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Перевод: airdrop

[существительное]
сбрасывание с самолета; выброска десанта; выброска с воздуха

Тезаурус:

1. An administration source said the White House still hoped to get other countries involved in the airdrop.
2. Until then, resupply to the front line units will be by airdrop (parachute) resupply.
3. But General Milan Gvero, deputy commander of the Bosnian Serb forces, has attacked any plan for an airdrop warning it would lead to "the massive use of military force" and escalation of war.
4. Military leaders in Serbia reacted angrily to the airdrop plan, warning that it could escalate the war.
5. Downing Street today confirmed that the RAF was ready to join in the latest United States plan to airdrop supplies to civilians surrounded by Serbs who are refusing to let ground convoys through.
6. THE US military will airdrop relief supplies to all ethnic and religious groups in war-torn Bosnia-Herzegovina, President Bill Clinton announced yesterday.
7. Also in 1943, in July, Geoffrey Appleyard, who had gone on to help form the 2nd SAS Regiment in the Middle East, was reported missing presumed killed over Sicily where he was supervising an airdrop.
8. The former defence secretary, Dick Cheney, appearing on NBC's Today show, said the airdrop plan may have "symbolic significance," but "whether or not it's an effective way to deliver humanitarian supplies remains to be seen."
9. At an Oval Office photo session at the start of the six-hour White House visit, Mr Major said of the airdrop plan: "I think as a humanitarian mission, it is very welcome and it will have our support."