We should stop the nonsense of taxpayers trying to finance joint weapons whose costs always overrun hugely.

我们应该制止纳税人设法资助费用总是大大超支的联合武器开发的这种胡闹。

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The reliability, fuel efficiency, and increased operational effectiveness inherent in the engine upgrade translates to increased Joint STARS availability to the warfighter and decreased costs.

发动机升级中具有的可靠性、高燃料利用率以及递增的作战效能转化成联合STARS递增的实用性和缩减的成本。

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Replacing all of the engines in the Joint STARS fleet will pay for itself through the reduced operation and maintenance costs of the current engines.

通过新发动机节省的操作和维护成本就能完成联合STARS机型所有发动机的更换。

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One-person households have a bigger carbon footprint than joint dwellings and drive up housing costs.

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Canadian Banknote is asking about Dollars 2.9m (Pounds 1.71m) to print the notes and is offering to build the factory as a joint venture, which would recoup its costs by printing money for other republics and nations.

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In fact, the Gates plan is to seek after-inflation increases of 1-2 percent in the defense budget in the years ahead, and to generate a similar amount in savings so that the joint force can keep up with modernization costs expected to grow 3 percent annually after inflation.

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