'And in the military realm it's difficult or impossible to distinguish offensive from defensive intent,' she says.

她说，“在军事领域，要区分进攻意图和防御意图很难，几乎是不可能的”。

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Many involved in the "strikeback" discussions in the US think it must be deployed immediately to develop a "defensive offensive capability".

美国许多参与“网络反击战”讨论的人认为必须必须立即进行部署“防守进攻能力”。

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The logic of this defensive pattern imposes on Admiral Nagano an ironclad duty: he must, either by defensive or offensive measures, make the southern arc secure.

防守模式的分析给永野元帅下了一个死命令：他必须，用防守的方案也好，攻击的方案也好，保证南部防线的安全。

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I also believe that it is entirely legitimate for our discussions to talk not only about offensive-weapons systems, but also defensive-weapons systems,".

VOA: standard.2009.07.15

China's strategic shift to high-tech war capability and the geographic expansion of its defense depth -- by blurring the distinction between its defensive and offensive weapons -- has alarmed neighbors.

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We must be neither defensive nor counter-offensive.

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"They did play very well and were probably a bit unlucky or not decisive maybe in the two boxes - the defensive box and the offensive box - where you need to be very clinical, " added Di Matteo of the Baggies' relegation.

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