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• Opponents worry that an ambitious missile defense would spark an arms race to overcome it.
• _The Nepalese foreign ministry said it hoped that the tests did not spark an arms race in the region.
• Moscow has repeatedly said that NATO expansion to the border with Russia could spark an arms race in Europe.
• Many European allies and Russia oppose Bush's plan for a national missile defense system, saying it could spark an arms race.
• Peruvian officials said the sale of the four Kfir fighter bombers could spark an arms race and lead to new fighting over the still-unresolved border.
• Japan's first spy satellites were blasted into orbit Friday, causing an angry North Korea to warn the move could spark an arms race in the region.
• A Foreign Ministry spokesman said the system would endanger the global strategic balance, spark an arms race and obstruct efforts to control the spread of weapons.
• Tokyo has taken a neutral stance, but other U . S . allies _ notably in Europe _ have expressed fears it could spark an arms race.
• Michigan Sen . Carl Levin, the ranking Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, countered that deploying missile defense could spark an arms race with Russia and China.
• Spain on Friday confirmed that a deal to sell battle tanks to Colombia has been canceled amid concern that it could spark an arms race with neighboring Venezuela.
• In July, Spain's Socialist government said a deal to sell battle tanks to Colombia had been canceled amid concern it could spark an arms race with neighboring Venezuela.
• Ministry spokesman Sun Yuxi urged Washington to abandon its plan, saying the system would endanger the global strategic balance, spark an arms race and frustrate arms control efforts.
• But in recent years, the United States has declined or deferred the island's requests for submarines and destroyers, fearing the sales would provoke China and spark an arms race.
• But all the militaries there have to continue to modernize their forces and you want to help the modernization process in a way that will not spark an arms race.
• A Foreign Ministry spokesman said a U . S . missile defense would endanger the global strategic balance, spark an arms race and obstruct efforts to control the spread of weapons.
• By even discussing the matter, Chretien's government signaled a change in its previous skepticism about the so-called Star Wars issue due to concerns that ballistic missile defenses might spark an arms race.