美國參議員支持停止向土耳其交付F 35戰機
U.S. lawmakers of both parties on Tuesday resolutely endorsed the Trump administration’s decision to halt delivery of F-35 fighter equipment to Turkey over Ankara’s decision to purchase a Russian surface-to-air missile system — a possible first step to blocking Turkey from acquiring the stealth jet altogether.
由於土耳其決定購買俄羅斯地對空導彈系統，特朗普政府決定停止向土耳其交付F-35戰鬥機裝備，美國兩黨議員週二對此表示堅決支持。這可能是阻止土耳其購買這款隱形戰機的第一步。
“If Turkey goes through with the Russian system, there is no way in the world that we can justify training them [on the F-35] and going through with our commitment on the [delivery of] the two F-35s,” Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman James Inhofe, an Oklahoma Republican, said.
俄克拉何馬州共和黨參議員、參議院軍事委員會主席詹姆斯·英霍夫表示:“如果土耳其繼續使用俄羅斯的系統，我們沒有任何理由對他們進行F-35訓練，或是履行我們交付兩架F-35的承諾。”
“The two can’t exist [together], the F-35 and the Russian system,” said Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, who also serves on the panel. “We’re not going to allow that to happen.”
“F-35和俄羅斯系統不可能同時存在。”參議院軍事委員會成員、西維吉尼亞州民主黨參議員曼欽說，“我們不會允許這種事情發生。”
Both senators spoke with VOA moments before the committee heard from President Donald Trump’s nominee to become NATO Supreme Allied Commander, U.S. Air Force Gen. Tod Wolters.
這兩位參議員是在委員會聽取特朗普總統提名的北約盟軍最高指揮官、美國空軍上將託德·沃爾特斯的講話之前對美國之音說這番話的。
“I concur with this committee's belief that the S-400 [Russian missile system] and the F-35 are not compatible, and if Turkey proceeds down a path to procure and operate the S-400, they should not get the F-35,” Wolters said.
沃爾特斯說:“我同意這個委員會的看法，即俄羅斯的導彈系統S-400和F-35是不兼容的，如果土耳其繼續採購和操作S-400，他們就不應該得到F-35。”
Last week, Turkey’s foreign minister reaffirmed his country’s commitment to a deal with Moscow to buy the S-400, a system Washington believes could imperil the F-35, an advanced radar-eluding fighter jet. U.S. officials have warned that Turkey’s possession of both U.S. and Russian systems ultimately could help Moscow find ways to detect the F-35 and gain access to advanced American military technology.
上週，土耳其外長重申了土耳其與莫斯科達成協議購買S-400的承諾。華盛頓方面認爲，這一系統可能危及F-35這款先進的能夠躲避雷達的戰機。美國官員警告說，土耳其同時擁有美國和俄羅斯的系統，最終可能幫助莫斯科找到探測F-35的方法，並獲得美國先進的軍事技術。
“We cannot allow the technology of the F-35 to get into the hands of the Russians and our enemies,” New Hampshire Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen told VOA.
新罕布什爾州民主黨參議員沙欣對美國之音說:“我們不能讓F-35的技術落入俄羅斯人和我們的敵人手中。”
Shaheen and three other senators have introduced legislation prohibiting the transfer of F-35s to Turkey until the Trump administration certifies that Ankara will not accept delivery of the Russian air-defense system.
沙欣和其他三名參議員提出立法，禁止向土耳其出售f -35戰機，直到特朗普政府證明安卡拉不會接受俄羅斯交付的防空系統。
“It would be better if we were able to simply have them eliminate the S-400,” South Dakota Republican Sen. Mike Rounds said of Turkey’s planned purchase.
南達科他州共和黨參議員邁克·隆斯在談到土耳其的購買計劃時說:“如果我們能讓他們取消S-400系統就更好了。”
Complicating the issue is Turkey’s role in the supply chain for assembling the F-35, which is made by U.S. aerospace and defense giant Lockheed Martin.
F-35戰機由美國航空航天和國防巨頭洛克希德·馬丁公司製造。該公司在土耳其生產F35的一些零部件，這讓問題更加複雜化。
“Component parts of the F-35 are produced in Turkey, so we have to examine all the options,” Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia said. “We need to really maximize our effort to achieve Plan A, which is that they don’t purchase the Russian system.”
“F-35的零部件是在土耳其生產的，所以我們必須考慮所有的選擇。”弗吉尼亞州民主黨參議員蒂姆凱恩說，“我們需要盡最大的努力實現A計劃，即讓他們放棄購買俄羅斯的系統。”
Inhofe suggested Turkey’s role in F-35 production can be replaced.
英霍夫認爲，土耳其在F-35生產中的角色可以被取代。
“One time, they [Lockheed Martin] said, ‘We can’t make them without Turkey.’ We found that was not true,” the chairman said.
他說：“有一次，洛克希德·馬丁公司說，’沒有土耳其，我們無法制造F35。’我們發現這不是真的。”
