This threat is fearsome enough to keep American carriers at least 1,600km from China's coast, reckons Bryan Clark, a naval strategist at the Hudson Institute, a think-tank.

如此强大的威慑力足以让美国航母退至距中国海岸线至少1600公里以外，智库哈德逊研究所（HudsonInstitute）的海军战略研究员布莱恩克拉克（BryanClark）认为。

From Washington, I'm joined by Craig Aaron, president and CEO of Free Press, a nonpartisan, nonprofit media reform group, and Robert McDowell, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute.

来自华盛顿，还有无党派、非营利的媒体改革组织自由新闻的总裁兼首席执行官克雷格·亚伦和哈德逊研究所高级研究员罗伯特·麦克道威尔。