as outlined in that report, the most severe threat facing any transportation system is a weapon of mass destruction such as a nuclear device or a biological weapon.
正如报告所概括的,所有交通系统面临的最严重威胁,是大规模毁灭性武器,例如核设备或生物武器。
the un security council prepared to vote on a resolution that imposes tougher sanctions on north korea after its recent testing of a nuclear device and several missiles.
由于朝鲜近期对一项核装置和多枚导弹进行了试验,联合国安理会準备就是否对朝鲜采取更为强硬的制裁措施的决议进行投票表决。
north korea said it conducted its second test of a nuclear device monday morning and that the explosion was bigger than the first device it tested in october 2006.
鲜周一宣布当天上午进行了第二次核装置试验,此次核爆炸的威力比2006年10月第一次核试验时更大。
following through on a promise it made in the united nations only last week, north korea exploded a nuclear device on monday october 9th deep under a mountain in north-eastern hamgyong province.
就在上周在联合国作出的承诺之后,朝鲜于周一(10月9日)在咸镜道省(hamgyong)东北部一座山脉地下深处爆破了一部核弹装置。
citing leaked intelligence reports, many analysts believe that preparations to test another long-range ballistic missile or to explode another nuclear device are under way.
根据透露出的智库报告,众多分析家相信朝鲜对于试射另一枚远程导弹或试爆另一个核子装置的準备正在进行中.
in the succeeding months, north korea pursued an increasingly hard-line stance toward the international community, testing a nuclear device and a string of long-range missiles.
在随后几个月中,朝鲜对国际社会开始推行日益强硬的立场,进行了一次核试验和多次远程导弹试验。
amid the gloomy fallout from north korea's explosion of a nuclear device last month, some glimmers of light are flickering.
尽管朝鲜上月爆炸核装置后的阴云依然密布,但依稀透露出几缕曙光。
the united states says it is not yet ready to confirm that north korea did indeed detonate the nuclear device but that such a test would be a provocative act heightening tensions in north east asia.
然而美国表示她现在还没有确定朝鲜确实引爆了核设备。但是指出,像这样的测试将会是一个在亚洲东北地区造成高度紧张局势的挑衅性的行为。
however, when pyongyang tested a nuclear device on oct. 9, major chinese banks barred remittances to north korea.
然而,当平壤10月9日测试核装置后,各大中国银行禁止向朝鲜汇款。
i was particularly concerned about a weapon of mass destruction, possibly a nuclear device stolen from the soviet arsenal during the chaos of the collapse of the ussr.
我特别担心的是大规模杀伤性武器,尤其是在苏联解体的混乱中被从军工厂偷出来的核武器。
as a rough comparison an 8kt nuclear device is about 450 times more powerful than the hawthorne ridge mine (ok, math… 「8kt」 = equiv of 8 thousand tons of tnt, ie 440 times more than 40, 000lb of tnt.
粗略的比较起来,一枚8000号当量的核装置的威力约相当于霍桑山脊地雷的450倍(好吧,我们来计算一下……「8kt」=8000吨tnt爆炸的杀伤力,相当于4万磅tnt的杀伤力440倍还不止。
but since north korea exploded a nuclear device on october 9th, if not before, the fruit has been foul.
可自朝鲜10月9日引爆核弹以来(如非更早的话),这些成果已然变质。