And he takes pleasure in how outdated his equipment is.

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The offer "was intended to create the impression that the quality of North Korea's military equipment is low and its control system outdated, " said Pyongyang.

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China's military today is so outdated that much of its equipment might well have seen action in the Korean War, and many of its troops are semiliterate.

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The Transportation Department's inspector general said in a report that the consolidation effort is part of the FAA's program to replace deteriorating and outdated equipment.

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Mr Milburn - whose conference address will be his first high-profile speech to the members of the medical profession since the Budget - is also said to favour the money being spent on training new staff, replacing outdated equipment and replacing old technology.

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