五角大楼拟采用印度卫星服务 曾考虑用中国卫星

Pentagon to use Indian satellite inwar-torn Afghanistan

在饱受战争摧残的阿富汗，五角大楼动用印度卫星

WASHINGTON: The US is planning to use theservices of an Indian satellite to get quicker weather information in war-tornAfghanistan, crucial for the movement of its military assets, the Pentagon hassaid.

五角大楼表示，为了迅速获取天气信息，以有利于军队的调动，美国计划在饱受战争摧残的阿富汗使用印度卫星提供的服务。

The Pentagon decided to use Indiansatellite after European weather satellites were moved to cover operations inIraq and Syria, following which it explored the possibility of taking theservices of Chinese satellites but dropped the idea after initial evaluationdue to hacking apprehensions by the Chinese.

自从欧洲天气卫星被转移服务于伊拉克和叙利亚的作战后，五角大楼决定采用印度卫星，之前也考虑过接受中国卫星服务的可能性，然而经过最初评估，出于对中国黑客的担心，还是放弃了这一想法。

As a result, the Pentagon decided to useIndian satellite which is already operational and whose data is available atvarious American universities, senior Pentagon officials told US lawmakersduring Congressional hearing on ‘Weather Satellite Programs’ convened by theHouse Science, Space and Technology subcommittee on Environment.

结果，五角大楼决定使用在运行的印度卫星，数据可在不同的美国大学获取。