US to retain 90 nukes on Iran border
Sat, 10 Apr 2010 09:57:50 GMT
A US B-2 bomber dropping a B61 thermonuclear bomb美國的B-2轟炸機放下一B61熱核炸彈
As Washington and Moscow sign a new arms reduction treaty, skepticism arises in Turkey as to whether those cuts will include US atomic warheads stored in the country.
由於華盛頓和莫斯科簽署新的武器削減條約，懷疑在土耳其出現，是否會裁減包括美國在該國儲存的核彈頭。
US President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev signed a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) in Prague on Thursday, which requires both sides to reduce their nuclear arsenals to 1,550, or about one-third below current levels.
美國總統奧巴馬和他的俄羅斯對等梅德韋傑夫，週四在布拉格簽署了一項新的削減戰略武器條約（START），它要求雙方削減其核武庫至1,550枚，約佔目前水平的三分之一。
This is while the Obama administration has revised US policy on atomic weapons, as part of a new Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) that, among other things, is said to be aimed at reducing the US stockpile.
而這是奧巴馬政府已修訂美國原子武器政策，作為新的核態勢評估報告（NPR）的一部分，在眾多其它事項中，被認為是旨在減少美國儲存。
But silence over anticipated US plans to withdraw nuclear bombs deployed in the Incirlik Air Base in southern Anatolia, has left many speculating on whether Washington has any intentions to remove the weapons at all.
When asked about a possible US move to withdraw its nuclear weapons from five European countries, including Turkey, Turkey's Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul said that Ankara had no information about such plans.
當被問及美國從 5個歐洲國家包括土耳其，撤銷其核武器的可能性，土耳其國防部長格尼爾說，安卡拉的信息沒有這樣的計劃。
“No information has been officially announced,” Gonul told reporters on Wednesday.
The US has positioned a total of 200 B61 thermonuclear gravity bombs in Turkey, Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Germany since the Cold War. Turkey is believed to be hosting 90 bombs at Incirlik Air Base.
美國自冷戰時已放置共200 枚B61熱核重力炸彈在土耳其、比利時、法國、荷蘭和德國。土耳其據信東道了 90枚炸彈在因吉爾利克的空軍基地。
On April 2, The Times reported that the United States may remove tactical nuclear weapons deployed in five NATO member European countries, including Turkey.
However, the possibility of the White House seriously considering a decision to withdraw the B61 gravity bombs seems unlikely, as it has not consulted Ankara on the issue so far.
然而，白宮認真考慮決定撤回 B61重力炸彈的可能性似乎不大，因為至今它並沒有就這個問題諮詢安卡拉。
In the latest NPR, while the Obama Administration has reduced the threat of using nuclear weapons against signatories of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), it has excluded NPT signatory Iran from threat reduction.
During the release of the current NPT today, the US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said, "the NPR has a very strong message for both Iran and North Korea, because whether it's in declaratory policy or in other elements of the NPR, we essentially carve out states like Iran and North Korea that are not in compliance with NPT."
"Basically, all options are on the table when it comes to countries in that category," he elaborated.
Washington, which accuses Iran of having the "intention" of developing nuclear weapons, is leading a push for a fourth round of sanctions against Tehran at the United Nations Security Council in a bid to hinder the nation's drive for a nuclear energy program.
Iran, as a signatory of NPT, insists that it neither believes in atomic weapons, nor, as a matter of religious principles, does it intend to acquire nuclear or other weapons of mass-destruction.
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