Article: Purchase of Russian weapons not for arms race: Venezuela

Article: Peru defense minister backtracks on arms ...
AP Worldstream;  February 20, 2004 ;     378 words ... ... 2004 Dateline: LIMA, Peru There is no arms race between Peru and Chile, Peru's defense minister said Friday, backtracking from a warning ... was simply upgrading old equipment. "An arms race does not exist in Peru or in any other nation ...

Article: U.S. defense minister warns of arms ...
YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea;  May 31, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... missile testing may spark an arms race in Asia, calling the ... potential for some kind of an arms race here in this region ... talks with South Korean Defense Minister Lee Sang-hee and Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada later ...

Article: Peru defense minister warns of arms ...
AP Worldstream;  February 20, 2004 ;     385 words ... ... Dateline: LIMA, Peru Peru's defense minister has warned that neighboring ... updated their technology," Defense Minister Roberto Chiabra told Canal N ... Chile was mounting a regional arms race, despite comments by Peru ...

Article: Defense leaders: U.S. lifting of weapons ban has not fueled ...
AP Online;  December 3, 1998 ;     511 words ... ... was not going to cause an arms race,'' Argentine Defense Minister Jorge Dominguez told reporters ... would spur a South American arms race, raising tensions in a region ... officials said. Chile's defense minister, Jose Florencio Guzman ...

Article: INDIA RAISES ARMS RACE FEARS WITH MISSILE TEST
Post-Tribune (IN);  April 12, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... Sunday, defying U.S. appeals for restraint in weapons testing and raising fears of a new arms race with neighboring Pakistan. India's Defense Minister George Fernandes said the successful 11-minute test flight of the Agni II missile marked ...

Article: India tests new missile, raising fears of arms race
The Topeka Capital-Journal;  April 12, 1999 ;     521 words ... ... Sunday, defying U.S. appeals for restraint in weapons testing and raising fears of a new arms race with neighboring Pakistan. India's Defense Minister George Fernandes said the successful 11- minute test flight of the Agni II missile marked ...

Article: India Tests Nuclear Missile Despite Pleas; U.S. Fears New ...
The Washington Post;  April 12, 1999 ;     672 words ... ... defying U.S. appeals for restraint in testing weapons, and raising fears of a new arms race with neighboring Pakistan. India's Defense Minister George Fernandes said the 11-minute test flight of the Agni II missile marked a "great ...