Note:
(a) The only English-language news report on this topic is
Annemarie Evans, US navy Hong Kong visit hints at warmer China ties. BBC, Nov. 17, 2010.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11772127
(b) 两栖攻击舰 amphibious assault ship
(c) 埃塞克斯号 编队
USS Essex serves as the flagship of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group. BBC.
(d) 钢铁短吻鳄 The Iron Gator (nickname fopr this particular ship; "gator" is short for "alligator"; see next)
(e) USS Essex (LHD-2)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Essex_(LHD-2)
(a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship; built at what is now the Northrop Grumman Shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi; commissioned
in 1992; the fifth ship named for Essex County, Massachusetts; Essex is currently serving as the command ship for Expeditionary Strike Group Seven led by the Commander, Task Force 76; Nickname: "The Iron Gator";
(i) Landing Helicopter Dock
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_Helicopter_Dock
(LHD; US Navy hull classification symbol for multipurpose amphibious assault ships which are capable of operating helicopters and have a well deck. Examples of this kind of ship include the USN's Wasp class)
(ii) Eight Wasp-class amphibious assault ships exist, the lead ship being
USS Wasp (LHD-1)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Wasp_(LHD-1)
(the tenth [US ship] to bear the name)
* USS Wasp (1775)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Wasp_(1775)
(Scorpion, a merchant schooner built at Baltimore, was purchased by the Continental Navy late in 1775 and renamed USS Wasp —the first of that name./ Wasp set sail from Baltimore on 14 January 1776 in company with Hornet and a convoy of ships bound for the Delaware Capes./ Wasp and Hornet appear to be the first ships of the Continental Navy to get to sea.)
(f) 两栖船坞运输舰 丹佛号
USS Denver (LPD-9)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Denver_(LPD-9)
(an Austin-class amphibious transport dock; the third ship of United States Navy to bear this name; commissioned in 1968)
* For LPD, see Amphibious transport dock
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_Platform_Dock
(also called a landing platform dock (LPD); an amphibious warfare ship, a warship that embarks, transports, and lands elements of a landing force for expeditionary warfare missions)
(g) 垂直升降战机
(a) Wasp class amphibious assault ship
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasp_class_amphibious_assault_ship
(These helicopters are supplemented by a squadron of up to eight AV-8B Harrier II Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing ground-attack aircraft. Up to 20 Harriers can be embarked when the ship is used as a temporary STOL or "Harrier Carrier" [without helicopters on deck])
(b) McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_AV-8B_Harrier_II
(second-generation vertical/short takeoff and landing or V/STOL; primarily used for light attack or multi-role tasks, and is typically operated from small aircraft carriers, large amphibious assault ships and austere forward operating bases; has been managed by Boeing/BAE Systems since the 1990s; used by the United States Marine Corps)
(h) For 位于日本佐世保的海军基地, see United States Fleet Activities Sasebo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Fleet_Activities_Sasebo
* Sasebo, Nagasaki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasebo,_Nagasaki
(a city located in Nagasaki Prefecture)
My comment: According to Wikipedia, S Africa makes only two air-to-air missiles, both by South Africa's Denel Dynamics (formerly Kentron [until 2004]):
(a) A-Darter (missile): short range IR (infra-red, that is); not yet in service
(b) R-Darter (missile): beyond visual range (BVR) radar-guided missile; in service ~1995
(2) Russia to sell additional RD-93 jet engines to China. Ria Novosti, Nov. 16, 2010.
http://en.rian.ru/mlitary_news/20101116/161360534.html
(100 more to to "equip its [China's] FC-1 Fierce Dragon fighter jets, jointly developed with Pakistan. * * * The RD-93 engines is a variant of the RD-33 engine developed to power the MiG-29 fighter jet.")
(2) American experts make fun of China's aviation technology.
Adam Rawnsley, Weather Machines, Origami Drones, and Battlefield Dioramas: Inside China’s Big Air Show. Wired, Nov. 17, 2010 (blog).
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/11/weather-machines-origami-drones-and-battlefield-dioramas-inside-chinas-big-air-show/
, which mentions
(a) Robert Wall, The Future Chinese Battlefield. Aviation Week, Nov. 16, 2010 (blog).
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?plckController=Blog&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&newspaperUserId=27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&plckPostId=Blog%3a27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post%3ae55abc72-16bf-4125-ac17-cf48c6b02d00&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest
(diorama with a US aircraft carrier and two F-22s)
My comment: Origami does not mean this 5-kg model plane is made of paper, but refer to its wings folding like origami.
(c) Robert Wall, China's Manned VTOL Vehicle Concept. Aviation Week, Nov. 15, 2010 (blog).
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?plckController=Blog&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&newspaperUserId=27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&plckPostId=Blog%3a27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post%3ac42a12d0-9762-4b36-9fc5-e5c44e496211&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest
(helicopter with ducted fan)
duct (vt): "to enclose in a duct" www.m-w.com
(d) Robert Wall, China's 'Stealthy' Rain Maker. Aviation Week, Nov. 15, 2010 (blog).
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?plckController=Blog&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&newspaperUserId=27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&plckPostId=Blog%3a27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post%3a920c0123-69d1-4fed-a767-1b948d66fca9&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest
(UAV with stealthy profile to dispense material that can help cause rain)
图辑：美国海军两栖攻击舰停靠香港. BBC Chinese, Nov. 16, 2010.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/multimedia/2010/11/101116_gal_uss_essex_in_hk.shtml
【 在 choi 的大作中提到: 】
: VOA Chinese, Nov. 17, 2010.
: http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20101117-USS-Essex-began-port-call-HK-108657969.html
: Note:
: (a) The only English-language news report on this topic is
: Annemarie Evans, US navy Hong Kong visit hints at
: (以下引言省略...)