据路透社报道:限制乌军使用「星盾」的命令来自白宫内部 五角大楼被要求放缓服务

华盛顿——据路透社10月15日独家报道,两名美国官员与一名了解情况的西方官员透露,限制乌克兰军方使用SpaceX「星盾」(Starshield)卫星服务的命令来自白宫内部。三名官员称,国防部领导层收到消息,要求放缓为乌军提供的星盾服务。三人因事涉敏感而要求匿名,他们没有说明白宫内部具体由谁作出这一决定、又由谁负责执行。
星盾是SpaceX为军方开发的服务,与民用「星链」(Starlink)使用同类卫星技术,五角大楼是星盾的最大客户。乌克兰官员本周表示,安装在快速移动载体上的军用级星链终端一度停止工作,影响了依赖该终端制导的无人机任务。乌克兰国防部一名人士10月15日对路透社表示,终端在移动状态下已经恢复工作,但速度上限约为每小时100英里(约160公里)。
这一限制措施出现之时,特朗普正向基辅施压,要求乌方停止袭击俄罗斯炼油厂。路透社报道称,特朗普将能源价格上涨归咎于这类袭击,并认为油价正在损害共和党在11月中期选举中的选情。就「限制命令来自白宫」的说法,一名美国高级官员回应称:「总统从未提出过这样的要求。」白宫没有回应有关其他政府官员是否提出过这一要求的问题。
SpaceX首席执行官马斯克10月14日曾在社交平台X上表示,星盾系统由美国政府拥有和控制,其速度或用途上的任何限制都由美国军方或总统决定;民用星链则由SpaceX拥有和控制,只能用于民用或防御性活动。
(资料来源:路透社10月15日独家报道及10月14日星盾背景报道;独家信息据路透社报道)
Order to Limit Starshield for Ukraine Came From Inside the White House, Reuters Reports
Washington — The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, two U.S. officials and a Western official briefed on the matter told Reuters on October 15. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Defense Department leaders received a message that the SpaceX Starshield service for the Ukrainian military needed to be slowed. They did not specify who in the White House made the decision or who was responsible for implementing it.
Starshield is the military-grade counterpart of SpaceX's Starlink service, and the Pentagon is its biggest customer. Ukrainian officials said this week that military-grade terminals stopped working when mounted on fast-moving objects, interfering with drone missions that rely on them for guidance. A person in Ukraine's Defence Ministry said on October 15 that the terminals were working again in motion, but only at speeds of up to 100 miles per hour.
The restriction came as President Donald Trump pressured Kyiv to stop attacks on Russian refineries, which he has blamed for soaring energy prices. Asked about the reported White House order, a senior U.S. official said no such request was ever made by the president. The White House did not respond to questions about whether other administration officials made the request.
SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk said on October 14 that Starshield systems are owned and controlled by the U.S. government and that limits on speed or usage are decided by the U.S. military or the president, while commercial Starlink is owned and controlled by SpaceX and limited to civilian or defensive activities.
(Source: Reuters exclusive, October 15, and Reuters Starshield explainer, October 14)
来源:GSM·美国(原文链接)
图片来源:图:「星链」卫星在火箭上待部署的轨道画面(资料照片)。图片来源:SpaceX官方照片,CC0,取自维基共享资源。 / Photo: Starlink satellites stacked aboard their launch vehicle before deployment (file photo). Source: Official SpaceX Photos, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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