每日外刊 | 1212_日本岛屿或成为美军“不沉航母”

据美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）报道，日本政府宣布，将花费巨资购买无人岛马毛岛，将提供给美军用作航母舰载机训练，这个位于东海边，面积3平方英里的火山岩有一天可能会被用作美国海军在亚洲发生战争时“不沉的”航空母舰。日本政府表示，日方将铺好跑道，供美国海军和海军陆战队使用，以进行模拟航母起降训练。但由于这项交易仍未最后敲定，所以日本政府没有提供可能完工的时间范围。 报道称，由于东京正在寻求加强在东海的地位，一旦合适的设施建成后，马毛岛也有可能成为日本自卫队的永久基地。报道认为，永久陆上基地被认为比航母还要重要，因为它们经受得住高强度的袭击。而理论上讲，一枚导弹或鱼雷就可以摧毁一艘航母。相比航母这样的战争机器，陆上基地如果在战火中受到损害，可以更快地得到修复。

When the going gets tough, the tough get going. ----Caroline

Japanese island could become an unsinkable US aircraft carrier

Three square miles of volcanic rock on the edge of the East China Sea may one day be used as an unsinkable aircraft carrier for the United States Navy in the event of war in Asia. Japan's government announced this week that it's buying Mageshima Island, an uninhabited outcrop 21 miles (34 kilometers) from the southernmost Japanese main island of Kyushu.

The island, most of which is owned by a privately held Tokyo development company, is uninhabited and hosts two intersecting unpaved runways that were abandoned under a previous development project. The Japanese government said the runways will be paved and used for US Navy and Marine Corps planes to simulate aircraft carrier landings, though it did not give a time frame in which that could be accomplished as the deal still needs to be finalized.

The island was identified as a suitable site for use by the US as a permanent base for field carrier landing practice under a 2011 agreement outlining the realignment of US forces in Japan. The $146 million deal also comes as the US military is hearing calls to increase the number of its strategic bases in East Asia in the face of a growing Chinese missile arsenal.

早起卡 ☞ 艰难之路，唯勇者行。----卡罗琳

翻译卡 ☞ 日本岛屿或成为美军战时“不沉航母”

当亚洲发生战争时，中国东海边缘三平方英里的火山岩岛有朝一日可能会被美国海军用作战时“不沉航母”。日本政府本周宣布购买马毛岛，这是一座距离日本最南端的九州主岛21英里（34公里）的无人居住的露头荒岛。

这座岛屿大部分由东京一家私营开发公司所持有，岛上无人居住，只有以前开发项目所弃置的两条未铺好的交叉飞机跑道。日本政府表示，日方将铺好跑道，供美国海军和海军陆战队使用，以进行模拟航母起降训练。但由于这项交易仍有待需最后敲定，日本政府没有提供可能完工的时间范围。

根据2011年一项概述驻日美军重组的协议，该岛已被美国确定为合适地点，作为舰载机陆基模拟着舰训练永久基地。这项价值1.46亿美元的交易达成之际，也是美军在面临日益增长的中国导弹武器库的形势下，顺应呼声从而增加其东亚战略基地数量（的原因）。