1.   During Soviet times, the military sector had first claim on resources here and defense plants churned out thousands of tanks, artillery pieces and air defense missiles.

2.   He pays his bills by designing specifications for defense missiles for Hughes Missile Systems.

3.   Serb soldiers are also equipped with hundreds of shoulder-launched air defense missiles.

4.   The Yugoslav army has sophisticated air defense missiles and radar that it acquired from the Soviet Union.

5.   A Russian air defense missile exploded at a military base near Moscow on Friday, spilling burning fuel but hurting no one, a defense ministry spokesman said.

6.   A new short-range air defense missile, the Pantsyr, is also set to become operational this year, it said.

7.   After a dispute with Turkey over anti-aircraft missiles, Cyprus is considering purchasing another type of Russian air defense missile as replacements, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.

8.   Beijing has also been buying Russian air defense missiles, submarines and destroyers.

9.   Council members are also concerned about the scheduled delivery later this summer of Russian air defense missiles.

10.   Cypriot President Glafcos Clerides earlier this year canceled the deployment of the long-range air defense missiles on Cyprus after a dispute with Turkey.