Sec. 1271. Report on cooperation between the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report assessing the military cooperation between the People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation. The report required under subsection
(a)shall include— a description of the nature of the relationship between the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China; a review of the military cooperation between Russia and China that occurred over the last year, including military drills, exercises, technical cooperation, weapons sales, and military-to-military dialogues; a list of any planned exercises between the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China; a review of any cooperation between the two countries on nuclear weapons that occurred over the last year; a description of technology sharing between the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China, including— a description of the missile technology shared between Chinese companies and Russian companies, to include any sale, exploitation, co-development, proliferation, future missile development, or joint employment of any type of missile, including air-to-air, surface-to-air, air-to-surface, surface-to-surface, cruise, ballistic, and hypersonic missiles; a description of stealth or counter-stealth technology development between the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China, including any information sharing of United States or foreign programs; and a description of drone technology sharing, including drone manufacture, sale, and distribution, the sale of subcomponents, training on drone technology, network data sharing, and battlefield feedback; and an assessment of the implications of such Russian-Chinese military cooperation for Untied States national security, including— an assessment of the risk of opportunistic aggression should the United States enter into a conflict with either Russia or China; an assessment of actions the Government of the Russian Federation may take in the event of a conflict or crisis between the United States and the People’s Republic of China in the Indo-Pacific theater and an assessment of actions the Government of the People’s Republic of China may take in the event of a conflict or crisis between the United States and the Russian Federation in the European theater; an evaluation of how the growing military relationship between the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China impacts United States military operations both in peacetime and in wartime; an evaluation of how combined drills and exercises between Russia and China may benefit each country; a description of how Russia and China would continue to train together in the event of conflict with the United States; an assessment of the implications of Russian-Chinese nuclear weapons cooperation on United States nuclear deterrence and strategic stability; an evaluation of the impacts on United States national security of missile, stealth, and drone technology sharing between the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China; identification of future pathways for advanced military cooperation between Russia and China; and any other considerations or implications the Secretary determines necessary to include. The report required under subsection
(a)shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.