美国计划将其标志性的反舰导弹系统部署到距离台湾最近的日本岛屿上。这一前所未有的举措正值中日两国在该地区的紧张局势持续升温之际。
The US is set to deploy one of its signature anti-ship missile systems to the Japanese island closest to Taiwan, an unprecedented move that comes as tensions in the region between Beijing and Tokyo continue to simmer.
据日本防卫省地方局透露，名为“海军陆战队远征反舰系统”（NMESIS）的美国陆基无人导弹平台，将于本月举行的两年一度的联合演习期间部署在位于日本冲绳县的与那国岛。
The ground-based US uncrewed missile platform known as the Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) will be deployed on Yonaguni Island in Japan’s Okinawa prefecture during biennial joint exercises this month, according to the regional bureau of the Japanese defence ministry.
这将是NMESIS系统首次被部署至与那国岛——这座日本最西端的岛屿距离台湾东岸仅约110公里。不过去年美军曾在冲绳的其他地点使用过该系统。
It will mark the first NMESIS deployment on Yonaguni, Japan’s westernmost island lying just about 110km (62 miles) from the eastern coast of Taiwan, although the US military operated the system elsewhere on Okinawa last year.
此次在“敏锐之剑”联合演习期间的部署，使得该系统距离台湾比去年9月举行的“决心龙”联合演习时更近。当时，NMESIS系统被部署在冲绳的石垣岛，该岛位于与那国岛以东约127公里处，距离台湾约240公里。
The deployment during the Keen Sword joint exercise moves the system closer to Taiwan than during the Resolute Dragon joint drills in September last year. Then, NMESIS was stationed on Okinawa’s Ishigaki Island – roughly 127km east of Yonaguni and about 240km from Taiwan.
作为“敏锐之剑”演习的一部分，NMESIS系统还将再次被部署至石垣岛，该演习将于10月19日至29日举行。
NMESIS will also return to Ishigaki as part of the Keen Sword exercise, which runs from October 19 to 29.
根据冲绳防卫局发布的新闻稿，NMESIS系统的部署将有助于与那国岛驻军的相关训练。日本自卫队与美军将在当地设立联合协调中心，开展岛屿防御桌面演练，并训练如何与部署在其他驻军点的日美装备协同作战。
According to the Okinawa Defence Bureau press release, the NMESIS deployment will support training at the Yonaguni garrison. The Japan Self-Defence Forces and US military will set up a joint coordination centre on-site, conduct island-defence tabletop drills, and train to coordinate with Japanese and US equipment deployed at other garrisons.
该局称：“多种类型的日美装备计划被部署至此，以配合联合协调中心的运作。”不过具体训练细节仍有调整可能。
“Various types of Japanese and US equipment are scheduled to be deployed to coordinate with the joint coordination centre,” the bureau said, adding that specific training details remained subject to change.
这一具备高度机动性与快速部署能力的岛屿防御系统被美国海军陆战队用于实施海上拒止与近海防护行动，可从沿海或岛屿阵地对敌方军舰实施打击并将其击沉，其射程超过185公里。
The highly mobile and rapidly deployable island defence solution is used by the US Marine Corps in sea denial and littoral protection to target and sink enemy warships from coastal or island positions, with a range of more than 185km.
如果在冲突期间将该抗干扰系统部署在与台湾对面的与那国岛（Yonaguni Island），该系统可能会威胁到试图在台湾以东海域活动的敌方舰艇。该地区是中国加强海岸警卫队巡逻、海军行动及科学研究活动的重点区域，目的是为了维护自身的主权。
If deployed to Yonaguni during a conflict, the jamming-resistant system could threaten enemy vessels trying to operate east of Taiwan – an area where Beijing has stepped up coastguard patrols, naval operations and scientific research activities to assert its sovereignty.
北京方面表示，其相关举措是对日本与菲律宾于5月宣布的海上边界谈判的回应；北京认为这些谈判“非法且无效”。
Beijing said its moves were a countermeasure to maritime boundary talks announced in May between Japan and the Philippines – discussions it has dismissed as “illegal and invalid”.
北京将台湾视为中国领土的一部分，并表示必要时会通过武力实现统一。包括美国及其盟友日本在内的大多数国家都不承认台湾是一个独立的国家；但美国反对任何试图通过武力夺取台湾的主权行为，并承诺继续向台湾提供武器支持。
Beijing sees Taiwan as part of China to be reunited by force if necessary. Most countries, including the US and its ally Japan, do not recognise Taiwan as an independent state, but Washington is opposed to any attempt to take the self-governed island by force and is committed to supplying it with weapons.
自日本首相高市宪司去年11月就台湾问题发表争议性言论以来，北京与东京之间的关系已降至数十年来的最低点。高市宪司的言论引发了日本国内关于“台湾问题”的强烈争议；他认为，如果北京对台湾发动军事攻击或实施海上封锁，将对日本构成“生存威胁”，因此日本有权采取军事回应。
Ties between Beijing and Tokyo remain at their lowest point in decades following Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s controversial remarks about Taiwan in November. She said a military attack on or naval blockade of Taiwan by Beijing could constitute a “survival-threatening situation” for Japan, justifying a military response.
周一，中国外交部长王毅在接受以前日本外相岩谷隆史率领的日本商务代表团访问时指出，日本“应尽快纠正其领导人在台湾问题上的错误言行”，这是一项“紧迫的任务”。与此同时，日本也在考虑将防空导弹部队部署在与那国岛。
On Monday, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told a visiting Japanese business delegation led by former foreign minister Takeshi Iwaya that it was a “pressing task” for Tokyo to “correct the erroneous words and deeds of its leaders on the Taiwan question as soon as possible”. Meanwhile, Tokyo is also moving to station air-defence missile units on Yonaguni.
中国外交部指责日本以“所谓的防御和反击”为借口，实际上是在“靠近中国的地区部署一系列进攻性武器和装备”。外交部发言人郭建国在4月份表示：“这实质上是一种试图建立军事对抗前哨基地的行为，严重威胁到了地区的和平与稳定。”
Beijing’s foreign ministry has accused Japan of using “so-called defence and counterstrike” capabilities as a cover to boost its “deployment of a series of offensive weapons and equipment including missiles in regions close to China”. “This is essentially an attempt to build a forward fortress of military confrontation which threatens regional peace and stability,” ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said in April.
今年早些时候，美国军队在与菲律宾联合举行的年度“巴利卡坦”（Balikatan）军事演习期间也部署了“NMESIS”系统。该系统被部署在菲律宾最北端的巴塔内斯群岛（Batanes Islands），该地区距离台湾约142至190公里。
US forces also deployed NMESIS during their joint annual Balikatan exercise with the Philippines earlier this year. The system was stationed in the Batanes Islands, the Philippines’ northernmost province sitting roughly 142 to 190km south of Taiwan.
这是“NMESIS”系统第二次在“巴利卡坦”演习中投入使用——它首次亮相是在去年的联合演习中。中国军事分析人士警告称，“NMESIS”可能成为美菲联军的一种强大的海上封锁工具，使他们能够在不使用大型水面战斗舰艇的情况下对敌方舰船构成威胁。
It marked the second time the system had been deployed during Balikatan, after making its debut during last year’s joint drills. Chinese military analysts warn that NMESIS could give US-Philippine forces a potent sea-denial tool, enabling them to put enemy ships at risk without deploying large surface combatants.
在9月22日向国会提交的《2026年国防战略》更新报告中，五角大楼表示：尽管唐纳德·特朗普政府努力避免与中国发生冲突，但“我们仍继续通过实施海上封锁措施来增强威慑力，目标是确保‘任何侵略行为都不可行、升级行为毫无吸引力，而战争则被视为非理性选择’。”冲绳和巴塔内斯群岛被视为‘第一岛链’（First Island Chain）的关键节点；这条岛链从千岛群岛（Kuril Islands）延伸至日本、台湾和菲律宾，最终抵达婆罗洲，将中国大陆与广阔的太平洋海域分隔开来。
In an update on implementation of the 2026 National Defence Strategy submitted to Congress on September 22, the Pentagon wrote that even as President Donald Trump’s administration worked to avoid confrontation with China, “we continue our efforts to strengthen deterrence by denial along the First Island Chain, with the goal … of ensuring that ‘aggression is infeasible, escalation unattractive, and war deemed irrational’.”Okinawa and the Batanes Islands are widely seen as key nodes of the first island chain, running from the Kuril Islands through Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines down to Borneo, and marking the Chinese mainland’s near seas from the wider Pacific.
本月的“Keen Sword”演习中，美国军队还将首次在四国村（Yonaguni）部署“海军陆战队防空集成系统”（Marine Air Defence Integrated System，简称MADIS）。这种便携式、短程防空武器专为美国海军陆战队设计，用于追踪和摧毁无人机、直升机以及低空飞行的飞机。
This month’s Keen Sword exercise will also see US forces make their first deployment of the Marine Air Defence Integrated System, or MADIS, to Yonaguni. The mobile, short-range air-defence weapon is built for the US Marine Corps to track and destroy drones, helicopters and low-flying aircraft.
“‘NMESIS’和‘MADIS’的部署标志着美国海军陆战队现代化进程的重要进展，”驻扎在冲绳的美国海军陆战队员在6月份接收这两项装备时如此表示。
“The NMESIS and MADIS represent a significant step forward in the Marine Corps’ modernisation efforts,” US Marines based in Okinawa said when receiving both systems in June. By Orange Wang