11.   However, a senior Japanese official said his government was specifically warned by the United States that a second missile launch was likely in the next few days.

12.   In the case of an accidental missile launch, Russian programs are set to automatically re-aim the missile at its last target setting.

13.   It plans to employ them to alert the Russians about missile launches around the world.

14.   It provided no additional information, but it was unusual for China to report a missile launch at all.

15.   Reports of the U.S. missile launch against Iraq sparked sales of Japanese bonds before the close.

16.   That deals calls on both sides to share data on the missile launches and payloads.

17.   The danger of an accidental or unauthorized missile launch could be reduced considerably if the United States and Russia took nuclear warheads off their missiles and stored them separately.

18.   The first warning of attack would come from a satellite whose infrared detector picks up the bright plume of a missile launch.

19.   The order to fire interceptors would have to be issued almost immediately by field commanders after an enemy missile launch, leaving little time for consultation with Washington.

20.   The two also agreed on an early warning system that would require each side to notify the other any time it detects a missile launch.