North Korea ivuga ko 'yagerageje' hypersonic missile inyaruka bidasanzwe

Korea ya Ruguru ivuga ko ku wa kabiri yabashije kurasa mu igerageza misile nshya yiswe Hwasong-8 yo mu bwoko bw'izigendera ku muvuduko udasanzwe.

Ikinyamakuru cya leta kivuga ko iyi misile nshya ari imwe "mu ntwaro eshanu nshya z'ingenzi kurusha izindi" isohowe mu mugambi w'imyaka itanu wo guteza imbere igisirikare.

Iyi misile nshya bayise "intwaro y'ingenzi", ibi ubusanzwe bisobanuye ko ifite ubushobozi kirimbuzi.

Kugerageza iki gisasu ku wa kabiri kwabaye ikindi cyerekanye ko Pyongyang ikomeje guteza imbere ikoranabuhanga mu ntwaro nubwo iri mu bihano.

Ikinyamakuru KCNA cya leta cyavuze ko "Uburyo bugezweho bw'intwaro...[bwazamuye] ubushobozi bw'igihugu mu kwirinda mu buryo bwose."

Iyi ni misile ya gatatu bagerageje muri uku kwezi.

Hypersonic misile ni iki?

Misile za hypersonic ziranyaruka cyane kandi ziraswa mu buryo bworoheje kurusha izisanzwe, kuzitahura bigora cyane ubwirinzi bwa za misile, nk'uko bivugwa n'ibiro ntaramakuru AFP.

Ankit Panda, wo mu kigo Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, avuga ko ubu bigoye kumenya "neza neza ubushobozi" bw'iyo misile, ariko yongeraho ko "ishobora kuba ikibazo ku bwirinzi busanzwe bwa za misile ziraswa kure".

Panda avuga kandi ko iyi ntwaro nshya kuri Korea ya Ruguru yerekana "intambwe ikomeye" icyo gihugu kigezeho.

Iyi misile iri mu bwoko bw'izoroha cyane kuraswa kandi irihuta bidasanzwe kuko ishobora kugenda ku muvuduko wa 6,000Km/h.

Mu nama yabaye mu kwezi kwa mbere, Kim Jong-un utegeka Korea ya Ruguru yavuze ko abahanga "barangije ubushakashatsi" mu gukora imitwe y'ubumara ya misile za hypersonic, ku wa kabiri bwari ubwa mbere zigeragejwe.

Panda avuga ko kuzigerageza atari ikintu gishya kuko Kim Jong-un yari yarabivuzeho mu kwezi kwa mbere.

Ni iki tuzi kuri gahunda y'intwaro za Korea ya Ruguru?

Muri uku kwezi gusa, iyi ni intwaro ya gatatu bagerageje, byerekana ko bari kuzamura urwego rwabo rw'izi ntwaro zikaze.

Nyuma gato y'igisasu cyageragejwe ku wa kabiri, intumwa ya Korea ya Ruguru Kim Song yarengeye igihugu cye ku burenganzira ku ntwaro.

Avugira mu nteko rusange ya UN i New York, Song yavuze ko igihugu cye kiri "kubaka ubwirinzi bwo kuturinda ubwacu no kurinda amahoro n'umutekano by'igihugu mu buryo bwizewe".

Korea ya Ruguru kenshi yagiye ishinja iyo hepfo kuyibuza gukora ibyo nayo ikora ku bijyanye n'ingufu za gisirikare.

Vuba aha Korea y'Epfo nayo yagerageje misile ballistic zirashwe n'ubwato bugendera hasi mu nyanja, ivuga ko izikeneye nko guca intege "ubushotoranyi" bwa Korea ya Ruguru.

Leta zunze ubumwe za Amerika zikunze gusaba Korea ya Ruguru kureka ibikorwa byayo by'intwaro kirimbuzi, kandi umubano wa Pyongyang na Washington, ku butegetsi bwa Biden, uri kurangwa n'amahane.

Hagati aho Amerika nayo mu cyumweru gishize yagerageje misile nk'iyi yo mu bwoko bwa hypersonic.

Ubuyapani na Korea ya Ruguru nabyo birarebana ay'ingwe, biva ku myaka 35 Ubuyapani bwakoronije Korea, gahunda za Korea z'intwaro kirimbuzi, no gushimuta Abayapani byakozwe na Korea byabaye mu gihe gishize.

Mu kwezi gushize, ikigo cya UN kireberera iby'ingufu kirimbuzi cyavuze ko Korea ya Ruguru yongeye gutangiza 'reactor' ishobora gukora plutonium y'intwaro kirimbuzi, iki kigo cyabyise "amakuru ateye inkeke cyane".