【10月19日】看軍聞學英語
■泰戈爾
原文：
In a recent critical training rotation, soldiers with the 101st Airborne Division expanded the scope of what’s possible with warfighting drones, developing new uses and making key determinations about how - and in what quantities - to build them into warfighting, officials said.
The 101st, which has since 2023 been designated as the Army’s lead experimental unit for air assault capabilities and strategic mobility, executed the field tests at the Joint Readiness Training Center in Fort Polk, Louisiana.
In a round table discussion with reporters, Col. Ryan Bell, the brigade’s commander, said the numbers matter - and represent an entirely new way of viewing and using drones.
"We need drones at scale. We need to treat them like ammunition," he said. "When we do the math, I estimate a brigade needs between 1,000 and 1,500 drones a week when we’re in sustained combat operations."
The manufacturing facility also 3D-printed a special munition designed to allow the drone to blast through triple-strand concertina wire, thus dispensing with another obstacle, he said.
中譯：
軍方官員表示，在近期一次關鍵輪訓中，第101空降師士兵擴大了作戰無人機的應用範疇，開發出全新用途，並對如何及以何種數量將無人機融入戰鬥，做出關鍵決策。
自2023年起，被指定為陸軍空中突擊能力與戰略機動性領先實驗單位的第101空降師，在路易斯安那州波爾克堡（現更名為強森堡）聯合戰備訓練中心（JRTC）執行這項野戰測試。
在與記者的圓桌會議中，該旅旅長貝爾上校表示，數量至關重要，代表一種全新看待與使用無人機的方式。
「我們需要大規模的無人機，我們需要把它們當成彈藥來對待。」他說。「當我們進行計算時，我估計1個旅在持續戰鬥行動中，每週需要1000到1500架無人機。」
他還指出，該製造設施3D列印了一種特殊彈藥，旨在讓無人機能炸毀三層蛇腹型鐵絲網，進而排除另一個障礙。
- 關鍵軍語 -
※air assault：空中突擊
※concertina wire：蛇腹型鐵絲網