Sec. 1239. Report on Japanese counterstrike capabilities
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report outlining Department of Defense efforts to support Japan in the fielding of an operational counterstrike capability. The report required by subsection
(a)shall include, at a minimum, the following: A description of the activities and objectives of the United States-Japan Roles, Missions, and Capabilities Working Group with respect to the fielding of an operational counterstrike capability by Japan. A description of the operations, activities, and investments the Department is undertaking in collaboration with the Government of Japan, including— a description of progress made by the United States and Japan in developing and deploying counterstrike capabilities, including in and across the First Island Chain; a description of the counterstrike capabilities of Japan and a characterization of the potential for enhancement of such capabilities; and a description of the impediments to fielding a strengthened alliance strike posture, including— domestic legal constraints; regulatory restrictions, including technology and foreign disclosure constraints; industrial base-driven capacity limitations; and political impediments; an articulation of the planning assumptions underpinning the assigned and anticipated roles, missions, and capabilities of the respective counterstrike capabilities of the United States and Japan; a description of the manner in which the United States and Japan will coordinate and deconflict counterstrike operations; and an assessment of potential alliance posture changes that would support an enhanced alliance counterstrike capability, including in the First Island Chain. A description of the command and control mechanisms and information-sharing requirements needed to enable coordination and deconfliction of allied counterstrike operations, including— the adoption of enhanced security protocols to ensure secure networks; the technical means needed to facilitate integrated planning for counterstrike operations; and the sharing of targeting information. An identification of challenges to the implementation of the operations, activities, and investments described in paragraph (2), and any recommended legislative changes, resourcing requirements, bilateral agreements, or other measures that would facilitate the implementation of such operations, activities, and investments. The report required by subsection
(a)shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.