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Foreign nations have issued dire warnings in response.
作為回應，外國紛紛作出嚴重警告。
China’s Ministry of National Defense in January urged the Trump government to abandon a “Cold War” mind-set, and view matters more “rationally and objectively.”
中國國防部于一月敦促特朗普政府放棄“冷戰”思維，更“理性和客觀地”看待事情。
Russian President Vladimir Putin in December accused the U. S. of violating a landmark Cold War–era nuclear arms deal
俄羅斯總統弗拉基米爾普京也在十二月指責美國違反具有里程碑意義的冷戰時期核武器協議，
and carrying out an aggressive military policy that “seriously affects security in Europe and in the whole world.”
推行“嚴重影響歐洲乃至全球安全”的侵略性軍事政策。
Both China and Russia are upgrading their nuclear weapons.
中國和俄羅斯都在升級各自的核武器。
Other nuclear powers, such as North Korea, Pakistan, India and Israel, continue to build new systems.
朝鮮，巴基斯坦，印度和以色列燈其他核大國也在繼續建設新的核能系統。
Rather than dissuading such efforts, arms-control experts from both political parties say, Trump’s moves will accelerate them.
兩黨軍控專家均表示，特朗普的舉措不僅不會阻止這些行為反而等于火上澆油。
A new nuclear-arms race would not be limited to two superpowers seeking strategic balance in a Cold War
一場新的核軍備競賽不再局限于冷戰時期謀求戰略平衡的兩個超級大國，
but would include many nations, including foes in regions where hot wars are a regular occurrence.
而是會包括許多國家，包括經常發生熱戰的那些地區互相為敵的國家。
“The new arms race has already begun,” says former Defense Secretary William Perry.
“新的軍備競賽已經開始，”前國防部長威廉·佩里說。
“It’s different in nature than the one during the Cold War,
“這一次的競賽性質上就不同于冷戰時期的競賽，
which focused on quantity and two superpowers producing absurd numbers of weapons.
因為冷戰時期的那場競賽側重的是核武器的規模，兩個超級大國競相擴大本國的武器規模。
Today it is focused on quality and involves several nations instead of just two.
而這一次的競賽更關注質量，涉及的也不再是兩個國家，而是多個國家。
The risk for nuclear conflict today is higher than it was during the Cold War.”
今天，核沖突的風險也要高于冷戰時期。”
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION is planning to take a step toward developing a new generation of nuclear weapons this month in its Nuclear Posture Review, a strategy document for the U. S. nuclear arsenal.
在本月美國核武庫的戰略文件核態勢評估中，特朗普政府計劃采取措施，研發新一代核武器。
Since the end of the Cold War, the U. S. has not designed any new nuclear weapons as it and Russia have worked to scale back their strategic arsenals.
冷戰結束以來，美國尚且沒有研發任何新的核武器，因為它和俄羅斯雙方一直都在努力縮減其戰略武庫。
A draft proposal of the 64-page document, published in January by the Huffington Post,
《赫芬頓郵報》1月份公布的這份長達64頁文件的草案，
included two new sea-launched weapons, one outfitted with a small atomic warhead for battlefield use.
則包括了兩種新型海上發射的武器，其中一種配套的是戰場使用的小型原子彈頭。
