巴基斯坦武裝無人機或源於中國
A lethal missile attack this week on Islamist militants by Pakistani forces was carried out with an armed drone likely to have been supported, designed or supplied by China, according to defence analysts.
防務專家表示，本週巴基斯坦對伊斯蘭主義武裝分子發動一次致命導彈攻擊時所使用的武裝無人機，很可能是由中國支持、設計或供應的。
The Pakistan army on Monday claimed it successfully used the “Burraq” unmanned aerial vehicle for an attack on a terrorist compound in the north Waziristan region along the Afghan border, in which three Taliban militants were killed.
週一，巴基斯坦軍方宣佈，它成功地使用“布拉克”(Burraq)無人機對位於巴基斯坦-阿富汗邊境的北瓦濟里斯坦(North Waziristan)特區的一處恐怖分子營地實施了攻擊，擊斃了三名塔利班武裝分子。
Announced via Twitter by Major General Asim Bajwa, chief spokesman of Pakistan’s armed forces, it was the first known use of an armed Pakistani drone. “For now, the authorities believe their ability to target hardcore militants has improved with this drone capability,” said one western diplomat.
這則消息是巴基斯坦武裝部隊首席發言人阿西姆巴賈瓦少將(Major General Asim Bajwa)在Twitter上宣佈的。據人們所知，這還是巴基斯坦首次使用武裝無人機。“現在，當局相信，具備了這種無人機能力，他們打擊頑固武裝分子的能力已有所改善，”一名西方外交官表示。
The attack appeared to mark a significant milestone for Pakistan, which has now joined the small club of countries with armed drones. In the past, Islamabad repeatedly sought to buy them from the US but Washington, reluctant to export sensitive technology, refused.
對巴基斯坦來說，這次攻擊似乎是一個重要的里程碑。如今，該國已躋身少數擁有武裝無人機的國家的行列。過去，巴基斯坦曾多次向美國求購武裝無人機，但不願出口敏感技術的美國沒有同意。
However, China — an ally of nuclear-armed Pakistan and its most important conventional weapons supplier — appears to have stepped up its support.
然而，中國似乎在這方面加大了對巴基斯坦的支持。對擁有核武裝的巴基斯坦來說，中國是它的盟友，也是它最重要的常規武器供應國。
Neil Gibson, a weapons analyst with IHS Jane’s, said that despite the claims of Pakistani manufacture, “close analysis of imagery released by Pakistan suggests at least a heavy debt to Chinese systems”. The Burraq, he added, “strongly resembles” China’s CH-3 UAV.
簡氏防務(IHS Jane's)武器分析師尼爾吉布森(Neil Gibson)表示，儘管巴基斯坦聲稱該無人機是國產的，“但在對巴方發佈的圖像進行仔細分析後發現，它最起碼是深受中國無人機系統影響”。他接着說，“布拉克”無人機跟中國的彩虹-3無人機(CH-3)“非常相像”。
Pieter Wezeman, a senior researcher at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri), said China must have helped Pakistan if it did indeed produce a UAV that goes beyond basic reconnaissance.
斯德哥爾摩國際和平研究所(Sipri)高級研究員彼得韋策曼(Pieter Wezeman)表示，如果巴基斯坦真的生產出了基本偵察型以外的無人機，那麼中國肯定對此提供了幫助。
“Developing a drone with armed capability is much more difficult than just a reconnaissance one because the reconnaissance one can be built with very basic technology, but integrating weapons is a different level,” he said. “Either it is a Chinese UAV or based on Chinese technology.”
“研製武裝無人機比只研製偵察無人機困難得多，因爲偵察無人機使用很基礎的技術就能造出來，但把武器整合進去就需要另一個水平的技術了。”他說，“它要麼是中國的無人機，要麼就是基於中國技術生產的。”
Additional reporting by Victor Mallet in New Delhi
維克托氠萊(Victor Mallet)新德里補充報道
