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美前國防高官羅耶爾:華府應加速對台軍售,打造印太國防產業整合

美國戰爭部前印太安全事務首席副助理部長羅耶爾在「2026台北安全對話」呼籲華府加速關鍵軍售案,並倡議印太國防產業整合與引進私人資本。

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美國前印太安全事務首席副助理部長羅耶爾於台北安全對話呼籲華府加速對台軍售,並倡議結合印太區域盟友的國防產業供應鏈與私人資本,以「落實時鐘」對抗逼近的威脅時鐘。

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美國前官員羅耶爾於「2026台北安全對話」發表專題演講,就美台軍售及印太防衛合作提出建言。

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美國戰爭部前印太安全事務首席副助理部長羅耶爾(Jedidiah Royal)今(9)日在「2026台北安全對話」專題演講中表示,美國必須在對台軍售(FMS)案上兌現交付,並直言「台北沒有比華府更好的朋友」。他呼籲華府「聽取自己所說的話」,理解自身有機會透過加速關鍵軍售案,讓美方所期望的「已部署的硬實力」出現在最具關鍵意義的區域,將不斷逼近的「威脅時鐘」扳向嚇阻。

羅耶爾指出,美台兩國政府一次又一次找到共同前進的方法,彼此學習、強化對方的安全,並在面對脅迫與壓力時站在一起。儘管過去這一兩年有許多議論,他不認為雙邊關係的根本性質已經改變,並對務實的現實將持續像磁鐵一般把雙方吸引到共同的可行方案上感到樂觀,「我鼓勵台灣人民,去善用我們關係中務實且相互增強的元素」。

他引述其在政府任職時的最後一位長官、政策次長柯伯吉(Elbridge Colby)的說法指出,外交關係應對準的指標是「更多船艦下水、擴大關鍵彈藥的庫存、真正的互通性、已完成部署的硬實力,以及展現出使用這些力量的政治意志」。羅耶爾說,各方都應接受這項要求,而美國加速關鍵對台軍售案,正完全符合1979年「台灣關係法」、六項保證,以及規範美國對台關係的三個公報。

倡議印太國防產業整合 結合各國比較優勢

在區域層面,羅耶爾呼籲台灣與周邊國家把國內的努力,鑲嵌進一套區域一致的戰略,在研發、供應鏈韌性、生產與後勤維持上合作。他直言,即使台灣建立起更強大的國內無人機製造引擎,也無法單憑一己之力滿足需求。他舉例,台灣在精密測試與評估的量能上難以取得,但澳洲擁有全球數一數二的測試設施、日本在機器人領域具備最深厚的產業縱深之一,菲律賓則有高技術勞動力、地理鄰近性,以及愈來愈強的意願以優惠商業條件吸引產業進駐。

羅耶爾指出,若現在就著手組織並活絡一套結合各方的產業合作路徑,印太區域將看到產業能量的蓬勃發展並應用於國防系統,包括造船廠提高海軍系統產量、廠房內適應性製造機具運轉不歇、零附件與備料分散存放於強固化倉儲、以縮短交通線並延長關鍵兵力在位時間的後勤維修樞紐,以及確保聯合軍事機制保持戰備的新一代維保人力。

他說,這大致就是「競爭性後勤」(contested logistics)的工作,是美軍的優先事項,但至少就他所見,尚未成為區域盟友與夥伴在政治與政策思維上的優先項目。羅耶爾鼓勵區域各國政府在採購決策上納入更完整的後勤維持套案、將印太後勤網絡等聯合後勤架構付諸運作、支持友軍的准入,並盡可能對商業友善,以吸引規模龐大且持續成長的國防相關私人資本,在區域內進行原型開發、生產、測試、擴產、訓練與前沿維持。

羅耶爾坦言,政治有時會使這種較具合作性質的做法變得複雜,「鼓勵企業到國外做更多事,通常在選舉中拿不到什麼票,但當它能改善嚇阻,我們就必須推動」。他也提醒華府同僚,如果美國必須在這個戰區打一場戰爭,「我們的部隊將要仰賴一個並非自身建制的國防工業基礎」;每次談到庫存深度,也應同樣重視產業縱深。他並指出,「印太工業韌性夥伴關係」(PIPIR)、「區域維持架構」(RSF)與AUKUS第二支柱等既有機制,都已是成熟可摘的果實,「我們不是從零開始」。

引進私人資本 打造第一島鏈測試靶場

羅耶爾透露,他個人正把自己的未來押在這個信念上,目前正著手在印太建立更多跨國國防產業合作的實體據點,包括提升產線產能的產業園區、刻意設計讓政府、學術機構與產業夥伴共同推進新型武器系統的研發設施,以及設於第一島鏈、能在系統預想運用環境中改善其性能的民間測試與評估靶場。他說,私人資本看得到這類專案的價值,也準備好行動,「但這不會是一次一個國家慢慢來」。

至於區域安全架構前景,羅耶爾研判,未來數年內,朝向多邊同盟形成的進一步政治承諾仍不太可能出現,現有的政治架構大概不會出現實質改變,雖然小幅調整、特別是雙邊層面的調整仍有可能。但他強調,只要在上述領域採取積極而迅速的作為、加速交付時鐘,區域在國防事務上勢必會走向更高程度的整合。

羅耶爾在美國政府服務25年、其中最後4年負責印太國防政策,今年8月才從崗位上退休。他強調,自己非常認真看待習近平,也認真看待不斷推進的「威脅時鐘」,但那不是唯一的時鐘,第二個是「落實(建軍)時鐘(delivery clock,或譯交付時鐘)」,當威脅時鐘走向危險,落實時鐘則走向嚇阻與穩定;威脅時鐘奪走時間,落實時鐘則把時間買回來,把最壞的一天往後推、把風險壓下來。

羅耶爾說,「我們可以用加速『落實時鐘』來拖慢『威脅時鐘』,而我們現在還有時間這麼做,未來可能就沒有了」。

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  • 印太區域推動國防產業與後勤合作網絡

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  • 華府是否會實質加速對台關鍵軍售交貨?
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