作为《每日电讯报》首位女防务编辑，丹尼尔打破了无数关于英国军方的独家新闻。自普京入侵乌克兰以来，她一直在乌克兰进行报道，揭露了俄罗斯堕落行径的全貌。
As The Telegraph's first female Defence Editor, Danielle has broken countless exclusives on the British military. She has reported from Ukraine since Putin's invasion, laying bare the extent of Russia's depravity.
英国夏令时间上午6点，议员们警告称，皇家海军攻击型核潜艇无法在北冰洋冰层下与俄罗斯作战。
6:00am BST Royal Navy attack submarines are unable to fight Russia under Arctic ice, MPs have warned.
国防特别委员会的一份报告发现，英国在极地地区的军事能力存在“显著缺口”，使该地区容易受到俄罗斯威胁。
A report by the defence select committee found that the UK had “glaring gaps” in its military capabilities in the polar region, leaving the area vulnerable to Russian threats.
报告警告称，英国让其冰下潜艇能力“在高北地区变得更具战略重要性之际出现了断层”，并指出“阿斯休特”级核潜艇尚未获得在冰下作业的认证。
Warning that the UK had let its under-ice submarine capability “lapse at a time when the High North has become strategically more important”, it said the Astute class submarines had not yet been certified to operate under ice.
这份于周四发布的报告称：“如果没有可信的冰下作战能力，英国就较难在高北地区遏制俄罗斯的行动自由，并面临被迫采取更具防御性姿态的风险。随后，俄罗斯便可利用冰层掩护和保护其自身潜艇，同时威胁北约海上航线、英国关键基础设施及核威慑力量。”一位海军消息人士告诉《每日电讯报》，这些猎杀型核潜艇无法破冰浮出水面，因为它们未配备声纳系统，无法识别适合浮出的冰裂缝。
The report, published on Thursday, said: “Without a credible under-ice capability, the UK is less able to contest Russian freedom of action in the High North and risks being forced into a more defensive posture. Russia can then use the ice to conceal and protect its own submarines, while threatening Nato sea lanes, UK critical infrastructure and the nuclear deterrent.”A Navy source told The Telegraph the hunter-killer submarines could not break ice to surface because they had not been fitted with sonar systems that would allow them to identify a suitable fissure.
该人士表示，英国“疏忽大意”，需要优先为“阿斯休特”级核潜艇装备这种在冰下作业必不可少的声纳。潜艇官兵未接受过该装备的培训。
He said the UK had “taken its eye off the ball” and needed to prioritise fitting Astute class submarines with this sonar, which was essential to operate under the ice. Submariners had not been trained on this equipment.
消息人士表示：“英国需要优先研发、安装这种声呐，并训练潜艇艇员使用。如果没有这种声呐——而我们确实没有——就无法判断冰层厚度，也无法冒损坏潜艇的风险，因此我们目前无法在冰盖下作业，这使得俄罗斯垄断了该地区。” 据知，俄罗斯潜艇曾于2021年破冰浮出水面，据信仍具备这种能力。美国海军潜艇能够破冰浮出水面，是因为它们装备了BQS-15声呐。
The source said: “The UK needs to prioritise developing, fitting and then training submariners to use this sensor. If you don’t have that sonar, which we don’t, you can’t tell how thick the ice is and you can’t take the risk of damaging the boat, so we cannot currently operate under the ice cap, and that has left Russia monopolising the region.”Russian submarines are known to have surfaced through ice in 2021 and are believed to still have the capability to do so. US navy submarines can surface through ice, because they are fitted with BQS-15 sonar.
英国的核武器也由现役的5艘23型护卫舰和6艘45型驱逐舰负责保护。
The UK’s nuclear weapons are also protected by the five Type 23 frigates and six Type 45 destroyers that are in service.
8艘新型26型护卫舰最终将接管这一角色，但国防委员会警告称，鉴于建造进度缓慢，部长们应确保在过渡期间不让剩余任何一艘舰艇退役。
Eight new Type 26 frigates will eventually take over the role, but the defence committee warned that, with construction slow, ministers should ensure none of the remaining ships were taken out of service in the meantime.
周四发布的报告警告称，在“高北”地区的需求是：13艘护卫舰中有8艘必须装备“2087型”拖曳线列阵声呐，以执行反潜战（ASW）任务。
The report, published on Thursday, warned that a requirement in the High North was for eight of the 13 frigates to be fitted with the Sonar 2087 towed array for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) missions.
目前，这套声呐装备在剩余的5艘23型护卫舰上。8艘新型26型护卫舰将接管反潜战角色，5艘31型通用型舰艇将补足剩余的护卫舰需求。然而，报告警告称，新舰预计无法按时交付使用。
Currently, this is on the remaining five Type 23s. Eight new Type 26 frigates will take over the ASW role, with five Type 31 general purpose ships making up the remaining frigate requirement. However, the report warned that the new ships were not expected to be available on time.
委员会主席谭·德西表示，人们担心皇家海军将难以在“高北”地区跟踪俄罗斯的核动力攻击型潜艇：“ ‘高北’地区对英国安全构成重大战略挑战。这是一个苛刻、恶劣的环境，而我们最大的对手俄罗斯正寻求凭借军事优势主导该地区。
There are fears the Royal Navy will struggle to track Russia’s nuclear-powered attack submarines in the High North Tan Dhesi, chairman of the committee, said: “The High North poses a major strategic challenge for the UK’s security. This is a demanding, hostile environment, and one that our greatest adversary, Russia, is seeking to dominate for military advantage.
“英国需要有勇气面对一个残酷的现实：它目前并不具备在‘高北’地区成功开展行动的所有能力。”
“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.
“俄罗斯在高北地区的潜艇和破坏部队对北大西洋和英国构成直接风险，包括核威慑。尽管如此，国防部已接受存在严重的反潜作战缺口。”
“Russian submarine and sabotage forces in the High North pose direct risks to the North Atlantic and the UK, including the nuclear deterrent. Despite this, the Ministry of Defence has accepted a serious anti-submarine warfare gap.”
德希补充说：“公开可得的驱逐舰、护卫舰和攻击型潜艇可用性低下的证据，引发了对英国能否履行其在高北地区承诺的质疑。如果英国政府说到做到——即俄罗斯可能在2030年尽早攻击北约——那么纠正这些漏洞的工作越早开始越好。”委员会还质疑，由英国领导的北欧国家军事联盟“联合远征部队”，是否应更多关注高北地区的威胁，而非在波罗的海地区维持相同的活动水平。
Mr Dhesi added: “Publicly available evidence of low availability among destroyers, frigates and attack submarines calls into question whether the UK can meet its commitments in the High North. And if the UK Government means what it says – that Russia could attack Nato as soon as 2030 – then work to rectify these vulnerabilities cannot start soon enough.”The committee also questioned whether the Joint Expeditionary Force, a UK-led military coalition of northern European nations, should focus more on threats in the High North rather than maintaining the same level of activity in the Baltic region.
克里姆林宫试图利用高北地区——这一地区大致界定为北极和北大西洋部分区域——获取矿产并控制航运航线，因为海冰融化使这些区域更加可达。国防部已被联系，征求评论。
The Kremlin is seeking to exploit the High North, loosely defined as the Arctic and parts of the North Atlantic, for minerals and for control over shipping routes as melting sea ice makes them more accessible. The Ministry of Defence has been contacted for comment.