Camp (military base) - kyampu

Japanese: キャンプ(軍事基地) - きゃんぷ
Camp (military base) - kyampu

...Depending on the way the missiles are deployed, those deployed on land are called soft bases because they are vulnerable to surprise attacks, those that can be launched from underground are called hard bases, and those that can be launched underwater using Polaris-class nuclear submarines are called underwater bases. Military bases are usually called bases in English, but similar words used by the US military include barracks, camp, and fort. These originally have the meanings of barracks, temporary garrison, and fort, respectively, and have slightly different nuances from base (base, base). ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "camp (military base)" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ミサイルの配備方法により,奇襲攻撃に弱いことから地上配備のものを軟性基地,これに対して地中から発射可能にしたものを硬性基地,ポラリス型原子力潜水艦等で水中発射可能なものを水中基地と呼ぶことがある。軍事基地は英語ではふつうベースbaseといわれるが,アメリカ軍が使用する類似語としてバラックbarrack,キャンプcamp,フォートfortなどがある。これらはそれぞれ兵舎,一時的な駐留地,堡塁などの原義があり,base(基地,根拠地)と多少ニュアンスがことなる。…

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