ANTI-TACTICAL BALLISTIC MISSILE SYSTEMS AND EXTENDED AIR DEFENSE

SEC. 217. ANTI-TACTICAL BALLISTIC MISSILE SYSTEMS AND EXTENDED AIR DEFENSE (a) Demonstration Projects Under SDI Program.—(1) Of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense for the Strategic Defense Initiative program for fiscal year 1988, $50,000,000 shall be available only for experiments, demonstration projects, and development relating to anti-tactical ballistic missile (ATBM) systems. (2) Such projects shall be conducted on a matching fund cooperative program basis with United States allies that have signed Memoranda of Understanding (MOU’s) for participation in the Strategic Defense Initiative program. (3) Any system developed under this subsection shall be designed to be no less capable than the SA-X-12 system of the Soviet Union. (b) Extended Air Defense.—(1) Of the funds appropriated to the Army pursuant to section 201, $25,000,000 may be obligated only upon approval by the Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the purpose of research and development in connection with anti-tactical missile systems or extended air defense systems. (2) If any such funds are made available to a firm in an allied country, such funds shall be available for obligation only after the Secretary of Defense enters into a cooperative program with that country for that purpose.