Sec. 1516. Preparations for possible deployment of additional intercontinental ballistic missiles
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Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force, in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and the Commander of United States Strategic Command, shall develop a plan for deploying up to 450 Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missiles during the planned life of the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile weapon system. In developing the plan required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall direct the Program Executive Officer for Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles to prepare an alternative acquisition strategy for the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile weapon system that accommodates the deployment of up to 450 Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missiles, which shall include— a plan to procure booster sets that will accommodate the continuous deployment of 450 Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missiles during the planned life of the system and satisfy anticipated testing requirements; a plan develop and to procure reentry vehicles necessary to support the planned life of the weapon system and satisfy anticipated testing requirements; a plan develop and to procure countermeasures to support the deployment of 450 Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missiles during the planned life of the system and satisfy anticipated testing requirements; a plan to procure ground support and maintenance equipment to support the deployment of 450 Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missiles during the planned life of the system; and recommendations for adjustments to the baseline acquisition strategy as the Program Executive Officer determines necessary to achieve the plan required by subsection (a).
Not later than 30 days after the development of the plan required by subsection (a), the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing a summary of the plan and initial acquisition cost estimates and timelines for executing the plan. In this section, the term congressional defense committees means— the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.