The stark reality is that sea control cannot be taken for granted anymore.

严峻的现实是，海上控制不能视为理所当然的了。

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Moreover, the most likely role of the Type 022 is for active defence of China's 'near seas', representing the country's attempts to gain greater sea control further from its landmass.

此外，022型最大可能角色是积极防御中国的'近海'，表现该国尝试更进一步从它的大陆获得更大海洋控制。

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FOR nearly 30 years, legal control of the sea has actually stopped 200 miles from the shore, but even that is about to change.

大约30年来，对海洋的合法控制实际上限于离海岸200英里之内，但这种情况将会改变。

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Remember Egypt had control of this area but their grasp was weakening with the flood of people coming in from the sea and other migrations Their hold was weakening and the Hebrews would have been able to take advantage of that and enter in and occupy areas in the central highlands.

记住埃及曾控制这一地区但是它的控制逐渐削弱,由于人们从海上涌入及来其他地方的移民,他们的控制逐渐削弱,希伯来人将会利用这一点,他们进入并且占领了中央的高地。

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But in the process, the exercise of sea control in peacetime first by Britain, then by America in a benign way, assured such use to others as well.

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Particularly worrisome are the severe cuts envisioned in the needed modernization of the submarine fleet - arguably the most valuable and certainly among the most flexible of sea-going platforms, given their important roles in sea control and intelligence operations.

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