1.   But a classified Pentagon study concluded the review had helped Chinese missile capabilities and harmed American security, administration officials said.

2.   He also said that China would probably increase its intercontinental missile capability regardless of whether the United States proceeds on missile defense.

3.   He is suspected of surreptitiously passing along technological information that has helped China advance its missile capabilities, although he has not been arrested nor charged with a crime.

4.   Israeli officials have been concerned for months about the development of a Palestinian missile capability and warned that missile attacks would prompt an unprecedented Israeli response.

5.   Republican leaders say the export may have jeopardized U.S. security by helping China develop its missile capabilities.

6.   At present, only the United States has long-range missile capability in the region, although China is developing land-based missiles, Mack added.

7.   Bush plans to erect a shield against attack by smaller states with fledgling missile capabilities and by terrorist groups.

8.   CIA Director George Tenet told lawmakers in January he was revising an earlier estimate that Iran would gain medium-range missile capability within a decade.

9.   Fleischer said the system is intended to protect the United States and its allies from hostile nations with missile capabilities such as Iran, Iraq and Libya.

10.   He also said Russia itself may benefit from having a missile defense capability.