The last phase of the new missile defense plan, to be ready by 2020, would be to develop interceptors with the capability of blocking long-range Iranian missiles aimed at the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

As we'll see, some of the later arguments seem to be deliberately aimed at answering objections that we can raise to some of the earlier arguments.

因为我们将看到,一些后期的观点似乎是专门用来,回答那些反驳,尤其是针对我们之前讲的那些观点的意见

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But the bloc has still not adopted the Lisbon treaty, aimed to reform and streamline EU institutions and many Europeans consider the European Union to be remote and unresponsive to their needs.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

Meanwhile,senior and mid-level military officers in the Ugandan capital Kampala and in neighboring Entebbe town are said to be taking part in simulations aimed at improving their ability to respond to disasters and other emergencies.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20