38. (helicopter) gunship [countable] a military helicopter used to protect other helicopters and to destroy enemy guns тяжело вооружённый вертолет: Our helicopter gunships flew 118 missions and returned safely to base. | There were two gunships with us, and they circled around first and took no fire. | We were about a minute away from touchdown when the gunships started firing.

39. Aircraft | plane | fighter | bomber | fighter bomber | helicopter collocations

to fly an aircraft / plane / fighter / bomber / fighter bomber / helicopter управлять самолетом, пилотировать самолет; летать на самолете: In March the manufacturer's test pilot flew the aircraft for its annual inspection check flight. | This made him the ideal choice to fly this naval fighter. | Maybe I ought to fly my helicopter up there and find out.

an aircraft / plane / fighter / bomber / fighter bomber / helicopter takes off // lands / touches down самолет взлетает // приземляется

to shoot down / down an aircraft / plane / fighter / bomber / fighter bomber / helicopter сбить самолет: The guerrillas shot down one aeroplane and captured the pilot. | Today our fighters have shot down twenty enemy planes. | His plane was shot down over North Vietnam in 1967. | We downed three enemy planes with our missiles. | The jet was downed by a surface-to-air missile.

40. aircraft carrier [countable] a large ship that carries military aircraft and has a long flat surface where they take off and land авианосец

41. warship [countable] a ship with guns that is used in a war военный корабль: It will be the largest gathering of warships since the Jubilee Review of 1977. | It will be accompanied by five other warships, including destroyers and guided missile cruisers, and a fuel tanker. | He sailed in the flagship, the greatest warship in the world.

42. submarine | sub [countable] a ship, especially a military one, that can travel under water подводная лодка: He served aboard the Trident ballistic missile submarines Alabama and Florida. | The planes were on their way to neutralize any enemy submarines which might be lying in wait for us outside Bungo Strait. | Yet it had to be done, for we were entering waters patrolled by enemy submarines. | The submarine lies at a depth of 6,000 feet in the Barents Sea. | We were trying to plot the course of the submarine. | Some two hundred obsolete warships and submarines have been taken out of service during the past five years. | Around 100 submarines withdrawn from service are moored at sea because there are no facilities for treating their radioactive components.

conventional submarine обычная подводная лодка

atomic / nuclear / nuclear-powered submarine атомная / ядерная подводная лодка: It would not be able to spot nuclear submarines, such as Polaris, for example. | He was executive officer aboard the Honolulu, a nuclear attack submarine.

submarine force подводный флот: In contrast with its surface fleet, Britain's submarine force was relatively small.

submarine base база подводных лодок

a submarine emerges подводная лодка всплывает на поверхность

a submarine plunges подводная лодка погружается под воду

a submarine sinks a warship подводная лодка потопляет военный корабль: When she was two hundred and fifty miles off the coast of Ireland the Athenia was attacked and sunk by a submarine.

43. capability [countable] the number of weapons, soldiers etc that a country has for fighting a war; the ability that a country has to take a particular kind of military action потенциал; возможности; способность: They have the capability to destroy the enemy in days rather than weeks. | The country is nearing the capability to produce nuclear weapons. | The European states retained a latent capability to menace Britain's own security.

military / defence / nuclear (weapons) capability военный / оборонительный / ядерный потенциал, военные / оборонительные / ядерные возможности: Their military capability has gone down because their air force has proved not to be an effective force. | The country has virtually no military capability of its own. | The country would continue to need a robust defence capability as insurance against the unexpected. | The allies agreed to retain NATO's nuclear capability. | Control over these armed forces and the massive nuclear capability is uncertain. | They are responsible states with undeclared, and to a large extent unproven, nuclear weapons capabilities.

to develop / build a military / defence / nuclear capability создавать военный / оборонительный / ядерный потенциал: Several countries are trying to develop a nuclear capability.