俄羅斯向丹麥發出核威脅

Russia has threatened Denmark with a nuclear strike if it takes part in Nato’s missile shield, in some of the most incendiary comments yet directed at a member of the military alliance.

俄羅斯威脅稱，如果丹麥加入北約(Nato)的導彈防禦系統，俄羅斯就可能對丹麥實施核打擊。這是俄羅斯迄今對該軍事聯盟成員國發出的最爲挑釁的言論。

Russia’s ambassador to Denmark wrote in a newspaper opinion piece that the Nordic country had not fully understood the consequences of signing up to the Nato missile defence programme.

俄羅斯駐丹麥大使在報上發表的評論文章中寫道，這個北歐國家還沒有完全明白簽署北約導彈防禦協議的後果。

“If it happens, then Danish warships will be targets for Russia’s nuclear weapons. Denmark will be part of the threat to Russia,” Mikhail Vanin wrote in Jyllands-Posten, a Danish daily.

“如果發生了這樣的事情，丹麥的戰艦將成爲俄羅斯核武器的目標。丹麥將成爲俄羅斯的威脅之一，”米哈伊爾•瓦寧(Mikhail Vanin)在丹麥《日德蘭郵報》(Jyllands-Posten)上寫道。

The dramatic warning cranks up Russian pressure on countries in the Baltic region. Russian aircraft have violated the airspace of Estonia, Finland and Sweden and were involved in two near misses last year with passenger aircraft taking off from Copenhagen.

這一戲劇性的警告加大了俄羅斯對波羅的海各國施加的壓力。俄羅斯飛機已侵犯愛沙尼亞、芬蘭和瑞典的領空，去年還兩次險些與從哥本哈根起飛的客機相撞。

The Danish government tried to maintain a calm front after the ambassador’s warning. Martin Lidegaard, foreign minister, called the comments “unacceptable”, adding: “Russia knows full well that Nato’s missile defence is not aimed at them. We are in disagreement with Russia on a number of important things but it is important that the tone between us does not escalate.”

面對俄大使的警告，丹麥政府試圖保持沉着姿態。丹麥外長馬丁•裏德加德(Martin Lidegaard)稱俄方言論“不可接受”，並補充道：“俄羅斯很清楚北約的導彈防禦系統並非以俄羅斯爲目標。我們和俄羅斯在一些重大事項上存在分歧，但我們對彼此說話的分貝不應升高，這一點很重要。”

Mr Lidegaard indicated in August that Denmark would fit one or possibly more frigates with a type of radar that would allow the ships to be used in the Nato missile shield.

去年8月裏德加德曾表示，丹麥將在一艘或更多護衛艦上安裝一種雷達，讓這些護衛艦可被用於北約導彈防禦系統。

The defence shield has been mooted for more than a decade. Although Iranian missiles were mentioned when the shield proposals became more concrete in 2010-11, Russia has long suspected it would be used to neuter its nuclear deterrent. The chief of Russia’s general staff in 2012 threatened any country hosting the shield on its soil with a pre-emptive nuclear strike.

這個導彈防禦系統已經被討論了10多年。儘管2010年到2011年間，建立導彈防禦體系的方案變得更具體時，人們提到伊朗的導彈，但俄羅斯長期懷疑該系統是爲了讓俄羅斯的核威懾力失效。2012年俄軍總參謀長曾威脅稱，在國土上建立該導彈防禦系統的任何國家，都可能面臨俄羅斯先發制人的核打擊。

Nicolai Wammen, Denmark’s defence minister, said in August: “That Denmark will join the missile defence system with radar capacity on one or more of our frigates is not an action that is targeted against Russia, but rather to protect us against rogue states, terrorist organisations and others that have the capacity to fire missiles at Europe and the US.”

丹麥國防部長尼科萊•魏曼(Nicolai Wammen)去年8月表示：“丹麥加入導彈防禦系統，在一艘或多艘護衛艦上安裝雷達，並非針對俄羅斯的行動，而是爲了抵禦流氓國家、恐怖組織和有能力向歐洲和美國發射導彈的其他羣體。”