Sec. 1255. Missile defense cooperation in Northeast Asia
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It is the sense of Congress that increased cooperation on missile defense among the United States, Japan, and the Republic of Korea would enhance the security of allies of the United States in Northeast Asia, increase the defense of forward-based forces of the United States, and enhance the protection of the United States with regard to threats from the Korean Peninsula. The Secretary of Defense shall conduct an assessment to identify opportunities for increasing missile defense cooperation among the United States, Japan, and the Republic of Korea, and to evaluate options for enhanced short-range missile, rocket, and artillery defense capabilities to address threats from the Korean Peninsula.
The assessment under subsection
(b)shall include the following: Candidate areas for increasing missile defense cooperation, including greater information sharing, systems integration, and joint operations. Potential challenges and limitations to enabling such cooperation and options for mitigating such challenges and limitations. An assessment of the utility of short-range missile defense and counter-rocket, artillery, and mortar system capabilities on the Korean Peninsula, including with respect to— meeting the military needs for defense of the Korean Peninsula; cost, schedule, and availability; technology maturity and risk; and consideration of alternatives. Such other matters as the Secretary of Defense determines to be appropriate. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on the assessment under subsection (b).