外国技术人士深度分析中国暗剑无人机（附英国网友对披露暗剑的评论） [美国媒体]

Image Of China's Stealthy 'Dark Sword'Fighter-Like Combat Drone Emerges

中国的“暗剑”隐身战斗无人机的照片出现了

We have talked in-depth about how China isbarreling forward with advanced unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV)development—and this is just based on what the Chinese government wants us tosee. Now a new photo has surfaced that appears to show a full-sized 'DarkSword' UCAV. The concept has been talked about and shown in renderings andmodels for over a decade and a subscale remote controlled demonstrator wassupposedly flown as well. But this is the first time evidence of a far moremature and substantive iteration of Dark Sword has been seen.

我们已经深入探讨过，中国在先进的无人驾驶战斗机（UCAV）研发上的快速进展，而这也只是基于中国想让我们看见的东西。现在一张新的照片已经浮出水面，似乎展示了一架全尺寸的“暗剑”无人驾驶战斗机。对概念机的讨论，以及用透视图和模型的展示已经十多年了，而且一个缩放版的遥控论证机据推测也已经试飞过了。但这是第一次看到真实存在且成熟得多的暗剑雏型。
  
Dark Sword, which originates from ShenyangAircraft Corporation, has a low observable (stealthy) configuration thatdiffers drastically from more common flying-wing advanced unmanned aircraftdesigns. Whereas those are optimized for endurance, altitude performance,broadband low observability, and payload, Dark Sword is designed for sustainedspeed and agility.

暗剑由沈飞公司创造，拥有和更常规飞翼布局的无人机设计截然不同的低可视（隐身）外形。但那样是为了在耐久性、高空性能、宽波段低可见性和有效载荷方面达到最优，暗剑在设计上突出的就是持续速度和敏捷性。


 
Past renderings depict a conical planformwith lifting-body attributes. Non-maneuvering, but possibly retractable canardforeplanes are present on its nose section. A wide, splayed tail section withcanted vertical stabilizers and swept wings round out the rest of the designand a single-engine is fed by a sharp, forward-swept, chin-mounted intake.

过去的透视图描画出一个具有升力体属性的圆锥形俯视图。在它的机鼻部分有不可机动但可能有伸缩能力的鸭翼。一个有着垂直尾翼的宽展、呈八字形的尾部，后掠翼使得其余的设计更加丰满，而且为其单发引擎配备了一个尖头、前掠、位于机头下方的进气口。

This new image appears to feature areal-life, practical interpretation of the Dark Sword concept using provenlow-observable design elements that have been flown on other Chinese stealthyaircraft designs. Most notable is the presence of a Diverterless SupersonicInlet (DSI). You can read all about this technology in this past feature ofmine, but suffice it to say it was minted by Lockheed here in the United Statesin the 1990s and is a key feature on the F-35, yet China has run with theconcept to an even greater degree.

这张新照片似乎是对现实而实用的说明暗剑概念机给出了特写，使用了在其他中国隐身飞机设计中已经被证实的低可见设计元素。最引人注意的是无附面层隔道超音速进气道（即DSI进气道）的存在。你可以在我过往的专题节目中读到所有关于这种技术的内容，但只要告诉你一点就足够了：这种技术由美国洛克希德公司在90年代打造，而且是F-35战机的关键特征，然而中国已经更进一步地发挥了这种概念。

Currently, China's J-20 and J-31 stealthfighters leverage DSI technology, as does the latest variants of the JF-17export fighter. It has even been incorporated on the second iteration of theJ-10, the PLAAF's 'bread and butter' multi-role 4th generation fighter.

目前，中国的J-20和J-31隐身战机用上了DSI技术，最新改进版的JF-17（即枭龙）出口型战机也用上了。它甚至已经被纳入了J-10的第二代雏形，它是解放军空军看家的第四代多功能战机。


 
A DSI allows for supersonic flight withoutthe use of complex maneuvering ramps that slow air to subsonic speeds before ithits the engine face. It also removes boundary layer air from the aircraft'sfuselage, providing the engine with stable and consistent airflow throughoutthe aircraft's flight envelope without the necessity of non-stealthy splitterplates and other structures. Finally, it provides for radar cross-sectionreduction in multiple ways. First off, by not needing the aforementionedelaborate splitter planes and maneuvering ramps or bleed air doors which arenot conducive to low-observability on the RF spectrum. The DSI's 'bulge' andupturned leading edge also help to obscure the highly reflective engine faceincoming radar waves.  

DSI进气口考虑到了超音速飞行，无须使用复杂的操纵斜面，它会在空气冲击发动机表面前将其减慢到亚音速。它还能除去机身附近的边界层空气，在整个飞行过程中为发动机提供稳定而连贯的气流而无须非隐身分流板和其他结构。最后，它能以多种方式降低雷达散射截面面积。首先是缘于，并不需要上文提到的复杂分流器，以及不利于在射频频谱上低可见性的操纵斜面或是引气门。DSI进气口的“突出部”以及朝上的机翼前缘，也有助于隐藏对雷达波高反射的发动机表面。

The presence of a DSI on a more mature andfull-scale version of Dark Sword is telling as it gives us a firmer idea of theaircraft's performance. DSIs allow for supersonic flight up to about Mach 2.This fact helps dispel a lot of the erroneous and far-fetched rumors about DarkSword, including that it is some sort of hypersonic super-weapon, which simplyisn't the case.

更成熟的全尺寸版本暗剑上DSI进气口的存在，给了我们关于飞机性能更确凿的看法。DSI考虑到了高达2马赫的超音速飞行。该事实有助于消除许多关于暗剑的错误而牵强的谣言，包括它是某种高超音速超级武器，事实显然不是如此。

In addition, saw-tooth edges can be seen onthe Dark Sword's gear doors, which look very similar to the J-20's setup.Sawtooth edges and edge alignment, in general, are design elements that havebeen used since the dawn of stealth to minimize radar reflectivity where thereare seams and operating fissures on a stealthy aircraft's skin.

此外，起落架舱门处能看到锯齿状的边缘，看上去非常类似J-20的结构。锯齿边缘以及对齐的边缘大体上说，是为了展现为隐身状态而用于最小化雷达反射的设计元素，那里的隐身飞机蒙皮上有一些接缝和操纵用的裂隙。

This is an especially useful design elementwhen it comes to optimizing a stealthy aircraft to evade X-Band and similarfire control radars, or at least to deny their ability to attain an engagementquality track. A high-speed tactical UCAV design like Dark Sword wouldprioritize low-observable design optimization in just such a way as it tradeshigh-performance for broadband stealth against a wider range of radar operatingbands. Its tail surfaces and other elements are already less than optimal whenit comes to evading lower-frequency radars, but considering its speed,optimizing survivability against air-to-air and common ground-based firecontrol radars is most important.

当优化隐身飞机以规避X波段以及类似的火控雷达时，这是一种特别有用的设计元素，至少也能废掉其符合交战要求的跟踪能力。一架像暗剑这样设计的高速战术无人驾驶战斗机会优先考虑低可见设计的最优化，用的方法是牺牲更宽广的雷达工作频带，以换取宽频带中的隐身高性能。而说到规避低频雷达，它的尾翼面以及其他要素已经不是最佳的了，但要考虑到，最重要的是它针对空对空以及常规地基火控雷达的速度和最优化的生存能力。

The airframe also seems to wear a silverpaint job similar to what the now operational J-20 wears. This includes lightergrey edges where composite low-observable structures are fitted or whereembedded antennas are installed. Whether this is just representative or anactual feature of a working design remains unknown.

机身用的是银色涂装，看上去类似可实战的J-20所用涂装。包括更浅的灰色边缘，在那里装有复合材料制成的低可见结构，或许还装有嵌入式天线。这只是具备了一些代表性，还是实效设计的真正特征还不得而知。   

So, in essence, what we have here isstealthy unmanned airframe that can likely supercruise (fly faster than thespeed of sound without the use of afterburner), or at least its design intendsto do so dependent on available engine technology and hit top speeds up toaround Mach 2.

所以本质上，我们手头有的是隐身无人驾驶机身，也许能够超音速巡航（无须开加力就能飞得比音速快），至少其设计旨在达到这样的水平，取决于现成可用的发动机技术，能达到的最高速度在2马赫上下。

Such an aircraft would be especially wellsuited for making supersonic dashes across the Taiwan Strait during a conflictas opposed to flying medium or long-endurance surveillance missions. It's alsopossible that the design could also be intended to find its way to China'supcoming catapult and barrier equipped aircraft carriers.

与飞行媒介或是长时间续航的监视任务不同，这样一款飞机会尤其适合在冲突期间以超音速冲刺穿越台湾海峡。也有可能，这种设计本就打算上舰，即中国即将到来的装备了弹射器和拦阻索的航母。

Whether based on land or at sea, Dark Swordappears to be uniquely well suited to operate under a 'loyal wingman' or'tethered' concept of operations in addition to an independent one. Under sucha setup, Dark Sword would be able to speed ahead of manned fighters on commandto collect data and targeting information, or even engage targets itself. Sucha capability would be useful to stealthy and non-stealthy manned fightersalike. But for the latter, it could be a huge force multiplier, providinghigh-end counter-air defense and strike capability without the cost ofprocuring droves of high-end stealthy manned fighters.

不管是陆基或是海基，除了独立的单架作业以外，暗剑似乎能很好地适应在“忠诚的僚机”或是“拴系”的操作概念下作业。在这种安排下，暗剑在接受指令收集数据和目标信息甚至自己射击目标时，在速度上将能胜过有人战机。这种性能对于隐身以及类似的非隐身有人战机会很有用。但对后者来说，这将会是力量倍增器，它能提供高端制空防卫以及打击能力，而无须付出实现高端有人隐身战机机群的成本。

What we don't know is if the aircraft shownin the photo is an elaborate mockup, an actual flying article, or something inbetween. We also don't know when the photo was taken as it is more likely thannot the project is much farther along now than what is indicated by the image.Remember, the Chinese show us only what they want to.

我们不知道的是，照片中展示的这架飞机是否是精心制作的模型，还是一个真正能飞的东西，或是介于两者之间。我们也不知道这张照片是什么时候拍摄的，因为更有可能现在这个计划要比照片表现出来的深邃得多。记住，中国人只会给我们看他们想让我们看的东西。

Above all else, this development serves asanother reminder of how China is surging ahead when it comes to advancedunmanned combat aircraft capabilities, while the U.S. acts as if the conceptdoesn't even exist even after it proved to be a game-changing breakthrough adecade and a half ago.

而压倒一切的是，该进展还提示我们，中国在先进无人战机性能上是如何遥遥领先的，与此同时美国的行动就好像这种理念根本不存在，甚至在十五年前它就已经被证明是一个改变游戏规则的突破性进展。     

Without a doubt, there is development beingdone in the classified realm on advanced unmanned systems, but at this stage,that is problematic in itself, especially when it comes to providingsignificant funding for such programs, as the very concept relies on volume ofairframes above all else. It also makes tailoring an air combat fightingdoctrine to accommodate such an awesome shift in capabilities nearlyimpossible, which is hugely wasteful and even negligent as it deeply impactsprocurement decisions.

毫无疑问，在机密的先进无人系统领域，已经出现了一些进展，但在现阶段，它本身是存在问题的，尤其是为这类项目提供大量资金时，因为这种概念仰赖机身的体积超过其他一切。它为了适应性能上的这种令人生畏的转变而去修改空战作战原则几乎是不可能的，那是极大的浪费甚至是疏忽，因为它深深地冲击了采购决策。

In the end military culture, big businessthat serves it, and other special interests at play within thedefense-industrial complex have kept advanced unmanned combat aircraft at bayseemingly to protect existing manned programs, at least in terms of havingmajor defense programs of record. Yet they will all have to come to terms withthe fact that manned platforms are not the future of aerial warfare and ourenemies could care less about existential debates about the ethics of unmannedand autonomous weaponry.

最后要说的是，军队文化、为之服务的大企业以及国防工业联合体内部的其他特殊利益集团玩家一直将先进无人驾驶战斗机拒之门外，似乎是为了保护现存的有人驾驶计划，至少对于台面上的重大防御计划是这样。然而有人驾驶平台并非空战的未来，而且我们的敌人并不在意无人驾驶和自动武器使用伦理中存在的争议，在这些事实面前，所有那些势力都将不得不让步。

At this point, it is quite possible thatthe Pentagon will be caught off-guard by its potential enemies' ingenuity whenit comes to this technology in the same way they were by far less advancedweaponized hobby-like drones. That was another capability many of us werescreaming about for years, with those warnings apparently falling on deaf earsamong the Pentagon's decision makers until the threat had become all toopalpable. Oh, and swarms of small drones is another area where China is rushingforward developmentally.

此时此刻，五角大楼很有可能会对潜在敌人的独特创造毫无防备，这就和他们到目前为止对不那么先进的武器化无人机毫无防备一样。这又是一个我们中的很多人呼吁了多年的能力，很明显五角大楼的决策者们对那些警告充耳不闻，直到威胁变得太过明显。哦对了，小型无人机的蜂群战术是另一个中国急速发展的领域。

Let's not let history repeat itself againas peer states with mature, high-end, penetrating tactical drone capabilitiesis far more frightening strategically speaking than some thug jihadis withquadcopters that can drop improvised grenades.

让我们别让历史重演，因为拥有成熟、高端、具备穿透能力战术无人机性能的同行国家，从战略角度来讲比那些只会乱扔手榴弹的暴徒圣战分子要可怕得多。

英国每日邮报评论：

1、My point is thatChina smiles pretends to be our friends, but they aren't. My company has aplant there and I don't like it one bit. The allure of cheap labor gets youstolen technology that will be used against us one day.

我想说的点是：中国微笑着装作我们的朋友，但他们并不是。我的公司在中国有个工厂，而我一点也不喜欢这样。廉价劳动力的诱惑会让你的技术被偷走，会在某一天转而用来对付我们。

2、Who cares? Americaused German and Japanese tech after the war. Only an idiot doesn't takeshortcuts when provided the opportunity.

谁在乎啊？美国在战后利用过德日技术。当机会在眼前的时候，只有白痴才不会去走捷径。

3、Remind me of whereWerner Von Braun was, where he was from and the facts that for his genius itcost many slave workers their lives..yet he got your rocket program off theground..so not only stolen teh but protection, for a man who benefited frommass murder..don't be a hypocrite.

让我想起冯·布劳恩待过的地方、他从哪儿来以及因为他的天才使许多苦力付出了生命...然而是他让你们的火箭计划升空..所以对一个受益于大屠杀的人来说，这不仅是偷了技术而且是一种对技术的保护..别虚伪了。

4、Gheesus intellectualproperty rights are a modern development, there's a lot that happened in thepast but when a clown goes back hundreds of years, , so you think it's ok toillegally harvest/ steal now is justified by copying gunpowder , oil in a bamboopipe , chow mein ?

知识产权是一个现代产物，过去确实发生了很多事，但如果一个小丑穿越到几百年前复制了火药、竹管中的油和炒面，以此为由你就认为在现今的非法偷窃是可以接受的么？

5、Are our companiesreally out to prove Stalin right when he said the West would fight to sell themthe rope with which the Soviets would hang us?

我们的公司是真的要去证明斯大林正确？他说过：西方会抢破头地卖给苏联人会用来绞死我们的绳索。

（回复1）yes - that's why the EU formed a trade bloc big enough to POSSIBLYcompete with Asia and the USA (and even the USA has lost that competition) -once Britain is outside the EU Chinese goods will be even cheaper in Britain,so what will GB do to compete, alone? - pay workers in Britain the same wage asthey earn in Asia ?

是的，这就是为什么欧盟构建了大到足以和亚洲及美国竞争的贸易联盟（甚至连美国都已经输掉了比赛），一旦英国脱欧，在英国的中国货只会更便宜，届时孑然一身的大不列颠会做些什么来与之竞争呢？是要以亚洲的薪资水平来给英国工人付工资吗？

（回复2）Bob, this is the best comment of the day. I'd gladly pay up to twicefor my iPhone etc, if it kept our workers employed.

你这条是今日最佳。我会很乐意为我的iPhone等支付两倍的价格，如果这样能让我们的工人受雇。

6、Good thing that isunmanned. Driving skills...........................questionable........

好在那是无人驾驶的。（他们的）驾驶技术......颇为可疑啊......

（回复1）It is arrogant views like this that got 2 of our battleships (Princeof Wales and Repulse) sunk in the Far East at the hands of the Japanese navyand air-force in WW2.

正是你这种傲慢的观点，使我们的两艘战列舰（威尔士亲王号、反击号）在二战中的远东被日本海军击沉。

7、Russia? should beour ally in this, but that whole DNC "russia, russia, russia"propaganda thing has damaged that relationship.

俄罗斯？在这件事上本应成为我们的盟友，但民主党全国委员会搞的那些铺天盖地的“俄国，俄国，俄国”宣传已经殆害了那种关系。

（回复1）yes it would be nice, but Russian leadership has mental problems -they'd rather run with the wolves than sit with the sheepdogs.

那样是会很好，但俄国领导层精神有问题，他们宁可与狼共舞，也不愿和牧羊犬坐在一起。

8、Yea,whatever.....they can't even ride an escalator or walk through a revolvingdoor......or keep their kids off ledges...

好吧好吧我才不管......他们甚至不会坐电梯或是通过旋转门......或是管住他们的孩子别靠近窗沿...

9、The other day whilewatching a documentary it was mentioned that the D.O.D (department of defence)in America could not account for where $8.5 TRILLION had gone, I had to pausethe show for a minute to process that $8.5 TRILLION uncounted for what astaggering sum to mislay, BUT it wont have been mislaid really, I suspect ifthe USA ever got into a serious shooting war with say China, China would veryquickly find out what it has been spent on.

前几天看到的一部纪录片中，提到美国的国防部无法就8.5万亿美元的去向作出解释，我不得不暂停1分钟，来消化这下落不明达到惊人总数的8.5万亿美元都会弄丢这件事，然而它并不是真的弄丢了，我怀疑美国是否真的会和譬如说中国陷入一场严重的热战，中国会非常迅速地找出这笔钱的去向。

10、The US is convertingthe phased out F-16 into drones to serve as wingmen for manned fighter pilots.This is cost effective and more useful than having completely unmanned fightersquadrons. Articles like this are just scare tactics to get more funding forthe Pentagon. The fact that they "misplaced" over 8 trillion dollarsshows that they have more than enough money to fund new technology. People tendto forget that drones rely on an encrypted radio signal for their operationsand simply jamming the signal will render them useless.

美国正在将逐步淘汰的F-16改装成无人机，作有人驾驶战机飞行员的僚机之用。这样相比完全使用无人战机中队要来得划算，也更有用。像这类的文章只是恐吓战术，目的是为五角大楼获取更多资金。他们“放丢”了超过8万亿美元的事实，证明他们拥有比实际需要多得多的钱来给新技术提供资金。人们容易忘记：无人机要靠加密的无线电信号来操作，只须干扰信号就能使其失去效用。

11、This is just anovelty really. You can't just build two thousand jets and just let them sitthere. They have to be flown regularly and maintained for them to beoperational. The cost of that would be largely prohibitive. And then thesignals could be jammed.

这只是个图个新鲜感罢了。你不能只是制造两千架然后让它们趴在那儿不管。它们必须定期飞行和保养，以便能实际运用。那样的花费多半会过于高昂。而且信号是可以被干扰的。

12、No one knows whatthe US has or is developing or developed. Its all in lead lined rooms, with FBIagents putting the fear of god in the employees. I know, I worked for them inone.

没人知道美国已经或正在研发的是什么。那些东西都藏在密闭的铅屋里，并有FBI特工在雇员心中散布恐惧，令其像敬畏上帝一样守秘。我知道这些事，我曾在一个项目中为他们工作过。

13、I'm not impressed,they should stick to making prawn balls.

我没有为之动容，他们应该聚精会神做虾丸的。

14、they have come along way in the last coupe of decades - and the West has taught them how, andbought all the results.

他们在过去二十年中取得了长足的进步，而西方已经教会了他们，进而自食其果。

15、No problem. Our jetsshoot down targets over 30 miles away. Same with drones.

这不成问题。我们的飞机能在30英里开外击落目标。对付无人机也是一样。

16、All this China talkhas me hungry for a buffet!

所有这些有关中国的谈论让我饿得想吃（中式）自助餐了！

17、Some seriousinnovation coming out of China now. Underestimate them at your peril.

如今，好些重量级的创新来自中国。低估他们，后果自负。

18、ahh ...innovationthrough imitation again. Always the china way.

啊（二声+四声）...又是来自于模仿的创新。这一直是中国的手法。

19、While Obama sendmillions and billions to Iran and Palestine, and cut defense spending, thetiger was not sleeping.

当奥巴马砸钱给伊朗和巴勒斯坦并削减防卫支出时，那只老虎可没有在睡觉。

20、there is a reasonthe us airforce is staying with human pilots for the near future, and it is notbecause they do not have the technology or the money.

美国空军在不久的将来坚持有人驾驶是有原因的，而并不是因为他们没有技术或钱。

21、China gets work donewhile we bicker about Trump doing this and Trump doing that....

中国把东西做出来了，而我们却在特朗普这特朗普那地争吵...

22、Any decent hackershould be able to make it attack home base targets

任何靠谱的黑客都应该能够让它攻击自家基地的目标。

23、unmanned planes willhave a weakness..people will find ways to jam the signals their recieving orhit them with massive EMP pulses..with no pilot to take over they will fallfrom the sky..

无人飞机会有一个弱点...人们会找到办法干扰它们接受的信号，或是用高强度电磁脉冲打击它们...没有飞行员来接掌，它们会从空中坠落...

24、Funny that this canbecome news anyway, NASA created the X-43 unmanned plane to test the hypersonicscramjet in 2001, yes, in 2001! And then a newer X-51 called the Waveriderwhich can easily reach mach5. The reason why the current drones are subsonic isbecause there is no need for speed. They need to stay up in the sky for as longas possible with minimal down time, and slow also means precision for groundstrikes. That is why the A-10s and the American Harriers are still in service.When you look at DJI of China, which is the monopolising the high endcommercial drone market, there is no surprise that they can make something likethat. But you have to ask, what is the purpose of this supersonic drone anyway?You think that the Americans are dumb not to have something like this?

真是好笑这种东西也能成为新闻，NASA在2001年创造了X-43无人飞机，以测试超高音速燃烧冲压喷气式飞机，是的，在2001年！之后一架更新的叫做“乘波者”的X-51能轻松达到5马赫的速度。现今的无人机都是亚音速，这是因为它们并不需要那样高的速度。它们需要尽可能长时间地滞空，要求的是最少的停飞时间，而慢也意味着对地打击的精确性。这就是为什么A-10s攻击机和鹞式战斗机仍在服役。如果你研究下垄断了高端商业无人机市场的中国大疆公司，他们能造出跟那类似的东西就并不让人惊讶了。但你必须问一问，这家超音速无人机的用途到底是什么？你以为美国人低能到没有类似这样的飞机？

25、Just because thevehicle is unmanned does not mean China will not need pilots to control it.Also, it is flying at regular jet speed. That means regular arms can take itdown, not soak up missiles. Additionally, the USAF is getting laser cannons forit's frontline fighters which means these babies will fry like mooshoo pork incombat.

就因为该平台是无人驾驶的，并不意味着中国不会需要驾驶员来操控它。还有，它是以常规飞机的速度飞行。这意味着常规武器就能击落它，而不存在什么吸引导弹的问题。此外，美国空军正为其前线战斗机配备激光炮，这意味着在实战中，这些小把戏会像木须肉一样被煎炸。

26、At the curent rateof progress,pilots are nearly obsolete,they take up too much weight andspace,drones are the future and small enough to be produced in quantity tooverwhelm the most sophisticated air defence systems

以现今的进步速度，飞行员几乎要被淘汰了，他们占据了太多的重量和空间，无人机是未来，而且小到足以大量制造，这样就能压垮大多数精密的防空体系。

27、nice.. lets rememberwhat their high tech satellite did

很赞啊...我们得记住他们的高科技卫星能做到的事。

28、The important thingis not that you don't have to train pilots it's that a machine can stand fargreater G-forces than a human can. So the planes will be able to accellerateand turn at rates that manned aircraft cannot match.

重要的并不是你无须训练飞行员，而是一架机器能比一个人承受更大的重力。所以这些飞机就能以有人驾驶飞机无法相比的速度来加速和转向。

29、They need toremember one thing - whatever they see on the television or in the air, andwant to copy - we are already 20 years ahead of that. Our opponents will seewhat we let them see.

他们得记住一点：无论他们在电视上或是在空中见到任何想要复制的东西，我们已经领先那个20年了。我们的对手只看得到我们让他们看到的东西。

30、I don't know how'writing-clot' thinks they won't have to train pilots. Drones still have to beflown, whether the pilot sits in the machine or at a remote computer. Can do afar better job of the flying in the machine, but at least you don't get blownup when somebody shoots you down.....

我不知道那些呆子怎么会认为他们不需要训练驾驶员。无人机仍需被操控着飞行，无论驾驶员坐在机器中或是用一个远程计算机。在机器中操控效果会好得多，但至少在有人把你击落时你不会爆炸......

（回复1）Not necessarily, if they're equipped with advanced AI systems.

这可未必，如果他们装备有先进的人工智能系统。

（回复2）Maybe not. Air-to-air AI is a less complex problem to solve thanair-to-ground (IMHO). Yes, it would involve robots with little to no humanoversight making "kill decisions", but since when have moral issuesstopped dictatorships?

可能不需要。恕我直言，解决空对空作战的人工智能问题相对空对地作战来说，没那么复杂。是的，这会牵涉到机器人不怎么会受到人类监督地作出“杀人的决定”，但既然存在阻止独裁的道德关切，（这么干也无可厚非），对吧？

31、Let's see, hmm?Command and control will be pre-programmed, maybe a little AI and with asatellite up/down link. So, out go the satellites. After which Chinareciprocate, near earth space becomes un-navigable due to space junk and allour modern satellite based toys fail. Great! Globalisation where we gave awayall our high tech so these countries could make our toys cheaper has a ratherbad downside. We need to stop, immediately and start making things at homeagain.

让我们来推想看看吧？指令和控制会被预先编程，也许会用到一些人工智能以及卫星的上/下行连接。这样，就能远达卫星。在中国报复我们之后，由于太空垃圾和我们所有基于卫星的现代玩意儿都失效，近地空间变得无法航行。太棒了！我们把我们所有的高科技送出去，这样这些国家就能让我们的东西更便宜，这种全球化有着相当糟糕的缺点。我们需要立刻停下来，并重新开始在国内制造东西。

32、The speed of DarkSword is 740mph. The slowest surface to air missile in the US arsenal is mach2. I don't think American generals will be losing any sleep over this.

暗剑的时速是740英里。美国军械库中时速最慢的地对空导弹也有2马赫的速度。我不认为美国的将军们会因此这东西睡不着觉。
（译注：1马赫约合1224km/h）

33、Was it RudyardKipling who said "let China sleep...for when she awakes the earth willtremble"

是不是吉卜林说的，“让中国沉睡，因为当她苏醒时，地球将会战栗”

（回复1）Not sure, but we as a country have been, and stil are, feeding thisdragon. WE have helped create this monster.

不确定，但我们作为一个国家，一直且仍然在喂养这条龙。是我们帮着创造了这只怪兽。

（回复2）Not sure, but I know he did say "........ and the end of thefight was a tombstone white, With the name of the late deceased, And theepitaph drear; "A fool lies here, who tried to hustle the East."

不肯定，但我知道他确实说过“......而这场战斗的结局是一座白色的墓碑，上书着已故者的名字，以及阴郁的墓志铭；”“这里有个傻瓜，想着去豪夺东方。”

（译注：吉卜林（Joseph Rudyard Kipling，1865-1936），《丛林之书》的作者）
34、Britain has hadthese for years, they were tested in Australia, in the outback, One hit a windturbine on Lincolnshire a few years ago , they blamed it on a UFO google it

英国拥有这些已经有年头了，它们在澳大利亚内陆进行了测试，有一架在若干年前撞上了林肯郡的一个风力发电机（的叶片），他们把这个归咎于一架UFO。可以google看看。

35、Those scram jetsengines are what a lot of people have been hearing making that trumpet noise inthe sky producing a harmonica effect from the type of engine intakes.soundinglike s trumpet

那些超音速燃烧冲压喷气机的发动机，就是很多人一直在空中听到的，发出小号一样的噪声，那是通过发动机进气的方式制造出了一种口琴的效果。听着就像小号。

36、Back in the 80s theBritish already know that they will be no match against a rising China, hencethey give back its prized colony Hong Kong back to China nicely. China's GDP inpurchasing power is already the same size as US and Japan combined. it would bevery easy for China to throw billions into these special projects

早在80年代，英国人就已经知道他们无法和一个正在崛起的中国匹敌，因此他们乖乖地把自己最有价值的殖民地香港归还给了中国。中国以购买力计的GDP已经与美国日本的总和一样大了。对中国来说，很容易在这些特殊项目中砸上几十亿。

37、unmanned = don'thave to worry about g-force on pilot = tighter & faster aerobatics. Ohdear.. just when the USA was ready to start boasting again. Maybe China willsell them a few ?

无人驾驶 = 不必担心重心对飞行员的伤害 = 更无弱点更快速的特技飞行术。哦天哪...就在美国又一次准备开始自吹自擂的时间点。也许中国会卖给他们一些？

38、Theres thedifference between a want to be power and a superpower you dont see the USstand infront of there latest stealth fighter than post it so every news agencycan put it out there. You will know when you see it bombing you!

这就是想成为大国和超级大国之间存在的差别。你不会看到美国站在最新的隐形飞机前面，发布照片好让每家新闻社都能登载出来。当你看见它来轰炸你时，你自然会知道的！

39、People assume theseare flown remotely from an office somewhere, they assume that communicationwith the drone could be "jammed". What if it is self contained withrudimentary AI programmed to attack any object within a certain zone. Iwouldn't get cocky...

人们会假设这些飞机是由某地一间办公室遥控着飞的，他们假设与无人机的通讯是可以“被干扰”的。万一它是用基本的人工智能自我维系，依靠程序在某个特定区域内攻击任何目标的呢？对此我不会太过自大...

40、I believe that Chinaare just trying to get the US to spend loads on defence and bankrupt themselves, just as the US did to Russia in the 80's with their make believe StarWars defence.

我相信，中国正在尝试的只是让美国把海量的钱砸进防卫，然后由着他们自己破产，就像美国在80年代对苏俄做的那样，通过让他们虚构的星球大战计划。