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Taps isn't a complicated song, just 24 notes total. The melody was written by US civil war general who didn't like the old Lights Out bugle call. He wrote Taps 150 years ago. And in order to commemorate that anniversary, nearly 200 buglers and trumpe

THE MAKING OF A NATION 47 - James Madison, Part 3

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The U.S. Navy says more American warships have been sent to the east coast of Somalia, where a vessel carrying more than 30 tanks and other military equipment is being held by pirates. As VOA Correspondent Alisha Ryu reports from our East Africa Bur

英语分类词汇：军演

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我国AG600水陆两栖飞机成功完成首次地面滑行

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By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 05 June 2006 June 6 is the anniversary of D-Day, when, in 1944, a massive Allied armada landed in Normandy to fight a battle that turned the course of the Second World W

菲律宾将向美国提供8个军事基地

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VOA标准英语10月-US, South Korean Troops Plan to Rehearse Massive

.S. and South Korean military officials confirm the two allied nations are planning a major military drill, expected to begin this week. The exercise focuses on a simulated marine landing and comes at a time when North Korea has sharpened its rhetor

2017年CRI China's first domestic large amphibious aircraft makes maiden flight

China's first large amphibious aircraft AG600 on Sunday completed its maiden flight in south China's Guangdong Province. At 9:39 a.m., the aircraft AG600, code named Kunlong left Jinwan airport in the city of Zhuhai. The flight lasted about one hour.

北洋水师致远舰被找到

The 50-meter-long Zhiyuan Warship, located 10 nautical miles southwest of Dandong Port, was sunken by the Japanese navy during a Sino-Japanese War about 12 decades ago. The State Administration of Cultural Heritage launched investigation and salvage

Russian, Chinese warships start joint sea exercise

QINGDAO, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese and Russian warships on Tuesday left a naval base in the eastern Chinese harbor city of Qingdao to start a joint exercise in the Yellow Sea. The Chinese navy's missile destroyer DDG-112 Harbin and other warships

离别 Parting Sorrows

郑振铎(1898-1958是我国现代作家，学者。他于1927年8月乘船远离祖国，前往法国巴黎和英国伦敦游学，1929年10月归国。《离别》一文写于这一时期。 郑振铎 Zheng Zhenduo | 译文摘自张培基《英译中

我国研制的水陆两栖飞机AG600将于上半年首飞

The AG600 amphibious aircraft is expected to take its maiden flight over land in the first half of 2017 and on water in the second half, said its developer, the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC). 国有飞机制造商中国航空工业集团

中国海军第十三批护航编队抵达葡萄牙访问

LISBON, April 15 (Xinhua) -- The 13th escort taskforce of the Chinese navy arrived in Lisbon, capital of Portugal on Monday, for a five-day goodwill visit to the country. The visit by the taskforce, composed of two missile frigates of Huangshan and H

中国海军舰队访问阿尔及利亚

ALGIERS, April 2 (Xinhua) -- The 13th Escort Taskforce of the Chinese Navy arrived Tuesday in Algiers, capital of Algeria, beginning a four-day visit to the country. The visit by the escort taskforce, composed of two frigates and one supply ship, is

警惕美国不可预测性,中国加强海军实力

BEIJING: The PLA Navy is likely to secure significant new funding in China's upcoming defence budget as Beijing seeks to check US dominance of the high seas and step up its own projection of power around the globe. 北京：解放军海军可能在今年

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Iran wraps up missile drill, warns against military aggression on country

TEHRAN, July 4 (Xinhua) -- The Iranian Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) concluded the three-day missile drill on Wednesday with Iranian military officials warning against any military aggression on the country. On the third and last day of the

Tsunami Waves Reach US West Coast

VOA News March 11, 2011 - The first tsunami(海啸) waves have reached the U.S. West Coast after sweeping past the country's Pacific island state of Hawaii. There have been no immediate reports of casualties in the U.S. Waves of a meter or more hit t