巴基斯坦10年内可能成为第三核武大国

Pakistan could have the third biggest arsenal ofnuclear weapons, after the US and Russia, within adecade if it continues to produce up to 20 nuclear warheads annually, a report warns.

一份报告警告称，如果巴基斯坦继续每年制造多达20枚核弹头的话，该国可能在10年内拥有全球第三大核武库，仅次于美国和俄罗斯。

The report, by two US analysts and published by the Carnegie Endowment for InternationalPeace, concluded that Pakistan is outpacing India, with its neighbour and rival appearing toproduce five warheads a year. Western diplomats, who keep close track of the countries’nuclear capabilities, believe India has about 100 warheads, while Pakistan has about 120.

这份报告由两名美国分析师撰写，卡内基国际和平基金会(Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)发布。报告总结称，巴基斯坦的速度正超过竞争对手邻国印度，印度似乎每年制造5枚核弹头。密切追踪这些国家核能力的西方外交人士认为，印度拥有约100枚核弹头，巴基斯坦拥有约120枚。

Asked to comment on the findings, a senior Pakistani government official said the “projections[in the report] for the future are highly exaggerated.

在被要求就这些数据置评时，巴基斯坦一政府高官表示，“(报告中的)未来预测高度夸张。

“Pakistan is a responsible nuclear state, not a reckless one.

“巴基斯坦是一个负责任的核国家，并非不计后果。

The build-up of nuclear capacity is striking in the context of efforts to prevent neighbouringIran from developing nuclear weapons.

在国际社会努力阻止巴基斯坦的邻国伊朗发展核武器的背景下，巴基斯坦扩充核武的行动令人关注。

Pakistan became a nuclear power in 1998 when it carried out six nuclear tests, three weeks afterIndia held a second series of its own nuclear trials. Neither country has signed the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.

巴基斯坦在1998年成为核国家，当时该国在印度进行第二轮核试验的三周后，一口气进行了6次核试验。这两个国家都尚未签署核不扩散条约。

Western analysts have struggled for years to get an accurate assessment of the number ofwarheads possessed by each country, whose nuclear weapons programmes are surrounded byhigh levels of secrecy.

多年来，西方分析师一直难以准确评估这两个国家拥有的核弹头数量，两国的核武器计划都是高度保密的。