Sec. 1686. GROUND-BASED INTERCEPTOR CAPABILITY, CAPACITY, AND RELIABILITY
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## SEC. 1686 GROUND-BASED INTERCEPTOR CAPABILITY, CAPACITY, AND RELIABILITY **[**[10 U.S.C. 2431 note](/us/usc/t10/s2431)**]** ###
(a)Increase in Capacity and Continued Advancement The Secretary of Defense may— ####
(1)subject to the amounts authorized to be appropriated for national missile defense, increase the number of the ground-based interceptors of the United States by up to 28, if consistent with the direction or recommendations of the Ballistic Missile Defense Review that commenced in 2017; ####
(2)develop a plan to further increase such number to the currently available missile field capacity of 104 and to plan for any future capacity at any site that may be identified by such Ballistic Missile Defense Review; and ####
(3)continue to rapidly advance missile defense technologies to improve the capability and reliability of the ground-based midcourse defense element of the ballistic missile defense system. ###
(b)Deployment Not later than December 31, 2021, the Secretary of Defense may— ####
(1)execute any requisite construction to ensure that Missile Field 1 or Missile Field 2 at Fort Greely, Alaska, or alternative missile fields at Fort Greely which may be identified pursuant to subsection (a), are capable of supporting and sustaining additional ground-based interceptors; and ####
(2)deploy up to 20 additional ground-based interceptors to a missile field at Fort Greely as soon as technically feasible. ###
(c)Report ####
(1)In general If consistent with the direction or recommendations of the Ballistic Missile Defense Review that commenced in 2017, the Director of the Missile Defense Agency shall submit to the congressional defense committees, not later than 90 days after the date on which the Ballistic Missile Defense Review is published, a report on options to increase the capability, capacity, and reliability of the ground-based midcourse defense element of the ballistic missile defense system and the infrastructure requirements for increasing the number of ground-based interceptors in currently feasible locations across the United States. ####
(2)Contents The report under paragraph
(1)shall include the following: #####
(A)An identification of potential sites in the United States, whether existing or new on the East Coast or in the Midwest, for the deployment of 104 ground-based interceptors. #####
(B)A cost-benefit analysis of each such site, including with respect to tactical, operational, and cost-to-construct considerations. #####
(C)A description of any completed and outstanding environmental assessments or impact statements for each such site. #####
(D)A description of the additional infrastructure and components needed to further outfit missile fields at Fort Greely before emplacing additional ground-based interceptors configured with the redesigned kill vehicle, including with respect to ground excavation, silos, utilities, and support equipment. #####
(E)A cost estimate of such infrastructure and components. #####
(F)An estimated schedule for completing such construction as may be required for such infrastructure and components. #####
(G)An identification of any environmental assessments or impact studies that would need to be conducted to expand such missile fields at Fort Greely beyond current capacity. #####
(H)A determination of the appropriate fleet mix of ground-based interceptor kill vehicles and boosters to maximize overall system effectiveness and increase its capacity and capability, including the costs and benefits of continued inclusion of capability enhancement II block 1 interceptors after the fielding of the redesigned kill vehicle. ####
(3)Form The report submitted under paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
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