11.  Require rapid deployment of an antimissile defense, ban service by U.S. troops under U.N. Command and require higher defense spending.

12.  Russia and other countries have warned that such a decision could undermine a treaty limiting antimissile defenses that has served as a pillar of arms control.

13.  The committee also dropped the Contract item that would have the Defense Department deploy an antimissile defense system for the United States as soon as possible.

14.  The fact that Iran and North Korea are developing longer-range missiles, at a faster pace, than anyone expected has boosted the case for antimissile defenses.

15.  The former guitarist will be advising members of Congress on communication systems and strategy while work is done to create an antimissile defense system for the United States.

16.  The increasingly heated dispute over antimissile defenses comes as the structure of arms control appears to be under siege.

17.  The United States would like to amend the accord in order to permit the deployment of a limited antimissile defense against hostile Third World powers, like North Korea.

18.  There are some good arguments for developing antimissile defenses, free from existing treaty constraints, and some bad ones.

19.  These plans, says the Pentagon, include the development of a wide range of antimissile defenses based on land, sea, air and perhaps space.

20.  They also solved a long-running dispute over the treaty governing antimissile defenses and vowed to work toward winning Russia membership in important international financial organizations.