31.   But senior U.S. arms control experts consider so-called theater missile defenses inadequate against potential long-range missiles from North Korea and Iran.

32.   China has expressed vehement opposition to providing technology for a theater missile defense to Taiwan.

33.   China also fears a more limited theater missile defense for U.S. allies in East Asia could frustrate its attempts to bring Taiwan under its control.

34.   Ivanov proposed during a three-day visit here the two sides cooperate on theater missile defenses allowed under the accord.

35.   Taiwan might be able to buy the system, also known as theater missile defense, or TMD, within three years, Tang was quoted saying.

36.   That is part of a broader U.S. anti-missile effort, called theater missile defense.

37.   The aim is to test theater missile defenses that protect forces in the field against short- and medium-range threats.

38.   The two will also resume a training program to protect jointly deployed troops against nuclear missile attacks, known as theater missile defense.

39.   The U.S. army calls the program theater missile defense.

40.   He said the theater missile defense systems were on a fast track to reach a deployment system as soon as practical.