The number of counterfeit parts in military electronics systems more than doubled between 2005 and 2008, potentially damaging high-tech weapons.

美军电子系统中的仿冒零件数量在2005年到2008年之间增加超过一倍，因而可能损及他们高科技的武器。

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These metals are found in almost every 21st Century household, and used globally to make high-tech products, from weapons, to flat-screen TVs and mobile phones.

几乎每一个21世纪的家庭都离不开稀土金属；在全球范围内，他们还被广泛的应用于从武器制造到平板电视和移动电话机等类的高科技产品。

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The Senate just drove a stake into the Navy's high-tech heart. The directed energy and electromagnetic weapons intended to protect the surface ships of the future? Terminated.

元老们对海军的高科技核心施以了致命一击。是说那些舰载的导向能量武器和电磁武器吗？对的，那些东西都已经完蛋了。

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In the past, some Democrats in Congress might have questioned the propriety of selling high-tech weapons to a government noted for its conservative social policies.

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As a benign example of how transatlantic teams can stimulate competition in high-tech weapons making, defence analysts cite the fierce competition to supply Britain with an air-to-ground surveillance system.

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The collapse of the oil price, which may not have ended yet, means the government must cut the costly state benefits it showers on its citizens, and spend less on high-tech weapons.

ECONOMIST: Abdullah and the ebbing tide