1.   Habibie, a civilian, rankled top brass during his term as vice president by insisting on a larger say in arms acquisitions.

2.   Iran says its arms acquisitions are defensive and denies it has any aggressive intentions.

3.   Under the Oslo agreement, arms acquisitions by the Authority must be approved by Israel.

4.   Experts also said New Delhi should also look towards arms acquisitions by Pakistan and China.

5.   Quito was hoping Lima would agree to a joint inventory of weapons arsenals and to inform each other of new arms acquisitions, said Fernandez Monday.