中國憤怒迴應美韓啓動薩德部署

Washington and Seoul have begun deploying a controversial US missile shield on South Korean soil, in a Move that has outraged China and raised tensions in a region put on edge by North Korean belligerence.

華盛頓和首爾方面已經開始在韓國領土上部署有爭議的美國反導彈系統，此舉激怒了中國，加劇了因朝鮮挑釁本已緊張的地區局勢。

The US and South Korea had been planning to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (Thaad) system by the end of the year, but they said that installation had started on Monday after North Korea fired four ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan.

美國和韓國本來計劃在年底之前部署“末段高空區域防禦系統”（THAAD，中文簡稱：薩德），但在朝鮮向日本海發射4枚彈道導彈之後，兩國宣佈已經於本週一啓動了安裝工作。

“Continued provocative actions by North Korea, to include yesterday’s launch of multiple missiles, only confirm the prudence of our alliance decision last year to deploy Thaad to South Korea,” said Admiral Harry Harris, head of the US Pacific Command, after the commencement of installation was announced.

在宣佈安裝工作啓動之後，美國太平洋艦隊司令、海軍上將哈里?哈里斯(Admiral Harry Harris)表示：“朝鮮方面的持續挑釁（包括昨日發射多枚導彈）只是證實了美韓同盟去年做出的在韓國部署薩德的決定是審慎的。”

China reacted angrily to the move, saying it “firmly opposes” the deployment of the system, which is designed to counter North Korea’s large arsenal of short-range and medium-range missiles. Washington insists the system is aimed solely at defending South Korea and Japan, but China views the Thaad system as a threat to its own ballistic missiles and warned that it would be forced to respond to “secure our own security interests”.

中國對此作出憤怒反應，稱其“堅決反對”部署薩德系統——部署該系統的目的是防範朝鮮數量衆多的中短程導彈。華盛頓方面堅稱，薩德系統只是爲韓國和日本提供防禦，但中國將該系統視爲對自身彈道導彈的威脅，並警告稱，將被迫做出迴應以“確保自身的安全利益”。

“We once again strongly urge the relevant sides to stop the process of deployment and refrain from going further down that wrong path,” said the Chinese foreign ministry’s spokesperson.

中國外交部一位發言人表示：“我們再次強烈敦促有關方面停止相關部署進程，不要在錯誤道路上越走越遠。”