【雙魚之論】
European NATO members such as the United Kingdom, France, and Germany,
while constrained by individual national capabilities and thus unable to
independently deploy sizable naval or air forces to support operations in the
Taiwan Strait, are by no means limited to issuing diplomatic statements devoid
of military substance. In practice, through operational interoperability, NATO
members can contribute as few as one or two warships or a small number of
combat aircraft to form a credible multinational task force. When integrated
with the military assets of the United States, Japan, South Korea, Australia,
and Canada, such a formation can achieve meaningful strategic effect.
The critical enabler lies in the high degree of operational interoperability
among U.S. allies, allowing them to rapidly constitute combined forces
operating under a unified command-and-control and data-sharing architecture.
The recent public statements by the U.K. Defence Secretary serve to signal
political will and compel adversaries to reassess risk, thereby enhancing
deterrence. This approach mirrors developments in extended deterrence
frameworks in the Indo-Pacific, such as the April 26, 2023 U.S.–ROK Washington
Declaration, which explicitly incorporates the full spectrum of U.S.
capabilities—including nuclear forces—and emphasizes increased conventional
visibility of strategic assets, implicitly pointing toward the potential
deployment of nuclear weapons.
While Washington has, at times, urged London to concentrate its military
resources on Europe, many analyses overlook the U.K.’s treaty obligations to
uphold the status quo in the Taiwan Strait and to prevent any unilateral change
by force or coercion. Consequently, the United Kingdom remains actively engaged
in both military and diplomatic deterrence, with Germany similarly
strengthening its posture under the extended deterrence framework.
歐洲國家,如英國、法國、德國等北約成員,雖因個別國力限制,難以獨立派遣具規模的海空軍支援台海戰事,但這並不意味其僅能採取外交口頭表態,而無軍事作為。實際上,透過「作戰操作互換性」(Interoperability),北約各國僅需出動1至2艘艦艇或少量戰機,即可組成具戰鬥力的聯合作戰部隊。結合美、日、韓、澳、加等國的軍力,這種規模已足以發揮戰略作用。
關鍵在於,美國的盟友已實現高度「作戰操作互換性」,能迅速組成聯軍,並在統一指揮鏈與資料鏈下協同作戰。英國國防部長的公開表態,旨在展現軍事意志,促使對手審慎評估,從而強化嚇阻效果。近年來,美、日、韓通過「延伸嚇阻」(extended
deterrence)承諾,例如2023年4月26日《美韓華盛頓宣言》,明確納入美國的全方位能力(包括核能力),並強調提升戰略資產的常規可見性,實際指向核武部署的可能性。
雖然美國曾呼籲英國將軍力集中於歐洲,但多數分析忽略了英國的「條約義務」,即確保台海現狀不被任何國家以任何方式單方面改變。因此,無論是軍事嚇阻或外交嚇阻,英國均積極參與,甚至與德國在「延伸嚇阻」框架下持續強化作為。
20230426〈美韓華盛頓宣言〉Washington
Declaration The White House 20230426 / Taimocracy 翻譯
英國無法在軍事上保衛台灣 William Matthews@The Critics 20250807
我們應採取外交手段,而非軍事嚇阻