PLANS FOR TEST AND EVALUATION OF OPERATIONAL CAPABILITY OF THE BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM.

SEC. 234. PLANS FOR TEST AND EVALUATION OF OPERATIONAL CAPABILITY OF THE BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM.(a) Test and Evaluation Plans for Blocks.—(1) Plans required.—With respect to block 06 and each subsequent block of the Ballistic Missile Defense System, the appropriate joint and service operational test and evaluation components of the Department of Defense concerned with the 119 STAT. 3175 block shall prepare a plan, appropriate for the level of technological maturity of the block, to test, evaluate, and characterize the operational capability of the block.(2) Consultation and review.—The preparation of each plan under this subsection shall be—(A) carried out in coordination with the Missile Defense Agency; and(B) subject to the review and approval of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation.(b) Reports on Test and Evaluation of Blocks.—At the conclusion of the test and evaluation of block 06 and each subsequent block of the Ballistic Missile Defense System, the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation shall submit to the Secretary of Defense and the congressional defense committees a report pro- viding—(1) the assessment of the Director as to whether or not the test and evaluation was adequate to evaluate the operational capability of the block; and(2) the characterization of the Director as to the operational effectiveness, suitability, and survivability of the block, as appropriate for the level of technological maturity of the block tested.