REPORT ON SPACE CONTROL CAPABILITIES

SEC. 243. REPORT ON SPACE CONTROL CAPABILITIES (a) Report.—Not later than the date on which the President submits the budget for fiscal year 1990 to Congress under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a comprehensive report on space control capabilities of the Armed Forces. (b) Content of Report.—The report shall include the following matters: (1) A description of requirements for space control capabilities related to deterrence and warfighting objectives, including space surveillance and anti-satellite capabilities, that have been validated by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and transmitted to the commander of the United States Space Command. 102 STAT. 1947 (2) A net assessment of the space control capabilities of the United States and the Soviet Union. (3) An assessment of current deficiencies in United States space control capabilities and recommendations for overcoming those deficiencies. (4) A 5-year plan for improving ground- and space-based surveillance systems and their associated command, control, and communications systems and the cost and schedule for implementing the plan.