31.   The defense program is intended to develop the capability of intercepting and destroying incoming missiles while they are in space.

32.   The jets destroyed the missiles.

33.   The missile was intentionally destroyed after the test to demonstrate its safety destruct system, the statement said.

34.   The official also told The Associated Press that a team of U.N. arms experts was en route to Baghdad to help destroy long-range missiles.

35.   The missiles were used to destroy Scud missiles threatening U.S. bases and Israeli cities.

36.   The missiles were destroyed as a part of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty with the United States, Romanov said.

37.   The missiles were destroyed under the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty with the United States.

38.   The Navy Area Missile Defense Program was trying to develop a ship-based system to destroy missiles as they approached a target.

39.   The Sri Lankan pilots flying Israeli-made Kafir aircraft destroyed the missiles with anti-missile systems and then landed safely.

40.   The study also found no evidence that air strikes destroyed Scud missiles on the ground.