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原文：

 Weeks after the U.S. Air Force proved it could mount an advanced stealth cruise missile externally on the B-1B Lancer for the first time, it has taken the next step, test-firing an inert missile from under the B-1's fuselage.

 The 419th Flight Test Squadron out of Edwards Air Force Base, California launched a practice round of the AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) from the bomber on Dec. 4. The news of the test, conducted at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, was first reported by Defense News.

 The missile was launched from the external pylon outside the Lancer's internal bomb bay. The pylon typically carries the bomber's‘Sniper’ targeting pod, a tracking device used for target detection and identification.

中譯：

 美國空軍日前首次證實，B-1B「槍騎兵」轟炸機，具備外掛先進匿蹤巡弋飛彈能力，幾週之後，接續完成從B-1機身下方發射慣性飛彈的測試。

 加州愛德華斯空軍基地第419飛行測試中隊，於12月4日用該款轟炸機發射1枚訓練用AGM-158聯合空對地距外飛彈。「國防新聞」網站率先報導在新墨西哥州霍洛曼空軍基地進行此項測試的新聞。

 這枚飛彈是從「槍騎兵」內部炸彈艙外的機身外掛架發射出去，而機身外掛架通常會掛載這款轟炸機的「狙擊手」瞄準吊艙，這是一種用來進行目標偵測及判別的追蹤裝置。

-關鍵軍語-

 ※bomb bay:

 A compartment to carry bombs.

 ※pylon:

 A pillarlike structure on the wing of an aircraft used for carrying an engine, weapon, fuel tank, or other load.

例句：

 The USAF plans to refurbish some of the existing B-1B Lancer bombers with external pylons designed to haul hypersonic weapons.

 美國空軍計畫翻新部分現存B-1B「槍騎兵」轟炸機的機身外掛架，俾掛載極音速飛彈。