中國警告美國太空武器恐助長軍備競賽

愛德華多・巴普蒂斯塔（Eduardo Baptista）報導By Eduardo Baptista

北京，9月16日（路透社）—— 在華府承認已在軌道部署武器後，中國敦促美國停止在外太空擴張軍事部署；中國官媒則警告，此舉可能助長全球軍備競賽。BEIJING, Sept 16 (Reuters) - China urged the United States to halt its military build-up in outer space after Washington acknowledged it has weapons deployed in orbit, while Chinese state media warned the move could fuel a global arms race.

中國外交部發言人郭嘉昆（Guo Jiakun）表示，北京反對外太空武器化，也反對將外太空變成戰場。Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said Beijing opposed the weaponization of outer space and turning it into a war zone.

郭嘉昆週二在例行記者會上表示：「我們敦促美方停止擴張在外太空的軍事部署，並以具體行動維護全球戰略穩定。」"We urge the U.S. to stop expanding military build-up in outer space, and uphold global strategic stability with concrete actions," Guo told a regular press briefing on Tuesday.

美國空軍部長特洛伊・梅因克（Troy Meink）週一表示，美國擁有「在軌太空控制武器，能保護聯合部隊免於敵對對手行動的威脅」。這是迄今五角大廈官員對美國在軌道部署武器所作的最明確承認。梅因克並未說明這些武器為何。U.S. Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink said on Monday the United States had "on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the Joint Force against hostile adversary action", the strongest acknowledgement yet by a Pentagon official of U.S. weapons in orbit. Meink did not identify the weapons.

中國官媒《環球時報》（Global Times）週二在一篇報導中表示，這項披露暴露了華府所謂對「太空霸權」的追求，並有引發全球太空軍備競賽的風險。China's state-backed Global Times said in a report on Tuesday that the disclosure exposed what it called Washington’s pursuit of "space hegemony" and risked fuelling a global space arms race.

中國軍事分析人士宋忠平（Song Zhongping）告訴該報，這項承認標誌著一項轉變：從保護太空資產、仰賴地基反太空系統，轉向直接在軌道部署武器。Chinese military analyst Song Zhongping told the newspaper the acknowledgement marked a shift from protecting space assets and relying on ground-based counter-space systems toward directly deploying weapons in orbit.

宋忠平說：「如果美國繼續走這條路，其他國家可能會被迫回應。」"If the U.S. continues down this path, other countries may be forced to respond," Song said.

上週，國營新華社（Xinhua）在一篇分析美國軌道軍事演習的文章中表示，華府推動這一領域武器化，恐怕會製造「安全困境」，迫使其他國家強化反太空能力，而美國隨後又會把這些能力視為新的威脅。Last week, state news agency Xinhua said in an analysis of a U.S. orbital military exercise that Washington's push to weaponize this domain risked creating a "security dilemma", forcing other countries to strengthen counter-space capabilities that the United States would then regard as new threats.

（愛德華多・巴普蒂斯塔報導；麥可・佩里（Michael Perry）編輯）(Reporting by Eduardo Baptista; Editing by Michael Perry)