The United States is also nervous about a new Chinese ballistic missile that could theoretically explode a U.S. aircraft carrier nearly 2, 000 miles out to sea.

美国也对一种新型的可以理论上摧毁2000英里外海上的美国航空母舰的弹道导弹表示焦虑。

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The United States is also nervous about a new Chinese ballistic missile that could theoretically explode a U. S. aircraft carrier nearly 2,000 miles out to sea.

美国也对一种新型的可以理论上摧毁2000英里外海上的美国航空母舰的弹道导弹表示焦虑。

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In other words, once a carrier knows it is targeted, it can not take evasive maneuvers and because the missile is hypersonic, it is close to impossible to hit with another missile.

换句话说，一旦航母知道被锁定，也就不能规避，而且导弹是超音速的，要用导弹拦截几乎是不可能性的。

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The highlights were several new missiles, including a ballistic missile that can carry a nuclear warhead and another one that has been nicknamed the "aircraft carrier killer."

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Their Aegis missile defence system, deployed to protect American carrier groups, is designed to track a missile's trajectory from launch.

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These ships, crewed by more than 350, play a key role in a modern carrier group, providing missile attacks against targets on land, sea or even in the air.

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