REQUIREMENT FOR ANNUAL REPORT ON SDI PROGRAMS

SEC. 224. REQUIREMENT FOR ANNUAL REPORT ON SDI PROGRAMS (a) Report Required.—Not later than March 15 of each year, the Secretary of Defense shall transmit to Congress a report (in both unclassified and classified form) on the programs and projects that constitute the Strategic Defense Initiative and on any other program or project relating to defense against ballistic missiles. (b) Content of Report.—Each such report shall include the following: (1) A statement of the basic strategy for research and development being pursued by the Department of Defense under the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), including the relative priority being given, respectively, to the development of near-term deployment options and research on longer-term technological approaches. (2) A detailed description of each program or project which is included in the Strategic Defense Initiative or which otherwise relates to defense against strategic ballistic missiles, including a technical evaluation of each such program or project and an assessment as to when each can be brought to the stage of full-scale engineering development (assuming funding as requested or programmed). (3) A clear definition of the objectives of each planned deployment phase of the Strategic Defense Initiative or defense against strategic ballistic missiles. (4) An explanation of the relationship between each such phase and each program and project associated with the proposed architecture for that phase. (5) The status of consultations with other member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Japan, and other appropriate allies concerning research being conducted in the Strategic Defense Initiative program. 103 STAT. 1399 (6) A statement of the compliance of the planned SDI development and testing programs with existing arms control agreements, including the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. (7) A review of possible countermeasures of the Soviet Union to specific SDI programs, an estimate of the time and cost required for the Soviet Union to develop each such counter-measure, and an evaluation of the adequacy of the SDI programs described in the report to respond to such countermeasures. (8) Details regarding funding of programs and projects for the Strategic Defense Initiative (including the amounts authorized, appropriated, and made available for obligation after undistributed reductions or other offsetting reductions were carried out), as follows: (A) The level of requested and appropriated funding provided for the current fiscal year for each program and project in the Strategic Defense Initiative budgetary presentation materials provided to Congress. (B) The aggregate amount of funding provided for previous fiscal years (including the current fiscal year) for each such program and project. (C) The amount requested to be appropriated for each such program and project for the next fiscal year. (D) The amount programmed to be requested for each such program and project for the following fiscal year. (E) The amount required to reach the next significant milestone for each demonstration program and each major technology program. (9) Details on what Strategic Defense Initiative technologies can be developed or deployed within the next 5 to 10 years to defend against significant military threats and help accomplish critical military missions. The missions to be considered include the following: (A) Defending elements of the Armed Forces abroad and United States allies against tactical ballistic missiles, particularly new and highly accurate shorter-range ballistic missiles of the Soviet Union armed with conventional, chemical, or nuclear warheads. (B) Defending against an accidental launch of strategic ballistic missiles against the United States. (C) Defending against a limited but militarily effective attack by the Soviet Union aimed at disrupting the National Command Authority or other valuable military assets. (D) Providing sufficient warning and tracking information to defend or effectively evade possible attacks by the Soviet Union against military satellites, including those in high orbits. (E) Providing early warning and attack assessment information and the necessary survivable command, control, and communications to facilitate the use of United States military forces in defense against possible conventional or strategic attacks by the Soviet Union. (F) Providing protection of the United States population from a nuclear attack by the Soviet Union. 103 STAT. 1400 (G) Any other significant near-term military mission that the application of SDI technologies might help to accomplish. (10) For each of the near-term military missions listed in paragraph (9), the report shall include the following: (A) A list of specific program elements of the Strategic Defense Initiative that are pertinent to such mission. (B) The Secretary’s estimate of the initial operating capability dates for the architectures or systems to accomplish such missions. (C) The Secretary’s estimate of the level of funding necessary for each program to reach those initial operating capability dates. (D) The Secretary’s estimate of the survivability and cost effectiveness at the margin of such architectures or systems against current and projected threats from the Soviet Union.