It is due to hold naval drills in the western Pacific and official media outlets have suggested it may launch its first aircraft carrier within months, a year earlier than expected.

这从海军在西太平洋的演习和官方媒体预计第一艘航母在几月之内下水服役可以看出，航母下水日期比之前预计早了将近一年。

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Third, it continues apace to build capability, including an underground submarine base on Hainan Island, and an aircraft carrier battle group, due to be deployed in the next few years.

第三，继续加快实力建设，其中包括海南岛的地下潜艇基地以及一个航母战斗群，预计不到数年即可完成部署。

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He did not give an exact figure for the fighters, which are due to be deployed on the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier.

由于要在库兹涅佐夫航母部署，他没有给出战斗机的确切数量。

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However, Nokia has traditionally lagged rivals in this very important smartphone market due to a lack of strong carrier relationships.

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However, despite a solid fourth-quarter performance, the US mobile phone market had previously contracted 16 percent for the first three quarters of 2012 due to economic uncertainty and tighter carrier upgrade policies.

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