中国发布无人驾驶超音速“暗剑”战斗机，将成美国梦魇

China unveils its unmanned 'Dark Sword' fighter jet that could fly at supersonic speeds and prove a 'nightmare' for US defences

发布无人驾驶超音速“暗剑”战斗机，将成美国梦魇

China has unveiled an unmanned fighter jet that could fly at supersonic speeds and prove a 'nightmare' for US defence systems.

推出了一款能以超音速飞行的无人战斗机，对美国国防系统来说将是一场“噩梦”。

The deadly aircraft, codenamed Dark Sword, has been rumoured for over a decade but a new photo appears to finally show a full-sized version of the military vehicle.

这架代号为“暗剑”的夺命飞机已经被传了十多年，但最近发布的一张照片终于完全披露了这架军用飞机。

Much about Dark Sword remains a mystery, but experts believe it is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that is capable of flying like a fighter jet.

关于暗剑的大部分信息仍然是一个谜，但是专家认为它是一种能够像战斗机一样飞行的无人机。

Dark Sword could give China a huge advantage if its military is able to mass-produce the aircraft, as it could rapidly expand its fighter fleet without training new pilots.

如果军队能够大批量生产这种飞机，暗剑将给带来巨大的优势，因为可以在不培训新飞行员的情况下迅速扩大其战斗机数量。

The new photo, leaked to Chinese media this week, shows a sleek black aircraft with a front-facing vent typical of supersonic jets.

本周披露给媒体的这张新照片，展示了一架外观呈流线型的黑色飞机，飞机前端具有超音速喷气机的典型特征。

This means Dark Sword could travel at speeds of up to 740 miles per hour (1,190kph), an unprecedented speed for unmanned military aircraft.

这意味着“暗剑”的飞行速度可以达到每小时740英里(每小时1190公里)，这对无人机来说是前所未有的速度。

The current top speed for unmanned service aircraft is around 300 miles per hour (480kph), achieved by the US MQ-9 Reaper drone.

目前无人机的最高速度约为每小时300英里(480公里/小时)，是由美国MQ-9“收割者”无人机创下的记录。

Justin Bronk, an expert at the London-based British defence think tank the Royal United Services Institute, analysed photos of the aircraft, concluding its design suggests it could 'transit to areas very fast'.

总部位于伦敦的英国国防智库皇家联合军种研究所的专家贾斯汀•布朗克分析了这架飞机的照片，得出结论称，它的设计表明，它可以“非常迅速地向各个地区转移”。

'If produced in large numbers without having to train pilots, [the aircraft] could at the very least soak up missiles from US fighters, and at the very best be an effective fighter by itself,' Bronk told Business Insider.

布朗克对《商业内幕》说，‘如果大量生产、同时无需训练飞行员，(这种飞机)最起码可以用来消耗美国战斗机的导弹，而其本身也足以成为优秀的战斗机。’

'If you can produce lots of them, quantity has a quality all its own.'

‘如果你能大量生产这种飞机，数量本身就意味着质量。’

The vehicle appears to have vertical stabilisers at the rear like the US military's F22 fighter jet, suggesting it is geared toward speed and manoeuvrability over stealth.

这架飞机的尾部似乎有垂直的稳定装置，就像美国军方的F22战斗机一样，这表明它的目标是速度和机动性，而不是隐形。

This hints China is building the aircraft for use as a combat jet rather than a reconnaissance or precision missile strike vehicle, like the unmanned MQ-1 Predator drone used by US forces.

这暗示着，正将这架飞机打造成作战飞机，而不是侦察或精确的导弹打击工具，比如美军使用的无人驾驶MQ-1“捕食者”无人机。

'The Chinese have gone with something that has a longer body, so it's stable in pitch. It's got these vertical, F-22 style vertical stabilizers,' Bronk said.

布朗克说，‘飞机的机身比较长，所以比较稳定。它有这些垂直的F-22型的垂直稳定器。’

These suggest the aircraft is 'geared towards supersonic performance and fighter-style capability'.

这些表明飞机“重视的是超音速性能和战斗机般的能力”。

The fighter jet represents a marked difference in the directions of the Chinese and US airforces.

这架战斗机代表着和美国空军的不同研发方向。

The Pentagon has largely shelved all of its unmanned fighter jet programmes in favour of more reliable manned technology.

五角大楼基本上搁置了所有的无人战斗机计划，转而采用更可靠的载人技术。

Dark Sword 'represents a very different design philosophy' than US unmanned combat plans, Bronk said.

布朗克说，暗剑“代表了一种与美国无人机作战计划截然不同的设计理念”。

Dark Sword - known in Chinese as 'Anjian' -made its debut at the Zhuhai Airshow in southern China's Guangdong province in 2006.

“暗剑”在2006年广东省珠海航展上首次亮相。

The model was subsequently exhibited at the Paris Air Show - but has since been kept tightly under wraps.

该模型随后在巴黎航展上展出，但此后一直被严格保密。

While the UAV would be the world's fastest unmanned military jet, it would come nowhere near the record for the quickest ever pilot-less flight.

虽然无人机将是世界上最快的无人驾驶军用飞机，但它还远未达到无人驾驶飞行最快的记录。

That accolade goes to Nasa's X-43A scramjet, an experimental hypersonic vehicle that hit Mach 9.6 (around 7,000mph/11,200kph) during a test flight in 2004.

美国国家航空和宇航局的X-43A超燃冲压发动机创下了这项纪录，这是一种实验性的高超声速飞行器，在2004年的一次试飞中，它的速度达到了9.6马赫(大约每小时7000英里)。

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译文来源：三泰虎

外文：http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5811677/China-unveils-unmanned-Dark-Sword-stealth-combat-drone-prove-nightmare-US.html

administrator, Tampa, United States, less than a minute ago

Dark Sword won't be able to compete with the USA's "Have Mandingo" fighter.

黑暗之剑无法与美国的“曼丁哥”战斗机竞争。

BleedBlue27, Montego Bay, Jamaica, 2 minutes ago

Do not assume China is as cheap with their weapons development as they are with every day goods and products. Your TV from China may not work for long but when it comes to their defense, its a different ball game for them.

不要想当然地认为，在武器研发上的成本和在日用品上的成本一样低。你从买的电视机可能无法撑上很长时间，但国防对他们来说是不同的。

Fricotin, Vancouver, Canada, 7 minutes ago

They just managed to acquire the technology to make ball point pens (biros) à few years ago. This is not a joke.

几年前，他们才刚刚掌握了制造圆珠笔芯的技术。我没开玩笑。

imahotrodder, Midwest, United States, about an hour ago

Thanks to American taxpayers subsidizing a 300 billion dollar trade deficit.

多亏美国纳税人为3000亿美元的贸易赤字提供了补贴。

StarGoose, North Bay, Canada, about an hour ago

ahh ...innovation through imitation again. Always the china way.

啊…通过模仿创新。一贯如此。

Christian Lee, Sacramento, United States, about an hour ago

Cook me some rice

给我煮点米饭吧。

Snottgrass, Austin, United States, about an hour ago

Want me to believe it's a real threat then prove it with live testing.

又想骗我相信这是真的威胁，先进行现场试验了再说

Barry Soetoro, Bohemian Grove, United States, about 3 hours ago

hypersonic jets prove the earth is flat, because it doesnt constantly have to dip the nose to fly down earth curvature, (earth radius is 3,959 miles) if it flies at 2000mph it gonna get 128 miles up higher after 30 minutes

高超音速喷气机证明地球是平的，因为它不需要不断调低机头，适应地球的曲率，(地球半径是3959英里)如果它以每小时2000英里的速度飞行，在30分钟后它的飞行高度会上升128英里

Hiramkey, Houston, United States, about 3 hours ago

Built by tech stolen on BHO's watch to which he did nothing about

这是用偷来的技术造的飞机

Juggernaut-ExPat, Edmonton AB, Canada, 48 minutes ago

Like your rocket technology stolen from Germany ?

就像你们从德国偷了火箭技术那样？

Uprising, LA, United States, 3 hours ago

Dont worry, You can steal technology but not quality

别担心，技术能偷，质量可偷不来

Water Glass, Base Cydonia, Canada, 3 hours ago

I hope the fuel tank will not fall apart during the first flight demo.

希望首次飞行时燃油箱不会散架

Robbie101, christmas island, Christmas Island, 3 hours ago

They better hope it's not made in Hong Kong.

他们最好希望这不是香港制造的。

Robin, Greenville, 3 hours ago

Now if they can just get it off the ground.

现在如果他们可以，就飞来看看。

Common Centsability, Melbourne, United States, 3 hours ago

One again they steal designs from us and still build them like crap.

他们又是从我们这里剽窃的设计，不过还是建得很烂。

Devon Boy 2, Chittlehamholt, United Kingdom, 3 hours ago

They cant even make a decent screwdriver.

他们连像样的螺丝刀都造不出来。

Rockape1, the World, United Kingdom, 4 hours ago

Picking up secrets from the cheap Hikvision cctv cameras they are flooding the market with in UK and USA.

这是通过廉价的海康威视闭路电视摄像头中获取到的秘密，这些摄像头在英国和美国市场上随处可见。

AbsolutelyFlawless, Knightsbridge, United Kingdom, 4 hours ago

it should be used to fly refug33s into the uk. it is the right thing to do

它应该被用来向英国运送难民。这才是正途

Rockape1, the World, United Kingdom, 4 hours ago

Bit like all the copy and fake cars the DM recently ran an article on. Look the part, but under the cover a piece of garbage.

就像每日邮报最近也发表过的一篇文章中说的抄袭和山寨汽车。外观相似但却败絮其中。

willie wonker, Almunecar, 4 hours ago

If its like anything I have brought in the past ,that was made in China it will break within days. And we are letting these guys build our new Nuclear power stations . Madness

如果它像我以前用过的任何制造的东西一样，那它将没两天就坏了。我们还让这些人建造我们新的核电站。太疯狂了。

sugargliderdude, ll, United Kingdom, 4 hours ago

China make what ever quality you want, EU companys want very cheap to import for big profits, thats why they are of low quality, if you want high quality they can make it, i.e iPhones....

能生产你想要的任何质量的东西，欧洲的企业想要非常便宜的进口货、赚取巨额的利润，这就是为什么质量不佳的原因，如果你想要高质量的产品，他们也能生产。

Mzungu, Sodden-on-the-Water, United Kingdom, 5 hours ago

Chinese build quality, nothing to worry about. Just be thankful we're not buying the junk.

鉴于建造的质量，我们不用担心。谢天谢地，我们没有买垃圾。

stoptherot, leicester, United Kingdom, 5 hours ago

This looks familiar, is it another copy from the stupid chinese who havent got the intelligence to design things themselves so have to steal? Bet it doesnt work!

看起来很眼熟，这是愚蠢的人的另一个抄袭作品吗?人没有自己设计的才智，我打赌这个飞机没用的!

BosworthField, Kenilworth, United Kingdom, 5 hours ago

We shall see - Mock-ups and prototypes are one thing, an operational aircraft is another.

我们应该了解——实体模型和原型是一回事，作战飞机是另一回事。

going at it, anywhere, United States, 5 hours ago

And after it breaks in 2 months you can't get your money back.

等2个月东西坏了，你就拿不回你的钱了。

tommie12311, tacoma, United States, 7 hours ago

cool the more we can shoot down the better : )

酷，他们飞机越多，我们就可以击落更多

ALBV, Keys, United States, 7 hours ago

Ooo.....so the best military in the world, with very best in EVERYTHING is scared?? PLEASE D.M....just stop