nguJese Johnson, IJapan Times.
Iibhanki ze-US B-1B ezicwangcisiweyo ziqhubela phambili ukuqhuba i-drills kunye ne-Air Self-Defence Force F-15 kwindawo yomoya phezu kommandla waseKyushu ngoMsombuluko. | UKUSEBENZISWA KWENKONZO YASEJAPANESE
Kwingxelo eyenziwa yi-Korea Central Central Agency, iNorth yathi i-B-1B bombers, ekhoyo njengamanje iqhutyelwa eGuam, yawela i-South Korea kwaye yaya kummandla we-80 km empuma ye-Gangneung, isixeko sempuma kufuphi ne-Demarcation yeMpi Umgca osebenza njengomda phakathi kwamaKorea amabini.
INyanga Sang-gyun, isithethi soMnyango wezoKhuseleko waseMzantsi Korea, uthe lo msebenzi wenziwa ngoMsombuluko kodwa wenqaba ukunika iinkcukacha ezongezelelweyo, kubika iReuters ngoLwesibili.
I-US Pacific Command ayizange iqinisekise okanye iphikise imisebenzi yokudibanisa xa idibaniswa yi-Japan Times nge-imeyile.
"I-US Pacific Command, ngokusebenzisa i-US Pacific Air Forces, igcine i-bomber bombomber presence khona kummandla kangangeminyaka elishumi," kusho isikhulumi sikaLt Col Col Lori Hodge.
"Le moya yendiza yamabutho kunye namadoda nabasetyhini ababalekayo kwaye bayabanceda, banikezela amandla amaninzi anokwenza ukuzimisela kwethu nokuzibophelela ekunqandeni, kubonelela ngokuqinisekileyo kubambiswano bethu, kwaye luqinisa ukhuseleko kunye nokuzinza kwiindawo zase-Indo-Asia-Pacific."
I-Korea ye-Yonhap yeendaba zeendaba, ekhankanya umthombo kaRhulumente ongaziwa eSeoul, yathi ezimbini ze-B-1B zifikile kwindawo yomoya phezu kweLwandle laseJapan malunga ne-10: 30 ngoMsombuluko, emva kweeyure ezintlanu emva kokuvavanywa kweMntla-yaxotha i-short-range missile.
Iibhomu zaye zahamba kunye ne-South Korean F-15K i-jet fighter jet ngexesha leeyure ezimbini ezingabonakaliyo ngaphaya kweso siqithi, umthombo uthe.
I-KCNA ithe iibhomu zahlanganiswa ngamagada e-USS Carl Vinson ophethe iinqwelo-moya, okwangoku kusebenza kwiLwandle laseJapan, ngenxa yokuqhuma kwe-"frantic".
"Ukunyanzelwa kwemikhosi yemikhosi yase-United States yingozi ekhuselekisayo yokungenisa iimeko kwiPeninsula yaseKorea kwinqanaba lemfazwe," kutsho.
Ekuphuhlisweni kwasekuqaleni ukuphatha izixhobo ze-athomu, i-bomber - iguqulwe kwigalelo layo eliqhelekileyo lokulwa phakathi kwe-1990s - ayisisenyukliya. Noko ke, unako ukuhlawula umvuzo omkhulu kunazo zonke izixhobo ezikhokelwa kunye ezingabonakaliyo kwi-inventory ye-US Air Force.
NgoMvulo, uMnyango wezoKhuseleko waseJapan uthe amabini amajethi e-Air-Defense F-15 aphephe ukuqhutyelwa ngokubambisana kunye neB-1B.
Ngokuqinisekileyo loo msebenzi wawujoliswe ekunyanzelekeni kweNorth Korea emva kokumiselwa kwayo ngoMsombuluko kwakukholelwa ukuba uye wangena emanzini kwindawo ekhethekileyo yezoqoqosho zaseJapan (EEZ).
Ukuhamba ngasenyakatho kunye, ii-jets zenza iinqwelo-moya kwiindawo eziphakanyisiweyo kunye nezantya, kunye ne-drill zifaka ngeenxa zonke.
Emva kokuqhuma, i-B-1B ibhomu yajika yaya kwi-Peninsula yaseKorea, ngokucacileyo ekuhambeni kwayo eya e-US baseMzantsi Korea, izikhulu zathi.
NgoSeptemba, i-United States yabaleka ezimbini kwiSouth Korea - kunye nokufika komnye kwi-Peninsula yaseKorea okokuqala kwiminyaka ye-20 - emva kokuvavanywa kwe-nyukliya yesihlanu.
I-Air Force yase-US yathi ngexesha le-flight, eya e-Osan e-base base-40 km ngasezantsi kwinqununu, yayisondele kakhulu kwi-B-1B iqhinga lokuqhaqhaqhaqhayisa eliye laye laya kumda phakathi kweKoreas.