美国空军寻求“临时”CHAMP、远程空空导弹
USAF seeks ‘interim’ CHAMP, longer-range air-to-air missiles


美国空军计划将波音和雷神的“反电子设备高功率微波先进导弹计划”（CHAMP）高能微波释放巡航导弹技术整合入上世纪90年代洛克希德·马丁研发的JASSM常规空基巡航导弹中，并形成“临时战力”。
The US Air Force plans to introduce Boeing and Raytheon’s “CHAMP” high-power-microwave emitting cruise missile into the combat force on board the 1990s conventional air-launched cruise missile as an “interim capability” while the technology transitions to Lockheed Martin’s JASSM-ER.

美军空中作战司令部司令霍克·卡莱尔将军称，通过高频电磁脉冲破坏电子设备这种“电脑杀伤力”是一种强大的能力，美国全球打击司令部（美国空军的核作战部队）将首先小批量装备具有这种能力的武器。
Air Combat Command chief Gen Hawk Carlisle says the computer-killing capability, which knocks out electronic equipment with bursts of high-frequency electromagnetic energy, is a “great capability” that will be fielded in small numbers initially with US Global Strike Command – the air force’s nuclear combat force.

“我们曾经探讨过全球打击司令部能力的转变，但目前仅计划小批量装备这种武器，因为我们真正想要的其实是把CHAMP整合入下一代导弹JASSM-ER，”卡莱尔在于华盛顿举办的美国空军协会活动上说。
“We’ve talked about the transition of that capability for Global Strike Command, but that will probably be small numbers because what we really want to do is get CHAMP into next-generation missiles, so JASSM-ER,” Carlisle said at an Air Force Association event in Washington.

“（全球打击司令部的罗宾·兰德将军）和我讨论到我们该如何将一部分战力转变为目前常规空射巡航导弹（CALCM）系统中已经具备的临时战力，然后又该如何将这些战力再转变为目前正在生产的下一代空面巡航导弹的更强战力。”
“[Global Strike commander Gen Robin Rand] and I are talking about how to transition some number, an interim capability that’s on the current [CALCM] system and then how do we move to even an improved capability into the next generation air-to-surface cruise missiles we’re producing today.”

美国空军研究实验室自2009年起便着手CHAMP，且于2012年在犹他州一试验区域中进行了成功的演示。该技术被认为已可投入使用，也可以进行升级并融入新的平台，如增程联合空面防区外导弹（JASSM-ER）和可复用无人飞行器。
The weapon has been in development with the Air Force Research Laboratory since 2009 and was successfully demonstrated at a test range in Utah in 2012. The technology has been deemed ready for development and fielding, and is already being improved and adapted to new platforms such as the JASSM-ER and possibly even reusable unmanned aircraft.

空军研究实验室一直在推进CHAMP。他们认为对手即便付出高昂代价也难以抗衡该计划赋予美国空军的能力。
AFRL has been pursuing the Counter-electronics High Power Microwave Advanced Missile Project (CHAMP) as a niche capability that is difficult and expensive to harden against.



空优武器方面，卡莱尔称下一代空空导弹的研发也享有“特殊的高优先度”。
In terms of air superiority weapons, Carlisle says the development of next-generation air-to-air missiles is also “an exceptionally high priority”.

目前西方已为超视距空战准备了雷声的“先进中距空空导弹”（AMRAAM）作为武器。但俄罗斯及中国装备的新型远程导弹还是让五角大楼产生了极大的担忧。
Raytheon’s AMRAAM is the current go-to Western weapon for beyond-visual-range air combat, but new long-range missiles being fielded by Russia and China are a significant concern to the Pentagon.

卡莱尔称美国的新远程空空导弹要能够超越中国的霹雳15空空导弹，这一条件应有“最高优先度”。
Carlisle says outmatching the Chinese PL-15 air-to-air missile in particular is an “exceedingly high priority”.

“霹雳15，我们要能超越这一导弹，”他说。
“The PL-15 and the range of that missile, we’ve got to be able to out-stick that missile,” he says.

美国空军目前在探索新一代武器概念的同时也在研制其第六代战机。
The air force is currently exploring a range of next-generation weapon concepts as it also pursues a sixth-generation fighter aircraft.