美国有线新闻 CNN 2015-06-27

 Ukraine fighters under fire from Russian-backed separatists, Russian military moves largely unchecked in this part of Eastern Europe. The U.S. and NATO military response, some of the biggest allied¹ military exercises ever, 13,000 ground and maritime² forces.

 

Nearly 50 ships, more than 60 aircraft, and they aren't done, more is on the way. Meeting with U.S. allies in Europe. Defense³ Secretary Ash Carter announced the U.S. will increase prepositioning of heavy weapons.

 

"American rotational⁴ forces need to move more quickly and easily to participate in training and exercises here. We will temporarily stage one armored brigade combat team's vehicles and associated equipment in countries in central and eastern Europe."

 

It will include nearly 90 battle tanks, 140 armored vehicles and some 20 pieces of heavy artillery⁵ to be stored in the Baltics, Romania, Bulgaria and Poland, brought out for future training exercises, a message to Russian President Vladimir Putin. 

 

It is an indicator⁶ of what we are prepared to do. Uh, when I think a few years ago, he believed we were neglecting the continent of Europe, he thought, okay, it's now my time to attempt to influence some of the NATO nations or the European nations to swing back toward my side.

 

After the Air Force talked about putting F-22 fighter jets in Europe, Putin fired back.

 

"If someone threatens our territories, we will have to aim our armed forces and modern attack capabilities⁷ at those who threaten us, what else can we do?"

 

If Russia were to move against Europe, the U.S. has also committed to contribute weapons, aircrafts and troops to a new NATO rapid reaction force.

 

That's the key message. The United States still sees its European partners as being critically important for (security).

1 allied   

adj.协约国的；同盟国的

参考例句：

• Britain was allied with the United States many times in history.历史上英国曾多次与美国结盟。
• Allied forces sustained heavy losses in the first few weeks of the campaign.同盟国在最初几周内遭受了巨大的损失。

2 maritime   

adj.海的，海事的，航海的，近海的，沿海的

参考例句：

• Many maritime people are fishermen.许多居于海滨的人是渔夫。
• The temperature change in winter is less in maritime areas.冬季沿海的温差较小。

3 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。

4 rotational   

adj.回转的，轮流的

参考例句：

• A synchronous motor drives the measuring bob at a constant rotational speed.同步马达驱动测锤以恒速旋转。
• With some limitations,this is true also of rotational degrees of freedom.在某些限定条件下，这一说法对转动自由度也成立。

5 artillery   

n.(军)火炮，大炮；炮兵(部队)

参考例句：

• This is a heavy artillery piece.这是一门重炮。
• The artillery has more firepower than the infantry.炮兵火力比步兵大。

6 indicator   

n.指标；指示物，指示者；指示器

参考例句：

• Gold prices are often seen as an indicator of inflation.黃金价格常常被看作是通货膨胀的指标。
• His left-hand indicator is flashing.他左手边的转向灯正在闪亮。

7 capabilities   

n.能力( capability的名词复数 )；可能；容量；[复数]潜在能力

参考例句：

• 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
• Some programmers use tabs to break complex product capabilities into smaller chunks. 一些程序员认为，标签可以将复杂的功能分为每个窗格一组简单的功能。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓