May 28 is celebrated as Pakistan's nuclear power. Similar
days are celebrated across the border in most countries of the world, including
India. From the chambers of the rulers to the media channels, from politicians
to intellectuals, all the working people in the abyss of poverty are filled
with the dynamite of patriotism and religious fanaticism in an attempt to
convince them that they are a There are citizens of nuclear power that they
should be proud of. The destruction, hunger, poverty and deprivation of the
oppressed classes, which have been aroused by the spirit of patriotism, are
considered as the sacrifices that it is their national and religious duty to
make for the development and promotion of weapons of mass destruction. National
anthems are sung everywhere, patriotic melodies are played. Hatred and contempt
for poor and helpless people like them from other countries, nations, religions
and races is encouraged.
For the first several generations, the helpless people here
have been taught that the atomic bomb is indispensable for their defense.
Today, these same people are being taught that it is necessary to defend this
atomic bomb. Not only here, but all over the world, all information related to
nuclear programs is kept secret from the public. Exposing the unlimited cost of
manufacturing thousands of such deadly weapons in the world has become a crime.
This situation is found in every nuclear power. In all countries, from the
United States to India and Israel, the nuclear program is considered a sacred
cow.
There are currently 9 countries in the world that have small
or large scale nuclear weapons.
These countries are USA, Russia, China, France,
UK, Israel, India, Pakistan and Korea.
According to the Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty (ICAN), these countries are spending about 300 million a day on their nuclear forces.
These countries spent 91 91 billion on nuclear programs in 2010 and while 105 billion in 2011, or about 12 million per hour. That's enough money to
lift millions out of poverty, including in these countries. But spending on
weapons of mass destruction continues to rise and spending on poverty
alleviation is shrinking.
In India, 860 million people currently live on a daily
income of Rs. The South Asian subcontinent has a population of 22% of the
world's population and the region is home to almost half of the world's
poverty. According to various conservative estimates, Pakistan has so far
developed 90 to 110 nuclear weapons while India has 80 to 100 atomic bombs. If
we look at the growth of the nuclear programs of both the countries, by 2021,
Pakistan will have 200 atomic bombs while India will have 150 atomic bombs. There
is a blind race between the rulers of the two countries and the military elite.
Wealth, squeezed out of the blood and sweat of the poor, is being poured out
like water on the tools of destruction.
In the first half of 1940, the United States developed an
atomic bomb at a cost of 2 billion. According to the current value of the
dollar, the cost is about 30 billion dollars (about four thousand five hundred
billion rupees). It should be noted that uranium enrichment for the world's
first atomic bomb accounted for only 10% of total electricity production in the
United States. The project is called the Manhattan Project, and the cost of
developing these nuclear weapons can be estimated in general.
For backward countries like Pakistan and India, this is enough
money to reduce their external debt many times over. The atomic bomb is useless
without modern missile technology, so trillions of rupees are spent on
long-range ballistic and cruise missiles.
The First and Second World Wars was the product of the intensification
of the capitalist crisis and the conflict between the imperialist powers for
control of the markets. Millions of people died in these wars. Even in a
relatively peaceful era after World War II, 180 million people have been killed
in various national conflicts and civil wars.
Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of
World War II killed millions. The atrocity was intended to warn the Soviet
Union not to advance on the Eastern Front in order to save capitalism in Japan.
The atomic bombs dropped on Japan in 1945 are more explosive than today's
nuclear weapons.
If there were a nuclear war today, there would be so much
dust in the atmosphere that sunlight would not reach the earth for many years.
This phenomenon is called nuclear winter. Even if the human race survives
nuclear attacks, it is certain to end in a nuclear winter. Wealth can be
accumulated directly or indirectly through the manufacture of such devices, but
these deadly weapons cannot benefit the human race. But the policy makers of
this system have no interest in the survival of human society, civilization or
even the human race itself. With the deepening crisis of capitalism, the mutual
squabble over every inch of the planet has driven them insane.
60% of Pakistan's population suffers from food insecurity
and poverty. Half of the children's development is incomplete. The situation in
Modi's so-called "Shining India" is perhaps even worse. Weapons,
whether conventional or non-conventional, cannot save the people from hunger
and deprivation. Nor do they have access to treatment, education, employment,
electricity, water and other basic necessities We can From the arms industry,
the imperialist arms companies make huge profits and fill the coffers of the
rulers. If an atomic bomb falls in Lahore, Amritsar and Delhi will also be
destroyed. If it is dropped on Bombay, then Karachi and Hyderabad will also be
affected. In both countries, the effects of radiation will produce disabled
children for many generations. If these atomic bombs do not work, then what is
the purpose of making them? But in capitalism, freedom belongs to the market
and trade; not to man!
