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e-North Korea bethule umcibisholo okucatshangwa ukuthi webanga elide ngoMgqibelo ntambama, kusho iJoint Chiefs of Staff yaseNingizimu Korea, ngemuva kosuku uPyongyang exwayise “ngezimpendulo ezinamandla ezingakaze zibonwe” uma i-US neSouth Korea ziqhubeka nokuzilolonga okuhleliwe kwezempi.
UNdunankulu waseJapan uFumio Kishida uthe lo mcibisholo wawela ngaphakathi ElaseJapane indawo yezomnotho ekhethekile entshonalanga yesiqhingi esikhulu esisenyakatho ye-Hokkaido, okuqubule ukulahlwa kwe-United States.
UMnyango Wezokuvikela eJapan uthe lo mcibisholo ufike endaweni ephakeme ngamakhilomitha angu-5,700 (3,541 miles) futhi wandizela ibanga elingamakhilomitha angu-900 (559 miles). Yethulwe endaweni yasePyongyang eSunan ngezithuba zabo-5:22 pm ngokwesikhathi sendawo ngoMgqibelo, kusho i-South Korea JCS.
Izikhulu zaseJapan zithe umcibisholo wandiza isikhathi esingaphezu kwemizuzu engama-60.
INorth Korea yethula umcibisholo ocitshwayo ngoMashi odlule onebanga elide lokundiza nesikhathi. Leyo projectile kukholakala ukuthi iyi-intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), isivivinyo sayo sokuqala somcibisholo onjalo kusukela ngo-2017.
NgoNovemba, ngemuva kokunye kwethulwa okufanayo, iPyongyang yamemezela “ukudubula kokuhlolwa kohlobo olusha” ICBMeyalibiza ngokuthi i-Hwasong-17.
UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvikela waseJapan u-Yasukazu Hamada uthe ngaleso sikhathi yayinamandla okufinyelela ezweni lase-US. “I-ICBM-class ballistic missile eyethulwe kulokhu ingaba nebanga elingaphezu kuka-15,000 km uma ibalwa ngokusekelwe ebangeni lendiza yale ICBM,” kusho uHamada esitatimendeni. “Kuya ngesisindo sekhanda lempi, kodwa uma kunjalo, izwe lase-US lizofakwa ohlwini.”
INorth Korea ihlola imicibisholo yayo endaweni ephakeme kakhulu. Uma bexoshwa endaweni eyisicaba, ngokombono bebeyoba namandla okufinyelela ezweni lase-US.
Uhulumeni waseMelika uchaze ukwethulwa kwemicibisholo yangoMgqibelo “njengokwephulwa okusobala kwezinqumo eziningi ze-UN Security Council,” ngokusho kwesitatimende esivela kumkhulumeli we-White House National Security Council u-Adrienne Watson.
“Ngesikhathi [the US Indo-Pacific Command] ihlole ukuthi akubangeli usongo ngokushesha kubasebenzi baseMelika, noma endaweni, noma kubalingani bethu, lokhu kwethulwa kuphakamisa ngokungenasidingo ukungezwani kanye nobungozi obudala ukungazinzi kwesimo sezokuphepha esifundeni, “kusho uWatson. “Kubonisa kuphela ukuthi i-DPRK iyaqhubeka nokubeka phambili izikhali zayo ezingekho emthethweni zokucekela phansi okukhulu kanye nezinhlelo zemicibisholo ye-ballistic phezu kwenhlalakahle yabantu bayo.”
UWatson uthe i-US inxusa amanye amazwe ukuthi “agxeke lokhu kuphulwa komthetho futhi acele i-DPRK ukuthi iyeke izenzo zayo eziphazamisayo futhi ihlanganyele ezingxoxweni ezinzima.”
Ngasekuqaleni kwale nyanga, umbuso kaKim Jong Un kukhonjiswe cishe ama-ICBM athuthukile ayi-11 embukisweni wamasosha ebusuku ePyongyang embukisweni omkhulu kunayo yonke walokho abezindaba abangaphansi kombuso abakuchaze ngokuthi “ikhono lenuzi” laseNyakatho Korea.
Abahlaziyi bathi leyo micibisholo ibukeka iyi-Hwasong-17s.
U-Ankit Panda, uchwepheshe wenqubomgomo yenuzi eCarnegie Endowment for International Peace, uthe ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ukuthi uma imicibisholo ngayinye kulo mbukiso ihlome ngezikhali zenuzi eziningi, ingamela umthamo owanele ukukhungathekisa izivikelo ezicitshwayo zase-US.
Ukuhlolwa kwangoMgqibelo kwenzeke ngemuva kokuthi uMnyango Wezangaphandle waseNyakatho Korea ugxeke i-United States neSouth Korea ngoLwesihlanu ngezinhlelo zabo zokuzilolonga ezizayo.
IWashington neSeoul kulindeleke ukuthi babambe izivivinyo ze-tabletop top top ngesonto elizayo ePentagon, kusho uMnyango Wezokuvikela waseNingizimu Korea ngoLwesihlanu. Laba abambisene nabo kulindeleke ukuthi babambe izivivinyo zamasosha ngenyanga ezayo eNhlonhlweni yaseKorea.
INorth Korea, esitatimendeni esifanayo, iphinde yathi izocubungula ezinye izinyathelo zempi uma uMkhandlu Wezokuphepha we-UN uqhubeka nokucindezela iPyongyang “njengoba i-United States ifuna.”
NgoJanuwari, uKim Jong Un icele “ukwanda okukhulu kwezikhali zenuzi zezwe” futhi yagqamisa “isidingo sokukhiqiza ngobuningi izikhali zenuzi ezinobuhlakani,” ngokwemithombo yezindaba yezwe i-KCNA.
UKim ubecele ukuthi kuthuthukiswe “isistimu ye-Intercontinental Ballistic Missile,” ekwazi ukulwa nezikhali zenuzi ngokushesha, ngokusho kombiko we-KCNA.
