Gibraltar has historically been an important base for the British Armed Forces and is the site of a Royal Navy base.

直布罗陀在历史上是英国海陆空三军的重要基地也是皇家海军基地之所在。

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The Royal British Legion, an armed-forces charity, points out that the AFCS was only meant to be a stopgap until the old War Pensions Scheme could be properly replaced.

慈善组织英国皇家退伍军人协会(Royal British Legion)指出，AFCS只是旧的战争补助计划被妥善取代之前的权宜之计。

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This gave Singapore and Malaysia breathing space to build up their own armed forces, while under some protection from British air defences.

这样一来，这两个国家就获得了喘息空间，建立自己的军事力量，但是还是得到英国空军的某些保护。

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