英国军方正在加强其太空武器库，并准备让部队使用这些武器。领导人表示，此举旨在防止敌方对其卫星的干扰日益加剧。
The U.K. military is building up its space arms and is readying troops to use them, a move leaders said is needed to prevent growing enemy interference with its satellites.
为何重要：在美国披露其拥有“在轨太空控制武器”这一重磅消息后，这一关键盟友正在展示其不断壮大的太空军备，以遏制俄罗斯在太空领域的激进姿态。
Why it matters: After the United States' bombshell revelation that it has "on-orbit space control weapons," a key ally is advertising its growing space arsenal to deter Russia's aggressive space posture.
新闻驱动因素：空军元帅哈夫·斯迈斯（Harv Smyth）上周宣布，英国“正在开发轨道战争能力”，以应对反卫星武器；英国皇家空军还成立了首个专门的“太空效应中队”，旨在“扰乱、削弱并阻止敌对活动”。据英国广播公司（BBC）报道，过去一年里，英国一直在利用地面技术干扰敌方卫星。
Air Chief Marshal Harv Smyth announced last week that the U.K. "is now developing capabilities for orbital warfare" to stop anti-satellite weapons, and the Royal Air Force established its first-ever dedicated Space Effects Squadron to "disrupt, degrade and deny hostile activity." Driving the news: For the past year, the U.K. has been using ground-based technology to jam enemy satellites, the BBC reported.
斯迈斯表示：“请不要误解，你们可能习以为常的卫星服务现在正面临前所未有的威胁。”他还特别指出俄罗斯的太空机动行为“不寻常且危险”。
"So make no mistake, the satellite services you may have taken for granted now face unprecedented threats," Smyth said. He also singled out Russia's space maneuvers as "uncommon and dangerous."
资金流向：英国最近公布了一项2980亿英镑（约合4000亿美元）的国防开支计划，其中部分投资将用于新的太空能力以及保护其在轨现有资产。斯迈斯表示，太空部门支撑着该国20%的GDP。
Follow the money: The U.K. recently unveiled a £298 billion (roughly $400 billion) defense spending plan, with some of that investment targeted for new space capabilities and protecting its existing assets in orbit. Smyth said the space sector underpins 20% of the nation's GDP.
结论：安全世界基金会太空安全与稳定首席主任维多利亚·萨姆森（Victoria Samson）表示：“现在对于讨论此类能力，人们表现出更多的开放态度和意愿，这在仅仅几年前还完全不存在。”“他们正在用实际行动证明自己的决心。”
The bottom line: Victoria Samson, the Secure World Foundation's chief director of space security and stability, told me there's "much more openness and willingness to talk about these sorts of capabilities, which just was not here even just a couple years ago." "They're putting their money where their mouths are."