Sec. 1676. BOOST PHASE BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE
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## SEC. 1676 BOOST PHASE BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE ###
(a)Development and Study Section 1685 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91; 10 U.S.C. 2431 note) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsections: > > ### “(d) Development > > > #### “(1) Requirement > > Subject to the availability of appropriations, beginning fiscal year 2019, the Director of the Missile Defense Agency shall carry out a program to develop boost phase intercept capabilities that— > > > ##### “(A) > > are cost effective; > > > ##### “(B) > > are air-launched, ship-based, or both; and > > > ##### “(C) > > include kinetic interceptors. > > > #### “(2) Partnerships > > In developing kinetic boost phase intercept capabilities under paragraph (1), the Director may enter into partnerships with the Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of Korea or the Ministry of Defense of Japan, or both. > > > ### “(e) Independent Study > > > #### “(1) Requirement > > The Secretary of Defense shall seek to enter into an agreement with a federally funded research and development center to conduct a feasibility study on providing an initial or demonstrated boost phase capability using unmanned aerial vehicles and kinetic interceptors by December 31, 2021. Such study shall include, at a minimum, a review of the study published by the Science, Technology, and National Security Working Group of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2017 titled ‘Airborne Patrol to Destroy DPRK ICBMs in Powered Flight’. > > > #### “(2) Submission > > Not later than July 31, 2019, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees the study conducted under paragraph (1).” > . ###
(b)Modification to Sense of Congress Subsection
(a)of such section is amended by striking “, if consistent with the direction or recommendations of the Ballistic Missile Defense Review that commenced in 2017”.
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