An Israeli missile expert quoted by Reuters expressed skepticism, however, saying Iran "could be bluffing."

Fifty of these are Germans," continued M. "More or less all the guided missile experts the Russians didn't get.

South Korean missile experts examined components of the missile from the two stages of the rocket that fell back to Earth.

A 35-member team of United Nations ballistic missile experts is in Baghdad waiting to receive the Iraqi plan next week.

At this stage of production, the fuel is fully solidified, with the consistency of a pencil eraser, and spontaneous combustion is not likely, according to missile experts.

As a missile expert, he had a rich contribution in the field of rocket science.

The institute is now led by ballistic missile expert, Brian T. Kennedy, along with chairman of the board, Bruce Sanborn.

"I was a little bit surprised," said Patrice Palanque, a Frenchman who heads the 13-member team of ballistic missile experts.

The 30-member team that has been barred from conducting inspections is led by a Russian ballistic missile expert, Nikita Smidovich.

One American missile expert seriously mentioned one day that all the preparations for nuclear war had ignored one crucial possibility.