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US goes further down wrong road of space militarization

美国在太空军事化的错误道路上越走越远

来源:China Military Online 责任编辑:Wang Xinjuan
2022-09-27 19:09:25

By Wang Min

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The US Space Force recently launched the National Space Intelligence Center (NSIC). From forming the Space Command and Space Force and frequently holding the "Global Sentinel" and "Space Flag" military exercises, to developing and deploying aggressive space weapons like the "counter communications system" and firing all sorts of reconnaissance satellites, the US has become the main pusher of weaponizing the space and turning it into a battlefield.

不久前,美国太空军正式启动国家太空情报中心。从组建太空司令部、成立太空军、频繁举行“全球哨兵”和“太空旗”等军事演习,到研发部署“反卫星通信系统”等进攻性太空武器、发射各类侦察卫星,美国已成为太空武器化和战场化的主要推手。

NSIC, also known as Space Delta 18, is a re-organization of the space-related functions of the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC). It is responsible for monitoring and detecting foreign threats to America’s on-orbit assets, and works with other American intelligence agencies to provide key information on threatening systems and foreign intentions and activities in the space domain. The establishment of NSIC further lays bare America's strategic ambition for a broader presence in the outer space.

国家太空情报中心又称“第18太空三角洲部队”,是对国家航空航天情报中心涉及太空领域的相关职能的重组,职责是监视和发现美国在轨资产面临的他国威胁等事务,并与美国其他情报机构合作,以提供“太空领域中有关威胁系统、外国意图和活动的关键情报”。该太空情报机构的成立,使美国在太空领域扩张的战略野心更加暴露无遗。

Former US President Trump once said in public that it's not enough for America to be just "present" in the space; it must be "dominant", for which intelligence is an indispensable part. The US has long applied its usual tricks of intelligence theft and close-in reconnaissance in the space. In early 2022, it launched two space domain awareness satellites that are said to be able to detect enemy satellites to provide relevant data to America's space monitoring network. After the Russia-Ukraine conflict broke out, the US has been providing space information to support Ukraine using Starlink's satellites in orbit.

美国前总统特朗普曾公开宣称,“美国在太空中仅有‘存在感’是不够的,还要具有‘统治力’”。所谓的“统治力”自然离不开情报,美国早就将自己情报窃密、抵近侦察那一套复制到太空领域。今年年初,美国发射了两颗号称能“检查”敌方卫星的空间域感知卫星,用于提供相关数据给美国的太空监视网络。俄乌冲突爆发后,美国一直通过“星链”在轨卫星等手段为乌提供太空信息支援。

The US is also seeking space intelligence cooperation with its allies. Japan began to send its people to the US to study space monitoring skills long ago and agreed to install American space situational awareness monitors and sensors on its Quasi-Zenith Satellite System to share intelligence. In February 2022, the US signed a report with Australia, Canada, France, Germany and New Zealand agreeing to carry out in-depth cooperation on intelligence sharing, revealing its plan for creating a small space alliance.

美国还拉拢盟友大搞太空领域的情报合作。日本很早便开始派员前往美国学习太空监视的相关技能,还同意在其“准天顶”卫星系统上加装美太空态势感知的监视传感器,以实现情报共享。今年2月,美国与澳大利亚、加拿大、法国、德国、新西兰签署一份报告,承诺就情报共享展开深度合作,其打造太空联盟“小圈子”的用心昭然若揭。

But Washington's space ambition isn't likely to fare well. On the one hand, the space environment is complicated and variable. Given its full plate at home now, a space intelligence agency would be of limited effect. On the other hand, America's intensified pursuit of space hegemony has made other countries wary and prompted them to ramp up their space efforts and develop new combat forces. When France planned to form a space military command in 2019, French media took it as an answer to the US. Russia also gives priority to space security in its overall national security, not only forming the Aerospace Force but also accelerating the development of space weapons as a tit-for-tat to the US.

不过,美国的太空野心并不乐观。一方面,太空环境复杂多变,眼下美国自身面临严重的内耗,即便成立太空情报机构,其实际的成效也注定有限。另一方面,随着美国加紧谋求太空霸权,其他国家警惕之下亦纷纷向太空发力,发展新型作战力量。早在2019年法国计划成立太空军事指挥部时,法国媒体即认为,这是对美国做法的回应。俄罗斯同样将太空安全置于国家安全的优先地位,不但成立了空天军,还针锋相对地加速研发太空武器。

Facts have proven that America's obsessive development of space weapons will not help it achieve the strategic ambition to dominate the space. On the contrary, it will seriously damage the global strategic balance and cause the arms race to overspill into the outer space. The outer space is a common domain for human activities. The US should act responsibly, stop pushing space militarization, and truly live up to its responsibility for maintaining peace and security in the space.

事实证明,美国执意推进太空军备建设,不但无法实现自身统治太空的战略野心,还会严重破坏全球战略平衡,使军备竞赛外溢到太空。太空是人类活动的共有领域,美方应采取负责任的行为,停止推进太空军事化进程,切实承担起维护太空和平与安全的应有责任。