61.   China may test a new missile that could carry a nuclear weapon as early as this year, it added.

62.   Concerns about such sales deepened recently when Iran successfully tested a new missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead as far as Israel.

63.   Days before the Sputnik launch, Ostashev was urgently called back to Moscow to work on new missile guidance systems.

64.   Despite severe economic problems, Russia is still strong enough to develop a new nuclear missile if necessary, Defense Minister Igor Sergeyev said in an interview published Tuesday.

65.   Dryukov denied Azerbaijani claims that the new missiles would be turned over to Armenia, insisting they would be under the control of the Russian military.

66.   Federal officials broke ground Saturday on six underground missile interceptor silos as part of the new national missile defense system.

67.   Foreign ministers from Asia, North America and Europe agreed Monday on the need to stop North Korea from conducting a new missile test, an official said.

68.   He said the main reason for building a new missile defense was worry over a possible attack from a hostile nation such as North Korea or Iraq.

69.   He said the new missile was in the stage of engine design and testing.

70.   In Britain, the Guardian newspaper said France was really trying to complete the development of two new missile warheads during the test series.