surface combatant

基本解释

In order to counter the threat posed by antiship missile to the surface combatant, it is absolutely necessary to develop the passive jamming technique for shipborne radar.
为了有效对抗反舰导弹的威胁，必须大力发展舰载雷达无源干扰技术。
Using vision-based image recognition, users can set up gameplay on any flat surface and see the film's combatant characters come to life on their tablet or smartphone device.
使用基于视觉的图像识别，用户可以设置在任何平面上的游戏和看电影的作战字符来生活在他们的平板电脑或智能手机设备。
This contract will yield significant savings in lifecycle support costs for the Navy, and it continues our long history of providing machinery control systems for its Surface Combatant ships.
洛马公司模拟、训练和支持公司的地面、海上和民事解决方案副总裁Jim Craig说，“该合同将为海军的生命周期支持工作节约大量成本，并将延续我们作为海军水面战斗舰船提供机械控制系统的长期的历史。”
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So while there are some things a traditional surface combatant would have that the new warship lacks, there are many things it might one day do that current warships cannot.
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It is easily the most capable surface combatant ever conceived, but when the Navy saw the price-tag for the finished product it decided to buy only three rather than the 32 planned, meaning it spent billions of dollars to get to a point where it could build a mere handful of vessels.
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