My comment: Occasionally VOA Chinese made mistakes, particularly in
citations. This VOA report is almost entirely based on, not Defense News 国
防新闻 as alleged but Navy Times. (I do not know of 全球防务 or 军事论坛, so
I do not check them out.)
Andrew Tilghman, Navy of 2030 could bring sci-fi to reality. Navy Times, Jan
. 6, 2010.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2010/01/navy_2030_010110w/
The Navy Times report mentions FEL in the middle of the report. I was
puzzled why it had not been spelled out. It turns out that FEL stands for "
free-electron laser."