战略司令部指挥官塞西尔D.哈尼海军上将说：“这是美国在整个亚太地区推行的全球战略轰炸机项目，也是对美国可靠和灵活的军事战略的演练, 以此履行美国对其盟友国的安全义务承诺” 。
Inside the Ring: U.S. Flexes B-2 Muscle in Show of Force on China’s Doorstep
BY: Bill Gertz Follow @BillGertz
August 28, 2014 11:31 am
Three B-2 strategic nuclear bombers completed a tour of duty in Guam this week, as tensions remained high between the United States and China over what the Pentagon called a “dangerous” Chinese fighter-jet intercept of a U.S. surveillance plane last week.
“This training deployment demonstrates continued U.S. commitment to global strategic bomber operations throughout the Asia-Pacific region, and exercises the president’s credible and flexible military options to meet national security obligations for the U.S. and its allies,”
said Navy Adm. Cecil D. Haney, commander of U.S. Strategic Command.
哈尼海军上将曾在一份声明中表示, 轰炸机项目可以同时向美国的盟友和对手传达信息。
他说，“美国战略司令部有必要继续部署全球打击能力、扩展对潜在对手的威慑, 以此为我们的盟友提供保障”。
Adm. Haney said in a statement that the bombers are intended to send a message to allies and adversaries.
“It is important for U.S. Strategic Command to continue to project global strike capabilities and extended deterrence against potential adversaries while providing assurance to our allies through deployments such as this,” he said.
The deployment is part of Strategic Command’s efforts to promote regional security and stability in the Asia-Pacific.
He noted that the command’s forces “are on watch 24-hours a day, seven days a week conducting operations to detect and deter strategic attack against the United States of America and our allies.”
“Strategic bomber deployments such as these are just one way in which U.S. Stratcom supports [the Pacific Command] in accomplishing that stability,” the admiral said.
杰弗里上尉表示,部署计划早些时候已开始，不针对任何特定的情况以及该地区的任何国家—间指上周与中国的航空事故。
The bat-wing stealth bombers spent most of August based on the U.S. western Pacific island conducting what the Air Force described as activities designed to “increase combat readiness.”
Air Force spokesman Capt. Ray Geoffroy said the bombers conducted training flights near Guam and within the Pacific Command area of responsibility. Skills tested included command and control, air refueling, and weapon-load training.
Capt. Geoffroy said the deployment was planned earlier and is not related to “any specific situation or directed toward and nation in the region” — an indirect reference to last week’s aerial incident with China.
A defense official said the B-2 deployment is part of the U.S. pivot to Asia and was intended as a message to China, which has been increasing its nuclear and conventional forces.
The B-2s, which can carry nuclear and conventional weapons, are part of U.S. extended deterrence missions designed to bolster non-nuclear allies like Japan and South Korea that are squaring off against nuclear-armed China and North Korea.
It is the first B-2 deployment for an extended period in over two years. The last strategic bomber deployments took place in January 2012.
The deployment overlapped the Aug. 19 aerial encounter between a Navy P-8 anti-submarine warfare aircraft and a Chinese Su-27 jet interceptor over the South China Sea.
The same day the Pentagon revealed the incident, the aircraft carrier strike group led by the USS Carl Vinson departed San Diego for the western Pacific, giving the Pentagon two carrier strike groups in the region.
Japan’s Sankei Shimbun newspaper reported July 30 that following the B-2 deployment, the Air Force plans to deploy more than 20 B-52 bombers to Anderson Air Force Base on Guam.
A Strategic Command spokesman declined to comment on future B-52 deployments to Guam.
中国的武装无人机
中国军方于本周进行了无人机导弹发射, 据报道，这是中国政府首次使用武装无人机。
目前还不能确定该无人机的类型，中国军方官员称，已在最近演习中发射了数枚导弹。
军事分析人士说, 中国最有可能使用翼龙无人机, 从照片外观看，它类似于美国的捕食者无人机。
CHINA’S KILLER DRONES
China’s military carried out a missile firing from one of its new unmanned aerial vehicles this week, highlighting Beijing’s first reported use of an armed drone.
The drone was not identified by type and fired “several missiles” during drills, according to Chinese military officials.
Military analysts said the most likely model used by the Chinese is the Wing Loong drone, which resembles the U.S. Predator drone, according to photos.
“The drone, tasked with surveillance, reconnaissance and ground attacks, will play a vital role in fighting against terrorism,” Chinese air force spokesman Shen Jinke said, Xinhua reported.
China has marketed its drones at arms shows, but the reported missile firings mark the first time the Chinese have revealed exercising the armed drone’s strike capability.
China also announced that it plans to create a “standing counterterrorism force” in an SCO state — an indication the organization is gradually evolving from a political group to a military alliance.
Beijing has refused Washington’s requests for the United States to join the SCO. However, Kazakhstan in the past has served as a surrogate for the U.S., and provided valuable insights into the organization.
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