ARAB MILITARIES UPGRADE TANK FLEET

TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Arab militaries are investing heavily to upgrade theirmain battle tank fleet. A report in the monthly strategic magazine Nativ asserted that Araballies of the United States and Russia have been acquiring new tanks andmodernizing older models. The report by the Ariel Center for Policy Researchsaid Arab militaries have rejected assessments in the West of the demise ofthe tank in modern warfare.