美國承認擁有在軌武器後，俄羅斯稱仍有時間阻止太空軍備競賽

莫斯科，9月16日（路透社）——俄羅斯副外交部長雷雅布科夫週三表示，俄羅斯認為，仍有時間透過起草一項具法律約束力的國際條約，禁止在太空部署攻擊性武器，從而防止太空軍備競賽。俄羅斯並呼籲美國及其他國家放下對這項構想的懷疑。MOSCOW, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Russia believes there is still time to prevent an arms race in space by drawing up a legally-binding international treaty to outlaw the deployment of offensive weapons there and called on the United States and other nations to set aside their scepticism about the idea, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Wednesday.

雷雅布科夫是在美國本週承認五角大廈正在地球軌道上操作武器後發表上述評論；這是太空軍事化的一個重大時刻。美國太空軍司令道格拉斯・席斯（Douglas Schiess）表示，他所屬軍種的士兵「操作在軌武器，可保護聯合作戰部隊免受由太空能力支援的攻擊」。Ryabkov was commenting after the U.S. acknowledged this week that the Pentagon is operating weapons in Earth's orbit, a landmark moment in the militarisation of space. U.S. Space Force chief Douglas Schiess said that enlisted members of his military branch "operate on-orbit weapons that can defend the Joint Force against space-enabled attacks."

雷雅布科夫在莫斯科一場新聞簡報會上表示，美國並未就其新的武器能力通知俄羅斯——俄羅斯是全球三大太空強權之一——但他說，美方聲明並不令人意外。Speaking at a news briefing in Moscow, Ryabkov said the United States had not notified Russia - one of the world's top three space powers - about its new weapons capability, but said the U.S. statement had not come as a surprise.

他說：「這對我們來說並不是新鮮事；我們一直在監測這一切、記錄這一切，並得出相應結論。」他指出，莫斯科長期以來一直表示，有必要制定一項條約，排除在太空使用武力，或對太空物體威脅使用武力。"This is nothing new to us; we are monitoring all of this, recording it all, and drawing the appropriate conclusions,” he said, noting that Moscow had long spoken of the need for a treaty that would rule out the use of force in space or the threat of force against objects in space.

雷雅布科夫說：「美國人和其他西方人，特別是英國人，多年來一直以煽動性的藉口掩飾他們不願朝這個方向前進；他們尋找站不住腳的論點來迴避這麼做，並試圖倒打一耙，指控我們從事他們眼中具有破壞穩定性質的活動。」"The Americans and other Westerners, in particular the British, have for many years used inflammatory excuses to cover up their unwillingness to move in this direction; they seek out spurious arguments to avoid doing so and attempt to turn the tables by accusing us of activities which, in their view, are destabilising in nature,” said Ryabkov.

「但我們認為，現在要營造一個環境，避免外太空出現軍備競賽並導致公開衝突風險升高，還為時未晚。」“But we believe that it is not yet too late to create an environment that would preclude an arms race with escalating risks of open conflict in outer space.”

（Dmitry Antonov 報導；Andrew Osborn 編輯）(Reporting by Dmitry AntonovEditing by Andrew Osborn )