1.   The closest to a battlefield communications system that the militia had, the report noted drily, was the banging of metal cans to warn of approaching forces.

2.   Among the weaponry under consideration are four destroyers equipped with a sophisticated Aegis battlefield management system.

3.   Another would be in battlefield management systems.

4.   He said they can be used either to blind enemy forces or to disable battlefield surveillance systems such as thermal sights.

5.   NATO arms procurement directors recommended Tuesday that the alliance acquire an airborne battlefield surveillance system to boost its peacekeeping operations, officials said.

6.   The newspaper said the Pentagon was recommending the sale, which would be the first export of its high-technology Aegis battlefield management radar system.