第二岛链

这架飞机的结构尺寸和它明显侧重于超音速巡航能力的事实说明其意图至少是要提供一种远程拦截机以掌握第二岛链的制空权。

The size of the airframe , and its evident focus on supersonic persistence , suggests at a minimum an intention to provide a long range interceptor for air control in the Second Island Chain geography .

实际上，中国海军能够直达“第二岛链”，即关岛、马里亚纳群岛以及太平洋中部的其他一些小岛，它们难以称得上是壁垒。

As a matter of fact , it would be able to extend its reach to the " second island chain " Guam , the Marianas and some other small islands in the central Pacific not much of a barrier .

第二岛链以Bonins为起点，经过马里亚纳，关岛和帕劳，在日本和菲律宾以东形成了一条南北向的线。

The second chain of islands runs from the Bonins along the Marianas , Guam and Palau , forming a north-south line east of Japan and the Philippines .