BBC Chinese, Aug 14, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2011/08/110814_us_china_vietnam_carriers.shtml
("分析人士认为，美国周六邀请越南代表团参观核动力航母 [USS George Washington] 的举动，是在鼓励越南等与中国有海域主权之争的亚洲小国的信心和勇气")
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(1) 日本欲加入核事故公约防外国索偿. BBC Chinese, Aug 14, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2011/08/110814_japan_nuclear.shtml
("5月份《朝日新闻》报道，政府认为周边国家可能根据海洋污染的受害情况向日本要求巨额赔偿")
Note: 核损害补充赔偿公约 Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage
(2) 骆家辉正式亮相 纵论美中关系. VOA Chinese, Aug 14, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110814-gary-locke-127679223.html
(3) Taiwan Plans 'Anti-Aircraft Carrier' Missile. AFP, Aug 14, 2011
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/10037607/taiwan-plans-antiaircraft-carrier-missile/
(development of the land-based, mobile missile, a variant of the existing Hsiungfeng (Brave Wind) III, is underway that will have a longer range and carry a heavier warhead)
(4) Cindy Sui, Taiwan Begins to Deal With Its Amateur Spies Caught by China. Los Angeles Times, Aug 14, 2011.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-taiwan-china-spies-20110814,0,5544134.story
(5) Ken Dilanian, Russia and China Accused of Cyber-Spying Campaign to Steal US Secrets. Los Angeles Times, Aug 12, 2011
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cyber-china-20110813,0,7549165.story
(Rep Mike Rogers (R-Mich), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, made the accusation)
(6) Why 21st Century Warfare Is Different. Strategy Page, Aug 14, 2011
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htatrit/articles/20110814.aspx
(body armor; Explosions (like roadside bombs) are less likely to cause fatal wounds than bullet wounds; the marines was always all-volunteer)
Quote: "The roadside bomb is a much less effective weapon, a loser's weapon, because it kills more civilians than enemy troops and played a major role in turning the locals against the Iraqi terrorists and Afghan Taliban.
Note:
(a) The marines refers to the service Marine Corps, therefore followed by the singular form of the verb. Amember of the service is "a marine."
(b) NCO: noncommissionede officer
(c) after a fashion: "in an approximate or rough way <became an artist after a fashion>"
www.m-w.com
(7) And Then There Were Three. Strategy Page, Aug 14, 2011
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/hticbm/articles/20110814.aspx
(Sea Launched Ballistic Missiles (SLBMs) "are one of the few weapons that Russia does not export, thus they tend to be very secretive about these missiles")
(8) Taking The Ouija Board Out Of Flight Operations. Strategy Page, Aug 12, 2011
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htnavai/articles/20110812.aspx
(Being replaced with a computerized version, the "Ouija Board was developed early in World War II, to keep track of all aircraft on the carrier deck, and what their status was")
Note: Ouija
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouija
(possibly derived from the French and German words for "yes", oui and ja; toy; a registered trademark of Hasbro Inc; section 1 History)
(9) US Navy Disbands a Carrier Strike Group. Strategy Page, Aug 11, 2011
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htnavai/articles/20110811.aspx
("The US Navy has disbanded one of its ten Carrier Strike Groups (SCGs), leaving only nine of them for the eleven aircraft carriers in service")
(10) Konstantin Bogdanov, A Russian drone with a complicated history. RIA Novosti, Aug 11, 2011
http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20110811/165713287.html
(Luce the drone has Rotax 914 engine made by the Austrian company Rotax, so do US MQ-1 Predator and the Israeli Heron)
(11) Valery Shuverov, Russia’s Military Aircraft Industry Stays Aloft. RIA Novosti, Aug 11, 2011
http://en.rian.ru/mlitary_news/20110811/165710365.html
("The Russian Defense Ministry is seeking to procure up to 100 Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets, 100 Su-34 fighter-bombers, up to 70 fifth-generation T-50 fighters, 29 MiG-29K carrier-based fighters, and 30 Su-30MKI multirole fighter jets adapted for the Russian Air Force")
Note: The entire article does not mention Su-33, but talk about Mig-29.
(12) Wendell Minnick, US To Deny Taiwan New F-16 Fighters; Offers AESA radar in upgrade for older jets. Defense News, Aug 13, 2011
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=7378123&c=ASI&s=AIR
("'The U.S. Pentagon is here explaining what is in the upgrade package,' a US defense industry source said * * * 'They are going to split the baby: no C/Ds, but the A/B upgrade is going forward.'")
Note:
(a) ITT Corporation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITT_Corporation
(Industry Conglomerate; Predecessor International Telephone & Telegraph; Founded 1920;
Headquarters White Plains, New York: products include defense electronics)
(b) GBU-12 Paveway II
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GBU-12_Paveway_II
(c) AIM-9 Sidewinder
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIM-9_Sidewinder
*sectrion 1.7.3 AIM-9X)
(d) Northern Goshawk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Goshawk
(Accipiter gentilis; inhabits the temperate parts of the northern hemisphere; often referred to as simply the "Goshawk")