The team is gearing up for the Global Hawk Pacific campaign, a series of four or five scientific research flights that will take the Global Hawk over the Pacific Ocean and Arctic regions.

这个团队正为了“全球鹰太平洋行动”的准备工作而加速运转。这一行动中，全球鹰将在太平洋和北极地区上空连续执行四到五次科研飞行。

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With its 56-inch wingspan, a mature female red-tailed hawk can weigh up to four pounds and dive for the kill at 120mph.

一只有56英寸翼展的成年雌红尾鹰，可以重达四磅，为了捕杀可以120英里的时速俯冲。

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And why, last autumn, did a Chinese submarine suddenly pop up next to the Kitty Hawk, an American aircraft carrier?

为什么，去年秋天，一艘中国潜艇突然出现在美国航空母舰小鹰号旁边？

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But now the date is known, public opinion will not tolerate ramping troop numbers back up, the hawk concedes.

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The specialist platform - 75m (246ft) above ground - for the peregrine adults was set up by the Hawk and Owl Trust on the cathedral's spire.

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The Global Hawk can fly missions for up to 36 hours, three times the flying time of a U-2, due to the lifting of pilot restrictions.

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