Vanhu vekuAmerica vari kudzidza maitiro ekugadzirisa musanganiswa wemakemikari anopisa makomba nemaroketi kuti awedzere huwandu hwema munitions kuitira kuti vawane mukana wehunyanzvi muPacific. Mhinduro yekukwanisa kushanda zvakachengeteka uye kure kure neChina.
Pentagon neCongress vari kudzidza a dzokorora izvo zvinogona kuwedzera huwandu hwezvimwe zvombo zvazvino kusvika ku20% nekushandisa zvakanyanya simba propellants uye lighter warheads, akadaro maviri congressional aides nevakuru vakuru vaviri veUS vakataura neReuters nemamiriro ekusazivikanwa.
Svondo rapfuura, Seneti yakaburitsa mutemo waizopa mari inosvika madhora gumi nematatu ekugadzira, kusimudzira uye kugadzirwa kwemakemikari emakemikari anogona kushandiswa kufambisa makomba kana kutsiva zvinhu zvinoputika mukuedzwa.
Sarudzo yekubhadhara mari inotanga nzira inogona kupedzisira yaunza mabhiriyoni emadhora kugadzira iyo itsva propellant yeNyeredzi uye Stripes tactical munitions.
Bazi rinodzorwa neDemocratic Seneti neRepublican-rinodzorwa House of Representatives havasati vataurirana mazinga ekupedzisira emari yeprojekiti, asi pane chibvumirano chakazara pamusoro pekuedza kwebipartisan kuwedzera kudzivirira kwemauto eUS kuitira kuodza moyo zvishuvo zveChinese muPacific.
Mafambo akakura muIndo-Pacific uye saizi yeChinese Navy inoda kupindira neUnited States. “Mauto eUS Navy anoda mamwe makomba anokwanisa kurova zvipfuro zviri kure.", Mumiriri Mike Gallagher akaudza Reuters. China, zvakasiyana, inoona United States muPacific sekutyisidzira uye, mukupindura, iri kuwedzera zvinoshamisa kuvepo kwayo kwemauto.
Nehurombo, Gallagher anoti, Pentagon yakashandisa 40s-nguva yakakwira-simba propellants, ichiregeredza masisitimu epamberi senge CL-20, ayo anodiwa kuwedzera huwandu uye kuuraya kwezvombo, muchidimbu nekuti mita yega yega chinhambwe chinogona kufamba. imwe tsoka yeAmerica kure nenjodzi.
CL-20 PROGRAM
Ichimirira kubvumidzwa kwekupedzisira neCongress, bhiri richatanga chirongwa chePentagon kuyedza kuwedzera huwandu hwezvombo zviripo uchishandisa makemikari akadai. China Lake Compound #20, inozivikanwawo seCL-20.
Yakagadzirwa nebazi rehurumende muCalifornia mu80s, CL-20 ndeimwe yeanonyanya kukurukurwa emakemikari makomisheni, sekureva kwemukuru mukuru wezvekudzivirira. Congress yakatendeukira kuzvidzidzo, senge yakaburitswa muna 2021, iyo kusimbisa roketi neCL-20 - pamwe chete nedzimwe shanduko - inogona kuwedzera huwandu hwayo ne20%.
Pepa rinobva kuEnergetics Technology Center rinoti zvinhu zvitsva zvine simba zvinopa bhomba re400-pound "kuuraya kwakafanana nebhomba razvino re1000-pound." China inogara ichigadzira “iyo CL-20 pachiyero cheindasitiri uye yagara ichiisanganisira muhurongwa hwayo hwezvombo.
Northrop Grumman Corp inogadzira CL-20 hombe muUnited States. Imwe huru yekugadzira injini yeroketi ndeyeAerojet Rocketdyne, iyo svondo rapfuura yakatengwa neL3Harris Technologies.
Pasi pebhiri iri, mari yakapihwa neSeneti yaizoshandiswa kumisa hofisi yezvinhu zvine simba mukati meDhipatimendi reDziviriro, iyo yaizozivisa kumutevedzeri wemunyori wezvekudzivirirwa, Kathleen Hicks. Hofisi iyi yaizove dare rinorongana pakati peMauto, Navy neAir Force kuderedza bureaucracy.
Iyo Imba vhezheni yegore rekudzivirira bhiri inodaidzira kuti Pentagon iite chirongwa cheCL-20 chinotsiva chinoputika kana propellant mune zvombo zvitatu zvave kushandiswa.
Kuburitswa kweImba hakutauri chero zvombo, asi Bob Kavetsky weEnergy Technology Center akati masisitimu ezvombo zvemakemikari matsva anosanganisira Lockheed Martin's (LMT.N) marefu-refu ekurwisa ngarava uye makomba emhepo-kusvika-pamusoro akatambanudzwa radius. Vamwe vakakwikwidza vanosanganisira Boeing's (BA.N) Harpoon anti-ship missile uye Lockheed neRTX's (RTX.N) Javelin anti-tank zvombo.
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