1.   Congress is on record as endorsing a defensive shield against limited missile attack, even though one has not been shown to be technically feasible.

2.   Gore left some uncertainty as to whether a Gore administration would start building a defensive shield.

3.   However, while seeking to raise its defensive shields, the military is also preparing to go on the offensive in any future wars.

4.   Less widely understood, Sha said, is that an advanced missile defense in Asia would also serve as a forward line for the continental defensive shield.

5.   On the campaign trail, he promised to build a national defensive shield against missiles.

6.   The administration is drafting incentives that might include buying Russian surface-to-air missiles for a future defensive shield.

7.   The United States and Russia are even further apart on a controversial U.S. proposal to set up a defensive shield against incoming missiles.

8.   The toxins from their bodies in many cases appear to be defensive shields against zooplankton and other aquatic grazers, making the killers unappetizing.

9.   According to the report, the U.S. offer envisages that the Russian missiles could be integrated into a shared defensive shield over Russia and Europe.

10.   Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov is trying to lure President George W. Bush away from his commitment to continue the development of a defensive anti-missile shield.