PRESIDENTIAL REPORT ON POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF A STRATEGIC ARMS REDUCTION AGREEMENT ON TRIDENT PROGRAM

SEC. 1001. PRESIDENTIAL REPORT ON POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF A STRATEGIC ARMS REDUCTION AGREEMENT ON TRIDENT PROGRAM (a) Report.—Not later than April 1, 1990, the President shall submit to Congress a comprehensive report on the Trident program under a possible Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START) agreement. The report shall address the following issues: (1) The objective for the size of the Trident submarine force fleet both with and without a START agreement. (2) The implications for United States strategic force posture under a START agreement of a fleet of 21 or more Trident submarines, each with 192 warheads on 24 ballistic missiles, under two different assumptions, as follows: (A) All such warheads are accountable under START limits. (B) The warheads on one-to-three Trident submarines are not accountable under START limits. (3) A net assessment of the implications for United States security of a START agreement that allows the Soviet Union as well as the United States to have an equivalent number of warheads on submarines that are not accountable under START limits. 103 STAT. 1540 (4) The technical feasibility and cost implications of various options for reducing the number of warheads on Trident sub-marines, including those submarines already built, those under construction, and those yet to be built. (5) The verification challenges to the United States posed by such options if the Soviet Union were to adopt them in its ballistic missile submarine forces. (b) Form of Report.—The President shall submit the report under subsection (a) in both classified and unclassified versions. (c) Waiver.—The President may waive the requirements of subsection (a) if he has signed a START agreement or other strategic arms reduction agreement with the Soviet Union before the date by which the report is otherwise required to be submitted.