Sec. 1656. Analysis of alternatives for homeland missile defense missions
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Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, in coordination with the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Army, and the Director of the Missile Defense Agency, shall conduct an analysis of alternatives with respect to a complete architecture for using the regional terminal high altitude area defense system and the Aegis ballistic missile defense system to conduct homeland defense missions. The analysis of alternatives under paragraph
(1)shall include the following: The sensors needed for the architecture described in such paragraph. An assessment of the locations of each system included in the analysis to provide similar coverage as the ground-based midcourse defense system, including, with respect to such systems that are land-based, by giving preference to locations with completed environmental impact analyses conducted pursuant to section 227 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 ( Public Law 112–239 ; 126 Stat. 1678), to the extent practicable. The acquisition objectives for interceptors of the terminal high altitude area defense system and standard missile–3 interceptors for homeland defense purposes. Any improvements needed to the missile defense system command and control, battle management, and communications system. The manning, training, and sustainment needed to support such architecture. A detailed schedule for the development, testing, production, and deployment of such systems. A lifecycle cost estimate of such architecture. A comparison of the capabilities, costs, schedules, and policies with respect to— deploying regional systems described in subsection
(a)to conduct homeland defense missions; and deploying future ground-based midcourse defense systems for such missions. Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing— the analysis of alternatives under paragraph (1); and a certification by the Secretary that such analysis is sufficient. Not later than February 28, 2021, the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the head of any other element of the intelligence community that the Secretary of Defense determines appropriate, shall submit to the congressional defense committees an assessment of the following: How the development and deployment of regional terminal high altitude area defense systems and Aegis ballistic missile defense systems to conduct longer-range missile defense missions would be perceived by near-peer foreign countries and rogue nations. How such near-peer foreign countries and rogue nations would likely respond to such deployments.
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Sec. 1656
Analysis of alternatives for homeland missile defense missions
Pub. L.Pub. L. 112-239
Stat.126 Stat. 1678
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