Ibhalwe nguLeonard Eiger, Isikhungo seZero seGround for Action Nonviolent Action, Februwari 9, i-2023
I-US Air Force kumemezela ukuthi ukwethulwa kokuhlolwa komcibisholo we-Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic nge-warhead mbumbulu kuzokwenzeka ngasekupheleni kuka-11:01 pm ngoLwesine no-5:01 am ngoLwesihlanu kusukela e-Vandenberg Air Force Base e-California.
Ngeke kube khona ukukhala kwamazwe ngamazwe mayelana nokwethulwa kokuhlolwa okuhleliwe komcibisholo ocitshwayo okuthi, ngaphansi kokusebenza okujwayelekile, kube nekhanda le-thermonuclear. Kuzoba nengxoxo encane noma ingekho noma ikuphi kwabezindaba mayelana nokuhlolwa kanye nemithelela yako mayelana nemizamo yamazwe ngamazwe yokulawula ukwanda kwezikhali zenuzi nokuyisa umhlaba ekuncishisweni kwezikhali.
Ngakho-ke kuzokwenzekani ngesinye isikhathi phakathi namahora azayo?
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Ngokuduma okumangalisayo, futhi ushiya umkhondo wentuthu, umcibisholo uzophuma esiseleni sawo sisebenzisa injini yerokhethi yesiteji sokuqala. Cishe imizuzwana engama-60 ngemuva kokwethulwa, isigaba sokuqala siyasha bese siyawa, bese kuthi isigaba sesibili sithungele. Kweminye imizuzwana engama-60 isithuthuthu sesiteji sesithathu siyavutha bese siyasuka, sithumela irokhethi emkhathini. Cishe kweminye imizuzwana engama-60 i-Post Boost Vehicle ihlukana nesiteji sesithathu futhi iqondise ukuze ilungele ukuphakela imoto engena kabusha noma i-RV.
Okulandelayo i-RV ihlukana ne-Post Boost Vehicle futhi iphinde ingene emkhathini, iqonde lapho iqondiswe khona. Ama-RV aqanjwe ngokunamandla yiwo aqukethe izikhali ze-thermonuclear ezikwazi ukushisa amadolobha wonke (nangaphezulu) futhi zibulale ngokushesha (okungenani) amakhulu ezinkulungwane, uma kungezona izigidi, zabantu, okubangela ukuhlupheka okukhulu (kokubili isikhathi esifushane nesikhathi eside) abasindile, futhi benciphisa izwe laba incithakalo eshunqayo, enemisebe.
Njengoba lokhu kuwuvivinyo i-RV ilayishwe ngekhanda lempi elithi “dummy” njengoba ihlaba ibheke endaweni yokuhlola e-Kwajalein Atoll e-Marshall Islands, cishe amamayela angu-4200 ukusuka endaweni yokwethulwa.
Futhi yilokho kuphela bakwethu. Azikho izindaba zabalandeli, azikho izindaba ezinkulu. Ukukhishwa kwezindaba okujwayelekile okuvela kuhulumeni wase-US. Njenge ukukhishwa kwezindaba kwangaphambilini wathi, "Ukuhlolwa kukhombisa ukuthi isivimbeli senuzi sase-United States siphephile, sivikelekile, sithembekile futhi siyasebenza ukunqanda izinsongo zekhulu lamashumi amabili nanye futhi siqinisekise abalingani bethu."
Cishe imicibisholo eyi-Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic elinganiselwa ku-400 ikusexwayiso se-hair trigger engu-24/7 kuma-silo e-Montana, Wyoming naseNyakatho Dakota. Aphethe amakhanda e-thermonuclear okungenani anamandla aphindwe kasishiyagalombili kunebhomu elacekela phansi iHiroshima.
Ngakho-ke yimaphi amaqiniso alawa ma-ICBM, futhi kungani kufanele sikhathazeke?
- Atholakala kuma-silo angaguquki, okwenza kube lula ukuhlasela;
- Kukhona isisusa sokuthi “zisebenzise kuqala noma zilahleke” (bheka into 1 ngenhla);
- Isimo sokuqwashisa okuphezulu kwalezi zikhali singaholela empini yenuzi ngengozi (cabanga ngomunwe wokucupha okulumayo);
- Uhulumeni wase-US uhlale egxeka amanye amazwe ngokuhlola imicibisholo;
- Lezi zivivinyo zinomthelela omubi ezweni okuhlosiwe (abantu baseMarshallse bahlupheke amashumi eminyaka ngenxa yokuhlolwa kwezikhali zenuzi kwangaphambilini kanye nokuhlolwa kwezikhali ezicitshwayo zamanje);
- Ukuhlola le micibisholo kukhuthaza amanye amazwe ukuthi athuthukise futhi ahlole imicibisholo yawo nezikhali zenuzi.
Njengoba abantu kuleli zwe beqala ukucabanga ngokulungiselela izintela zabo, mhlawumbe lesi yisikhathi esihle sokubuza ukuthi imali yethu esiyisebenze kanzima izosetshenziswa kuphi kangcono - ukuhlola izikhali eziklanyelwe ukubulala izigidi zabantu (futhi mhlawumbe nokuqeda ukuphila eMhlabeni) noma ukusekela. izinhlelo ezisekela impilo. Ngemva kokuchitha izigidigidi ezikhalini zenuzi, akusona yini isikhathi sokuthi KWANELE? Le micibisholo ejikijelwa phansi kufanele inqanyulwe ukusebenza ngokushesha (futhi lokho kuyisiqalo nje)!
Kulandela ukuboshwa kwakhe ngokubhikishela ukwethulwa kokuhlolwa kwe-ICBM eVandenberg ngo-2012, owayenguMongameli we- I-Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, uDavid Krieger, wathi, “Inqubomgomo yamanje yezikhali zenuzi yase-US ayikho emthethweni, ingcolile futhi ibeka engcupheni enkulu yokubangela inhlekelele yenuzi. Ngeke silinde kuze kube nempi yenuzi ngaphambi kokuthi sithathe isinyathelo sokususa lezi zikhali zokuqothula umhlaba wonke. I-US kufanele ibe umholi kulo mzamo, kunokuba ibe yisithiyo ekufezekeni kwawo. Kusenkantolo yombono womphakathi ukuqinisekisa ukuthi i-US iyabugomela lobu buholi. Isikhathi sokuthatha isinyathelo manje.” (Funda Ukubeka Izinqubomgomo Zase-US Zezikhali Zenuzi Enkantolo Enkantolo Yemibono Yomphakathi)
Daniel Ellsberg (odume ngokuputshuza amaphepha ePentagon ku New York Times), naye owaboshwa ngo-2012, uthe, “Besibhikishela ukuzilolonga ngokucekelwa phansi kwesizwe… Ecaphuna ulwazi lwakhe njengosomaqhinga wezikhali zenuzi, u-Ellsberg uveze ukuthi intuthu evela emadolobheni acekelwa phansi ekushintshanisweni kwezikhali zenuzi phakathi kweRussia ne-US izophuca umhlaba amaphesenti angama-70 okukhanya kwelanga futhi kubangele indlala yeminyaka eyi-10 ezobulala iningi lempilo emhlabeni. .
Akunangqondo ukuthi isiphetho soBuntu sisezandleni zabantu abaneqholo lokukholelwa ukuthi bangalawula wona kanye amathuluzi okubhubhisa abawafisa njengamathuluzi enqubomgomo yangaphandle. Akuwona umbuzo wokuthi izikhali zenuzi ziyoke zisetshenziswe noma cha, kodwa NINI, kungaba ngengozi noma ngenhloso. Okuwukuphela kwendlela yokuvimbela okungacatshangwa ukuthi ukususa emhlabeni la mathuluzi asabekayo ekubhujisweni kwethu.
Ekugcineni ukuqedwa kuyimpendulo, futhi isiqalo esingokoqobo kungaba ukuhoxiswa nokuhlakazwa kwawo wonke ama-ICBM (umlenze ongazinzile we-nuclear triad). Ngomkhumbi wamanje wemikhumbi engaphansi kwezikhali ezicitshwayo ze-OHIO Class “Trident” ezicitshwayo, cishe eziyishumi zazo okungenzeka zibe selwandle nganoma yisiphi isikhathi, i-US izoba namandla enyukliya azinzile nanokwethenjelwa anenani elikhulu leziqhumane zenuzi.
Izimpendulo ze-2
IWashington Post yakamuva idalula ngama-lymphomas kanye neminye imidlavuza ethinta izikhulu ezilawula imicibisholo yaseMinuteman ikhombisa ukuthi noma imicibisholo ecitshwayo esebenza emhlabeni iphansi, ingalimaza labo abaseduze kwayo. I-athikili ye-Post igxile kwisikhulu esilawula imicibisholo saseColorado Springs esibulawe yi-lymphoma. Ngisho nalabo abaku-Space Command kanye ne-Global Strike Command abengamele izinkundla zemicibisholo e-Montana, eMissouri, nase-Wyoming/Colorado, bayavuma ukuthi imicibisholo ibeka usongo. Lokho okubizwa ngokuthi i-nuclear triad akusameleli uhlelo oluhlangene lokuvimbela, pho kungani kudingeka unxantathu wenuzi? Isikhathi sokuyekisa ukusebenza kwemicibisholo esekwe emhlabeni MANJE.
Loring Wirbel
I-Pikes Peak Justice and Peace Commission
Siyabonga ngalolu cingo lwakamuva lokuvuka mayelana nokuhoxiswa kwe-minuteman nukes emhlabeni, ngokufanayo nangomlenze webhomu walokho okubizwa ngokuthi "i-triad", ukuzikhukhumeza kwalabo babhomu kubonakala kabuhlungu. Umuntu onengqondo elungile angalokotha acabange ukuthi ama-nukes awalutho ngaphandle kokufa nokubhujiswa, "ukuthula ngamandla" kuwukuthula kwamathuna (Neruda). Isakhiwo sikahulumeni wezimboni zezempi siyaqhubeka nokwenza into efanayo ngokuphindaphindiwe silindele umphumela ohlukile; lokho kuyincazelo yokusangana. Umama wethu onguMhlaba ngeke esakwazi ukumelana nalokhu kuthula ngamandla, isikhathi sokumisa lokhu kuhlanya futhi aholele umhlaba ekuthuleni kwangempela ngothando: Uthando luzokuyisa phambili kunobukhazikhazi noma nini. UJimmy Carter angavuma.