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据称中国弹道导弹试验破坏南太平洋无核武器区
中国多次指出澳大利亚、美国和英国之间的 AUKUS 核潜艇协议违反了该条约。
来源:美国国防新闻网__全球VIENNA — China’s test this week of a submarine-launched ballistic missile follows a growing trend of nuclear powers hollowing out the integrity of nuclear weapons-free zones such as the South Pacific, analysts say.
The People’s Liberation Army Navy launched a ballistic missile from a submarine off its coast on Monday, which subsequently flew southeast over the Pacific for about 7,000 kilometers (4,350 miles), according to a map released by the Taiwan National Security Council, before splashing down near the island nations of Nauru and Tuvalu.
Both archipelago countries are part of the South Pacific Nuclear Weapons Free Zone, which was established by the Treaty of Rarotonga in 1986 and prohibits the stationing and testing of nuclear weapons on islands or in waters of the South Pacific, as well as threatening the countries in the region with the use of these weapons.
China, as well as Russia, the U.S., U.K., and France, have signed onto protocols committing them to the treaty.
A missile test doesn’t technically violate the text of the treaty, so long as the missile is not nuclear-tipped.在中国的试验中，火箭携带了一个用于测试目的的虚拟弹头。然而，南太平洋国家很快指责中国违反了该地区的精神，超出了核心法律定义。
New Zealand’s foreign minister said the test “goes against the object and intent of that treaty,” referring to Rarotonga.澳大利亚公开提出了类似的担忧。
“We have seen a growing trend of nuclear weapons-armed states exerting pressure on nuclear weapons free zones for their geostrategic interests,” said Olamide Samuel, a network and engagement specialist at the Vienna-based Open Nuclear Network. “我们看到美国就印度洋岛屿迪戈加西亚岛向英国施压；俄罗斯敦促哈萨克斯坦允许导弹试验；现在中国在南太平洋进行导弹试验。”