【9月21日】看軍聞學英語
■泰戈爾
原文：
Operation Epic Fury may have strengthened the case for directed energy weapons, but the U.S. Navy’s dream of putting "a laser on every ship" may take significantly longer than expected to realize.
In a posture statement delivered to the House Armed Services Committee, Chief of Naval Operations (and noted directed energy champion) Adm. Daryl Caudle delivered a forceful argument for why high-energy laser weapons are a necessity for the sea service - namely, to take over missile defense from kinetic interceptors and free up space for offensive weapons across the Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, which he proclaimed "the workhorse of the surface Fleet, as illustrated clearly by Operation Epic Fury."
"Directed energy is a critical component of future naval warfare, particularly for ballistic missile and terminal defense," Caudle stated. "The current paradigm, which forces a trade-off between defensive interceptors and offensive strike weapons within the limited space of the Vertical Launching System (VLS), is unsustainable. Every VLS cell used for a defensive missile is a lost opportunity for a long-range offensive strike."
中譯：
「史詩怒火行動」或許為導能武器的發展奠定了更穩固的基礎，但美國海軍想實現「每艘軍艦都裝上雷射」的夢想，所需時間可能會比預期要長得多。
在眾議院軍事委員會提交的施政方針聲明中，美國海軍軍令部長（同時也是著名的導能武器支持者）考德爾上將，針對海軍為何迫切需要高能雷射武器提出了強有力的論點—即由雷射接替傳統動能攔截彈的飛彈防禦任務，從而為海軍的「勃克級」驅逐艦釋放出更多容納攻擊性武器的空間。他宣稱該級驅逐艦是「水面艦隊的馱馬」，這在「史詩怒火行動」中已得到了清楚的證明。
考德爾表示：「導能是未來海軍作戰的關鍵組成部分，特別是在彈道飛彈與終端防禦（末段防禦）方面。目前模式強迫我們在有限的垂直發射系統空間內，於防禦性攔截彈和攻擊性打擊武器間做出權衡，這是不可持續的。垂直發射系統中每使用一個單元來裝載防禦性飛彈，就意味著失去一次進行遠程攻擊性打擊的機會。」
- 關鍵軍語 -
※Operation Epic Fury：史詩怒火行動
※kinetic interceptor：動能攔截彈