NguJohn LaForge
Kunzima ukucinga ukugubha ukucwangciswa kwemfazwe yenyukliya, kodwa yilokho okwakwi-ajenda kwi-Hill Air Force Base, kufuphi ne-Ogden, e-Utah ngoLwesine odlulileyo, ngo-Feb. 12.
Kwimisitho yomrhumo wegosa, kwakukho amagosa "abaqhubi abaphezulu" kwisiseko kuquka iQela loNyaka, iVolontiya yoNyaka kunye noMlingane oyintloko woNyaka. Umlawuli oyisiSekelo, uColonel Ron Jolly, wathi, "Airmen apha babona umfanekiso omkhulu kwaye bayazi ukuba kuku ... malunga nokubonelela ngenkxaso kwiThimba Hill."
Yintoni "iThala leThimba"? Kwii-acre zezigidi kunye nabasebenzi be-20,000, iNtloko ye-AFB inomsebenzi wokugcina nokuvavanya "ukuthembeka", phakathi kwezinye izinto, iinqwelo ze-450 Minuteman III ze-intercontinental ze-ballistic okanye ii-ICBM. I-60-foot-long, i-rocket ye-39-ton, kunye ne-335-kiloton imikhosi yenyukliya (cinga i-Hiroshima, amaxesha angama-22), inokuhamba i-6,000 kwii-7,000 eziliwaka ngaphambi kokuhlaselwa kwiithagethi ezikhethwe yi-Global Strike Command (igama layo langempela) e-Omaha.
Indawo yovavanyo ye "Hill of the art" yaseHill AFB iqhuba iimviwo "zenyukliya, ukusinda, ukuthembeka"… "imitha yenyukliya, ukuqhuma komoya, ukothuka nokungcangcazela" kunye "nokubetha kombane." Ezi ziziphumo zokuhlaselwa kwezixhobo zenyukliya, kwaye isiseko sigcina ii-ICBM zethu "zithembekile" - ezikulungeleyo ukumiliselwa kwii-bunkers ngaphesheya kwe-North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado nase Nebraska.
Kwi-ballistic missile ngokwemiqathango, "ukuthembeka" kuthetha isiqinisekiso sokuthi izixhobo zomlilo ezihamba nge-radioactive ezibandakanya i-40-square-miles-per-warhead zingakhupha ihlabathi ngaphandle kweemodethi eziqaliswe ngotshintsho lwesitshixo. (UDaniel Berrigan wabhala wathi kwiMfazwe Yehlabathi II amaJamani awanikela abantu kwi-crematoria, kwaye ukuba izibhamu ngoku ziphethe i-crematoria kubantu.)
Nge-Epreli ka-2014, amaqela omkhosi asaqhubeka nomsebenzi wawo weMfazwe ebandayo- kwiminyaka engama-26 emva kokuphela “kwemfazwe” - anikwa inkuthazo entsha ngethuba i-Hill AFB inikezela ngee “Brent Scowcroft Awards” zayo. Baye kubasebenzi abasebenza nzima kwi "Qela kunye neQela loVavanyo" nakwabanye abasebenza kulondolozo, ulungiselelo, ukufunyanwa kunye nento ebizwa ngokuba "kukugcina."
Umvuzo ubizwa ngokuba nguLt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, owathi ekuphakameni kweNkqantosi yeMfazwe yahlaselwa yi-Reagan-time commission eyakukhuthaza ukunyuka kwemali kwii-ICBM. IKhomishana ye-1983 Scowcroft yaphakamisa "amandla asekelwe kumhlaba onomxholo obalulekileyo, onokukhawuleza okhuselekileyo ukubulala amandla."
Isitshabhiso esithi "ukubulala ngamandla" sibhekisa kwiibhombu ze-H ezichanekileyo ngokwaneleyo ukutshabalalisa imijukujelwa yelinye ilizwe kwii-bunkers ngaphambi kokuba zisungulwe- "ugwayimbo lokuqala" lwenyukliya. Yile nto imijukujelwa kaMinuteman III enokuyenza ngoku kunye noko boyikisayo ngoku, 24/7, kunye nemfazwe yabo kaMark 12A. Ikhomishini kaScowcroft yacebisa uMkhosi woMoya ukuba uphuhlise imijukujelwa yentloko enye, yiyo kanye loo nto iarsenal yethu yeMinuteman IIIs iye yaba njalo.
Njengaye "abaqhubi" be-scandal-ridden kwiindawo zabo zokuqhafaza, eziphelileyo eziphelileyo eziphelileyo eziseMalmstrom Air Base, ii-FE Warren Air Base kunye ne-Minot AFB, i-Team Hill ilungiselela kwaye iphosa umatshini wenkunkuma yenyukliya. I-Ofisi ye-ICBM yoNkqubo yee-ICBM ine-"real" iMinuteman missile "izixhobo zokuvelisa kunye nezixhobo zokulawula iziko leziko." Isikhungo seNyukliya seZixhobo zeNyukliya "sikhula, sizuza kwaye sisekela ii-ICBMs zeSilo-based ... zilawula ii-spares ... zixhasa iinkqubo ze-ICBM ziseSilo" kwaye zithenga " iingxenye, iinkonzo, kunye nokulungiswa "kweenkqubo ze-Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) kunye nezixhobo."
Kwiminyaka emibili edlulileyo, iNtsika inikeze isivumelwano se-90-million kwisikratshi saseCincinnati sokwakha iloli entsha yokukhwela ii-ICBM ezinkulu. Iloli, ebizwa ngokuba ngumculi we-transporter, ifaka kwaye ihambisa ii-rockets. Ngokutsho kwe-Air Base, "iya kukhonza i-Minuteman III ICBM nge-2035."
Kodwa uthini ngoMongameli weBhaso loXolo “kwihlabathi elingenazixhobo zenyukliya”? Oyena mntu unamandla akakwazi nokuvala indawo encinci, encinci, engaselunxwemeni e-Guantanamo. Ukujongana nomceli mngeni-kuncitshiswe kancinci-uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali lwemfazwe yenyukliya, i-Prez iyakudinga imvukelo enkulu yokulwa novukelo kunye nokungoyiki kwe-MLK.
Okwangoku, i-bureaucrats, abalindi nabaxhasayo abacwangcisa kwaye benze izinto ezingabonakaliyo, banokuphazamiseka, baphazamisekile okanye banokuphazamiseka, ukuba kwi-Team Hill kaFeb. 12 gala, "iindwendwe eziqhelekileyo zendawo kunye nezindwendwe ezikhethekileyo zanikezela ngamabhaso. Utsho-ntloko wathi, "Sasifuna ngempela ukuba abantu abavumiweyo ukuba bavelele ukuba bazive ngathi ngabadumileyo." Iofisi yeeNkonzo zoLuntu yaziqhayisa ngokuthi "ukupaka izimoto, iintlanganiso zengxoxo kwi" tappe ebomvu, "i-hors d'oeuvres, i-quartet yomtya kunye nokudansa."
Ixesha elidlulileyo lokuvuma le mpawu lihlekisiwe kwaye lichaze iqela lempi le nyukliya. Umbuzo awukho indlela ezininzi iingelosi ezingadlala ngayo ngentloko yepini, kodwa zingaphi "abafazi abakhulu" banokungena kwi-450 elayishwe ii-ICBM.
-UJohn LaForge usebenzela iNukewatch, iqela elibukela inyukliya eWisconsin, ihlela incwadana yekota, kwaye idityanisiwe PeaceVoice.
