2016年CRI Chinese submarine rescue ship shines at RIMPAC

 

It will be the first mock submarine rescue drill in the history of the RIMPAC, a biennial² war game which has been held since 1971.

China's newest submarine rescue ship, the Changdao, is making its debut³ at this year's exercises, which will last until early August.

Operational since 2013, the Changdao is equipped with a deep submergence rescue vessel⁴ and a 1,000-meter remote submersible.

Its rescue vessel can operate for six hours underwater to locate personnel from damaged submarines.

Changdao's captain, Ma Gaofeng, says they're confident the ship will perform well at RIMPAC.

"The ship is well equipped to conduct a variety of rescue operations including submarine rescue, diving rescue and surface rescue. It's also capable of many routine diving operations."

As part of the drill, the Changdao will join a US Naval⁵ vessel in simulating the rescue of a damaged submarine.

Changdao's commander Du Changyu says the drill is going to be a good opportunity for the Chinese navy to glean⁶ lessons from their US counterparts.

"There will be a lot of in-depth exchanges and cooperation with the US Navy during the exercise. The officers and soldiers will be spending a lot to time together, communicating with each other. This is certainly deep cooperation we're having, and should naturally increase the transparency about the Chinese Navy."

Professor Lonny Carlile with the University of Hawaii says the joint⁷ training sessions are a good exercise in diplomacy⁸.

"I think one way to achieve more understanding of each other, each country, is to have a very good understanding of what their militaries are like. So I think it's useful for everyone to participate in these things so they'd have a good idea of what will happen if they did go to war. Also, if they have a better understanding of what each side is thinking, so if things go well, then they keep coming to compromises, that sort of thing."

This is the second time the Chinese Navy is participating in RIMPAC after joining the exercises in 2014.

The Chinese fleet's ships also include a missile destroyer, a missile frigate⁹, a supply ship and the hospital ship Peace Ark.

There are also three helicopters, a marine¹ squad¹⁰ and a diving squad, including 1,200 officers and soldiers, on board.

A total of 26 nations are taking part in RIMPAC 2016 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California, involving a total of 45 ships, five submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 military personnel.

For CRI, I'm Qi Zhi.

1 marine   

adj.海的；海生的；航海的；海事的；n.水兵

参考例句：

• Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

2 biennial   

adj.两年一次的

参考例句：

• The workers were strongly against the biennial election.工人们强烈反对两年一次的选举。
• His is a biennial,and one of the most useful pasture plants we have.这是两年生植物，也是我们最有用的牧草之一。

3 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。

4 vessel   

n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管

参考例句：

• The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
• You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。

5 naval   

adj.海军的，军舰的，船的

参考例句：

• He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
• The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。

6 glean   

v.收集(消息、资料、情报等)

参考例句：

• The little information that we could glean about them was largely contradictory.我们能够收集到的有关它们的少量信息大部分是自相矛盾的。
• From what I was able to glean,it appears they don't intend to take any action yet.根据我所收集到的资料分析，他们看来还不打算采取任何行动。

7 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

8 diplomacy   

n.外交；外交手腕，交际手腕

参考例句：

• The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
• This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。

9 frigate   

n.护航舰，大型驱逐舰

参考例句：

• An enemy frigate bore down on the sloop.一艘敌驱逐舰向这只护航舰逼过来。
• I declare we could fight frigate.我敢说我们简直可以和一艘战舰交战。

10 squad   

n.班，小队，小团体；vt.把…编成班或小组

参考例句：

• The squad leader ordered the men to mark time.班长命令战士们原地踏步。
• A squad is the smallest unit in an army.班是军队的最小构成单位。