| English | Russian |
| close by mining | заминировать (пролив, порт: We do not believe ports now should be struck nor closed by mining because of the confrontation this might cause with the Soviet Union. • The Reagan Administration moved to correct the problem with a program to build 31 mine hunters and minesweepers. It did so amid repeated warnings by naval experts that strategic waters, including those of the Persian Gulf, were especially vulnerable to being closed by mining. • There also has been the concern that the Strait of Malacca or the Indonesian straits linking the Pacific and Indian oceans could be closed by mining or other actions in wartime. • But as far as one can tell, they did not expect the resumption of total bombing which is now destroying much of the economic development on which the Hanoi leadership has spent much time and money over the past two years. They almost certainly did not expect their harbors to be closed by mining.) |
| close by mining | минировать (пролив, порт: The Reagan Administration moved to correct the problem with a program to build 31 mine hunters and minesweepers. It did so amid repeated warnings by naval experts that strategic waters, including those of the Persian Gulf, were especially vulnerable to being closed by mining.  nytimes.com) |
| control one's buoyancy by using the main ballast tanks | контролировать плавучесть с помощью цистерн главного балласта (из кн.: Киселёв Б.В. Англо-русский словарь военно-технической и сопутствующей лексики и сокращений с комментариями Alex_Odeychuk) |
