USarah Rohleder, World BEYOND War, UEpreli 11, 2023
USarah Rohleder ungumkhankaseli woxolo kunye neCanadian Voice of Women for Peace, umfundi kwiYunivesithi yaseBritish Columbia, umququzeleli wolutsha weReverse the Trend Canada, kunye nomcebisi wolutsha kuSenator Marilou McPhedran.
NgoJanuwari 9, 2023, uMphathiswa “woKhuselo” waseCanada u-Anita Anand wabhengeza isigqibo sikaRhulumente waseKhanada sokuthenga iijethi zokulwa ze-Lockheed Martin F-88 ezingama-35. Oku kufanele ukuba kwenzeke ngokwezigaba, kunye ne-7 yeebhiliyoni zeedola zokuthenga kwi-16 F-35's. Nangona kunjalo, amagosa avumile kwingqungquthela yobugcisa evaliweyo, ukuba kumjikelo wabo wobomi iijethi zokulwa zinokuxabisa malunga neebhiliyoni ezingama-70 zeedola.
Ijethi yokulwa ye-F-35 Lockheed Martin yenzelwe ukuthwala isixhobo senyukliya se-B61-12. Urhulumente wase-US uye wachaza ngokucacileyo ukuba i-F-35 yinxalenye yoyilo lwezixhobo zenyukliya kuPhononongo lweNyukliya ye-Nuclear Posture. Ibhombu ye-thermonuclear ukuba i-F-35 yenzelwe ukuthwala inezivuno ezahlukeneyo, ukusuka kwi-0.3kt ukuya kwi-50kt, oku kuthetha ukuba amandla ayo atshabalalisayo aphindwe kathathu ubukhulu bebhombu yaseHiroshima.
Nanamhlanje, ngokutsho kohlolisiso lweWorld Health Organization, “akukho nkonzo yezempilo kuwo nawuphi na ummandla wehlabathi ebinokukwazi ukujamelana ngokufanelekileyo namakhulu amawaka abantu abonzakele ngokumanyumnyezi kukuqhushumba, bubushushu okanye ngemitha kwanokuba yibhombu enye yemegaton enye. .” Iimpembelelo zezizukulwana ngezizukulwana ezinezixhobo zenyukliya zithetha ukuba ezi jets zokulwa, ngokuwisa ibhombu enye, zinokubuguqula kakhulu ubomi bezizukulwana ezizayo.
Ngaphandle kwelifa lenyukliya ezinokuba nazo ezi jets zokulwa, urhulumente waseKhanada utyale imali eyongezelelekileyo ye-7.3 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ukuxhasa ukufika kwee-F-35 ezintsha ngokohlahlo lwabiwo-mali olusanda kukhutshwa luka-2023. Oku kukuzibophelela ekuqhubeni imfazwe, eya kubangela ukufa kunye nokutshatyalaliswa okunokwenzeka kakhulu kwiindawo zehlabathi esele zisengozini kakhulu, ukuba awukho uMhlaba wonke.
Xa iCanada ililungu le-NATO, iijethi zokulwa zaseCanada zinokugqiba ekubeni ziphethe izixhobo zenyukliya zelinye lamazwe axhobe ngenyukliya angamalungu e-NATO. Nangona oku kungamangalisi ukuba iCanada ibambelele kwithiyori yokuthintela inyukliya engumba ophambili womgaqo-nkqubo wokhuselo we-NATO.
ISivumelwano seNuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) esasiyilelwe ukuthintela ukwanda kwezixhobo zenyukliya kunye nokuphumeza ukuthotywa kwezixhobo zenyukliya siye sasilela amaxesha ngamaxesha ekudaleni intshukumo yokuthotywa kwezixhobo kwaye sibe negalelo kulawulo lwenyukliya. Lo ngumnqophiso omnye ukuba iKhanada lilungu, kwaye iya kwaphula kufuneka ukuthengwa kwe-F-35s kufezekiswe. Oku kubonwa kwiNqaku lesi-2 ngokusingisele kwisivumelwano “sokungafumani ukhutshelo kuye nawuphina umdluliseli nokuba sesiphi na izixhobo zenyukliya .. ukungenzi okanye ukufumana izixhobo zenyukliya ngenye indlela…” I-NPT ibonwe njengezinceda izixhobo zenyukliya zibe yinxalenye eyamkelekileyo ulungelelwaniso lwehlabathi, nangona kusoloko kubuzwa imibuzo ngamazwe angeyiyo eyenyukliya, kunye noluntu.
Oku kuye kwakhokelela kwiSivumelwano sokuVinjelwa kwezixhobo zeNyukliya (TPNW) eyayixoxwe kwi-2017 ngamazwe angaphezu kwe-135 kwaye yaqala ukusebenza kunye ne-50th signature ngoJanuwari 21, i-2021 ibonisa inyathelo elibalulekileyo ekuphelisweni kwezixhobo zenyukliya. Isivumelwano sahlukile sokuba kuphela kwesivumelwano sezixhobo zenyukliya sokuthintela amazwe ukuba aphuhlise, avavanye, avelise, avelise, adlulise, afumane, agcine, asebenzise okanye agrogrise ukusebenzisa izixhobo zenyukliya okanye avumele izixhobo zenyukliya ukuba zimiswe kwindawo yazo. Ikwaqulathe amanqaku athile angoncedo lwexhoba ngenxa yokusetyenziswa kunye novavanyo lwezixhobo zenyukliya kwaye ijonge ukuba nezizwe ezincedisa ekulungiseni imeko-bume engcolisekileyo.
I-TPNW iphinda ivume impembelelo engafanelekanga kwabasetyhini kunye namantombazana kunye nabantu boMthonyama, ngaphezu kweminye ingozi eyenziwa yizixhobo zenyukliya. Ngaphandle koku, kunye nomgaqo-nkqubo waseKhanada ocingelwa ukuba ngumfazi wangaphandle, urhulumente wobumbano uye walile ukusayina isivumelwano, ewela endaweni ye-NATO yokulahla iingxoxo kunye neNtlanganiso yokuQala yamaQela kaRhulumente kwi-TPNW eVienna, e-Austria, nangona idiplomats kwisakhiwo. Ukuthengwa kweejethi zokulwa ezininzi ezinamandla ngezixhobo zenyukliya komeleza kuphela oku kuzibophelela kumkhosi kunye nolawulo lwenyukliya.
Njengoko ungquzulwano lwehlabathi lukhula, thina, njengabemi behlabathi, sifuna ukuzibophelela kuxolo oluvela koorhulumente kwihlabathi liphela, hayi ukuzibophelela kwizixhobo zemfazwe. Oku kwenziwa kubaluleke nangakumbi ukususela oko iClock yeDoomsday yamiselwa ukuba ibe yimizuzwana engama-90 ukuya ezinzulwini zobusuku yiBulletin yeAtomic Scientists, eyona ikufutshane eyakha yabakho kwintlekele yehlabathi.
NjengabaseCanada, sifuna imali eninzi echithwe kwisenzo semozulu kunye neenkonzo zentlalo ezifana nezindlu kunye nokunakekelwa kwezempilo. Iinqwelomoya, ngakumbi ezo zinezixhobo zenyukliya zisebenza kuphela ekutshabalaliseni kwaye zenzakalise ubomi, azikwazi ukucombulula iingxaki eziqhubekayo zentlupheko, ukungakhuseleki kokutya, ukungabi namakhaya, ingxaki yemozulu, okanye ukungalingani okuye kwachaphazela abantu kwihlabathi liphela. Lixesha lokuba sizibophelele kuxolo nakwilizwe elingenanyukliya, kuthi nakwizizukulwana zethu ezizayo eziya kunyanzelwa ukuba ziphile nelifa lezixhobo zenyukliya ukuba asiyenzi loo nto.
