1.   Luckily, my shield was heavily built.

2.   And to protect our country from terrorist nations, we will build a shield against missile attack.

3.   Chinese officials have said they might have to accelerate their own nuclear program if the Americans build an anti-missile shield.

4.   If America can build an effective shield against rogue states, it will do so.

5.   Until a workable missile interceptor technology is developed, no effective missile shield can be built.

6.   Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, pressed in Parliament on Wednesday to elaborate on his position, stopped short of saying that such a shield should be built.

7.   China, meanwhile, vehemently opposed to U.S. proposals to build anti-missile shields to protect the U.S. mainland and American forces and allies in East Asia.

8.   Germany and France led the opposition, raising doubts about whether a missile shield could be built and expressing fears that a successful deployment would trigger an arms race.