Sec. 236. Plan to improve organic kill assessment capability of the ground-based midcourse defense system
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The Director of the Missile Defense Agency and the Commander of the United States Northern Command, in consultation with the Commander of the United States Strategic Command, shall jointly develop— options to achieve an organic kill assessment capability for the ground-based midcourse defense system that can be developed by not later than December 31, 2019, including by improving the command, control, battle management, and communications program and the sensor and communications architecture of the Agency; and a plan to carry out such options that gives priority to including such capabilities in at least some of the 14 ground-based interceptors that will be procured by the Director, as announced by the Secretary of Defense on March 15, 2013.
The Director and the Commander of the United States Northern Command, in consultation with the Commander of the United States Strategic Command, shall jointly develop an interim capability for improved hit assessment for the ground-based midcourse defense system that can be integrated into near-term enhanced kill vehicle upgrades and refurbishment. Not later than March 15, 2014, the Director and the Commander of the United States Northern Command shall jointly submit to the congressional defense committees a report on— the development of an organic kill assessment capability under subsection (a), including the plan developed under paragraph
(2)of such subsection; and the development of an interim capability for improved hit assessment under subsection (b).