The auto-turrets are finally completely integrated with the new command and control system, so we should be able to handle our own antimissile defense.

However, given today's technology and lower threat levels, an antimissile defense is both affordable and feasible.

Why don't these countries build their own antimissile defense?

That led Congress to step up its push for deployment of antimissile defenses.

The attitude in Russia is against building of antimissile defenses.

It is planning a major upgrade of its antimissile defense, also in cooperation with the United States.

If it is eventually deployed, the system would apparently be the first antimissile defense of any kind based on lasers.

For the moment, the politics of an election year have removed Iraq, and indeed most arms control issues besides antimissile defense, from public debate.

The administration has cited the missile threat from "rogue states" in trying to build international support for an antimissile defense.

"Inevitably, the Japanese Government will see that it needs to be concerned with antimissile defense."