俄罗斯称向美国核查人员展示了高超音速核导弹系统

俄罗斯称向美国核查人员展示了高超音速核导弹系统

Russia’s Ministry of Defense said Tuesday it had shown the country’s new Avangard nuclear missile system to US inspectors for the first time, a move Moscow said showed a key arms control treaty was still effective.

俄罗斯国防部周二表示，它首次向美国核查人员展示了该国新的Avangard核导弹系统。莫斯科方面表示，此举表明一项关键的军控条约仍然有效。

Russia is due to deploy next month the Avangard system, a hypersonic glide vehicle designed to sit atop an intercontinental ballistic missile, one of several new types of weapons touted by President Vladimir Putin as ahead of their time.

俄罗斯将于下月部署Avangard系统。Avangard是一种高超音速滑翔飞行器，设计安装在洲际弹道导弹上。

The Defense Ministry said a group of visiting US arms inspectors had been shown the Avangard system from Nov. 24 to 26 under the auspices of the New START treaty, which went into effect in 2011.

国防部表示，在2011年生效的《削减战略武器新条约》(New START treaty)的支持下，一批到访的美国武器核查人员于11月24日至26日参观了Avangard系统。

The treaty limits the number of strategic nuclear warheads the world’s two biggest nuclear powers can deploy to no more than 1,550 each.

该条约限制了世界上两个最大的核大国各自部署不超过1550枚战略核弹头的数量。

The treaty, which is due to expire in 2021, also curbs the number of nuclear launchers and deployed land- and submarine-based missiles and nuclear-capable bombers they can have.

该条约将于2021年到期，它还限制了核导弹发射器的数量，以及陆基和潜基导弹和可携带核弹头的轰炸机的数量。

Putin has said Moscow is ready to extend the pact, but has complained about what he sees as Washington’s lack of interest.

普京说，莫斯科准备延长这项协议，但是他抱怨说，华盛顿对这项协议缺乏兴趣。

President Donald Trump, who told Putin in 2017 he thought it was a bad deal for the United States, will only decide next year whether to extend the treaty, US officials have said.

美国官员表示，美国总统唐纳德•特朗普(Donald Trump)明年才会决定是否延长该条约。2017年，特朗普曾对普京表示，他认为这对美国来说是一项糟糕的协议。

It was signed by Trump’s predecessor, President Barack Obama, with Russia in 2010.

该协议是特朗普的前任巴拉克·奥巴马总统在2010年与俄罗斯签署的。