【英语国际】韩国审查国防政策 或改变韩美军事同盟架构

South Korea is reviewing its defense policy following North Korea's alleged sinking of a South Korean naval vessel, a process that could significantly change Seoul's military alliance with Washington, according to officials engaged in the process.

Over the past week, U.S. and South Korean leaders have outlined plans to conduct war games and strategy sessions to better equip the South for combating the type of submarine attack Pyongyang is accused by international investigators to have staged in March, killing 46 South Korean sailors.

For the longer term, President Lee Myung-bak's conservative government could seek to alter the alliance's command structure and Seoul's weapons arsenal in ways that would affect the Pentagon's current strategic planning for Northeast Asia, according to these officials

South Korean defense strategists already are publicly pressing Mr. Lee to delay the planned 2012 transfer of operational control of the combined U.S.-South Korean fighting force to Seoul from Washington, arguing South Korea isn't prepared yet to oversee American forces.

The agreement between Washington and Seoul has a clause that allows South Korea's president to formally request a suspension of the transfer. The U.S. currently deploys 29,000 troops in South Korea, and the South Korean military deploys 600,000.

Some South Korean officials involved in the president's military-overhaul drive also are calling for Seoul to develop more offensive strategic weapons as a means to deter the nuclear-armed North from future aggression. Currently, South Korea's defense agreement with the U.S. prohibits Seoul from deploying precision-guided missiles with a range of more than 300 kilometers.

'We need to have our own ways to threaten North Korea,' said Kim Tae-woo, a South Korean defense expert who sits on one of two committees President Lee has established to assess Seoul's military preparedness. 'We need to have this dialogue with our allies.'

在指控朝鲜炸沉其军舰之后，韩国正在审查其国防政策。据参与审查的官员称，此举可能极大地改变美韩军事同盟。

国际调查员指控平壤方面于3月对韩国军舰实施了水下攻击，造成46名韩国海军士兵死亡。美韩领导人过去几周制定了进行军事演习和召开战略会议的计划，以便韩国能更好地对抗朝鲜的此类攻击。

Agence France-Presse/Getty Images上周日在距离首尔东北约55英里的Hwacheon进行了军事演练，图为几辆坦克开过河。上述官员称，更长期而言，韩国总统李明博(Lee Myung-bak)的保守党政府可能力图改变美韩同盟的指挥架构及韩国的武器库，将对五角大楼当前的东北亚战略规划造成影响。

美韩两国原定于2012年将联合作战部队的行动指挥权从美方移交给韩方。韩国国防战略专家已公开向李明博施压，要求其推迟这一进程，称韩国尚未准备好管理美国军队。

华盛顿和首尔之间的协议中包含相关条款，允许韩国总统正式请求中止移交进程。目前，驻韩美军共29,000人，韩国军队共600,000人。

参与总统的军事审查进程的部分韩国官员还呼吁首尔发展更多的进攻性战略武器以阻止拥有核武器的朝鲜进一步对其发起进攻。目前，美韩防御协议禁止韩国部署射程超过300公里的精确制导导弹。

韩国国防专家金泰宇(Kim Tae-woo)说，我们需要有自己的、能够对朝鲜构成威胁的方式，我们需要与盟国讨论这一问题。韩国总统李明博已成立了两个委员会以对韩国的军备情况进行评估，金泰宇是其中一个委员会的成员。