苏纳克撰文：英国须证明普京无法主宰北极，应让俄科拉半岛基地处于险境
英国前首相苏纳克在《星期日泰晤士报》发表专栏文章，称英国有责任证明普京无法主宰北极，主张英国应加强高北地区威慑，并让俄罗斯科拉半岛的军事基地在战时处于险境，以此遏止莫斯科升级冲突。
苏纳克写道，俄罗斯长期把其大部分二次核打击力量部署在高北地区，北方舰队以科拉半岛为基地，是对英国最大的单一威胁。他说，过去一年俄罗斯海军在英国周边的活动增加了41%。北极是通往北大西洋的门户，每一项北约战略都依赖对这片海域的控制；一旦失去控制，美国的装备和部队将难以抵达欧洲。
他列举的措施包括：英国政府已宣布投资9000万英镑建设新的水下监视网络；英国牵头的十国联合远征军应更聚焦高北地区。而「拼图的最后一块」，是让俄方知道，一旦开战，英国有能力让其科拉半岛基地处于险境。苏纳克说，凭借突击队，英国是少数能在北极独特气候与地形中行动的国家之一；俄罗斯若知道其军事基础设施可能受威胁，就更不可能升级任何冲突。
苏纳克认为，未来十年英国对欧洲安全最要紧的贡献，就是在高北地区威慑俄罗斯。《星期日泰晤士报》在文末注明，苏纳克已将这篇专栏的稿费捐给 Richmond Project。
（来源：《星期日泰晤士报》）
Sunak: Britain Must Prove Putin Cannot Rule the Arctic and Put Russia's Kola Bases at Risk
Former British prime minister Rishi Sunak has written in The Sunday Times that it is Britain's duty to prove that Vladimir Putin cannot rule the Arctic, arguing that Britain should strengthen deterrence in the High North and be able to put Russia's military bases on the Kola Peninsula at risk in the event of war.
Sunak wrote that Russia has long held the majority of its second-strike nuclear capability in the High North, and that the Northern Fleet, operating out of the Kola Peninsula, poses the single greatest threat to Britain. Russian naval activity around Britain has increased by 41 per cent year on year, he said. The Arctic is the gateway to the North Atlantic, and every NATO strategy relies on the ability to control that ocean; lose it, and US equipment and troops will struggle to reach Europe.
Among the measures he cited were a government-announced GBP 90 million investment in a new underwater surveillance network and a greater High North focus for the British-led Joint Expeditionary Force of ten northern European nations. "The final piece of the jigsaw," he wrote, is showing the Russians that in the event of a war Britain could put their bases on the Kola Peninsula at risk. Thanks to its commandos, Britain is one of the few countries able to operate in the Arctic's unique climate and topography, and if Russia knows its military infrastructure could be threatened, it is far less likely to escalate any conflict.
Sunak argued that the most vital contribution Britain can make to European security over the next decade is deterring Russia in the High North. The Sunday Times noted that he has donated his fee for the column to the Richmond Project.
(Source: The Sunday Times)
来源：《星期日泰晤士报》
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图片来源：图：英国前首相苏纳克（首相任内官方肖像，资料图）。照片：英国首相府 发布，OGL 3.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Former British prime minister Rishi Sunak (official portrait from his time in office, file photo). Photo by the Prime Minister's Office, OGL 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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