Umjukujelwa wadutyulwa ngo-6:30 pm ngoMgqibelo (5:30 am US Eastern Time), amagosa aseMzantsi Korea athi, kwaye kubonakala ngathi ibhabha malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-30 (malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-19) - mfutshane kakhulu kwiikhilomitha ezingama-300 (malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-186) oko bekuya kugqalwa njengovavanyo oluphumelelayo.
I-arhente yeendaba yaseNyakatho Korea i-KCNA ibanga ukuba ukuqaliswa kube yimpumelelo, kwaye yathi inkokeli yaseNyakatho Korea uKim Jong Un "ukhokele apho kuvavanyo lomlilo ophantsi kwamanzi weqhinga lokujula olwandle."
"Kwisithuba sokujonga wachazelwa ngesicwangciso somlilo kwaye wanika umyalelo walo," iKCNA ibike. “Kamsinya nje emva kokuba lo myalelo ukhutshiweyo, inkwili yantywiliselwa ngaphantsi njengobona bunzulu bamanzi ukuze iqalise kwaye yadubula umjukujelwa. Uvavanyo lomlilo lwalujoliswe ekuqinisekiseni ukuzinza kwenkqubo yokuqalisa i-ballistic engaphantsi kwamanzi kubunzulu obukhulu bamanzi.
Elinye igosa laseMelika lathi ngoMgqibelo uphehlelelo "belucaphukisa kodwa ayisisoyikiso kwi-US kwaye umjukujelwa wagxothwa eSouth Korea naseJapan." Kodwa elinye igosa laseMelika laqaphela ukuba emva kwemizamo yokuphehlelelwa kwangaphambili kukaPyongyang engakhange ibonakale iphumelele, kubonakala ngathi le ihambe ngcono kakhulu.
"Indlela yokuphehlelelwa kweNorth Korea ihambile ukusuka kwintlekisa ukuya kwinto enzima kakhulu," latsho eli gosa. "I-US ijonge oku kakhulu."
Ukuqaliswa kwangoMgqibelo kuza malunga neveki emva kwelinye ilinge, ekubonakala ukuba aliphumelelanga.
Igosa lezokhuselo lase-US lathi nge-14 ka-Epreli ukuba iinkqubo ze-US Strategic Command zafumanisa kwaye zalandelela umzamo wokuphehlelelwa komjukujelwa waseNyakatho Korea, kodwa akukho bungqina bokuba umjukujelwa ufikelele kwinqwelomoya, igosa laseMelika lixelele uStarr.
Ukungavisisani kuye kwaphakama kwi-peninsula yaseKorea kulo nyaka njengoko iPyongyang yenze uthotho lweengcinga malunga nophuhliso kumandla ayo omkhosi.
Umkhosi waseMzantsi Korea awukhange uchaze ukuba luhlobo luni lomjukujelwa olwaluyinxalenye yovavanyo lwe-14 ka-Epreli, kodwa amajelo eendaba aseMzantsi Korea axele ukuba ibandakanya umjukujelwa weMusudan ophakathi.
IPyongyang yenze uvavanyo lwenyukliya lwesine ngoJanuwari. Ithe iphumelele ukwenza ii-warheads zenyukliya zibe zincinci ukuba zilingane kwimijukujelwa yoluhlu oluphakathi, abathi abahlalutyi bobuntlola base-US mhlawumbi yinyani.
