Roughead Interview

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Roughead Says ‘Fragile’ Ship Base Must Be Factored in Review
Tony Capaccio and Peter Cook, Roughead Says ‘Fragile’ Ship Base Must Be Factored in Review. Bloomberg, Apr 21, 2011.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-21/roughead-says-fragile-ship-base-must-be-factored-in-review.html

My comment:
(a) The report is based on

U.S. Navy Admiral Gary Roughead Interview. Bloomberg, Apr 21, 2011.
http://www.bloomberg.com/video/68944216/
(Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Gary Roughead spoke to Peter Cook, chief Washington correspondent, on Bloomberg Television's "InBusiness With Margaret Brennan" on Apr 21)
(b) Please read the section with heading China Threat. directed energy=laser


------------------------------Separately
(1) 俄媒：中国扩张乌兹别克排挤俄罗斯. VOA Chinese, Apr 22, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110422-China-Expansions-in-Uzbekistan-and-Weaken-Russian-Influence-120448054.html

(2) 麦凯恩参议员访问利比亚反政府武装. VOA Chinese, Apr 22, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110422-US-CHINA-RIGHTS-120439504.html

(3) 美国在利比亚使用无人战机. VOA Chinese, Apr 21, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110421-US-LIBYA-120424844.html
("美国参谋长联席会议副主席卡特莱特讲解了这种无人战机的优势 [compared with piloted airplanes]：'可以低空飞行，因而尤其能够更精确瞄准目标的本领，同时让它们得以尽量保持防御态势。这种无人战机的独一无二之处在于它适应城区作战，有较小的间接损失'")

Note: I tend to disagree with the translation 猎食雄蜂. The drone is Predator. I assume 猎食雄蜂 comes from predator PLUS drone. But I think unmanned airplane (in Chinese) is a better translation for drone.

(4) 听众信箱：盘点美国航空母舰. VOA Chinese, Apr 21, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110421-mailbox-us-navy-120410469.html

Note:
(a) The report first states, "美国海军还有一艘'企业级'航母, 它是1961年服役的'企业号' [USS Enterprise]。这是世界第一艘核动力航母。'企业号'目前是美国海军年岁第二大的现役军舰。资格最老的是1797年下水的战船'宪法号。' 那艘木帆船的主要任务是公关."

USS Constitution
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Constitution
(a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy; In War of 1812 against Great Britain, she defeated five British warships: HMS Guerriere, Java, Pictou, Cyane and Levant. The battle with Guerriere earned her the nickname of "Old Ironsides"; Oliver Wendell Holmes' 1830 poem "Old Ironsides")
(b) 母港  home port
AV-8B鹞式垂直短距起降战斗机  McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_AV-8B_Harrier_II
(c) The report then says, "美国海军还有10艘现役两栖攻击舰(amphibious assault ship)，用于支援海军陆战队抢滩登陆. * * * 美国海军目前有2艘'塔拉瓦级'和8艘'黄蜂级'两栖攻击舰，具有全世界最强大的两栖作战能力。一艘'LHA(R)级'两栖攻击舰正在建造中，预计在2013年交货并取代'塔拉瓦级。'

Amphibious assault ship
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphibious_assault_ship
(section 3 List of types:
* Landing Helicopter Assault (LHA): Tarawa class;
* Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD): Wasp class)

Tarawa class was named after Tarawa, capital of Taiwan's ally Kiribati.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiribati
(The name Kiribati is the local pronunciation of "Gilberts", derived from the main island chain, the Gilbert Islands. Kiribati became independent from the United Kingdom in 1979)

(5) 叙利亚当局打死60名抗议者. BBC Chinese, Apr 22, 2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2011/04/110422_syria_protests_death.shtml

(6) Stacey Wu and Jay Chen, Taiwan releases its first aerial photography drone. Central News Agency,
Apr 22, 2011.
http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?Type=aECO&ID=201104220016

Note: Gangyu Corp 剛鈺股份有限公司
Its website (www.ai-rider.com) is not working.
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