Amandla Omkhathi: Umngcele omusha womjaho wezikhali?

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Amandla Omkhathi: Umngcele omusha womjaho wezikhali?

Amandla Omkhathi: Umngcele omusha womjaho wezikhali?

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I-Space Force yadalelwa ngokuyinhloko ukuphatha amasathelayithi ezempi, kodwa ingabe ingaphenduka enye into?
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    • April 26, 2023

    I-US Space Force, eyasungulwa njengegatsha elizimele lezempi yase-US ngo-2019, ihlose ukuvikela izintshisekelo zaseMelika emkhathini kanye nokuqinisekisa ukuzinza esizindeni. Ukwakhiwa kwale nhlangano kubonwe njengempendulo ekukhathazekeni okwandayo mayelana nempi yendawo kanye nezinsongo ezingase zibe khona kumasathelayithi aseMelika nezinye izimpahla ezisekelwe emkhathini. Kodwa-ke, abanye ochwepheshe bakhathazekile ngokuthi ukusungulwa kwe-Space Force kungase kubangele umjaho wezikhali, okuholela endaweni eyingozi kakhulu yezokuphepha.

    Umongo we-Space Force

    Esikhathini eside ngaphambi kokuba kube ngenye yezindawo eziphambili zokuhlangana zomkhankaso kamongameli kaDonald Trump (ophelele ngokuthengiswayo), umqondo wokumisa igatsha lezempi elihlukile eligxile ekuphatheni amasathelayithi amasu okulwa nokuzivikela kwase kucatshangwe ngawo-1990s. Ngo-2001, owayenguNobhala Wezokuvikela uDonald Rumsfeld wawuphinda lo mbono, futhi ekugcineni, iSenethi yanikeza ukwesekwa kwayo okubili. NgoDisemba 2019, i-Space Force yasayinwa yaba umthetho. 

    Kunemibono eminingi eyiphutha mayelana ne-Space Force. Abanye abantu bayididanisa ne-National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), egxile kakhulu ocwaningweni lwasemkhathini, kanye ne-Space Command, eqasha abasebenzi ku-Space Force kodwa futhi kuwo wonke amagatsha ezempi. Ekugcineni, umgomo oyinhloko wabasebenzi abangu-16,000 be-Space Force (ababizwa ngokuthi abagadi) ukuphatha amasathelayithi asebenzayo angaphezu kuka-2,500.

    Le nhlangano igxile ekusebenzeni komkhathi, okuvumela i-US ukuthi igcine inzuzo yayo yesu esizindeni. Ngokubaluleka okukhulayo kwamasathelayithi emisebenzini yezempi, ukuba negatsha elihlukile lezempi elizinikele ekusebenzeni komkhathi kuzovumela i-US ukuthi iphendule ngempumelelo ezinsongweni ezivelayo. Ukwengeza, i-Space Force isesimweni esihle sokusebenzisa intuthuko yezobuchwepheshe kanye nentuthuko kubuchwepheshe basemkhathini. 

    Umthelela ophazamisayo

    Abaphathi bakwaJoe Biden (US) sebevele bazwakalisa ukusekela i-Space Force (2021) futhi bayakubona ukubaluleka kwayo kwezokuvikela zanamuhla. Inhloso eyodwa eyinhloko ye-Space Force iwukuxwayisa izisekelo zase-US emhlabeni jikelele (ngemizuzwana) nganoma yikuphi ukuhlasela kokudubula kwemicibisholo olwandle, emoyeni, noma emhlabeni. Ingase futhi ilandelele noma ikhubaze noma iyiphi imfucumfucu yasemkhathini (okuhlanganisa izithuthukisi zamarokhethi nokunye udoti wasemkhathini) okungase kuvimbe ukwethulwa kwemikhumbi-mkhathi esikhathini esizayo. Ubuchwepheshe be-GPS obusetshenziswa cishe kuzo zonke izimboni, njengamabhange nokukhiqiza, buthembele kakhulu kulawa masathelayithi.

    Nokho, i-US akulona kuphela izwe elinentshisekelo yokusungula uhlelo lomyalo wesikhala. I-China ne-Russia, amanye amazwe amabili adedela amasathelayithi amasha ngodlame, abesungula amamodeli awo amasha, aphazamisa kakhulu. Izibonelo amasathelayithi abathumbi baseShayina afakwe izingalo ezikwazi ukuhlwitha amasathelayithi ku-orbit kanye nezinguqulo ze-kamikaze zaseRussia ezinganqamula futhi zicekele phansi amanye amasathelayithi. Ngokusho kuka-Chief of Space Operations uJohn Raymond, umthetho olandelwayo uhlale ufinyelela futhi uqede noma yikuphi ukungezwani ngokobuzwe kunokuba uhlanganyele empini yasemkhathini. Kodwa-ke, ukugcizelele ukuthi inhloso yokugcina ye-Space Force "ukuvikela nokuvikela." 

    Kusukela ngo-2022, yi-US ne-China kuphela abanama-Space Forces azimele. Ngaleso sikhathi, iRussia, iFrance, i-Iran, neSpain banamabutho ahlangene e-Air and Space. Futhi amazwe amaningana abambisana ngemiyalo yesikhala ehlangene neyezizwe ngezizwe. 

    Imithelela ye-Space Force

    Imithelela ebanzi ye-Space Force ingabandakanya:

    • Amazwe amaningi abamba iqhaza ekwethulweni kwesathelayithi, okungaholela ekubambisaneni okuthuthukisiwe kwezohwebo, ukuqapha isimo sezulu, kanye nezinhlelo zokusiza abantu. 
    • Umkhandlu ophakathi kohulumeni kanye nezinhlangano ezihlukene uyakhiwa ukuze ulawule, uqaphe, futhi uphoqelele “imithetho” emkhathini.
    • Umjaho wezikhali zasemkhathini ongaholela emfucumfucwini eyengeziwe ezungezayo kanye nemfucumfucu, okubangela izingxoxo ezintsha zamazwe ngamazwe mayelana nokuphepha komkhathi nokusimama.
    • Ukuthunyelwa kwempahla yezempi nabasebenzi emkhathini kukhulisa ubungozi bokungqubuzana.
    • Ukuthuthukiswa kobuchwepheshe obusha bendawo kanye nengqalasizinda engamukelwa umkhakha ozimele ukuze kwakheke amathuba amasha okusungula izinto ezintsha kanye nokukhulisa imisebenzi.
    • Ukusungulwa kwezinhlelo ezintsha zokuqeqesha eziqondene ngqo nokuphathwa kwempahla yendawo kanye nokusebenza.

    Imibuzo okufanele icatshangelwe

    • Ingabe ucabanga ukuthi i-National Space Force iyadingeka?
    • Ohulumeni bangahlangana kanjani ukuze basizakale ngobuchwepheshe basemkhathini nokubambisana?

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