- I-China yakha izithombe ezihlekisayo ezinosayizi ogcwele zemikhumbi yokulwa yaseMelika ukuze ihlole imicibisholo yayo yokulwa nomkhumbi.
- Ukuhlekisa kwendiza ethwala izindiza zeFord yase-US kanye nabacekeli bemicibisholo ababili be-Arleigh Burke-class kubonwe.
- Lezi zinhlobo zemikhumbi yempi yase-US ngokuvamile ihamba eduze namanzi ase-China futhi eduze ne-Taiwan.
The I-United States Naval Institute (USNI) ishicilele eyathi kwakuyizithombe zesathelayithi zokuhloswe ngesilinganiso esigcwele ezisesimweni sokuthwala indiza ye-Ford yase-US kanye nabacekeli bemicibisholo abaqondisiwe okungenani ababili besigaba se-Arleigh Burke. Izithombe zinikezwe inkampani yezithombe zesathelayithi iMaxar.
Izinhlobo ezifanayo zemikhumbi yempi yaseMelika njalo ihamba eduze namanzi aseShayina nasezindaweni ezizungezile Taiwan.
Amasosha aseShayina abelokhu akha izifaniso ezilingana nempilo yemikhumbi yempi yase-US endaweni yokuhlola imicibisholo, I-USNI kusho umbiko.
Ngokusho kwe-USNI, leli thagethi elimise okwenkampani yenethiwekhi laqala ukwakhiwa ogwadule olukude esifundeni saseChina esisenyakatho-ntshonalanga ye-Xinjiang phakathi kukaMashi no-Ephreli ka-2019, lase lihlakazwa kakhulu ngoDisemba walowo nyaka. Ukwakhiwa kuphinde kwaqala ngasekupheleni kukaSepthemba walo nyaka kwaze kwaphothulwa ekuqaleni kuka-Okthoba, kusho uphiko lwezocwaningo.
Ngaphandle kokuhlosiwe okuyinhloko okumise okwenkampani yenkampani, umbiko uthe kunezinye izindawo ezimbili okuhlosiwe ngazo ezifana nendiza ngenxa yohlaka lwazo. UMaxar uthe le ndawo iqukethe imigqa emibili engunxande engaba ngamamitha angu-75 (246 feet) ubude eyayigxunyekwe kojantshi.
Abathwali bezindiza kanye nemikhumbi ye-Arleigh Burke-class kuyingxenye ye-US 7th Fleet, imikhumbi yayo ehambe eduze nemingcele yasolwandle yaseShayina, okuhlanganisa namanzi azungeze i-Taiwan, futhi yabamba iqhaza ekuzivivinyeni kwemikhumbi yempi ne-Japan, South Korea, kanye ne-Philippines.
Ngokusho kwabahlaziyi bezempi, ngokubeka izinhloso endaweni ecace kumasathelayithi angaphandle, iBeijing ngokusobala “yayizama ukukhombisa iWashington ukuthi yini engenziwa amabutho ayo acitshwayo.”
Lapho ebuzwa ngalolu daba ngoMsombuluko, umkhulumeli woMnyango Wezangaphandle WaseChina u-Wang Wenbin uthe ubengayazi imibiko mayelana nezithombe zesathelayithi.
Ngo-Agasti 2020, i-China yavivinya imicibisholo yebanga elide eyi-DF-26 kanye ne-DF-21D, ebizwa ngokuthi “ababulali abathutha” abanye abahlaziyi.
Ubudlelwano phakathi kwe-US-China buye bawohloka kakhulu eminyakeni yamuva ngenxa yezindaba ezisukela kwezohwebo nobunhloli kuya ekuhlaselweni ngesihluku kwe-China yenkululeko yentando yeningi e-Hong Kong kanye nezinsongo zase-China Taiwan.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- I-United States Naval Institute (USNI) ishicilele eyathi yizithombe zesathelayithi ezihlosiwe eziphelele ezisesimweni sendiza ethwala izindiza zeFord yase-US kanye nabacekeli abacibisheli bemicibisholo abaqondisiwe besigaba se-Arleigh Burke okungenani.
- Abathwali bezindiza kanye nemikhumbi ye-Arleigh Burke-class kuyingxenye ye-US 7th Fleet, imikhumbi yayo ehambe eduze nemingcele yasolwandle yaseShayina, okuhlanganisa namanzi azungeze i-Taiwan, futhi yabamba iqhaza ekuzivivinyeni kwemikhumbi yempi ne-Japan, South Korea, kanye ne-Philippines.
- Ngokusho kwe-USNI, leli thagethi elimise okwenkampani yenethiwekhi laqala ukwakhiwa ogwadule olusenyakatho-ntshonalanga ye-Xinjiang yaseChina phakathi kukaMashi no-Ephreli ka-2019, lase lihlakazwa kakhulu ngoDisemba walowo nyaka.
