This transformation was partially due to financial consideration, but more importantly it reflected the PLA's ambition to build an air power with both defensive and offensive capabilities.

这些转变一方面是出于财政方面的考虑，但更重要的是展现了解放军在建设攻防兼备的空中力量方面的雄心。

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President Obama could also choose to begin supplying Ukraine with defensive weapons, a power recently granted to him by Congress.

奥巴马也可以选择开始向乌克兰提供防御性武器，这是国会近期授予他的权力。

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However, between power and security dialectical relations, power agglomerations security effectiveness has caused the opposition between offensive realism and the defensive realism.

但在权力与安全的辨证关系上，即权力积聚的安全效用问题上的根本分歧导致了进攻性现实主义与防御性现实主义的对立。

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Transforming the Red Bulls into a stout defensive power is Petke's top priority in his first season as head coach.

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