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INorth Korea idubule umcibisholo webanga elifushane ngeSonto, kusho umbutho wezempi waseSeoul, nokuwukukhombisa amandla okwesine esikhathini esingangesonto njengoba iNingizimu Korea kanye ne-United States benza izivivinyo ezinkulu zezempi.
I-Seoul neWashington baqinise ukubambisana kwezokuvikela lapho bebhekene nezinsongo ezikhulayo zezempi nezenuzi ezivela eNyakatho, okwenze uchungechunge lwezivivinyo zezikhali ezivinjiwe ezikhulayo ezinyangeni ezisanda kwedlula.
Ukuzivivinya okuhlangene
INingizimu Korea ne-United States baphakathi kwezinsuku eziyi-11 zokuzivivinya okuhlanganyelwe okwaziwa ngeFreedom Shield, okukhulu kunakho konke eminyakeni emihlanu.
e-North Korea ubuka zonke izivivinyo ezifana nezivivinyo zokuhlasela futhi usexwayise kaningi ukuthi kuzothatha isenzo “esinzima kakhulu” ekuphenduleni.
“Amasosha ethu athole umcibisholo ocibishelayo onebanga elifushane odutshulwe endaweni yaseTongchang-ri esifundazweni saseNorth Pyongan ngo-11:05 am (0205 GMT) ngase-East Sea,” kusho iJoint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) yaseNingizimu Korea, ikhuluma ngo umzimba wamanzi owaziwa nangokuthi uLwandle lwaseJapan.
Umcibisholo wandiza amakhilomitha angu-800 (amamayela angu-500) futhi wawucutshungulwa ngabezobunhloli base-US kanye naseNingizimu Korea, kusho i-JCS esitatimendeni, ibiza ukwethulwa ngokuthi “ukucasuka okukhulu” okwephula unswinyo lwe-UN.
“Amasosha ethu azogcina ukuma okuqinile okusekelwe emandleni awo okuphendula ngokumangazayo kunoma yikuphi ukucasulwa yiNorth Korea, ngenkathi enza izivivinyo eziqinile neziphelele ezihlangene kanye nokuzivocavoca,” kusho yena.
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Ukwethulwa kwemicibisholo
UTokyo uphinde wakuqinisekisa ukwethulwa, iPhini likaNgqongqoshe Wezokuvikela u-Toshiro Ino etshela izintatheli ukuthi iJapan “ifake umbhikisho onamandla futhi yalahla kakhulu (eNyakatho Korea) ngenxusa lethu eBeijing”.
Umbutho wamasosha aseMelika i-Indo-Pacific Command ukugxekile ukwethulwa, wathi kugqamisa “umthelela oqeda amandla” wezinhlelo zezikhali ezivinjelwe eNorth Korea.
INingizimu UMnyango Wezokuvikela eKorea uthe emahoreni ambalwa ngemuva kokwethulwa kwawo wenze izivivinyo zasemoyeni ezihlanganyelwe ne-United States ehlanganisa okungenani ibhomu elilodwa lase-US iB-1B lebanga elide.
Ukuzivivinya kuphinde kwabandakanya izindiza zempi zaseNingizimu Korea i-F-35A kanye nama-F-16 e-US futhi kwenzeka njengengxenye yokuzivocavoca kwe-Freedom Shield. Lo msebenzi “uthuthukise kakhulu ukusebenzisana kwamadlelandawonye… namandla ngesikhathi sempi”, kusho uMnyango esitatimendeni.
‘Ama-War maniacs’
Ukwethulwa kwakamuva kwenzeke ngemuva kosuku abezindaba bezwe laseNyakatho Korea bebike ukuthi bangaphezu kuka-800,000 abasebasha baseNyakatho Korea abazinikele ukujoyina amasosha ukuze balwe “nama-imperialists aseMelika”.
Amavolontiya asemasha abezimisele “ukuqeda ngokungenasihawu izimpi zempi” futhi ajoyina amasosha “ukuvikela izwe”, kusho iKorea Central News Agency (KCNA).
NgoLwesine, i-Pyongyang ihlole i-ballistic yayo enkulu kunazo zonke nenamandla kunawo wonke umcibisholo, i-Hwasong-17, ukuhlolwa kwayo kwesibili kwe-ICBM kulo nyaka. Ichaze ukwethulwa njengempendulo yokuzivocavoca “okushubile” kwe-US-South Korea.
I UMkhandlu Wezokuphepha we-UN kulindeleke ukuthi ibe nomhlangano ophuthumayo ngoMsombuluko mayelana nokwethulwa kwe-ICBM ngesicelo se-United States neJapan, kubika abezindaba zeYonhap.
Isexwayiso
Esitatimendeni esikhishwe yi-KCNA ngeSonto, uMnyango Wezangaphandle waseNyakatho uxwayise i-US namanye amazwe ukuthi afake “izinyathelo ezisemthethweni zokuzivikela ze-DPRK ezingxoxweni ze-UNSC.” I-DPRK isifinyezo segama elisemthethweni laseNyakatho Korea.
Phambilini abahlaziyi bathi kungenzeka ukuthi iNorth Korea izosebenzisa lezi zivivinyo njengezaba zokudubula imicibisholo eningi futhi mhlawumbe nokuhlola izikhali zenuzi.
Ukwethulwa kwe-ICBM kulandele imicibisholo emibili yebanga elifushane ngoLwesibili kanye nemicibisholo emibili ye-strategic cruise edutshulwe kumkhumbi-ngwenya ngeSonto eledlule.
Udlame lwakamuva lwe-Pyongyang luphoqelele i-Seoul ne-Tokyo ukuba ilungise uthango ngezingxabano zomlando futhi izame ukuqinisa ukubambisana kwezokuphepha.
Ingqungquthela yabaholi
Ngemva kwamahora ambalwa kuxoshwe i-ICBM ngoLwesine, uMengameli waseNingizimu Korea u-Yoon Suk Yeol ufike eJapan engqungqutheleni yokuqala egcwele yabaholi phakathi kwala mazwe eminyakeni engu-12.
UYang Moo-jin, uprofesa eNyuvesi yaseNorth Korea Studies eSeoul, uthe ukwethulwa kwemicibisholo kwakamuva kube nezinhloso eziningi, okuhlanganisa nokubhikishela ukuqeqeshwa okuhlanganyelwe kanye nokuhlola izimpendulo ezihlangene ezivela eSouth Korea, e-United States naseJapan.
INyakatho Korea yazimemezela ngonyaka odlule amandla enuzi “angenakuhlehliswa” futhi umholi uKim Jong Un usanda kucela ukwanda “okubonakalayo” kokukhiqizwa kwezikhali, okuhlanganisa nezikhali zenuzi zamaqhinga.
UKim uphinde wayala amasosha aseNyakatho Korea kule nyanga ukuthi aqinise ukuqeqeshwa ukuze alungiselele “impi yangempela”.
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