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Говорят vs Поговаривают
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Я понял, что здесь ничего не будет; вот статья времени прибытия тапок в Мельбурн. Обратите внимание на слова действующего (не путать с диванными) министра обороны.
>New tanks to see battle, warns Nelson
>September 22, 2006 - 2:55PM
>The Australian Army has begun taking delivery of new tanks which, unlike their predecessors, are likely to see battlefield action, Defence Minister Brendan Nelson has warned.
>The first 18 of 59 Abrams battle tanks - bought from the United States at a cost of $528 million - were unloaded at Port Melbourne on Friday.
>Each weighs in at 63 tonnes and at full-throttle can hit almost 70 kph.
>Chief of Army Lieutenant General Peter Leahy told a delivery ceremony in a container terminal that the Abrams were much superior to the army's 30-year-old Leopard tanks, which are being retired without ever having seen battle.
>Dr Nelson said that while he hoped the Abrams would also never be used in anger, he suspected they would be.
>"The 59 Abrams tanks that we are likely to be using over the next 30 years, I hope and pray that they will never have to be used in anger," he said.
>"But I fear that those hopes may be dashed.
>"The reality is that we are living in a world that is changing very quickly - it has changed enormously over the last five years especially."
>The army's Abrams tanks have been reconditioned from a model first built in 1989, but Dr Nelson denied suggestions Australia had bought second-hand goods, saying most components were new.
>"These are brand new tanks. They are as well-developed as they can possibly be," he added.
>Lt-Gen Leahy said the Abrams was combat-proven.
>"It will deliver superior levels of firepower, protection, mobility and communications," Lt-Gen Leahy said.
>The US ambassador to Australia, Robert McCallum Jr, described the Abrams as one of the most "effective and lethal" weapons.
>"We are delighted that our oldest and closest ally in the Pacific will be operating the Abrams tank alongside us, increasing our joint operational capabilities," Mr McCallum told the crowd.
>The 18 tanks will be taken to army bases at Puckapunyal and Bandiana in Victoria. The remaining 41 tanks will be delivered to Darwin by mid-2007.
>© 2006 AAP
Переведу только заголовок: "Нельсон (министр обороны) предупреждает: новые танки будут воевать".
Эта статья взята с сайта Сидней Морнинг Херальд, в то время была во всех новостях, распространялась AAP. Само выступление министра нетрудно будет найти на правительственном сайте или сайте минобороны.
Впрочем, я это сделал за вас - здесь более развёрнутая беседа с ним и командующим ВС Австралии на ту же тему: http://www.defence.gov.au/minister/NelsonMinTranscripttpl.cfm?CurrentId=6027
Всяч. успехов.
Карфаген должен быть разрушен