Uppermost in the minds of American commanders who ordered around a dozen B-1 bombers to leave their temporary base at RAF Fairford on October 4th was the fear of an Iranian plot to attack them with drones.(10月4日，下令约十余架B-1轰炸机撤离费尔福德皇家空军临时基地的美国指挥官们，最担心的是伊朗策划用无人机袭击这些飞机。) J.D. Vance, America's vice-president, said the decision sprang from an "abundance(大量，充裕) of caution". It came after President Donald Trump claimed to have had intelligence of a specific threat. "They didn't fly out by accident," he said.
10月4日，下令约十余架B-1轰炸机撤离费尔福德皇家空军临时基地的美国指挥官们，最担心的是伊朗策划用无人机袭击这些飞机。美国副总统J.D.万斯表示，这一决定源于"高度谨慎"。此前，特朗普总统声称掌握了有关具体威胁的情报。"它们不是偶然飞走的，"他说。
Britain gave the Americans permission(任务，使命), soon after the Iran war began in February, to fly "defensive" missions from Fairford and other bases against targets such as Iranian missile launchers. In July Iran threatened that "any base used to launch attacks on Iranian territory is a legitimate(合法的，正当的) target for our forces"—a threat the British took seriously, and for good reason. Their intelligence services reckon(认为，估计) Iran has been behind a growing number of attempted "hybrid" attacks in Britain.
今年2月伊朗战争爆发后不久，英国便允许美军从费尔福德等基地起飞执行"防御性"任务，打击伊朗导弹发射器等目标。7月，伊朗威胁称"任何被用来对伊朗领土发动攻击的基地，都是我们部队的合法打击目标"——英国对此威胁认真对待，而且理由充分。英国情报机构认为，伊朗是英国境内越来越多未遂"混合"袭击的幕后黑手。
Ukraine's extraordinary(非同寻常的，非凡的) Operation Spiderweb(乌克兰"蛛网行动"), in June 2025, showed how quite vulnerable(脆弱的，易受攻击的) airbases can be. The Ukrainians smuggle(偷运，走私)d more than 100 quadcopter drones deep inside Russia, then used them to destroy as many as 14 irreplaceable(不可替代的) bombers and reconnaissance(侦察) aircraft. Ever since, air forces everywhere have feared copycat attacks(模仿性袭击). In August an attempted drone attack on Ukrainian transport aircraft at Leipzig airport, attributed to Russia, very nearly succeeded.
2025年6月，乌克兰那场非同寻常的"蛛网行动"表明，空军基地可以多么脆弱。乌克兰人将100多架四旋翼无人机偷运到俄罗斯腹地，然后用它们摧毁了多达14架不可替代的轰炸机和侦察机。自那以后，各国空军都担心出现模仿性袭击。今年8月，莱比锡机场发生的一起针对乌克兰运输机的未遂无人机袭击——被归咎于俄罗斯——几乎得手。
A cautionary tale
一个警示故事