俄罗斯向丹麦发出核威胁

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.

俄罗斯威胁称，如果丹麦加入北约(Nato)的导弹防御系统，俄罗斯就可能对丹麦实施核打击。这是俄罗斯迄今对该军事联盟成员国发出的最为挑衅的言论。

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.

俄罗斯驻丹麦大使在报上发表的评论文章中写道，这个北欧国家还没有完全明白签署北约导弹防御协议的后果。

“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.

“如果发生了这样的事情，丹麦的战舰将成为俄罗斯核武器的目标。丹麦将成为俄罗斯的威胁之一，”米哈伊尔•瓦宁(Mikhail Vanin)在丹麦《日德兰邮报》(Jyllands-Posten)上写道。

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.

这一戏剧性的警告加大了俄罗斯对波罗的海各国施加的压力。俄罗斯飞机已侵犯爱沙尼亚、芬兰和瑞典的领空，去年还两次险些与从哥本哈根起飞的客机相撞。

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.”

面对俄大使的警告，丹麦政府试图保持沉着姿态。丹麦外长马丁•里德加德(Martin Lidegaard)称俄方言论“不可接受”，并补充道：“俄罗斯很清楚北约的导弹防御系统并非以俄罗斯为目标。我们和俄罗斯在一些重大事项上存在分歧，但我们对彼此说话的分贝不应升高，这一点很重要。”

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月里德加德曾表示，丹麦将在一艘或更多护卫舰上安装一种雷达，让这些护卫舰可被用于北约导弹防御系统。

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.

这个导弹防御系统已经被讨论了10多年。尽管2010年到2011年间，建立导弹防御体系的方案变得更具体时，人们提到伊朗的导弹，但俄罗斯长期怀疑该系统是为了让俄罗斯的核威慑力失效。2012年俄军总参谋长曾威胁称，在国土上建立该导弹防御系统的任何国家，都可能面临俄罗斯先发制人的核打击。

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.”

丹麦国防部长尼科莱•魏曼(Nicolai Wammen)去年8月表示：“丹麦加入导弹防御系统，在一艘或多艘护卫舰上安装雷达，并非针对俄罗斯的行动，而是为了抵御流氓国家、恐怖组织和有能力向欧洲和美国发射导弹的其他群体。”