14 APRIL 2022

by Akhil Kadidal & Amit Kalra

2022年4月14日

作者：阿克希尔·卡迪达尔l&阿米特·卡拉

 

China's J-20 stealth fighters have started to patrol the East and South China Seas. (Chen Chang/VCG via Getty Images)

中国的J-20隐形战斗机已开始在东海和南海巡逻。（陈昌/VCG通过盖蒂图片社）

 

China's J-20 stealth fighters have started to patrol the East and South China Seas as part of routine training missions, state-owned media reported.

据官方媒体报道，作为例行训练任务的一部分，中国的歼20隐形战机已开始在东海和南海巡逻。

 

According to the Global Times newspaper, the announcement was made by Ren Yukun, head of the discipline inspection and supervision team and a member of the leading party group at the state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC).

据《环球时报》报道，该消息是由国有的中国航空工业集团公司（AVIC）纪检监察组组长、党组成员任玉琨（Ren Yukun）发布的。

 

In a press conference on 12 April, Yukun reportedly said that it has become a training routine for Chengdu J-20s to fly “combat patrols” in the East China Sea and “alert patrols” in the South China Sea.

据报道，任玉琨在4月12日的新闻发布会上表示，在东海进行“战斗巡逻”和在南海进行“警戒巡逻”已成为成都歼-20战斗机的例行训练。

 

He added that these patrols are being undertaken after the J-20 switched to using “domestically developed engines”.

他补充说，这些巡逻是在歼-20改用“国产发动机”之后进行的。

 

The aircraft were originally powered by Russian-made Saturn AL-31FN-series engines. Janes previously reported that the Saturns are starting to be replaced by indigenously developed Shenyang-Liming WS10C turbofan engines from at least September 2019. The Chinese engine is said to offer superior thrust in comparison with the Saturns.

这种飞机最初由俄罗斯制造的“土星”AL-31FN系列发动机提供动力。简氏之前曾报道，至少从2019年9月起，“土星”开始被自主研发的沈阳黎明WS10C涡扇发动机所取代。据说，与“土星”相比，中国的发动机提供了更大的推力。