91.   It lags these nations because they poured time and money into research on enriching uranium and reprocessing spent fuel to extract plutonium as part of their atomic weapons programs.

92.   It must also establish and maintain a reliable system of long-term monitoring to assure that these weapons programs are not resumed in the future.

93.   It is rare for a major weapons program to be killed off once production lines have opened.

94.   Its advanced weapons programs, self-imposed isolation and lack of transparency threaten regional stability.

95.   Many companies ran into development and production problems and delays on major weapons programs.

96.   Mirage fighters made by Dassault Aviation SA are selling in Turkey and Pakistan, politically sensitive markets where quick-growing weapons programs concern U.S. policymakers.

97.   Ms. Shelly said Baghdad continued to violate Security Council resolutions, notably by failing to cooperate with a U.N. special commission monitoring its weapons programs.

98.   Neither do India and Pakistan, also with weapons programs.

99.   North Korea seems to be running an international extortion racket, trying to trade in threatening weapons programs for food, cash and other forms of assistance.

100.   Northrop Grumman Corp. and Boeing Co. face the biggest hits if the U.S. Congress accepts a series of cuts in weapons program that the Defense Department is proposing.