军事英语翻译2012课件.pptVIP

军事英语翻译;First, following World War II the United States assumed from Great Britain the mantle of the world’s leading democracy and principal guardian against attempts by imperial or totalitarian states to overturn the international order by subversion or force. ;First, following World War II the United States assumed from Great Britain the mantle of the world’s leading democracy and principal guardian against attempts by imperial or totalitarian states to overturn the international order by subversion or force. ;To be sure, US commanders worried that in the event of a war with the Soviet Union, the major American and allied bases would be at high risk of attack, as would US sea lines of communication.Fortunately, such a confrontation never occurred.;Translation;To leverage the full potential of these munitions, the military began constructing battle networks to facilitate the speedy and accurate movement of targeting information from “sensor- to- shooter”, all the better to strike enemy forces and supporting elements with unprecedented speed and accuracy. ;Translation;Vertical launch systems (VLS) capable of carrying Tomahawk Land-Attack Cruise Missiles (TLAMs) proliferated aboard surface combatants and submarines alike, culminating in the conversion of several fleet ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) to cruise missile submarines (SSGNs), each capable of carrying up to 154 VLS tubes.;Translation;Since the Taiwan Strait crisis of 1996, when the United States responded to aggressive Chinese behavior toward Taiwan by sailing two aircraft carriers into the Strait, China has moved to shift the military balance in the Western Pacific in its favor by fielding systems capable of driving up the cost of US military access to the region to prohibitive levels. ;Translation;Shashoujian combat methods likely include what US strategists refer to as A2/AD strategies—strategies designed to delay the assembly of US power-projection forces (to include their battle networks), to keep