Sec. 1331. REPORT ON THE UNITED STATES STRATEGIC POSTURE IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND PERSIAN GULF REGION
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## SEC. 1331 REPORT ON THE UNITED STATES STRATEGIC POSTURE IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND PERSIAN GULF REGION ###
(a)Requirement for Report Not later than February 1, 1993, the Secretary of Defense, together with the Secretary of State and the Director for Central Intelligence, shall submit to Congress a report on the United States strategic posture in the Middle East and Persian Gulf region. ###
(b)Content of Report The report shall include an assessment of the following matters: ####
(1)The adequacy of United States power projection forces, strategic lift, forward deployed forces, prepositioned materiel, and force sustainability capabilities for protecting United States strategic interests in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf region in order to ensure the security needs of Israel, Egypt, and Persian Gulf states friendly to the United States. ####
(2)United States policy, plans, and programs for ensuring Israel's military and technological superiority over potential threats. ####
(3)United States capabilities for assisting Israel in a military emergency and the adequacy of United States military assistance and technology transfer for ensuring that Israel has the capability to deter war and to defend its territory with minimal risk and loss of life. ####
(4)The state of strategic cooperation between the United States and Israel, including— #####
(A)a thorough assessment of options for prepositioning in Israel appropriate defense articles for use by the United States in the region; and #####
(B)an assessment of United States policies, plans, and programs for ensuring that maximum advantage is taken of Israel's strategic location and Israel's ability to provide unique options regarding military technologies and production. ####
(5)The adequacy of United States power projection forces, military assistance, arms transfers, and cooperation arrangements for addressing Egypt's security arrangements to deter outside threats and to participate in regional security efforts with the United States and other nations. ####
(6)The adequacy of United States power projection forces, military assistance, and arms transfers for addressing the security requirements of the Gulf Cooperation Council States. ####
(7)The adequacy of the capabilities of the United States and countries friendly to the United States for deterring and defending against long-range missile threats and the use of weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf region. ###
(c)Intelligence Assessment As part of the report submitted pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall provide a military threat assessment for the Middle East and Persian Gulf region. The intelligence assessment shall include a description of— ####
(1)the overall military threat to United States strategic interests in the Persian Gulf region; ####
(2)the overall military threat to Israel and the military threats to Israel from individual countries, including an assessment of the Arab-Israeli military balance and a discussion of the changes taking place in that balance; ####
(3)the military threats to Egypt; ####
(4)the military threats to the Gulf Cooperation Council States; and ####
(5)the threats to United States interests and to regional States friendly to the United States that result from the proliferation of long-range missiles and weapons of mass destruction. ###
(d)Form of Report The report may be submitted in classified and unclassified forms. * * * * * * * ## Subtitle G Other Matters * * * * * * *