【3月6日】看軍聞學英語

■林國賓

原文：

Work is currently underway on a detailed plan to cut roads and rail tracks at Latvia's eastern borders if necessary, Defense Minister Andris Spruds （Progressives）said in an interview with Latvian Television on Wednesday.

"If the military threat increases, we do not rule out dismantling roads and railways," the minister said.

Spruds explained that both the Military Council and the Ministry of Transport have submitted summarized findings on the issue. "The basic principles are clear. This advice must be taken into account. No occupying military train will travel on Latvian territory," the minister commented on the question of whether the strengthening of the eastern border includes the dismantling of the rail tracks at the border with Russia and Belarus.

Asked about the report in the German newspaper Welt that NATO plans to significantly increase the stock of weapons and ammunition on its eastern flank and to create a new defense zone, and whether this would mean anything new for Latvia, Spruds explained that progress is being made with the allies on several major issues to strengthen the eastern border.

中譯：

拉脫維亞國防部長史普魯茲（進步黨）週三接受拉脫維亞電視臺專訪時表示，政府正著手制定一項詳細計畫，在必要時切斷拉脫維亞東部邊境的道路與鐵路。

史普魯茲表示：「如果軍事威脅升高，我們不排除拆除道路和鐵路。」

他解釋，軍事委員會與交通部已就此議題提交彙整後的評估意見。「基本原則已經很清楚，這些建議必須被納入考量。任何占領軍的軍用火車，都不會在拉脫維亞領土上行駛。」史普魯茲在回應是否拆除與俄羅斯及白俄羅斯接壤邊境的鐵路時，如此表示。

被問及德國《世界報》報導指北約計畫大幅增加在東翼的武器與彈藥庫存，並建立新的防禦區域，是否會為拉脫維亞帶來新的變化時，史普魯茲說明，拉脫維亞正與盟國在多項重大議題上取得進展，以加強東部邊境防衛。

─關鍵軍語─

※military threat：軍事威脅

※dismantle：拆除