VOA慢速英語：英國海軍潛艇設(shè)計(jì)看起來像是真正的海洋生物

British Navy Submarine Designs Look Like Real Sea Creatures

英國海軍潛艇設(shè)計(jì)看起來像是真正的海洋生物

New images released by Britain's Royal Navy show how future submarines could look and move like real sea creatures.

英國皇家海軍發(fā)布的新圖片顯示了未來潛艇如何擁有跟真正海洋生物類似的外觀，并像它們一樣移動。

The designs were created by young British engineers and scientists. They were challenged by the Royal Navy to imagine how future underwater war machines might look.

這些設(shè)計(jì)出自年輕的英國工程師和科學(xué)家。英國皇家海軍要求他們想象一下未來的水下戰(zhàn)爭機(jī)器可能會有怎樣的外觀。

The engineers and scientists are members of the group UKNEST. This not-for-profit organization promotes science, engineering and technology for British naval design.

這些工程師和科學(xué)家是UKNEST組織的成員。這家非營利性組織力圖推動英國海軍設(shè)計(jì)在科學(xué)、工程和技術(shù)方面的發(fā)展。

The group kept the same requirements used in advanced submarines used today. But the designers added new technological ideas to make them easier and less costly to build, as well as more effective in battle.

該組織沿用了當(dāng)今在編先進(jìn)潛艇中采用的同等技術(shù)條件。但是設(shè)計(jì)人員增加了新的技術(shù)想法，使其制造更簡單和廉價，同時在戰(zhàn)斗中更高效。

Current submarines were designed to perform many roles as a single piece of equipment. But the Royal Navy of the future is expected to operate a family of submarines. This would include many shapes and sizes to carry out different operations. Some submarines would be manned and others unmanned.

目前的潛艇被設(shè)計(jì)成單一設(shè)備執(zhí)行多種角色。但是英國皇家海軍未來預(yù)計(jì)將會操縱一系列潛艇，這包括采用多種形狀和規(guī)格的潛艇來執(zhí)行不同的任務(wù)。一些潛艇是有人駕駛的，還有些潛艇是無人駕駛的。

The designs included a "mothership" that would act as a major command and control center supporting other submarines and ships. This submarine, with a crew of about 20 people, would be shaped like a manta ray with wide wings to guide it through the sea. The futuristic mothership would travel to British-controlled waters worldwide, docking with other underwater bases.

這些設(shè)計(jì)包括一艘“母艦”，它將作為支撐其它潛艇和艦艇的主要指揮控制中心。這艘容納20名左右船員的潛艇外形像蝠鲼，它擁有寬大的翅膀引導(dǎo)它穿過大海。這種未來母艦將會前往全球范圍內(nèi)的英國控制水域，與其它水下基地對接。

The future Royal Navy might also use eel-like unmanned underwater vehicles. The designers imagined these submarines as capable of curving around objects like an eel and disguising themselves as sea lifeforms. They could be launched from the mothership and travel hundreds of miles in near silence.

未來的英國皇家海軍可能還會采用像鰻魚般的無人潛航器。設(shè)計(jì)師們想象這些潛艇能夠像鰻魚一樣在各種物體周圍彎曲，并將自己偽裝成海洋生物。它們可以從母艦發(fā)射出去然后靜默航行數(shù)百公里。

Some of the naval equipment would be engineered with materials to dissolve after a period of time to avoid being captured by enemies. One image even shows flying missile weapons shooting out of the water like sharks or dolphins.

一些海軍設(shè)備將采用在一段時間后自行分解的材料設(shè)計(jì)，從而避免被敵人捕獲。其中一副圖像甚至展示了飛行的導(dǎo)彈像鯊魚或海豚一樣從水中射出。

The submarine design project was called Nautilus 100. It was named after the U.S. Navy's USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear-powered submarine.

該潛艇設(shè)計(jì)項(xiàng)目被稱之為鸚鵡螺100號。它是以美國的鸚鵡螺號潛艇命名，這也是全球第一艘核動力潛艇。

Britain's Minister for Defense Procurement, Harriet Baldwin, praised the project. "These remarkable designs display the great promise of our young engineers and scientists and the great ambition of the Royal Navy."

英國國防采購部長哈麗雅特·鮑德溫( Harriett Baldwin)盛贊了這一項(xiàng)目。她說：“這些卓越設(shè)計(jì)展示了我們年輕工程師和科學(xué)家們的鄭重承諾，以及英國皇家海軍的雄心。”

She added that the futuristic concepts are an example of what Britain's navy could produce to meet future military challenges.

她補(bǔ)充說，這些未來概念是英國皇家海軍可以制造出來用以滿足未來軍事挑戰(zhàn)的一個例子。

Commander Peter Pipkin is a robotics officer with the Royal Navy. He said that with more than 70 percent of the planet covered by water, there will be more competition between nations in the future to live and work at or under the sea. For this reason, he said the Royal Navy is looking 50 years into the future to find new ways to protect British interests around the world.

彼得·皮普金(Peter Pipkin)是英國皇家海軍的一位機(jī)器人技術(shù)官員。他說，地球上有70%以上區(qū)域被水覆蓋，未來各國在水面上下工作和生活會有更多競爭。他說，因此英國皇家海軍展望未來50年，尋找保護(hù)英國全球利益的新途徑。

"If only 10 per cent of these ideas become reality, it will put us at the cutting edge of future warfare and defense operations," Pipkin said.

皮普金表示：“這些想法只要有10%成為現(xiàn)實(shí)，就能讓我們立身于未來戰(zhàn)爭和國防行動的最前沿。”

I'm Bryan Lynn.

布萊恩·林恩報道。