Sec. 1645. Middle East integrated air and missile defense
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The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Director of National Intelligence, shall seek to cooperate with allies and partners of the United States in the area of responsibility of the United States Central Command to improve integrated air and missile defense capability to protect the people, infrastructure, and territory of such allies and partners from cruise and ballistic missiles, manned and unmanned aerial systems, and rocket attacks from Iran.
The Secretary shall seek to cooperate with countries that have the ability to contribute to, adopt, and maintain an integrated air and missile defense capability, and a commitment to countering air and missile threats to bring security to the region. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, consistent with the protection of intelligence sources and methods, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a strategy on increasing cooperation with allies and partners in the area of responsibility of the United States Central Command to implement an integrated air and missile defense architecture to protect the people, infrastructure, and territory of such allies and partners from cruise and ballistic missiles, manned and unmanned aerial systems, and rocket attacks from Iran.
The strategy submitted under paragraph
(1)shall include the following for countries the Secretary determines meets the characteristics of subsection (a): An assessment of the threat of ballistic and cruise missiles, manned and unnamed aerial systems, and rocket attacks from Iran. A description of current efforts to coordinate indicators and warnings from such attacks with allies and partners in the region. An analysis of United States allied and partner systems currently in the region to defend against air and missile attacks. An explanation of how an integrated regional air and missile defense architecture would improve collective security in the Central Command area of responsibility, similar to that of the European Command. A description of efforts to engage specified foreign partners in establishing such an architecture. An identification of any challenges in establishing an integrated air and missile defense architecture with specified foreign partners, including assessments of the capacity of specified foreign partners to— rapidly share and respond to intelligence on ballistic and cruise missiles, manned and unmanned aerial systems, and rocket attacks from Iran, and their ability to develop such capacity independent of direct United States support and oversight; independently operate key technical components of such an architecture, including satellite sensors, ground- or sea-based radars, and interceptors; and operate command and control centers directing the operation of such an architecture. An assessment of the overall cost to the United States for providing support for the establishment and sustainment of such an architecture over 5 and 10-year periods. A description of relevant coordination with the Secretary of State and the ways in which such an architecture advances United States regional diplomatic goals and objectives. Such other matters as the Secretary considers relevant. Any activity carried out under paragraph
(1)shall be conducted in a manner that appropriately protects sensitive information and the national security interests of the United States. The strategy submitted under paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means the following: The congressional defense committees. The Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. The Committee on Foreign Relations and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.