英国驱逐舰“龙”号（HMS Dragon）在塞浦路斯一处皇家空军基地遭无人机袭击后，花了三个多星期才抵达东地中海。
It took the UK destroyer warship HMS Dragon more than three weeks to arrive in the eastern Mediterranean after an RAF base in Cyprus was struck by a drone.
国防特别委员会指出潜艇和军舰数量不足，称到本世纪末需要取得“戏剧性进展”，否则英国可能无法威慑未来俄罗斯在英国以外的高北地区的侵略。议员们表示，原因是皇家海军潜艇和军舰的数量及可用性不足。
Committee cites shortfalls of submarines and warships and says ‘dramatic progress’ needed by end of decade Britain risks failing to deter future Russian aggression in the high north beyond the UK because of shortfalls in the number and availability of Royal Navy submarines and warships, MPs on the defence select committee have said.
委员会将今年春天“龙”号部署到塞浦路斯的缓慢进程、护卫舰数量下降，以及今年夏天五艘“阿斯蒂特”级攻击型潜艇全部在船坞的报道，作为海军在面对威胁时资源不足的证据。
The committee focused on the slow deployment of HMS Dragon to Cyprus this spring, declining numbers of frigates, and reports that all five Astute-class attack submarines were in dock this summer as evidence of a navy under-resourced for the threat.
“英国需要愿意面对一个残酷的事实：它目前并不具备在高北地区成功运作所需的全部能力，”委员会主席坦·德西（Tan Dhesi）表示。“关于驱逐舰、护卫舰和攻击型潜艇可用性低下的公开证据，引发了对英国能否履行其承诺的质疑。”高北地区，即苏格兰以外的海域，随着俄罗斯对能源管道和海底电缆的兴趣日益增长，以及全球变暖导致北极航道开放，其战略重要性日益凸显。
“The UK needs to be willing to address a hard truth: it does not currently have all the capabilities to operate successfully in the high north,” said Tan Dhesi, the committee chair. “Publicly available evidence of low availability among destroyers, frigates and attack submarines calls into question whether the UK can meet its commitments.”The high north, the seas beyond Scotland, have become increasingly strategically significant amid growing Russian interest in energy pipelines and undersea cables at a time when Arctic seaways are opening up because of global heating.
去年11月至次年1月，海军曾跟踪一艘在英国经济水域内活动的俄罗斯间谍船“扬塔尔”号（Yantar），指责船上的水手试图绘制战略电缆地图，并向监视这些电缆的皇家空军飞行员照射激光。
The navy shadowed a Russian spy ship, the Yantar, operating inside the UK’s economic waters in November January last year, accusing sailors onboard of trying to map strategic cables and shining lasers at RAF pilots monitoring them.
高北地区地图 俄罗斯也希望对新兴的北方航道主张控制权，这是一条沿该国北极海岸延伸的3500英里（5600公里）航运航线，也是从中国到欧洲最快的海上航线，去年可通航四个半月。
Map of high north Russia also wants to assert control over the emerging northern sea route, a 3,500-mile (5,600km) shipping lane running along the country’s Arctic coast. It is the quickest maritime route from China to Europe, navigable last year for four and half months.
议员们认为，英国必须在本世纪末前取得“巨大进展”，并呼吁国防部制定计划，确保到2030年有更多军舰和潜艇在海上。
The MPs argued the UK needed to make “dramatic progress” before the end of the decade, and they called on the Ministry of Defence to draw up a plan to ensure more warships and submarines are at sea by 2030.
委员会补充称，如果美国在危机中不支持英国，这一问题将尤为严重，这是一次罕见的跨党派承认，即在特朗普领导下，美国的军事援助不可靠，特别是当该地区某个小型北约成员国受到威胁或遭到攻击时。
The problem would be particularly acute, the committee added, if the US did not support the UK in a crisis, a rare cross-party acknowledgment that under Donald Trump, US military help cannot be relied on, particularly if a small Nato member in the region was threatened or attacked.
议员们表示，如果美国不参与遏制此类[俄罗斯]侵略，将出现关键的军事空白，他们主张，作为该地区第二大北约军事力量的英国，必须做好扩大海军的准备。
“There would be critical military gaps if the United States were not involved in countering such [Russian] aggression,” the MPs said, and they argued that the UK, as the next largest Nato military in the region, had to be prepared to increase its navy.
3月，在塞浦路斯一处英国皇家空军基地遭到无人机袭击后，驱逐舰“龙”号花了三个多星期才抵达东地中海。当时没有可用的军舰，“龙”号不得不从干船坞中拖出以执行部署任务。
It took more than three weeks for HMS Dragon, a destroyer, to arrive in the eastern Mediterranean in March after an RAF base in Cyprus was struck by a drone. No warships were available and Dragon had to be hauled out of dry dock to deploy.
委员会指出，海军拥有五艘专门用于远距离探测俄罗斯潜艇的护卫舰，低于八艘的目标，因为老旧军舰被报废，而新舰尚未投入使用。委员会补充称，要达到其既定需求，可能要到2037年才能实现。
The navy has five frigates with sonar dedicated to detecting Russian submarines at distance, the committee noted, lower than a target of eight, as ageing warships have been scrapped without replacements coming into service. It could take until 2037 before it reaches its stated requirement, the committee added.
英国五艘“阿斯蒂特”级潜艇（也用于追踪俄罗斯海上活动）从6月开始直至整个夏天都没有在海上。委员会指出，这些潜艇正在船坞进行短期和长期大修的混合作业，且它们缺乏在冰下作战的能力，不像俄罗斯的同类潜艇那样，尽管认证演习正在进行中。
None of Britain’s five Astute submarines, also used to track Russian maritime activity, were at sea from June and into the summer. They were in dock for a mixture of short-term and long-term refits, the committee noted, and they also lack the capability to operate under ice, unlike their Russian equivalents, although certification exercises are in progress.
然而，在下一个十年之前，国防领域预计不会有大量额外资金可用，因为安迪·伯纳姆的政府承诺遵循其前任基尔·斯塔默政府下达成的中期支出计划。
However, no significant extra money is expected to be available for defence until the next decade, with Andy Burnham’s government committed to medium-term spending plans agreed under Burnham’s predecessor Keir Starmer.
尽管斯塔默同意到2035年将国防开支每年增加约300亿英镑，达到GDP的3.5%，但他只批准到2030年将开支提升至较低的2.7%水平。这导致约翰·希利辞去国防大臣职务，随后却在伯纳姆政府中回任财政大臣，原有开支计划保持不变。
Though Starmer agreed to lift defence spending by about £30bn a year to 3.5% of GDP in 2035, he would only sign off spending to the lower level of 2.7% by 2030. That prompted the resignation of John Healey as defence secretary, only for him to return as chancellor under Burnham, with the old spending plans intact.
针对该报告，国防部发言人强调了最近投入3.3亿英镑用于保护海底基础设施，并指出现任国防大臣韦斯·斯特里廷本月访问了冰岛，观察了“圣奥尔本斯”号护卫舰如何在北大西洋追踪俄罗斯潜艇。发言人补充道：“我们清醒地认识到俄罗斯构成的威胁。”
In response to the report, an MoD spokesperson highlighted a recent £330m investment to protect undersea infrastructure, and noted that Wes Streeting, now the defence secretary, had visited Iceland this month and watched how HMS St Albans, a frigate, tracked Russian submarines in the north Atlantic. “We are clear-eyed about the threat Russia poses,” they added.