CIA局長：朝鮮可能“數(shù)月后”擁有打擊美國的能力

CIA director Mike Pompeo on Thursday warned that North Korea could be just “months away” from developing the ability to strike America with a nuclear-armed ballistic missile.

中央情報局(CIA)局長麥克•龐貝(Mike Pompeo)周四警告稱，朝鮮或許“數(shù)月之后”就有能力用裝備核彈頭的彈道導彈打擊美國。

Speaking at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Mr Pompeo said the US had to deal with North Korea under the assumption that Kim Jong Un was “on the cusp” of being able to hit the US after a spate of missile tests that have helped his scientists improve their expertise.

龐貝在保衛(wèi)民主基金會(Foundation for Defense of Democracies)上表示，美國需要抱著這樣的假設來應對朝鮮，即金正恩(Kim Jong Un)正處在有能力打擊美國的“邊緣”，此前的一系列導彈試驗已經幫助朝鮮科學家提高了專業(yè)技能。

“We ought to behave as if we are on the cusp of them achieving that objective,” he said when asked if Pyongyang was “perilously close” to developing that capability.

“我們應該這樣行動，就像他們正處在實現(xiàn)那一目標的邊緣那樣，”龐貝在被問及如果平壤正在“危險地接近”具備這一能力時說。

While he cautioned that intelligence estimates about North Korea would not be perfect, he said the Kim regime was so close to reaching its goal that questions about timing were almost moot.

盡管他告誡稱，中央情報局對朝鮮的估計并不完美，但他表示金正恩政權距離實現(xiàn)其目標如此接近，以至于有關具體時間的問題幾乎失去了意義。

“When you’re talking about months, our capability to understand that at a detailed level is in some sense irrelevant,” he said. “Whether it happens on Tuesday or a month from Tuesday, we are at a time where the president has concluded that we need a global effort [to ensure] Kim Jong Un doesn’t have that capacity”.

“當你談到幾個月的時候，從某種意義上說，我們能不能細致了解相關情況，已經無關緊要。”他說，“無論事情會在周二發(fā)生，還是在周二以后的一個月發(fā)生，我們都處在這樣一個時刻，即總統(tǒng)已經得出結論，我們需要通過全球努力(來確保)金正恩不具備這種能力”。

Mr Pompeo said the US was still pursuing a diplomatic approach towards North Korea, saying Rex Tillerson, secretary of state, was “hard at work”. But he said President Donald Trump was adamant that he would not let Mr Kim be able to hold the US hostage.

龐貝表示，美國依然在對朝鮮采取外交手段，用國務卿雷克斯•蒂勒森(Rex Tillerson)的話來說，美國在“努力工作”。但他表示，唐納德•特朗普(Donald Trump)總統(tǒng)立場堅定，宣布不會讓金正恩有能力綁架美國。

“We are going to fill every arrow in the quiver until such time as we conclude that there is no alternative at that point,” he said. “The president has made very clear he is prepared to make sure that Kim Jong Un doesn’t have the capacity to hold America at risk — by military force if necessary.”

“我們會把每一支箭裝入箭筒，直到我們得出結論，那時已別無選擇。”他說，“總統(tǒng)明確表示，他準備確保金正恩不具備讓美國陷入危險的能力——在必要的時候將會采取武力。”

Mr Pompeo in July sparked speculation that the US was considering assassinating Mr Kim by saying he was “hopeful that we will find a way to separate that regime from this [nuclear weapons] system” and that the North Korean people “would love to see him go”.

龐貝在7月的一些言論曾引起外界猜測美國正在考慮暗殺金正恩，包括“希望我們能找到一種辦法把這個政權和這個(核武器)系統(tǒng)分離開來”，以及朝鮮人民“將樂于看到他離開”。

Asked by the Financial Times what would happen in North Korea if Mr Kim died, he said he did not want to comment given the history of the CIA — an oblique reference to other assassination attempts undertaken in the past. “I am just not going to talk about that. Someone might think there was a coincidence if, you know, there was an accident. It is just not fruitful,” he said.

當英國《金融時報》記者問龐貝，假如金正恩去世，朝鮮會發(fā)生什么事情，龐貝表示，考慮到中央情報局的歷史——暗指該局過去采取的其他暗殺行動——他不愿對此置評。“我不會談論此事。假如發(fā)生某種事故，有人可能會覺得二者有聯(lián)系。這不是有效的做法，”他說。