US ikugwirizanitsa mwakachetechete asilikali ake ku Peninsula ya Korea kukhala linga latsopano kumwera kwa Seoul, kuti ateteze ku nkhondo yochokera kumpoto.
ndi David Axe, November 27, 2017, Chirombo Daily.
Pomwe Purezidenti wa US a Donald Trump ndi mtsogoleri waku North Korea Kim Jong Un malipiro nkhondo yowonjezereka ya mawu pa pulogalamu ya zida za nyukiliya ya Pyongyang, asitikali aku US akusintha mwakachetechete magulu ake ankhondo ku Peninsula ya Korea, kukulitsa luso lawo lodziteteza kunkhondo yaku North.
Pakatikati pa kusinthaku ndikuyika kwatsopano kumwera kwa Seoul, komwe ambiri mwa asitikali pafupifupi 30,000 aku US ku South Korea adakhazikitsidwa, kapena posachedwa. Camp Humphreys, mtunda wa makilomita 50 kum'mwera kwa Seoul, ndi linga la America pa Peninsula ya Korea-ndi chinsinsi cha mapulani a nkhondo a US.
Kutengera pa kukangana koonekera ndi Kumpoto, Camp Humphreys "ikanathandiza kuti asilikali a US atumizedwe mofulumira ku [asilikali a ku Korea] ndi kuthamangira kwawo kumalo opita patsogolo," analemba motero Won Gon Park, katswiri wa bungwe la Korea Institute for Defense Analyzes.PDF).
Ndi ndege ndi msewu, asilikali a US amayenda kuchokera ku Humphreys ku mzere wakutsogolo. Pakadali pano, mwina mazana masauzande aku America ndi othandizira ogwirizana nawo amatha kupita kumunsi asananyamuke kupita kutsogolo. Kusonkhanitsa atsogoleri akuluakulu ku Humphreys kuyenera kuthandizira kukonza ndondomeko ya nthawi ya nkhondo, Dr. Bruce Bennett, katswiri wa RAND Corporation, anauza The Daily Beast. Ngati mwabalalika m’chilumba chonsecho, n’kovuta kuti muzilankhulana mosiyanasiyana.”
Posachedwapa mu 2003, asilikali a US ku South Korea anabalalika m'malo 174. Mosakayikira chomwe chinali chovuta kwambiri chinali gulu lankhondo lankhondo ku Yongsan ku Seoul, mzinda womwe ukukula mwachangu wa 10 miliyoni womwe uli pamtunda wamakilomita 30 kuchokera kumalire ndi North Korea - mkati mwa zida zankhondo zolemera za Pyongyang.
Kuti athawe chipwirikiti chamatawuni ndikuchepetsa chiwopsezo cha asitikali ankhondo, mu 2004 Pentagon idachita mgwirizano ndi boma la South Korea kuti likulitse Camp Humphreys - yomwe inali gawo laling'ono - ndikuyika asitikali aku US ndi mabanja awo kumeneko. Asitikali akufuna kuchepetsa magawo ake ku South Korea pafupifupi theka mpaka 96 pofika 2020.
Kukulitsa kwa $ 11 biliyoni kwatsala pang'ono kutha. Chipatala cha ziweto, chipatala cha mano, ndi bwalo la chakudya idatsegulidwa mu Okutobala. Camp Humphreys ili ndi nyumba zatsopano zamalikulu, bwalo la ndege, malo owombera, malo osungiramo magalimoto, malo olumikizirana, masukulu, zosamalira masana, masitolo ogulitsa, matchalitchi angapo, ngakhale bwalo la gofu.
Pa maekala 3,500, Humphreys ndi wamkulu ngati mzinda wawung'ono. Ntchito zankhondo zomwe msasawo ukhoza kukhalamo asitikali 36,000, odalira, ndi makontrakitala wamba.
Maziko ake ndi mamailosi ochepa chabe kuchokera ku doko la Pyeongtaek komanso pafupi ndi Osan air base, kuwongolera kuyenda kwa zolimbitsa thupi ndi nyanja ndi mpweya. "Ntchito yayikulu kwambiri ku Camp Humphreys imachokera kukugwiritsa ntchito mosasunthika kwa magulu ankhondo panthawi yazadzidzi chifukwa cha kugawidwa kwa zida zapansi, zapamadzi ndi zapamlengalenga," Won adalemba.
Kutha kutumiza mwachangu m'magulu ankhondo owonjezera ndi magalimoto awo kwakhala kofunikira kwambiri mchaka chatha. Asilikali ankasunga mazana a akasinja ndi magalimoto ena ku South Korea. Nkhondo ikayambika, asilikali masauzande angapo a gulu lankhondo lochokera ku United States ankasiya zida zawo zamasiku onse n’kuthamangira kuchilumbachi kuti akatsegule magalimoto amene anasungidwa.
Koma Pentagon anaganiza idafuna kukulitsa mphamvu zake za tanki mwachangu osadikirira magalimoto atsopano kutuluka m'mafakitole. Mu 2016, idatumiza magalimoto osungidwa ku Georgia ndikuwafananiza ndi gulu lankhondo lomwe lidalipo kale.
Tsopano gululi lalumikizana ndi magulu ena ankhondo omwe asinthana kutumiza - akasinja ndi zina - ku South Korea kukalimbikitsa asitikali aku US pachilumbachi. Mochulukira, asitikali ochezera amadutsa ku Camp Humphreys. "Ngakhale kuti sitili pankhondo, kunena kwake titero, tempo yogwira ntchito imakhalabe yokwera," Col. Patrick Seiber, wolankhulira asilikali, anauza The Daily Beast.
Koma pali vuto loyika mphamvu zambiri zankhondo pamalo amodzi. Ngakhale Camp Humphreys ndi yoposa zida za mfuti zaku North Korea, akadali mkati mwa maroketi aku North. Pyongyang posachedwapa adatcha mazikowo ngati chandamale chake choyamba. "Kulikonse komwe mumapanga chandamale chamtengo wapatali, mumayesa mdani kuti achite," adatero Bennett.
Humphreys alibe chitetezo ku roketi. Asitikali amasunga zida za Patriot zoteteza mpweya pamalo oyandikira ndege a Osan. Nthambi yomenyera nkhondo yapansi panthaka imayikanso zida zazitali za Terminal High-Altitude Air-Defense kuzungulira makilomita 100 kumwera kwa msasawo. Pachizindikiro chilichonse cha kulimbikitsana kwakukulu ku North Korea, asitikali aku US akukonzekera kuthamangitsa anthu wamba pachilumbachi ndikubalalitsa magulu omenyera nkhondo kumidzi.
Chodabwitsa n'chakuti, kufunikira kwa kukula kwa Camp Humphreys kukhoza kukweza ndondomeko pa Peninsula ya Korea. Posachedwapa, Bennett analimbikitsa kuti United States iyankha mwamphamvu kwambiri pakuwukira kulikonse pamunsi. "North Korea iyenera kumvetsetsa kuti ngati ikufuna Camp Humphreys, United States ikhoza kuyankha poyang'ana Atsogoleri a boma la North Korea. "
