146 美国国防部要求扩充导弹防御试验设备

146 美国国防部要求扩充导弹防御试验设备

Pentagon Expands Missile Defense¹ Test Facilities
Alex Belida
Pentagon
11 Jul 2001 01:03 UTC

The Pentagon has confirmed its latest 1)budget request to Congress includes funds to expand its missile defense test facilities. These include sites in Alaska, where defense officials envision eventual² deployment³ of an operational, ground-based missile 2)interceptor system.
Pentagon spokesman, Rear Admiral Craig Quigley, 3)downplays concerns the Bush administration is poised⁵ to circumvent⁶ the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with its construction plans for Alaska.
Admiral Quigley says Alaska is merely being looked at as part of a more robust⁷ missile defense testing program. He said, "It [Alaska] is intended to be a test site. We intend to conduct a much more robust test program to develop the research and data and 4)analysis that you need to test out different means of providing missile defense."
But in response to reporters' questions, the Pentagon spokesman 5)concedes the so-called "test beds" planned for Alaska could eventually become part of an operational missile defense system. "But if the need arose and that's what the nation needed," he said, "we would do anything and everything we could to provide a [missile defense] capability⁸.
Admiral Quigley says the Alaska plans will not 6)violate the ABM treaty. But he acknowledges both President Bush and Defense Secretary Rumsfeld have said they are prepared to 7)abandon the pact⁹.
The Pentagon says its detailed¹⁰ plans for Alaska remain under study. But published news reports say officials 8)envision a missile interceptor site as well as a launch site for test missiles.
At present, test missiles are launched from a base in California and the interceptors are fired at them from Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific.
Defense officials are planning a test using those facilities this Saturday. It will be the fourth such full-scale intercept⁴ test. In two of the three previous tests, the so-called "kill vehicle" interceptor failed to hit the 9)target missile.
The U.S. effort to develop missile defenses has drawn¹¹ 10)criticism from Russia, China and some NATO countries who fear it could 11)trigger a new arms race.
But the Bush administration has proposed significant increases in the defense budget for expanded research on missile defenses. In addition to a ground-based interceptor system, Pentagon officials are also exploring airborne and shipboard systems for 12)knocking down missiles.

(1) budget[5bQdVIt]n.预算vi.做预算, 编入预算
(2) interceptor[IntE5septE(r)]n.拦截机
(3) downplay[`daJnpleI]vt.不予重视
(4) analysis[E5nAlEsIs]n.分析, 分解
(5) concede[kEn5si:d]vt.勉强, 承认, 退让vi.让步
(6) violate[5vaIEleIt]vt.违犯, 冒犯, 干扰, 违反, 妨碍
(7) abandon[E5bAndEn]vt.放弃, 遗弃n.放任, 狂热
(8) envision[In`vIVLn]vt.想象, 预想
(9) target[5tB:^It]n.目标, 对象, 靶子
(10) criticism[5krItIsIz(E)m]n.批评, 批判
(11) trigger[5trI^E(r)]vt.引发, 引起, 触发n.板机
(12) knock down v.击倒, 拆卸, 拍卖出

 

1 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

2 eventual   

adj.最后的，结局的，最终的

参考例句：

• Several schools face eventual closure.几所学校面临最终关闭。
• Both parties expressed optimism about an eventual solution.双方对问题的最终解决都表示乐观。

3 deployment   

n. 部署,展开

参考例句：

• He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
• Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。

4 intercept   

vt.拦截，截住，截击

参考例句：

• His letter was intercepted by the Secret Service.他的信被特工处截获了。
• Gunmen intercepted him on his way to the airport.持枪歹徒在他去机场的路上截击了他。

5 poised   

a.摆好姿势不动的

参考例句：

• The hawk poised in mid-air ready to swoop. 老鹰在半空中盘旋，准备俯冲。
• Tina was tense, her hand poised over the telephone. 蒂娜心情紧张，手悬在电话机上。

6 circumvent   

vt.环绕，包围；对…用计取胜，智胜

参考例句：

• Military planners tried to circumvent the treaty.军事策略家们企图绕开这一条约。
• Any action I took to circumvent his scheme was justified.我为斗赢他的如意算盘而采取的任何行动都是正当的。

7 robust   

adj.强壮的，强健的，粗野的，需要体力的，浓的

参考例句：

• She is too tall and robust.她个子太高，身体太壮。
• China wants to keep growth robust to reduce poverty and avoid job losses,AP commented.美联社评论道，中国希望保持经济强势增长，以减少贫困和失业状况。

8 capability   

n.能力；才能；(pl)可发展的能力或特性等

参考例句：

• She has the capability to become a very fine actress.她有潜力成为杰出演员。
• Organizing a whole department is beyond his capability.组织整个部门是他能力以外的事。

9 pact   

n.合同，条约，公约，协定

参考例句：

• The two opposition parties made an electoral pact.那两个反对党订了一个有关选举的协定。
• The trade pact between those two countries came to an end.那两国的通商协定宣告结束。

10 detailed   

adj.详细的，详尽的，极注意细节的，完全的

参考例句：

• He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
• A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。

11 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。