U.S. to beef up missile defense
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WASHINGTON, March 15 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Defense 1 Secretary Chuck Hagel on Friday announced that he has ordered the military to beef up the missile defense system by deploying 3 14 additional ground- based interceptors.
At a Pentagon press briefing, Hagel said that the newly- deployed 4 interceptors will add to the 30 ground-based interceptors already in place at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California and Fort Greely, Alaska by fiscal 5 year 2017.
Hagel said the move was aimed to counter the threat from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), claiming that Pyongyang has "recently made advances in its (missile) capabilities 6 and is engaged in a series of irresponsible and reckless provocations 7."
The new interceptors would be deployed to Alaska, and could cover the entire United States, according to James Miller 8, undersecretary of defense for policy. The Pentagon would also deploy 2 a second radar 9 tracking station to Japan, where it already has one tracking radar.
"We will strengthen our homeland defense, maintain our commitment to our allies and partners, and make clear to the world that the United States stands firm against aggression," said Hagel.
Miller said that the total cost will be a little bit less than one billion dollars.
Tensions have been running high on the Korean Peninsula since the DPRK conducted its third nuclear test on Feb. 12 as a countermeasure against the joint 10 military drills of the United States and the Republic of Korea. The DPRK also threatened to launch a preemptive nuclear strike for self-defense, and unilaterally nullified the 1953 armistice 11 that suspended the Korean War.
n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩
- 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。
v.（军）散开成战斗队形，布置，展开
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（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的现在分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用
- Provides support for developing and deploying distributed, component-based applications. 为开发和部署基于组件的分布式应用程序提供支持。
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（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用
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adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的
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n.能力( capability的名词复数 )；可能；容量；[复数]潜在能力
- He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities. 他有点自大，自视甚高。 来自辞典例句
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n.挑衅( provocation的名词复数 )；激怒；刺激；愤怒的原因
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n.磨坊主
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n.雷达，无线电探测器
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adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合
- I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
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