31.   None of these factors loom as large, however, as the penalties that North Korea would be likely to suffer by testing its new missile.

32.   Recent days have brought word that Russian enterprises are helping Iran, India and the Greek Cypriot government develop or buy new missiles.

33.   Russia has ballistic missile submarines, and China is developing a new sub-launched nuclear missile.

34.   Russia has long insisted that the West does not need new missile defenses.

35.   Taiwan already has Patriot missiles, and the price tag for undertaking the new missile defense research is high.

36.   Taiwan stocks fell for a second day after Beijing announced plans for new missile tests near the island starting Friday.

37.   The attack, first reported by CBS Wednesday, appears not to have been by a new missile in the Iraqi arsenal.

38.   The new Minuteman missiles, smaller and solid fueled, were theoretically less susceptible to attack because they could be protected in underground silos and fired instantly.

39.   The mutual threats increased as Syria held military exercises in Lebanon and then tested a new missile capable of reaching any point in Israel from Syrian territory.

40.   The plan will also call for developing new missile defense test sites in Alaska.