美军称歼-20与F-35不可同日而语

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VOA Chinese, Aug 11, 2016.
www.voachinese.com/a/news-us-say ... 160811/3460604.html

(2) Here is the transcript, whose pertinent portion is quoted.

News Transcript: Department of Defense Press Briefing by Secretary James and Gen Goldfein on the State of the Air Force in the Pentagon Briefing Room: Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James and Air Force Chief of Staff General David Goldfein. Air Force, Aug 10, 2016.
http://www.defense.gov/News/Tran ... gen-goldfein-on-the

A set of Q & A:

"Q:  (Inaudible). My question is, there is some new reports comparing the Chinese new fighter jet J-20 to the U.S. F-35 and end of the (inaudible) T-50 and how would you evaluate the new Chinese fighter  jet, like J-20, and the J-31; and whether – you  know you saw how would development of this new fighter jet change the situation in South China Sea and the East China Sea?

"GEN GOLDFEIN: So I would tell you that as a first generation low observable pilot who flew the F-117, it's – that’s a more relevant comparison with first gen than fifth gen because the first generation low observable technology F-117 was reasonable one for one comparison against a J-20 or other aircraft because it was a platform centered discussion. When I took off in the F-117 I actually had a switch creatively named the stealth switch and when I pushed it, all my antennas stowed, all my radios turned off and the last thing I did before crossing the line was lower my seat to become a smaller target.

"But the reality is that it was single domain, it was a closed system and it was a sequential way of applying air power because I was always going to be out in front of anybody else on the ground or at sea. The F-35, now since you're asking about F-35, J-20 is a completely different mindset. It starts talking in the network before the pilot even climbs the ladder. It starts comparing information, it starts placing symbology on the visor of the pilot.

"That symbology is replicated not only in the displays but across the network of everywhere it's joined. So when we apply fifth generation technology, it's no longer about a platform, it's about a family of systems and it's about a network and that's what gives us an asymmetric advantage so that's why when I hear about an F-35 versus J-20, it's almost an irrelevant comparison because you really got to think about a network versus a network. This is combat in the information age.

"So you're – I think you'll see us focusing far more on the family of systems and how we connect them together and far less on individual platforms.

Note:
(a) United States Department of the Air Force
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Un ... nt_of_the_Air_Force
(one of the three Military Departments within the Department of Defense [the other two are Army and Navy -- Marine Corps is part of US Navy])
(b) Deborah Lee James
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Lee_James
(1958- ; secretary of Air Force 2013- ; "earned her BA (1979) in Comparative Area Studies from Duke University * * * and Master[']s Degree (1981) in International Affairs from Columbia University"/ "Prior to being named Secretary of the Air Force, she served as" (quoting Wikipedia) "President, Technical and Engineering Sector, Science Applications International Corporation, McLean, Va" (quoting her official web site at Air Force) )
(c) David L Goldfein
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_L._Goldfein
(1959- ; Chief of Staff of Air Force 2016- )
(d)
(i) In the set of Q & A, Goldfein did not sat China stole technology; VOA does.
(ii) "all my antennas stowed"

All English dictionaries I consult say the verb stow is transitive. For example:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stow