Udadewabo kaKim wenza usongo ‘lwendawo yokudubula’ njengoba iNorth Korea ihlola eminye imicibisholo

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e-North Korea bethule imicibisholo emibili ejikijelwayo emanzini ngasogwini olusempumalanga yeNhlonhlo YaseKorea ekuqaleni kukaMsombuluko, kanti udadewabo womholi uKim Jong Un uxwayise ngokuningi okuzayo ngaphandle uma i-United States imisa ukuzivivinya kwezempi neNingizimu Korea.

UKim Yo Jong, esinye sezikhulu eziphezulu zezwe, uthe “imvamisa yokusebenzisa iPacific Ocean njengohlu lwethu lokudubula kuncike esimweni sezenzo zebutho laseMelika,” ngokusho kwesitatimende esithunyelwe ku-Korean Central News Agency ( KCNA).

Ukuhlolwa kwemicibisholo yangoMsombuluko bekungokwesibili ezinsukwini ezintathu – iPyongyang yethula uhlelo i-intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) NgoMgqibelo, ukuhlolwa kwayo kwesithathu okunjalo esikhathini esingaphansi konyaka.

I-US iphendule kulokho kwethulwa ngokubamba izivivinyo ezihlukene neSouth Korea kanye neJapan ngeSonto, umnyakazo iNorth Korea ewubheke njengesiyaluyalu, phezu kwezinhlelo zokubhoboza izikhali zenuzi phakathi kwe-US neSouth Korea ePentagon kuleli sonto. Laba abambisene nabo kulindeleke ukuthi babambe izivivinyo zamasosha ngenyanga ezayo eNhlonhlweni yaseKorea.

INorth Korea ixwayise uLwesihlanu “ngezimpendulo ezinamandla ezingakaze zibonwe” kulokho kuqeqeshwa uma kuqhubeka.

UMnyango Wezokuvikela waseJapan ulinganise ukuthi yomibili le micibisholo idutshulwe ngoMsombuluko ngezithuba zabo-07:00 ekuseni ngesikhathi sasekhaya futhi yawela oLwandle LwaseJapane, olwaziwa nangokuthi i-East Sea, “empumalanga yeNhlonhlo YaseKorea, ngaphandle kwendawo yezomnotho yaseJapan kuphela.”

Umcibisholo wokuqala wandizela cishe amakhilomitha angama-400 (248 miles) endaweni ephakeme kakhulu engamakhilomitha ayi-100 (62 miles), kusho uMnyango esitatimendeni, kwathi owesibili wadutshulwa cishe imizuzu eyi-10 kamuva endaweni ephakeme engamakhilomitha angama-50 (31). miles), endizayo cishe amakhilomitha angama-350 (217 miles).

INorth Korea ikuvumile ukwethulwa kwangoMsombuluko, ikubiza ngokuthi “ukuzivocavoca okukhulu kwamarokhethi amaningi, okuyindlela yokuhlasela kwezikhali zenuzi.”

I-KCNA ithe izwe lidubule izibhamu ezimbili ze-600mm multi-rocket launcher (MRL) – INingizimu Korea ibheka iziqhumane zamarokhethi amaningi ezinkulu kuno-600 mm njengemicibisholo ecitshwayo.

Isitatimende sangoMsombuluko esivela kuKim Yo Jong siphakamise ukuthi iNorth Korea izophinde iqale ukwethulwa, yathi uma iPyongyang ibona ukuba khona kwamasosha ase-US esifundeni njengosongo, izothatha “izinyathelo ezihambisanayo.”

Ebhekisela e-US, uKim wathi “abashisekeli abavusa ukungezwani [in the region] uzokhokha inani,” ngokusho kwe-KCNA.

UKim uthe iNorth Korea manje “inobuchwepheshe obugculisayo namandla” okubuyisela imicibisholo futhi okusele “ukugxila ekwandiseni inani lamandla.”

NgeSonto, i-US Air Force ithumele amabhomu e-B-1B eNhlonhlweni YaseKorea ngosizo lokuphelezelwa okuvela kuma-F-35As, F-15Ks, nama-F-16s avela eSouth Korean kanye ne-US Air Forces, ngokusho koMnyango Wezokuvikela waseNingizimu Korea.

“Ngokuthunyelwa kwamasosha aseMelika ngesikhathi futhi ngokushesha eNhlonhlweni YaseKorea, laba bobabili bakhombise ikhono lokuzivikela elihlangene le-SK-US kanye nokuma kwamandla anamandla alo mfelandawonye nokwenza ngcono ukusebenza okuhlangene,” kusho uMnyango esitatimendeni.

Khonamanjalo, i-US kanye neJapan baphinde benza umsebenzi womoya ngokuhlanganyela phezu koLwandle lwaseJapan ngeSonto, ngokusho kwesitatimende US Forces Japan.

“Lo msebenzi wenzelwe ukukhombisa amandla amazwe ethu okusabela ngokushesha, amazinga aphezulu okulungela amandla, ukusebenzelana eduze, ukusebenzisana kwamazwe amabili, kanye namandla athembekile okuvimbela,” kusho isitatimende.

Ngemuva kokuhlolwa kwemicibisholo yaseNorth Korea ngoMsombuluko, uNdunankulu waseJapan uFumio Kishida waphusha umhlangano ophuthumayo we-United Nations Security Council, kwathi iNingizimu Korea yafaka unswinyo kubantu abaningi nasezinkampanini.

UKishida uthe iJapan izoqhubeka nokujulisa ukubambisana neSouth Korea kanye ne-US ekuboniseni ubumbano ekulweni nezingxabano zaseNyakatho Korea.

“Siyaqaphela ukuthi kumele siqhubeke nokuqoqa imininingwane, siqaphe ngokucophelela isimo, futhi sijulise ukubambisana phakathi kwe-United States, Japan, neSouth Korea,” kusho uKishida.

Khonamanjalo, uMnyango Wezangaphandle waseNingizimu Korea ubeke unswinyo kubantu abane baseNyakatho Korea kanye nezinhlangano ezinhlanu ezibasola ngokusiza ukwakhiwa kwezikhali zenuzi kanye nemicibisholo yasePyongyang kanye nokusiza izwe ukuthi ligwebe unswinyo. Kusukela ngo-Okthoba, iSouth Korea ifake unswinyo kubantu baseNyakatho Korea abangama-31 kanye nezinhlangano ezingama-35.

NgeSonto, iNorth Korea ikhiphe imininingwane eyengeziwe yokwethulwa kwe-ICBM ngoMgqibelo, yathi bekuyi-ICBM ye-Hwasong-15 exoshwe “ekuvivinyweni kokwethulwa kwe-ICBM okumangazayo” ngaphansi komyalo kaKim Jong Un.

Lo mcibisholo undize amakhilomitha angama-989 (amamayela angu-614) cishe imizuzu engama-67 waya endaweni ephakeme ngamakhilomitha angu-5,768.5 (3,584 miles), ngokusho kwesikhungo sezindaba sikahulumeni i-KCNA.

Umbiko uthe ukuhlolwa kwakuwubufakazi bekhono likaPyongyang lokuqalisa “ukuhlasela kwezikhali zenuzi okuyingozi emabuthweni anobutha” kanye “nobufakazi obucacile bokuthembeka okuqinisekile kwesivimbeli sethu senuzi esinamandla.”

UNobhala-Jikelele weNhlangano Yezizwe u-António Guterres ukugxeke kakhulu ukwethulwa futhi waphinda wagcizelela izingcingo zokuthi iPyongyang ihlukane ngokushesha nezinye izenzo ezivusa inkanuko.

I-US Indo-Pacific Command ngeSonto igcizelele ukuzibophezela kwayo “okungasho lutho” ekuvikeleni iNingizimu Korea neJapan futhi yathi ibixoxisana nabalingani bayo nabalingani bayo mayelana nokwethulwa kwemicibisholo.

“Nakuba sesihlole ukuthi lo mcimbi awubangeli usongo ngokushesha kubasebenzi noma endaweni yase-US, noma kubalingani bethu, ukwethulwa kwemicibisholo kugqamisa umthelela ophazamisayo we-WMD engekho emthethweni ye-DPRK. [weapons of mass destruction] kanye nezinhlelo zemicibisholo ye-ballistic,” isho, ibhekisa eNyakatho Korea ngegama layo elisemthethweni.