中國殲31隱形戰機現身珠海航展

China’s new stealth fighter roared out of the smog hanging over the country’s premier air show yesterday, as its makers sought to impress a gallery of overseas military officers whom Chinese defence contractors hope will one day buy the aircraft.

中國新型隱形戰鬥機昨日在中國頭號航空展覽上試飛。其製造商試圖給在場的衆多國外軍官留下深刻印象，中國軍工企業希望有朝一日他們將採購這款飛機。

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Pictures of the J-31, which is still under development, have been posted on various Chinese websites and blogs by amateur enthusiasts in recent years but yesterday’s performance at the biennial Zhuhai display marked its official coming-out party.

最近幾年，仍處於研發狀態的“殲31”(J-31)照片被業餘愛好者貼到中國網站和博客上。不過，昨天在兩年一度的珠海航展上的表演是其首次正式亮相。

“It is our dream to break the monopoly that foreign countries have on new-generation jet fighters,” Li Yuhai, deputy general manager at Aviation Industry Corporation of China, told reporters at the show. “The J-31 will also be a flagship product for us in the international arms market.”

中國航空工業集團公司(Aviation Industry Corporation of China)副總經理李玉海在航展上告訴記者：“打破外國在新一代噴氣式戰鬥機上的壟斷是我們的夢想。‘殲31’還將成爲我們在國際軍火市場上的旗艦產品。”

Analysts say that the J-31 will ultimately be marketed to militaries that are not able to buy the Pentagon’s F-35 fighter.

分析人士表示，“殲31”最終將以那些無法購買美國F-35戰鬥機的軍隊爲營銷目標。