Sec. 232. THEATER MISSILE DEFENSE UPPER TIER ACQUISITION STRATEGY

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## SEC. 232 THEATER MISSILE DEFENSE UPPER TIER ACQUISITION STRATEGY ###

(a)Revised Upper Tier Strategy The Secretary of Defense shall establish an acquisition strategy for the two upper tier missile defense systems that— ####

(1)retains funding for both of the upper tier systems in separate, independently managed program elements throughout the future-years defense program; ####

(2)bases funding decisions and program schedules for each upper tier system on the performance of each system independent of the performance of the other system; and ####

(3)provides for accelerating the deployment of both of the upper tier systems to the maximum extent practicable. ###

(b)Upper Tier Systems Defined For purposes of this section, the upper tier missile defense systems are the following: ####

(1)The Navy Theater Wide system. ####

(2)The Theater High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system.