51.   Baghdad says the missiles have been destroyed.

52.   Ekeus noted that Iraq claimed to have destroyed missiles unilaterally, but that his inspectors had not been able to verify all the numbers.

53.   The Security Council has maintained that the embargo will be completely lifted once a UN commision can certify that Iraq has destroyed its missiles, biological and chemical weapons.

54.   The system would use pilotless drones capable of spotting rocket launches towards Israel and destroying the missiles with air-to-air weapons, the radio said, citing unnamed military sources.

55.   The two missiles were destroyed while in flight within the White Sands Missile Range as planned, Pentagon officials reported.

56.   The two countries recently carried out a successful test in New Mexico of a laser beam capable of destroying short-range missiles.

57.   Theater missile defense aims to destroy incoming missiles over a limited area, such as a battle field or a missile silo site.

58.   UN inspectors said last year they were confident that every Scud missile had been destroyed, along with all biological arms facilities in Iraq.

59.   Saddam said that Iraq had destroyed several missiles in flight.

60.   Saddam Hussein said that Iraq had destroyed several missiles in flight.