1.   American officials have also proposed joint computer simulations of antimissile systems and possible collaboration in deploying satellite systems.

2.   And while the Americans have insisted that an antimissile system is needed, the Russians have urged diplomacy.

3.   A reliable antimissile system could protect the country against the future threat of nuclear missile attack from unpredictable nations like North Korea, Iraq and Iran.

4.   But developing and testing limited antimissile systems is an American goal.

5.   But Republicans rejected any explicit language that would have tied deployment of an antimissile system to adherence to the treaty.

6.   But the talks have been complicated by disputes over the testing of antimissile systems and NATO expansion.

7.   Critics of antimissile systems say these mistakes show that any such system could easily be fooled.

8.   During that period, he is believed to have stolen blueprints of the Patriot antimissile system and radar technology.

9.   For another, an abrupt shift to defensive strategies would invite Moscow to increase its nuclear arsenal to insure it could overwhelm even a limited a American antimissile system.

10.   History will not judge the president kindly if he ignores such a warning and plunges ahead with an unworkable antimissile system for political reasons.