1.   He said that Bush knows that current technology cannot produce an impermeable nuclear shield any time soon.

2.   The case for placing an American nuclear shield over Romania or Slovenia may be even harder to make.

3.   With the Senate almost certain to reject the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, the need for a nuclear shield is intensified.

4.   As the Cold War ended, the superpower that once led by sheltering friends behind a nuclear shield now led by protecting their oil supplies.

5.   Germany is currently under the U.S. nuclear shield through NATO.

6.   Hard-line deputies argue the country needs a stiff nuclear shield to compensate for shabby conventional forces.

7.   Many Russian lawmakers fear it would leave Russia without a strong nuclear shield at a time when NATO is expanding to the east.

8.   The America that once led by sheltering Cold War allies behind a nuclear shield now seeks to lead by insuring their economies against oil shocks.