Apr 19, 2004

TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Turkey's M-60 main battle tank upgrade project was heldup by nearly a year because of a feud between two key Israeli contractors.

Jan 23, 2004

TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel's defense exports have dropped sharply over thelast year.

Jan 07, 2004

CAIRO [MENL] -- Egypt plans to launch its first reconnaissance satelliteover the next year.

Mar 24, 2003

TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel's military has assessed that the regime ofPresident Saddam Hussein remains in control of large parts of the westernportion of the country.