Ingxabano Yamanje Ngama-ICBM Ingxabano Ngokuphathelene Nendlela Yokulungisa Imishini Yosuku Lwenhlekelele

NguNorman Solomon, World BEYOND War, Disemba 15, 2021

Izikhali zenuzi zisezingeni eliphezulu kulokho uMartin Luther King Jr. akubiza ngokuthi “ubuhlanya bezempi.” Uma ungathanda ukungacabangi ngazo, kuyaqondakala lokho. Kodwa isu elinjalo lokubhekana nezinkinga linenani elilinganiselwe. Futhi labo abenza inzuzo enkulu ngamalungiselelo okubhujiswa komhlaba wonke baqiniswa nakakhulu ukugwema kwethu.

Ezingeni lenqubomgomo kazwelonke, ukuchithwa kwezikhali zenuzi sekwejwayelekile kangangokuthi bambalwa abakucabangayo. Nokho okujwayelekile akusho ukuthi uphilile. Njenge-epigraph yencwadi yakhe ekhaliphile Umshini we-Doomsday, uDaniel Ellsberg unikeza amazwibela afaneleka ngokudabukisayo avela kuFriedrich Nietzsche: “Ukuhlanya kubantu ngabanye kuyinto eyivelakancane; kodwa emaqenjini, amaqembu, izizwe, nezinkathi, kuwumthetho.”

Manje, abanye ochwepheshe benqubomgomo yezikhali zenuzi zase-USA kanye nabanye abamele ukulawulwa kwezikhali bavalelwe embangweni oshisayo ngekusasa lama-ICBM: imicibisholo ejikijelwayo ye-ballistic yamazwekazi. Kuyingxabano phakathi kokusungulwa “kwezokuphepha kuzwelonke” - okugxile “ekwenzeni isimanjemanje” ama-ICBM - kanye nabagxeki abahlukahlukene benqubomgomo yenuzi, abancamela ukugcina i-ICBM yamanje isendaweni. Zombili izinhlangothi ziyenqaba ukuvuma isidingo esijulile sokuzisusa ngokuphelele.

Ukuqedwa kwama-ICBMs kungenza nciphisa kakhulu amathuba okuqothulwa kwezikhali zenuzi emhlabeni wonke. Ama-ICBM asengozini ehlukile yokuhlaselwa okusebenzayo, ngakho-ke awanalo inani lokuvimbela. Esikhundleni sokuba “yisithiyo,” ama-ICBM empeleni angamadada ahlala emhlabeni, futhi ngenxa yaleso sizathu ahlelelwe “ukwethulwa ngesixwayiso.”

Ngenxa yalokho, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi umbiko wemicibisholo efikayo unembile noma i-alamu engamanga, umphathi omkhulu kuyodingeka anqume ngokushesha ukuthi “asebenzise noma alahlekelwe” ama-ICBM. “Uma izinzwa zethu zibonisa ukuthi imicibisholo yesitha isendleleni ebheke e-United States, umongameli kuzofanele acabangele ukwethula ama-ICBM ngaphambi kokuba imicibisholo yesitha iwabhubhise; uma seziqalisiwe, ngeke ziphinde zikhunjulwe,” owayenguNobhala Wezokuvikela uWilliam Perry wabhala. "Umongameli uzoba nemizuzu engaphansi kwengama-30 ukwenza leso sinqumo esibi."

Ochwepheshe abafana noPerry bacacile njengoba bona khuthaza ukuchithwa kwe-ICBM. Kodwa ibutho le-ICBM liyinkomo yemali engcwele. Futhi imibiko yezindaba njengamanje ifaka izingxabano mayelana nokuthi ungaqhubeka kanjani uyiphakela.

Ngesonto eledlule, i-Guardian kubika ukuthi iPentagon iyalele ucwaningo lwangaphandle lwezinketho zama-ICBM. Inkinga ukuthi, lezi zinketho ezimbili ezicatshangelwayo - ukwelula impilo yemicibisholo ecitshwayo ye-Minuteman III esetshenziswa njengamanje noma ukuyibeka esikhundleni ngohlelo olusha lwe-missile - angenzi lutho ukunciphisa ukwanda kwezingozi zempi yenuzi, kuyilapho ukuqeda ama-ICBM esizwe kuzozinciphisa kakhulu lezo zingozi.

Kodwa omkhulu Izinsiza zokunxenxa ze-ICBM ihlala isezingeni eliphezulu, nenzuzo enkulu yebhizinisi engcupheni. U-Northrop Grumman uthole inkontileka ka-$13.3 billion ukuze aqhubeke nokuthuthukisa uhlelo olusha lwe-ICBM, ngokudukisayo oluqanjwe ngokuthi i-Ground Based Strategic Deterrent. Konke kuhambisana nokuzinikela kwezepolitiki okuzenzakalelayo kuma-ICBM kuCongress kanye negatsha eliphezulu.

Izingxenye ezisekelwe olwandle nezisekelwe emoyeni "ze-nuclear triad" (imikhumbi-ngwenya namabhomu) azinabungozi ekuhlaselweni okuyimpumelelo - ngokungafani nama-ICBM, asengozini ngokuphelele. Ama-sub kanye namabhomu, akwazi ukucekela phansi noma yiliphi izwe kanye nawo wonke amazwe okuhlosiwe izikhathi eziningi, ahlinzeka kakhulu "okuvimbela" kunalokho noma ubani angafuna ngokunengqondo.

Ngokuphambene kakhulu, ama-ICBM aphambene nesithiyo. Empeleni, ziyizimpokophelo eziyinhloko zesiteleka sokuqala senuzi ngenxa yokuba sengozini kwazo, futhi ngenxa yesizathu esifanayo ngeke zibe namandla “okuvimbela” okuziphindiselela. Ama-ICBM anomsebenzi owodwa kuphela obonakalayo - ukuba "isipontshi" sokumunca ukuqala kwempi yenuzi.

Sihlome siqhubeke isexwayiso sokucupha izinwele, ama-ICBMs wezwe angama-400 agxilile - hhayi kuphela ezinqolobaneni ezingaphansi komhlaba ihlakazeke ezifundeni ezinhlanu, kodwa nasemiqondweni yenhlangano yezombangazwe yase-US. Uma inhloso kuwukuthola iminikelo emikhulu yomkhankaso kosonkontileka bezempi, kubhebhethekise izinzuzo ezihlekisayo zenhlangano yezempi-yezimboni, futhi uhlale uvumelana nemibono ebusa imidiya yezinkampani, leyo miqondo inengqondo. Uma inhloso kuwukuvimbela impi yenuzi, imiqondo ayiphazamiseki.

Njengoba mina no-Ellsberg sabhala encwadini esihlokweni kweThe Nation kulokhu kuwa, “Ukuvaleleka engxabanweni mayelana nendlela eshibhe kakhulu yokugcina ama-ICBM esebenza ezinqolobaneni zawo ekugcineni akuphumeleli. Umlando wezikhali zenuzi kuleli zwe usitshela ukuthi abantu ngeke bagodle izindleko uma bekholelwa ukuthi ukusebenzisa imali kuzobenza baphephe ngempela bona nabathandekayo babo - kufanele sibabonise ukuthi ama-ICBM empeleni enza okuphambene. " Noma ngabe iRussia neChina bebengabuyiseli nakancane, umphumela wokuvalwa kwe-US kwawo wonke ama-ICBM ayo kungaba ukunciphisa kakhulu amathuba empi yenuzi.

E-Capitol Hill, amaqiniso anjalo aluhlaza futhi asondelene nephuzu uma kuqhathaniswa nombono womhubhe oqondile kanye nomfutho wokuhlakanipha okuvamile. Kumalungu eCongress, ukuvota okuvamile ukuze kwabiwe izigidigidi zamadola ezikhali zenuzi kubonakala kungokwemvelo. Ukuqagela kwe-rote okuyinselele mayelana nama-ICBMs kuzobaluleka ukuphazamisa imashi ebheke ku-apocalypse yenuzi.

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UNorman Solomon ungumqondisi kazwelonke weRootsAction.org nombhali wezincwadi eziningi kubandakanya Impi eyenziwe lula: Kanjani amaMongameli kanye namaPundits Aqhubeka Asigxilisa Ekufeni. Ubeyisithunywa sikaBernie Sanders esivela eCalifornia siya emihlanganweni yeDemocratic National Convention ka-2016 nango-2020. USolomon ungumsunguli nomqondisi omkhulu we-Institute for Public Accuracy.