NguJohn LaForge
Ngo-2008, uLawulo luka-Obama lwenze izihloko ezithi xhokro amehlo ngokubhengeza inkqubo yophuhliso lwezixhobo zenyukliya yeminyaka eli-10, iibhiliyoni ezingama-80 zeerandi. Ngo-2009, uMnu. Obama wathembisa ukuba uza kulandela “ihlabathi elingenazo izixhobo zenyukliya,” kodwa kwakunjalo ngelo xesha.
Ngo-2010, izicwangciso ezintsha zemfazwe ziye zakhula zaya kutsho kwi-355 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi, ishumi leminyaka yenkomo yemali efikelela kwi-1 yetriliyoni epholileyo kwiminyaka engama-30. Iindleko ezinkulu sele zamkelwe ngokubanzi yiNdlu kunye neSenethi kwiibhili zogunyaziso lomkhosi - ngokutsho NgoSeptemba 22 New York Times.
Esinye seziza ezintathu zemveliso ezitsha ezisanda kuvulwa-i-700 yezigidi zeerandi zezityalo ezingezona zenyukliya eziqhutywa nguHoneywell eKansas City, eMissouri. Ezinye iifektri ziquka indawo yokwenza iuranium kwindawo yeY-12 e-Oak Ridge, eTennessee; kunye nokusebenza kweplutonium kusebenza eLos Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) eNew Mexico. Ezi nkqubo zimbini zokugqibela ziye zanyusa ixabiso elikhulu kangangokuba ne-White House iye yaqhwanyaza.
Izicwangciso ze-LANL zemveliso ye-plutonium - ekuqaleni bekulindeleke ukuba ixabise i-660 yezigidi zeedola - zandiswe kwi-5.8 yebhiliyoni yerhanisi yegolide. Le projekthi yanqunyanyiswa ngo-2012, kwaye iinjineli zaya kusebenza ngokunciphisa iindleko. E-Oak Ridge, ukusetyenzwa kweuranium “kumwonyo” kuye kwasuka kwi-6.5 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi kwisindululo ukuya kwiphupha elimanzi leebhiliyoni ezili-19 zeedola. I-White House iye yasimisa isikimu kulo nyaka, kwaye ilebhu iphinda ilungise izicwangciso zayo zeminyaka engama-60.
Ukuveliswa kwebhomu entsha ye-H kupapashwa ngokuthi "ukuvuselela", "isimanje", "ukuhlaziya" kunye "nokuphucula". Amagama e-buzz asetyenziswa ziikontraka zezixhobo zeshishini kunye ne-lapdogs zabo zeCongress abathetha "nge-40-year-old warhead warhead" (eyaziwa ngokuba yi-W-76), okanye ababonakalisa inkxalabo "ngomlilo, uqhushumbo kunye nokwenzakala emsebenzini" "Kubuhlungu" kuba izixhobo "ziwohloka yonke imihla", i-Times yabika.
Inkqubo yeMfazwe ihlala ingakhathaleli ukukhankanya ukuba ii-warheads ze-15,000 ze-plutonium zigcinwe ePantex, eTexas kwaye zilungile iminyaka engama-50, ngokutsho kweThe Guardian, ngoSeptemba wama-29. Isicwangciso sokwakha ibhombu yenyukliya yedola yetriliyoni kukuvelisa iintloko zemfazwe eziya kuthi ga kwi-80 ngonyaka ngo-2030.
Umkhosi ngoku usasaza malunga nama-5,000 eemfazwe zenyukliya - kwiinqanawa ezintywilayo, kwimijukujelwa esekwe emhlabeni, kunye neziqhushumbisi ezinzima. Oku, nangona iNtloko yePentagon uChuck Hagel watyikitya ingxelo (ngaphambi kokuba anyulwe kumsebenzi wakhe wangoku) eyafumanisa ukuba ziimfazwe zenyukliya ezingama-900 kuphela “eziyimfuneko.” Ingxelo kaHagel icebise ukuba kupheliswe iintloko zemfazwe ezingama-3,500 ngoku ezisele zilungile, esithi amanani eentloko zemfazwe makhulu kakhulu kunokuba kufuneka.
Ababukeli abazimeleyo, izinja zokubukela kunye neetanki zokucinga baye baxoxa amashumi eminyaka ukuba i-arsenal ingancitshiswa kakhulu kwaye yenziwe ibe yingozi kakhulu: a) ngokungatshintshi iimfazwe ezidla umhlalaphantsi; b) ngokukhupha ii-warheads ezisasaziweyo kwi-"alert"; kunye c) ngokwahlula iintloko zemfazwe kwimijukujelwa kunye neebhombu. Oku kwahlulwa kuya kwandisa amaxesha okulumkisa ukuya kuphehlelelwa, ngaloo ndlela kuthomalalisa ukungavisisani kwezizwe ngezizwe kwaye kuphelise amathuba awoyikisayo okusungulwa ngengozi okanye okungagunyaziswanga.
UGreg Mello weQela loFundo lwe-Los Alamos, izinja zeentaka kwilebhu yeMfazwe ebandayo, uthi isizathu sokuba imveliso entsha yebhombu ye-H iqwalaselwe konke konke kukunyoluka kwabucala. Amaqumrhu enza ingeniso ngoku aqhuba zonke iilebhu zikarhulumente zezixhobo zenyukliya, ukususela oko zaye zenziwa zabucala ngo-2006.
Ngaphaya koko, kwingxelo evuzayo kulo nyaka uphelileyo, uMkhosi waManzi ngokwawo wabuza imfuno yokuvelisa naziphi na iimfazwe ezintsha. (I-Navy ilawula ubuncinane ii-warheads ze-1,152 zisasazeka kwi-submarines ye-14 ye-Trident.) Kwaye uJames Doyle, usosayensi we-17-year-veteran kwi-Los Alamos National Laboratory (owaxoshwa kulo Julayi 8 odlulileyo ngokuzimeleyo ukupapasha inqaku le-scholarly elikhusela ukuchithwa kwenyukliya) , uxelele iThe Guardian, "Andizange ndikubone ukuthetheleleka okuchazwe kwimingxuma engama-50 ukuya kuma-80 ngonyaka ngo-2030."
UJay Coghlan, weNuclear Watch New Mexico, wothuswa yintetho kaMongameli ephindwe kabini, exelela uMgcini-mali, “Uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali luka-Obama olucetywayo luka-2015 lolona luphezulu kuphando kunye nemveliso yezixhobo zenyukliya. Kwaye kwangaxeshanye, bacutha uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali olunganyusiyo ukuze baluhlawulele. ”
I-1 yeetriliyoni zeedola ayiquki amakhulu ambalwa eebhiliyoni ngaphezulu kwiinkqubo ezintsha zokulwa imfazwe yenyukliya ezifana:
· Ixabiso leebhiliyoni ezingama-80 zeerandi zokwakha iinkwili ezintsha ezili-12 zomjukujelwa wokungena endaweni yenqanawa yoMkhosi woMkhosi wenqanawa. USennenja uRichard Blumenthall, uD-CT, uxelele i Usuku olutsha lwaseLondon ngoSeptemba wama-23, "Undoqo apha kwesi sikhephe siya kuba sesona someleleyo, sibambekayo, sinozinzo kulo naliphi na kwimbali yegama." “Izinzile”? Ewe kunjalo; njengokutshona kwemali okanye ukuzibulala.
- Iibhiliyoni zeerandi ezingama-44 zeerandi zoMkhosi woMoya webhombu entsha yenyukliya ebizwa ngokuba yiNkqubo yokuBomba iLong-Range Strike (LRS-B). Umkhosi womoya kuxelwe ukuba ufuna i-80-100 kubo malunga ne-550 yeedola nganye. Ingqiqo eyothusayo yezi bhiliyoni yanikezelwa nguLt Gen. Stephen Wilson, oyiNtloko yeGlobal Strike Command, owathi. uthe ngoSeptemba 16 eWashington, DC, "Kuya kubaluleka njengoko siqhubela phambili ukuze sibe nomkhosi webhombu onokungena kuyo nayiphi na indawo emhlabeni kwaye ubambe nayiphi na into ekujoliswe kuyo kwiplanethi emngciphekweni."
- The ukutshintshwa okucwangcisiweyo ye-450 Minuteman 3 ICBMs eyaziwa ngokuba yi-“Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent” - isetelwe ukusasazwa kwizisele ezikhoyo emva ko-2030 - ukuba a Isifundo se-RAND ithe iya kuxabisa phakathi kweedola ezingama-84 kunye ne-219 yeebhiliyoni zeedola.
UJohn LaForge ubhalela PeaceVoice,ngumlawuli-ndawonye weNukewatch-iqela elijonga inyukliya kunye neqela lobulungisa kokusingqongileyo-kunyeuhlala kwiPlowshares Land Trust out of Luck, Wisconsin.
