ANNUAL REPORT ON SDI PROGRAMS

SEC. 231. ANNUAL REPORT ON SDI PROGRAMS (a) In General.—Not later than March 15, 1988, and March 15, 1989, the Secretary of Defense shall transmit to Congress a report (in both an unclassified and a classified form) on the programs that constitute the Strategic Defense Initiative and on any other program relating to defense against ballistic missiles. Each such report shall include the following: (1) A detailed description of each program or project included in the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) 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). (2) A clear definition of the objectives of each phase of the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization plan approved by the Defense Acquisition Board. (3) An explanation of the relationship between each such objective and each program and project associated with the Strategic Defense Initiative or defense against strategic ballistic missiles. (4) 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. (5) A statement of the compliance of the planned SDI development and testing programs with existing arms control agreements, including the Antiballistic Missile Treaty. (6) 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 countermeasure, and an evaluation of the adequacy of the SDI programs described in the report to respond to such countermeasures. (7) Details regarding funding of programs and projects for the Strategic Defense Initiative, including— (A) the level of funding provided for the current fiscal year and for previous fiscal years for each program and 101 STAT. 1060 project in the Strategic Defense Initiative budgetary presentation materials provided to Congress; (B) the amount requested to be appropriated for each such program and project for the next fiscal year; (C) the amount programmed to be requested for each such program and project for the following fiscal year; (D) the amount required to reach the next significant milestone for each demonstration program and each major technology program. (8) 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— (A) defending elements of the Armed Forces abroad and United States allies against tactical ballistic missiles, particularly new and highly accurate Soviet shorter range ballistic missiles 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 Soviet attack 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 Soviet attacks 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 Soviet conventional or strategic attacks; (F) providing protection of United States population from a Soviet nuclear attack; (G) any other significant near-term military mission that the application of SDI technologies might help to accomplish. (9) For each of the near-term military missions listed in paragraph (8), the report shall include— (A) a list of specific program elements of the Strategic Defense Initiative that are pertinent to these applications; (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 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 Soviet threats. (b) Repeals.—Section 1102 of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985 (10 U.S.C. 2431 note), and section 215 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987 (Public Law 99–661; 100 Stat. 3843) are repealed.