D–5 MISSILE PROGRAM.

SEC. 125. D–5 MISSILE PROGRAM. (a) Report.—Not later them October 31, 1999, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the D–5 missile program. (b) Report Elements.—The report under subsection (a) shall include the following: (1) An inventory management plan for the D–5 missile program covering the projected life of the program, including— (A) the location of D–5 missiles during the fueling of submarines; (B) rotation of inventory; (C) expected attrition rate due to flight testing, loss, damage, or termination of service life; and (D) consideration of the results of the assessment required in paragraph (4). (2) The cost of terminating procurement of D–5 missiles for each fiscal year before the current plan. (3) An assessment of the capability of the Navy of meeting strategic requirements with a total procurement of less than 425 D–5 missiles, including an assessment of the consequences of— (A) loading Trident submarines with fewer than 24 D–5 missiles; and (B) reducing the flight test rate for D–5 missiles.113 STAT. 536 (4) An assessment of the optimal commencement date for the development and deployment of replacement capability for the current land-based and sea-based missile forces. (5) The Secretary’s plan for maintaining D–5 missiles and Trident submarines under the START II Treaty and a proposed START III treaty, and whether requirements for those missiles and submarines would be reduced under such treaties.