21.   Quigley said it is well known that China is modernizing its military.

22.   Rumsfeld commissioned several major studies by outside experts to generate ideas about how to reshape and modernize the military.

23.   The authoritarian president, who spent the day visiting two air defense units and an off-limits military base, also promised that Belarus would continue to modernize its military.

24.   The Russians hope to cash in efforts by the Philippines to modernize its military, generally considered among the weakest in the region.

25.   The Vietnamese are interested in Russian weaponry to modernize their military, along with spare parts.

26.   Those studies also included the cost of modernizing the military of the new countries.

27.   Weizsaecker said Tuesday that the extra costs for modernizing the military would lead to savings down the road when the number of forces are reduced.

28.   While India is keen for access to Central Asian markets through Iran, Tehran wants Indian help to modernize its military.

29.   Gacis said the Philippines had long hoped to modernize its military, one of the weakest in the region.

30.   After years of discussion, the Philippines is finally getting down to the arduous task of modernizing its military forces.