21.   The Defense Ministry said the missiles could have carried specialized monitoring instruments to track their course.

22.   The launch of an Ariane missile carrying a U.S. satellite was delayed Friday due to technical problems, Arianespace said.

23.   The missiles can carry both conventional and nuclear warheads, but Bulgaria has consistently denied having nuclear weapons.

24.   The missiles carried conventional, not chemical or biological warheads.

25.   The missiles did not carry chemicals, as feared, but the explosive warheads killed two people and caused extensive damage.

26.   The new missile carries a single nuclear warhead and can be deployed in silos or on mobile launchers.

27.   The medium-range surface-to-surface missiles can carry both conventional and nuclear warheads, but Bulgaria has consistently denied having nuclear weapons.

28.   The missile carries a conventional warhead, but the former Soviet Union once loaded it with a one-megaton nuclear warhead.

29.   The missiles can carry both conventional and nuclear war heads, but Bulgaria has consistently denied having nuclear weapons.

30.   The surface-to-surface missiles did not carry explosives, the United Daily News said.