
9名跨黨派參議員致函國防部監察長,質疑美國政府是否介入限制烏軍無人機及情報共享服務
美國9名跨黨派參議員致函國防部監察長,要求調查烏克蘭軍方使用星鏈衛星通訊遭限制一事。議員關切此舉是否由美國官員授權,並擔憂其對烏軍防禦俄軍攻擊及情報共享能力的負面影響。
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烏克蘭軍方依賴星鏈進行通訊與無人機操作。近期傳出針對高速載具的連線限制,引發對軍事行動能力的擔憂。
烏克蘭使用「星鏈」(Starlink)衛星通訊和情報共享突遭限制,引起美國國會議員注意,9名跨黨派聯邦參議員聯名致函戰爭部(國防部)監察長,表達對此事「嚴重關切」,並且要求調查戰爭部高層官員是否涉及此事。
美國國會山莊報(The Hill)15日報導,參議院外交委員會民主黨籍首席議員夏亨(Jeanne Shaheen)率領兩黨議員聯名致函戰爭部監察長莫林(Platte Moring),「緊急要求監察長調查這些事件」,包括造成這些危險情況的原因,是否與戰爭部採取的行動或決定有關。
提里斯(Thom Tillis)、柯林斯(Susan Collins)、穆考斯基(Lisa Murkowski)及柯寧(John Cornyn)等4名共和黨參議員,以及參院軍事委員會民主黨首席議員里德(Jack Reed)在內的4名民主黨議員參與連署。
信中引述報導指出,本週稍早太空探索科技公司(SpaceX)的星鏈終端設備數據傳輸遭限制,打斷烏軍無人機、定翼機及直升機通訊;議員並提到,烏國軍方14日通報,飛行速度超過時速約101公里的飛行器,星鏈連線受到限制,而據報SpaceX承認,對時速超過161公里的載具實施限制。議員寫道,「這些限制據報削弱烏軍防禦俄軍無人機及飛彈攻擊民用基礎設施的能力」,也對報導傳出美國情報共享及威脅預警中斷,表達「極為憂慮」。
這封信函說,「基於可能造成致命後果,這些事件需要立即調查」,並問到情報共享安排、預警能力、或者影響烏克蘭的「星鏈」和「星盾」(Starshield)服務的改變,是否有「任何戰爭部或其他美國政府官員指示、授權、批准,或者事先知情」。
「星盾」為星鏈的軍事版。烏克蘭官員14日表示,烏國星鏈及星盾連線受干擾是源自華府的決定。SpaceX執行長馬斯克(Elon Musk)指出,星盾系統由美國政府擁有和控制,速度及使用限制均由美軍、最終由美國總統決定。
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