美乌就星链的争端升级凸显了欧洲对埃隆·马斯克拥有的这项技术的依赖。
An escalating fight between the US and Ukraine over Starlink underlined Europe’s dependence on the Elon Musk-owned technology.
乌克兰领导人表示，SpaceX 正在进行一项“计划中的操作”，导致星链速度被限制，但白宫予以否认。
Ukraine’s leader said that SpaceX was throttling Starlink speeds in a “planned operation,” which the White House rejected.
华盛顿的大使告诉《金融时报》，如果布鲁塞尔继续推进限制 SpaceX 市场范围的计划，欧盟将面临“毁灭性”的报复。
Washington’s ambassador told the Financial Times that the EU would face “devastating” retaliation if Brussels pursues plans to curtail SpaceX’s market reach.
欧洲选择有限：欧盟的项目要到2029年才能发射卫星，而该集团的“次佳希望”是亚马逊的Leo项目，正如美国企业研究所的一位专家向《政客》杂志所说。
Europe has few options: An EU project won’t launch satellites until 2029, and the bloc’s “next best hope” is Amazon Leo, an American Enterprise Institute expert told Politico.
此事引发其他地区审视自身依赖：专家在《马来邮报》中主张，东盟必须“认识到数字主权正变得与战略主权不可分离”；加拿大领导人近日表示，渥太华正在探索星链的替代方案。
The saga has prompted others to probe their dependencies: ASEAN must “recognize that digital sovereignty is becoming inseparable from strategic sovereignty,” experts argued in Malay Mail, while Canada’s leader said recently that Ottawa was exploring Starlink alternatives.