【8月25日】看軍聞學英語

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原文:

US warplanes intercepted four Russian reconnaissance aircraft near Alaska on Jun 27, 2020.

The Russian Tu-142's came within 65 nautical miles south of Alaska's Aleutian island chain and ‘loitered’in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) for eight hours, but they stayed in international airspace and did not enter US or Canadian airspace, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said on Twitter.

An ADIZ is a perimeter within which air traffic is monitored by the air forces of one or more friendly countries so they have extra time to react to hostile action.

The US has established four of these zones but a dozen or so other countries have also set their own up.

中譯:

美國戰機2020年6月27日,在阿拉斯加附近攔截了4架俄羅斯偵察機。

北美防空司令部透過推特表示,俄國Tu-142偵察機,出現在阿拉斯加阿留申島鏈以南65海里處,並於阿拉斯加防空識別區內「逗留」達8小時,惟這批俄國偵察機係於國際空域逗留,並未進入美國或加拿大空域。

防空識別區係指單一國家或多個友邦空軍所監控空中交通的外圍,以便有更多的時間對敵行動作出反應。

美國已劃定了4個防空識別區,而尚有十多個國家也各自建立所屬的防空識別區。

─關鍵軍語─

※loiter:

To move slowly around or stand in a public place without an obvious reason.

※warplanes:

Combat aircraft, typically developed and procured only by military forces.

例句:

Warplanes are divided broadly into multi-role, fighters, bombers, attackers, and electronic warfare support.

廣義而言,戰機可區分為多重任務機、戰鬥機、轟炸機、攻擊機及電戰支援機等。