【10月20日】看軍聞學英語

■泰戈爾

原文：

The ambitious overhaul places uncrewed platforms at the center of future UK forces operations on land, at sea, and in the air.

Uncrewed systems will be at the heart of the UK Armed Forces in the future, under a more than $6.6-billion initiative that looks to transform all three services and the way they fight. Perhaps most dramatically, the new defense plan will see the Royal Navy sacrifice its future destroyer for a "hybrid," distributed concept, with autonomous vessels being paired with crewed ones.

But there are equally far-reaching measures set to reconfigure the British Army and Royal Air Force (RAF) around uncrewed and autonomous capabilities, some of which remain very high-risk as they are still deep or even early in development.

In a speech today, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer set out his government’s long-awaited Defense Investment Plan.

The aim of this is nothing less than "keeping the country safe for years to come," the government said, and for this, the UK Armed Forces will lean heavily on autonomous systems. Most of these don’t currently exist in physical form, at least as far as we know.

中譯：

這項雄心勃勃的徹底改革，將無人載臺置於未來英國陸、海、空軍作戰的核心。

在一項超過66億美元、旨在轉型三軍及改變其作戰方式的計畫下，無人系統未來將成為英國武裝部隊的核心。或許最引人注目的是，新的國防計畫將見證皇家海軍犧牲其未來的驅逐艦，以換取一種「混合式」的分散概念，將自主艦艇與有人艦艇進行搭配。

然而，陸軍和皇家空軍（RAF）圍繞無人與自主能力進行重組的措施也同樣深遠，其中部分能力由於仍處於深度研發、甚至早期開發階段，因此依然伴隨著極高的風險。

英國首相施凱爾在演講中，闡述了政府期待已久的《國防投資計畫》。

政府表示，此計畫的目標不外乎是「在未來幾年內確保國家安全」，為此，英國武裝部隊將大幅倚重自主系統。就目前所知，這些系統大多數目前還沒有實體形式。

※uncrewed platforms：無人載臺

※autonomous vessels：自主艦艇