【4月23日】看軍聞學英語

■刀客

原文：

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the country's armed forces had tracked two North Korean short-range ballistic missile launches into the Sea of Japan. The launches took place in the morning from a launch site near North Korea's Sonchon county in North Pyongan province on March 21. The launches were five minutes apart, with the first at 6:45 and the second at 6:50 local time.

The two missiles flew to a range of around 410 km, with a maximum in-flight altitude of 50 km. The tests followed two other test events earlier this month that featured testing of a large-caliber close-range ballistic missile system, known as the KN25, in joint artillery drills. The missiles launched Saturday struck an island off North Korea’s East Coast.

中譯：

南韓聯合參謀本部表示，南韓軍方日前追蹤到北韓向日本海發射了2枚短程彈道飛彈。位於北韓平安北道宣川郡近郊的發射場，在3月21日清晨發射飛彈，第1枚與第2枚相隔5分鐘，分別於當地時間早上6時45分與6時50分發射。

這2枚飛彈的射程約為410公里，最大飛行高度為50公里。接續本月稍早的2次試射，本次聯合火砲演習，著重在測試一種大口徑的短程彈道飛彈系統，即KN25多管火箭。週六發射的這2枚飛彈，擊中北韓東岸外海的一座島嶼。

－關鍵軍語－

※armed forces:

A general title for all military forces.

※launch site:

A base used to launch a rocket-powered missile or space vehicle.

例句：

Israel Defense Forces returned fire with four artillery shells aimed at Lebanon's launch site.

以色列國防軍以4枚砲彈，回擊黎巴嫩的飛彈發射場。