41.   They also question US assertions that Iran is seeking to acquire a nuclear defense capability.

42.   We need to modernize and upgrade our air defense capabilities.

43.   Kuwait is also negotiating arms purchases from the United States to improve its air defense capability, the information minister and former Kuwaiti ambassador to Washington said.

44.   The agency also should develop and test technologies to provide early missile defense capabilities if necessary, or improve existing capabilities, it said.

45.   The furore caused the Presidential Office here to appeal for calm, saying people should have confidence in the government and the defense capability of the country.