飛彈技術分享：兩馬惺惺惜　都是前朝錯

兩馬惺惺惜　都是前朝錯

【Comment】The US is going to share its secret data of Velocity at Burn-out (VBO) with Russia, leaving others, such as Telemetry and Hit-to-kill, intact.  This move might ease Russian’s opposition to the former Warsaw Pact members’ deployment of US missile defense system and participation in NATO, in change of Russian’s cooperation in the crises of Iran or Syria.  It raises the concern that the information might be transfer to the third party and China might be the one.  Well, it is the US's paradoxical practice to defend itself by strengthening the enemy.
Now, from this decision, we realize why Obama seems quite fond of MYJ.  They both have taken Presidential offices and made decisions for four years, yet, when challenged, they put blame on predecessors that actually obeyed different principles.  The counterparts across the Pacific Ocean now share the same mentality.    revised at 1450

美國與俄羅斯分享部分飛彈防衛技術，或著眼在交換北約在捷克、波蘭、烏克蘭等地的部署。俄羅斯對於這些前屬國琵琶別抱很感冒。當然還有伊朗、敘利亞等事務上的合作，否則外交部次長在場所為何來。但俄羅斯也可能移轉此技術給中國，這是華盛頓一向不遺餘力會犯的錯誤。總之，我們現在看出：歐巴馬也是煩事推前朝，都是布希害的。我們看到跨越太平洋的兩匹馬，居然同一個樣。

防堵伊朗攻擊歐洲╱美攔截飛彈機密 擬與俄分享◎自由（2012.03.15）

http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2012/new/mar/15/today-int2.htm

〔編譯陳成良／路透華盛頓十三日電〕據路透掌握的獨家消息，為保護歐洲免於受到伊朗飛彈攻擊，美國歐巴馬政府不排除讓俄羅斯獲得美國攔截飛彈的部分機密資料。

五角大廈發言人、空軍中校康寧漢女士，十三日以書面回答路透提問時表示，華府正尋求與俄國達成一項協議，其中可能包括機密資料交流，因為在飛彈防禦計畫中納入俄國及其雷達站，符合美國利益。康寧漢強調，美國尚未決定是否向俄國提供有關攔截飛彈的「燃盡速度（velocity at burnout, VBO）」資料，但也不排除這個可能性。

美國民間組織「飛彈防禦擁護聯盟」負責人艾里森指出，VBO是俄國願意與美國合作的主要交換條件。VBO是指飛彈在用完所有燃料、推進器燒盡後能夠達到的速度。透過VBO及其他特定技術資料，莫斯科可更輕易發展出反制措施及戰略，來擊敗這套飛彈防禦系統。

國防部回應路透提問時，排除美國提供「遠距控制（telemetry）」或「擊殺（hit-to-kill）」技術給俄國的可能。「遠距控制」涉及自動傳輸及測量遠端來源的資料，來監視一枚飛彈的飛行過程；「擊殺」則是雷神公司標準三型（SM-3）之類的現代美國攔截飛彈，藉由猛力撞擊目標並加以摧毀的方法。

共和黨批向俄屈服

國防部強調，布希政府早在二○○四年便正式尋求與莫斯科進行飛彈防禦合作，歐巴馬政府不過是蕭規曹隨。不過，國會共和黨人已揚言尋求立法，禁止這種軍事資料分享。眾議院軍事委員會戰略兵力小組委員會主席透納，十三日在聲明中痛批歐巴馬政府犧牲美國利益，「屈服於」俄國的顧慮。

化解莫斯科對飛彈防禦系統疑慮

美國和北約組織盟邦正在歐洲建構多層次飛彈防禦系統，以擊退任何來自伊朗的飛彈威脅。莫斯科擔心，這套系統假以時日可能威力大到足以減損俄國核子嚇阻實力。俄國已揚言將部署飛彈加以反制，並瞄準鎖定北約成員國波蘭及羅馬尼亞境內的飛彈防禦設施。美國願意分享VBO機密情報，將有助於化解莫斯科的疑慮。

U.S. May Share Secret Missile Shield Data With Russia◎International Business Times（2012.03.14）

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/314080/20120314/russia-missile-shield-pentagon-defense.htm

The Obama administration is leaving open the possibility of giving Moscow certain secret data on U.S. interceptor missiles due to help protect Europe from any Iranian missile strike.

A deal is being sought by Washington that could include classified data exchange because it is in the U.S. interest to enlist Russia and its radar stations in the missile-defense effort, a Pentagon spokeswoman said Tuesday in written replies to Reuters.

No decision has been made yet on whether the United States would offer data about the interceptors' "velocity at burnout," or VBO, said Air Force Lieutenant Colonel April Cunningham, the spokeswoman, but it is not being ruled out.

VBO is at the heart of what Russia wants as the price for its cooperation, said Riki Ellison, head of the private Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance, who has close ties to missile defense and military officials.

VBO tells how fast an interceptor is going when its rocket-booster motor fuel is spent and the motor burns out.

With VBO and certain other technical data, Moscow could more readily develop countermeasures and strategies to defeat the system and transfer the information to others, Ellison said.

Ellen Tauscher, the administration's special envoy for strategic stability and missile defense, held talks in Moscow Tuesday with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, including on missile defense, a State Department spokesman said.

The Defense Department, in its response to Reuters, ruled out giving Russia information on either "telemetry" or U.S. "hit-to-kill" technology.

Telemetry involves the automatic transmission and measurement of data from remote sources to monitor a missile flight.  Hit-to-kill is the way in which modern U.S. interceptors, such as Raytheon Co's Standard Missile-3, destroy targets by slamming into them.

The department emphasized the Obama administration was following in the footsteps of the George W. Bush administration in seeking missile defense cooperation with Moscow, a process formally begun in 2004.

In keeping open the possibility of sharing VBO information with Moscow, Obama is at odds with Republicans in Congress who have said they will seek to legislate a prohibition on such data-sharing.

Republican Rep. Mike Turner, chairman of the House of Representatives' Armed Services subcommittee on strategic forces, faulted the administration for what he described as "caving" to Russian concerns at the expense of U.S. interests.

"That is why it is important Congress insist on protecting our classified missile defense information, and our right to deploy missile defenses without concern for Russia's posturing," he said in a statement Tuesday to Reuters.

The sharing of such data might help salve Russian concerns about the layered shield being built in Europe by the United States and its NATO allies, chiefly to fend off the perceived threat from Iranian missiles.

Moscow fears the bulwark could grow strong enough over time to undermine its nuclear deterrent force.  It has threatened to deploy missiles to overcome the shield and potentially target missile defense installations such as those planned in NATO members Poland and Romania.

The Defense Department, in its reply to Reuters, said the sharing of classified U.S. data is subject to an interagency group known as the National Disclosure Policy Committee, which evaluates requests for dealing with other governments.

Bradley Roberts, a deputy assistant secretary of defense, told Turner's committee last week the United States had been making "no progress" toward persuading Russia to drop its opposition to the shield despite its willingness to consider sharing certain classified data.