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【原文标题】Is China closer than thought to matching U.S. fighter jet prowess?
【中文标题】赶超美国战机技术，中国比我们想的要快？
【消息来源】有线电视新闻网（CNN）
【来源地址】http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/01/05/china.us.fighter.jets/index.html
【译者】尊贵无比的连长同学
China's new stealth fighter jet, known as the J-20.
中国的新式隐形战斗机，被称为歼二十（J-20）。
(CNN) -- Images believed to be of China's next generation of military air power have been buzzing around the internet, but Pentagon officials are insisting it does not mean China has matched American air capabilities.
被认为是中国下一代军用战机的照片已经在整个互联网上沸沸扬扬，但是五角大楼的官员们坚称这并不意味着中国已经能和美国的空中实力相提并论。
The new Chinese stealth fighter jet, known as the J-20, isn't supposed to be operational until at least 2017, but a Chinese air force commander told Chinese TV in 2009 that flight testing would begin much sooner. Stealth jets, such as the United States' F-22, are designed to evade detection by radar and anti-aircraft defenses.
中国的新式隐形战机，被称为歼二十，至少在2017年以前应该还不会装备使用，但中国空军长官在2009年的电视节目中透露，会尽快开始飞行测试。隐形飞机，比如说美国的F-22，能避免雷达和防控体系。
Now unknown sources have posted photos of what appears to be the plane on an airfield runway in southwestern China.
来源尚不明确的照片显示了中国西南部的机场跑道上的一架飞机。
"We are aware of their plans to develop this fifth-generation fighter," Pentagon spokesman Col. Dave Lapan said Wednesday. "The photos that were released recently are presumably of some taxi testing."
本周三，五角大楼发言人戴维·拉潘上校表示：“我们察觉到他们的计划是发展第五代战机，最近发布的那些照片有可能是在进行滑行测试。”
At a Thursday briefing, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei declined to comment on reports on China testing the jet.
在周四的一个发布上，中国外交部发言人洪磊拒绝对有关中国测试战机的报道作出评论。
"China insists on a path of peaceful development," he said. "We have adopted a national defense policy that is defensive in nature and do not threaten any other countries. China has been an important force in maintaining regional and global peace."
他表示：“中国是在坚持和平发展道路，中国奉行一个防御性的国防政策，不对任何国家构成威胁。中国一贯是维护地区与世界和平的重要力量。”
The emergence of the photos comes as Defense Secretary Robert Gates heads to China this weekend to discuss the military relationship between the U.S. and China. And later this month, President Hu Jintao will go to Washington for a summit with President Barack Obama.
照片的流出时值国防部长罗伯特·盖茨在本周访问中国讨论中美军事关系。与此同时，在本月晚些时候，胡锦涛主席将前往华盛顿和巴拉克·欧巴马总统会晤。
One China watcher says Beijing's failure to censor the grainy images on the web proves the photos are of the new jet and the country wants them to circulate.
一位中国观察家认为北京没有在网上审查那些窥伺新式战机的模糊图片，并且想让其流传出去。
"The Chinese military and the police could have swept the area around the airfield very easily, but what they've done is they've controlled this. They've allowed Chinese to only take photos with cell phones, meaning that the photos that we have are low-resolution, do not give us a great deal of detail about the aircraft and they're put on the web with a low-resolution format," said China military scholar and author Richard Fisher. "The response within China has been overwhelmingly positive and has spurred national pride to an enormous degree."
中国军事学作者理查德·费舍尔介绍说：“中国军队和警察还可以轻而易举的检查机场周围有无无线电监听装置，但他们没有做这些。他们准许人们用手机拍摄，这意味着这些照片像素不高，并且他们上传到网上的都是低分辨率格式的，没有给我们太多战机的细节。在一定程度上，中国国内的反应是非常积极的，极大地激发了民族自豪感。”
The Pentagon is taking a low-key approach to the surge in publicity about the Chinese fighter, saying their existing top-of-the-line warplane has engine problems and that their next plane is years away. But Fisher says that timeline could be sped up if the Chinese buy an engine from Russia as opposed to developing it themselves.
五角大楼着手冷静的处理澎湃的中国战机宣传，表示他们目前拥有的顶级军用飞机还存在发动机问题，所以下一代飞机是多年后的事情。但是费舍尔称，假如中国不自己造，而是购买俄罗斯的发动机，那么就会很快。
"It's something that is in some form of development, as a fifth-generation fighter. As I noted, the Chinese are still having difficulties with their fourth-generation fighter," Lapan said in an off-camera question session with journalists in his office.
在拉潘的办公室里，他和记者攀谈时表示：“这些是第五代战机发展中的一些部分。正如我所提到的，中国的第四代战机仍有一些难题。”
And he said that while the new jet was not mentioned in the Pentagon report on China that was sent to Congress in August as an annual update for China's defense capabilities, the Defense Department has talked about it.
他说：“虽然五角大楼在八月份交给国会的例行《中国防务报告》中没有提到新式战机，但国防部已经讨论过有关问题。”
"We as a department have publicly spoken about it in the past. It is not as if we have not acknowledged that they are pursuing a fifth-generation fighter," Lapan said. "So we are aware of it. But it is not of concern that they are working on a fifth-generation fighter."
拉潘说道：“我们曾经公开谈论过这些事。这不意味着我们不知道他们正在追赶第五代战机。所以，我们是知道这件事的。此外，他们着手第五代战机的研发，不会让我们担忧。
Fisher, however, says it should be a concern, citing the Chinese jet's potential ability to overtake that of America's F-22 in thrust and "supercruise" speed, which is the ability to fly supersonically without using fuel-guzzling afterburners.
然而，费舍尔表示我们应该把这件事当做头等大事，他例证称中国战机有可能在推进力和“超级飞行”速度上打败美国的F-22，“超级飞行”就是指不借助带有大量燃料的加力燃烧室的情况下，还具有进行超音速飞行的能力。
"We can't say precisely what the capabilities are, but we have a good idea. Right now, we should be reviving production of the F-22 and not just reviving production, we should be developing an advance version of the F-22," said Fisher. "And sadly, even though it is a troubled program, already the F-35 needs another rework. It needs to be made competitive with this fighter."
费舍尔表示：“我们不能说清它的功能，但我们有了好想法。现在，我们应该恢复F-22的生产，此外，我们还应该开发F-22的升级版。令人遗憾的是，这是一个麻烦项目，即便如此，也应该早点把F-35进行改进。我们需要这架战机来进行对抗。”
The F-22 was scaled back in production in 2009. The production of the F-35, which is being developed and tested, could be slowed under Gates' budget-cutting initiative.
F-22在2009年减产。由于盖茨的预算削减政策，已经完成开发和测试的F-35的生产可能延缓。
In 2009, Gates said that no nation comes close to the United States' air power, and he anticipated the Chinese having only "a handful" of fighters that challenge the U.S. advanced fleets by 2025. But Fisher cautions that this Chinese jet could cause a change in the balance of power in the Pacific.
2009年，盖茨声称没有任何国家能匹敌美国的空军，并且他预测中国战机中唯一的“杀手锏”要到2025年才能抗衡美国。但是费舍尔谨慎地指出这架中国战机可能促使太平洋的军力平衡。
"Since World War II, the American military has never gone into battle without the assurance of air superiority. China is a rising power, and it is determined to challenge the American position globally," said Fisher. "This fighter will allow them to do that on a military level... and from my perspective, that's simply unacceptable."
费舍尔说：“自二战之后，美军从未在缺少制空优势的情况下开战。中国正在崛起，并且决心挑战美国的全球地位。这架战机将会让他们的军事力量提升一个等级...按照我的想法，这绝对是无法接受的。” |
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