An Chenjezo la FAA zanenedwa lero, February 26, 2020, kuti chifukwa cha zigawenga zodutsa malire / zigawenga zochokera ku Somalia, pali chiwopsezo chowonjezereka kuti ndege zankhondo zaku US zikuwuluke, kutuluka, mkati, kapena kudutsa gawo ndi ndege za Kenya kudera linalake. .

Zotsatira zake, bungwe la FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) linasindikiza Chidziwitso ku Airmen (NOTAM) KICZ A0022/20, cholangiza ndege zamtundu wa US kusamala kwambiri mu malo otchedwa Kenya airspace omwe ali pansi pa FL260 kum'mawa kwa 40 degrees longitude kummawa.

Ngakhale kuti akugwira ntchito ku Somalia, gulu la al-Shabaab, gulu logwirizana ndi al-Qa'ida logwirizana ndi zigawenga / zigawenga, ndilomwe likuwopseza zigawenga ku Kenya ndipo awonetsa kuti ali ndi mphamvu komanso akufuna kuchita zigawenga. Boma la Kenya Asitikali achitetezo, anthu wamba, komanso zofuna zaku Western ku Kenya, kuphatikiza mabwalo a ndege ankhondo, makamaka pafupi ndi malire aku Kenya ndi Somalia komanso m'mphepete mwa nyanja ya Kenya moyandikana ndi Somalia.

Kuukira kovutirapo pa Januware 5, 2020 ku Camp Simba, komwe kuli limodzi ndi Manda Bay Airport (HKLU), kuwononga kapena kuononga ndege zingapo, kudavulaza anthu atatu, ndikuwonetsa zomwe al-Shabaab akufuna komanso kuthekera kwa gulu la ndege.

Al-Shabaab ali ndi, kapena ali ndi mwayi, zida zosiyanasiyana, kuphatikizapo zida zazing'ono; zida zamoto zosalunjika, monga matope ndi maroketi; ndi zida zothana ndi ndege, kuphatikiza zida zoteteza ndege zonyamula anthu (MANPADS). Zida zoterezi zimatha kulunjika ndege pamtunda wochepa, kuphatikizapo nthawi yofika ndi kunyamuka, ndi / kapena kuyang'ana ndege ndi ndege pansi, makamaka pa ndege zomwe zili kum'mawa kwa 40 madigiri a kummawa. Ena MANPADS amatha kufika pamtunda wa 25,000 mapazi.

Ngakhale kuyesayesa kwa chitetezo ku Kenya, al-Shabaab akupitiriza kupanga chiwembu chambiri ku Kenya, monga momwe zasonyezedwera ndi kuwukira kwa DusitD2019 Januware 2 komanso kuwukira kwa 2013 pa Westgate Mall. Kuphatikiza pa ziwopsezo zazikulu, gulu la al-Shabaab lachita ziwopsezo zingapo zazing'ono motsutsana ndi zigawenga zapansi kum'mawa kwa Kenya m'chigawo cha malire a Kenya-Somalia.

Al-Shabaab yalengeza poyera kuti akufuna kuchita zigawenga pofuna kubwezera zigawenga zomwe dziko la Kenya likuchita ku Somalia, zomwe Kenya ikuchita ngati gawo la ntchito za African Union. AlShabaab atha kukhala olimba mtima kutsatira kuwukira kwawo mu Januware 2020 ku Camp Simba ndipo atha kuyesa kutengera izi pamabwalo ena akutali andege. Mudziko loyandikana nalo la Somalia, al-Shabaab achita ziwopsezo zingapo zoyang'ana maulendo apandege, kuphatikiza ziwopsezo zapansi pa bwalo la ndege la Aden Adde International (HCMM) komanso kuwombera zida pa ndege zankhondo ndi zapagulu zomwe zimagwira ntchito pamalo otsika. Al-Shabaab imasungabe luso lopanga zida zobisika zophulika (IEDs) ndi cholinga chozigwiritsa ntchito polimbana ndi ndege, monga momwe zidawonetsedwera ndi kuwukira kwa Daallo Airlines Flight 159 mu February 2016, komwe kumakhudza kugwiritsa ntchito munthu wamkati kuthandiza kuzembetsa ndege. adabisa IED pa ndege.

ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:

While primarily active in Somalia, al-Shabaab, an al-Qa'ida-affiliated extremist/militant group, is the predominate extremist/militant threat concern in Kenya and has demonstrated their capability and intent to conduct attacks targeting Kenyan government security forces, civilians, and Western interests in Kenya, including joint military airfields, primarily near Kenya's eastern border with Somalia and in the coastal region of Kenya adjacent to Somalia.
Despite Kenya's security efforts, al-Shabaab continues to plot high-profile attacks in Kenya, as demonstrated by the January 2019 attack on the DusitD2 compound and the 2013 attack on the Westgate Mall.
Such weapons could target aircraft at low altitudes, including during the arrival and departure phases of flight, and/or target airports and aircraft on the ground, especially at airfields located east of 40 degrees east longitude.