Ngu-Alice Slater, Umhlinzeki Wemibono - Agasti 20, 2018, The Hill.
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Esontweni eledlule, iPhini Likamongameli Mike Pence umemezele uhlelo lokuphatha lukaTrump lomyalo omusha wamasosha, i-US Space Force, egcizelela ukunxusa kukaMongameli uDonald Trumps ukuthi "akwanele ukumane ubekhona kwaseMelika emkhathini: kumele sibe nokubusa kwaseMelika emkhathini." Isimemezelo sikaPence samenywa Trump, ngokuphendula, "Space Force yonke indlela!"
Isizathu sikaPence salokhu kwanda okuphazamisayo kwempi yase-US emazulwini ukuthi "izitha zethu", iRussia neChina, "bezisebenza ukuletha izikhali ezintsha zempi esikhaleni uqobo" eziwusongo kuma-satellite aseMelika. Kepha ngaphandle kokucinywa okujwayelekile emithonjeni yezindaba ejwayelekile, iRussia neChina bebelokhu bephikisana iminyaka emahholo eNhlangano Yezizwe ukuthi umhlaba udinga isivumelwano sokuvimbela ukubeka lezo zikhali emkhathini ukuze kugcinwe "ukuzinza kwamasu" emhlabeni jikelele amandla amakhulu futhi unike amandla izikhali zenuzi. Yize i- Isivumelwano Esingaphandle Somhlaba se1967 sikuvimbele ukufakwa kwezikhali zokubhubhisa ngobuningi endaweni engaphandle, ayikaze ivimbele izikhali ezijwayelekile emkhathini. In 2008 futhi e 2014, IRussia kanye neChina yethule isivumelwano esiwuhlaka mayelana nokuvimbela ukubekwa kwezikhali endaweni eyi-Outer Space esithangamini se-UN esixoxa ngezivumelwano zokuhlaselwa kwezikhali, iKomidi Lezokungcebeleka eGeneva. I-US ivimbe noma ikuphi ukuxoxisana ngesivumelwano sokuvimbela izikhali zesikhala esithangamini esivumelanayo, lapho zonke izingxoxo ziqanjwa ngenxa yezikhundla eziphindaphindwayo zase-US. Ngemuva kweminyaka yokungasebenzi, manje sesifunda lokho I-Russia ne China kukholakala ukuthi kuthuthukisa amandla okudubula ama-satellite endaweni.
Sifinyelela kuleli phuzu ngemuva komlando odabukisayo wamathuba aphuthelwe wokuthula endaweni kanye nokuhlaselwa kwezikhali zenuzi. Kwaqala ngokwenqatshwa kukaMongameli Truman kwesicelo sikaStalin sokubeka leli bhomu ngaphansi kokulawulwa komhlaba wonke e-United Nations e1946. Ngemuva kwalokho uMongameli Reagan wenqaba isicelo sikaMongameli WaseSoviet uMikhail Gorbachev sokuqeda izikhali zenuzi, inqobo nje uma i-US ingaqhubeki nohlelo lwayo lwe-Star Wars, uhlelo olusemkhathini lwamasosha, olwachazwa kamuva kwi-1997 ngaphansi kokulawulwa nguClinton, njenge-US Space Command's Vision 2020, imemezela umsebenzi wayo “wokuphatha nokulawula ukusetshenziswa kwezempi kwendawo ukuvikela izintshisekelo nokutshalwa kwezimali e-US.” UClinton wenqabe isithembiso sikaPutin sokunciphisa izinqola ezinkulu zethusi zamanye amabhomu e-15,000 ngamunye abese 1,000 bese ebiza zonke ezinye izikhali zenuzi uthi ukuxoxisana ngokuqedwa kwabo, okuncike ekutheni i-US imise izinhlelo zayo zokufaka amasistimu okulwa nalawo makhumbi eMpumalanga Yurophu. UMongameli George W. Bush, encike emgomweni wakhe wokubandakanya izikhali zokuvikela imicibisholo kanye nezikhali ezisebenza esikhaleni ukushabalalisa amasheya noma kuphi emhlabeni ngokushesha okukhulu ngenxa “yobukhosi obukhulu,” uphume esivumelwaneni se-1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile i-US ixoxisene nayo iSoviet Union futhi manje kukhona imicibisholo yaseMelika eRomania kanti abanye bahlela ukufakwa ePoland. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uMongameli Obama wenqabile ukunikezwa kukaPutin e2006, ngokubheka uhlobo olusha lomjaho wezikhali onemiphumela engaba yingozi, ukuxoxisana ngesivumelwano samazwe omhlaba ukuvimbela ukuhlaselwa kwe-cyber.
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http://thehill.com/blogs/ congress-blog/foreign-policy/ 402578-space-the-next- battlefield
