东京——负责指挥法国在印太地区远程空中部署任务的法军将领向《日经亚洲》表示，法国在印太地区日益加强的军事参与为该地区潜在对手构成了又一层威慑力量。
TOKYO -- France's growing military engagement in the Indo-Pacific adds another layer of deterrence against potential adversaries in the region, the French general overseeing the country's flagship long-range air deployment mission to the region told Nikkei Asia.
此次任务名为“飞马26”，由法国空军执行，自9月8日起持续40天，预计于10月15日结束。法方派出4架“阵风”战斗机及多架支援飞机，跨越三大洲、行程逾4万公里，旨在展示其在全球范围内快速投送空中力量的能力。
The French Air and Space Force is conducting a 40-day mission dubbed Pegase 26, which began on Sept. 8 and is set to run through Oct. 15, deploying four Rafale fighter jets and support aircraft from France across three continents spanning more than 40,000 kilometers to demonstrate its ability to project air power rapidly around the globe.
9月初从法国出发后，这些战机先后停靠日本、韩国、印度尼西亚和印度等多个亚洲国家，还访问了法国的海外领地留尼汪岛。
After departing France in early September, the aircraft made stops in several Asian countries, including Japan, South Korea, Indonesia and India. The deployment also visited the French overseas territory of Reunion.
法国空军少将朱利安·萨贝内在近期接受采访时说道：“法国是印太地区的一员，并非置身事外的外部势力。我们在该地区拥有领土、公民和利益，因此有责任在此保持存在。”
"France is an Indo-Pacific nation, not an outside power looking in. We have territories, we have citizens, we have interests here, and therefore we have a duty to be present," Maj. Gen. Julien Sabene of the French Air and Space Force, said in a recent interview.
他补充道：“世界重心正缓慢但稳步地向印太地区转移。我们在此是为了维护航行自由，尽可能维持地区和平，防止冲突发生。”
"The center of gravity of the world is shifting, slowly but surely, towards the Indo-Pacific region, and we're here to defend the freedom of navigation, to keep things as quiet as possible to prevent conflict from happening," he said.
“潜在对手们深知法国能够迅速向任何可能发生冲突的地区派遣兵力，这在某种程度上就是一种威慑手段。我想这足以震慑任何潜在的敌对势力——因为他们知道，我们能在数小时内派出战斗机抵达现场。”2018年启动的“飞马”任务属于法国2019年制定的印太战略的一部分，该战略也使法国成为首个推行此类战略的欧洲国家。
"The fact that our possible adversaries know that France can bring along forces quickly wherever the fight might present itself is, in a way, a kind of deterrence," he added. "I would imagine that we quiet down any potential foes... since they know that in a matter of hours we can be there with fighters." Launched in 2018, the Pegase mission is a part of France's broader Indo-Pacific strategy, adopted in 2019, which made it the first European nation to embrace such an approach. Maj.
法国空军少将朱利安·萨贝内近日在接受《日经亚洲》采访时指出：“全球重心正在缓慢但稳步地向印太地区转移。”此次军事部署也反映出欧洲在该地区的军事参与度正在不断提升。根据德国海因里希·伯尔基金会的研究，2024年和2025年，法国、德国、意大利及荷兰在印太地区的军事部署规模均达到了冷战后以来的最高水平。
Gen. Julien Sabene of the French Air and Space Force spoke with Nikkei Asia in a recent interview. He said, "The center of gravity of the world is shifting, slowly but surely, towards the Indo-Pacific region." The deployment also reflects Europe's expanding military engagement in the region. Deployments by France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands reached a post-Cold War high in 2024 and 2025, according to research by Germany's Heinrich Boll Foundation.
亚洲集团防务与国家安全业务负责人卢克·柯林表示，欧洲介入印太事务的核心理念在于：将欧洲与印太地区的利益紧密联系起来，是实现两大地区威慑力的最佳途径。
Europe's engagement in the Indo-Pacific "rests on a fundamental theory that linking the interests of Europe and the Indo-Pacific together is the best way to achieve deterrence in both theaters," said Luke Collin, principal in the defense and national security practice at The Asia Group.
柯林指出：“欧洲方面认为，印太地区发生的任何事态都会直接影响其国家安全与经济利益，因此他们对该地区事务十分关切并拥有切身利益；而亚洲国家也认为自身与欧洲事务息息相关。”他补充道：“这种联系本质上是基于以国际法为基础的秩序原则，而自2022年俄罗斯入侵乌克兰后，这一原则愈发受到重视。”
"Europeans are saying what happens in the Indo-Pacific directly impacts our national security and economic interests, and we have a concern, an interest, a stake in what happens there" while Asian countries are "saying we also have a stake in what happens in Europe," Collin said. "It's creating this linkage between the two theaters that essentially rests on the principles of the rules-based order based on international law, which has become more of a priority after Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022," he added.
萨贝内强调，法国“并未试图与其他欧洲国家或美国展开竞争”，毕竟美国历来都是亚洲安全架构的核心支柱。他还表示，法国能够贡献其在“空中警戒与防空”领域的专业经验。据悉，伊朗战争期间，法国在中东的多处军事设施曾遭到袭击，而法国空军的部分装备也在那场冲突中为地区盟友的防御发挥了关键作用。
Sabene stressed that France is "not in a competition" with other European nations or the U.S., which has traditionally been the central pillar of Asia's security architecture. He said his country could also contribute its expertise in "air policing and air defense." Several French military installations in the Middle East have been targeted during the Iran war, and some French Air and Space Force assets have played a pivotal role in the defense of partners in the region during that conflict, Sabene said.
“当时，我们驻扎地的盟友基地正遭受直接攻击，于是我们命令战机进入防御模式。我们击落了包括‘沙希德’攻击无人机在内的各类飞行目标。这类作战经验并非广为人知，而我们恰恰能够提供这种专业能力，”他说道。
"We were facing direct attacks on the bases of the partners where we were deployed, and we engaged our fighters in a protective mode. We shot down flying objects like Shahed [attack drones]. This kind of expertise is not widely shared, so we can bring this expertise," he said.
伦敦国王学院东亚战争与战略学教授阿莱西奥·帕塔拉诺指出，法国在印太地区举足轻重，因为其海外领地使其“完全融入了该地区的安全架构体系”。
France matters in the Indo-Pacific because it is "fully integrated into the regional fabric of the security architecture" through its overseas territories there, said Alessio Patalano, professor of War and Strategy in East Asia at King's College London.
“法国的军事基础设施遍布整个地区，正因如此，他们对各方的军事运作方式了如指掌，”帕塔拉诺说道。“虽然规模不及美国，但法国不仅是该地区的重要声音，在全球层面同样具有重要影响力。各国都会密切关注法国的动向……而且它仍是核大国。”在此次已是第七届的军事行动中，“阵风”战斗机先飞越格陵兰岛，随后抵达阿拉斯加并继续前往日本。
"Their military infrastructure is very rooted, cast across the entire region and as a result of that they have a very granular knowledge of how everybody operates," Patalano said. "It may not be as big as the U.S., but it is an important voice not just in the region but globally. What they do people pay attention to ... and it's still a nuclear power." During the opening stages of the mission, now in its seventh edition, the Rafales flew over Greenland before reaching Alaska and going on to Japan.
这条航线标志着“佩加塞”行动首次飞越格陵兰岛——美国总统唐纳德·特朗普此前曾多次扬言要掌控这个享有自治权的丹麦领地。今年9月下旬，美国、丹麦与格陵兰岛签署了三方安全协议，允许美军在该岛增加军事部署。
The route marked Pegase's first travel over Greenland, where U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to take control of the self-governing Danish territory. In late September, the U.S., Denmark and Greenland signed a trilateral security agreement that allows for a greater American military presence on the island.
萨贝内表示，选择这条航线并非意在向美国传递某种信号，并称美国是法国的“非常亲密的伙伴”。他说，这条航线传递的信息“其实是想传达给那些位于法国东部的潜在对手”。
Sabene said the route was not intended as a message to the U.S. and described America as a "very close partner." If anything, it was a message "we intend to give to our potential adversaries, which are further to the east of France," he said.
萨贝内还指出，这条北极航线也为法军部署空中力量“提供了新的选择”。“这意味着要削弱法军的空天作战能力将变得更加困难，”他说道。
The Arctic route also "gives us new options" for deploying air power, Sabene said. "It means it's more difficult to neutralize the air and space power engagement," he said.
“此外，由于气候变化，北极地区如今已成为各大国的关注焦点。我们与所有北约成员国都同样担忧：那里有可能成为下一个军事行动区域，”他补充道。
"Besides, the Arctic, because of climate change, has become the center of attention for big powers, and we, along with all the NATO countries, share the concern to be there because it could be a next theater of operation," he added.