps ekhuthaza ukuba "Akwanele nje ukuba ne-American ekhona kwindawo: kufuneka sibe ne-American domination endaweni." Isibhengezo sikaPence sababingelela Ixilongo, tweeting in response, "Space Force yonke indlela!"
Isizathu sikaPence solwandiso oluphazamisayo lomkhosi wase-US emazulwini kukuba "iintshaba zethu", iRussia ne China, "bezisebenza ukuzisa izixhobo ezintsha zemfazwe emajukujukwini ngokwawo" ezibeka isoyikethi kuma satellite aseMelika. Kodwa ngaphandle kokucima kombane kumajelo eendaba aqhelekileyo, iRussia ne China bebephikisana iminyaka kwiiholo zeZizwe eziManyeneyo ukuba umhlaba ufuna isivumelwano ukuthintela ukubeka ezo zixhobo emajukujukwini ukuze kugcinwe "uzinzo lobuchule" phakathi kwehlabathi. amagunya amakhulu kunye nokwenza izixhobo zenyukliya. Nangona i I-Outdoor Treaty ye-1967 inqande ukufakwa kwezixhobo zokubhubhisa ubuninzi kwindawo yangaphandle, akuzange avimbele izixhobo eziqhelekileyo kwindawo. kwi 2008 kwaye kwakhona kwi 2014, IRashiya kunye neChina zenze isiCwangciso soMgaqo-nkqubo wokuLawulwa kweSigqeba kwi-Outdoor Space kwi-forum ye-UN ejongene nezivumelwano zokungabikho kwemida, iKomiti yokuHlaliswa kweMihlaba eGeneva. I-US ivimbele nayiphi na ingxoxo yesiphakamiso sokuvalwa kwesibambiso esivumelwaneni kwi-forum eboshwe ngokuvumelana, apho zonke iintetho zigqitywa ngenxa ye-vetoes yase-US ephindaphindiweyo. Emva kweminyaka yokungasebenzi, ngoku sifunda oko I-Russia ne-China zikholelwa ukuba ziphuhlisa amandla okudubula phantsi i-satellites kwindawo.
Sifikela kweli nqanaba emva kwimbali ebuhlungu yamathuba okungaxhamli kokuthula endaweni kunye nesezixhobo zenyukliya. Kwaqala ngoMongameli uTruman ukukhishwa kwesicelo sikaStalin sokubeka ibhomu phantsi kolawulo lwamazwe ngamazwe kwi-United Nations kwi-1946. Emva koko uMongameli uReagan wayenqwenela ukuba uMongameli waseSoviet waseMikhail Gorbachev anikezele ukuphelisa izixhobo zenyukliya, ukuba i-United States ingazange iqhubeke nesicwangciso sayo seNew War Wars, inkqubo yezempi esekelwe kwindawo, kamva ichazwe kwi-1997 phantsi kolawulo lukaClinton, njengoko i-US Space Command Umbono we-2020, ukuvakalisa umgomo wayo wokulawula "ukulawula nokulawula ukusetyenziswa kwezempi kwendawo yokukhusela iimfuno kunye nokutyalomali kwe-US." UClinton wamgatya isipho sikaPutin sokunciphisa izixhobo zethu zenyukliya ezininzi ze-15,000 ibhomu nganye kwi-1,000 uze ubize zonke ezinye izixhobo zenuzi ithi uxoxisane ngokupheliswa kwawo, ephosakeleyo e-US eyeke ukucwangcisa izicwangciso zayo zokubeka iinkqubo zokulwa nomkhosi kwiMpuma Yurophu. UMongameli uGeorge W. Bush, ethembele kumgaqo wakhe wokubandakanya izixhobo ezikhuselekileyo zokukhusela kunye nezixhobo ezisekelwe kwiindawo zokutshabalalisa iithagethi naphina kwihlabathi ngokukhawuleza "ukulawula okupheleleyo," waphuma ngaphandle kwe-1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile isivumelwano esasixoxisana nayo ne-US iSoviet Union kwaye ngoku kukho iinqwelo zase-Romania eRomania kunye nabanye baceba ukufakwa ePoland. Ukongezelela, uMongameli uBabri wenqabile ukunikezelwa kukaPutin kwi-2006, ngokubhekiselele kuhlobo olutsha lwezalo kunye nemiphumo eyingozi, ukuxoxisana nomnqophiso wamazwe ngamazwe ukuvimbela ukuhlaselwa kwe-cyber.
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