Ill STAT. 1942 PUBLIC LAW 105-85—NOV. 18, 1997 and reconnaissance capabilities, including gaining access to commercial or third-party systems with military significance. (10) Efforts by the People's Republic of China to develop highly accurate and stealthy ballistic and cruise missiles, including sea-launched cruise missiles, particularly in numbers sufficient to conduct attacks capable of overwhelming projected defense capabilities in the Asia-Pacific region. (11) Development by the People's Republic of China of command and control networks, particularly those capable of battle management of long-range precision strikes. (12) Efforts by the People's Republic of China in the area of telecommunications, including common channel signaling and synchronous digital hierarchy technologies. (13) Development by People's Republic of China of advanced aerospace technologies with military applications (including gas turbine "hot section" technologies). (14) Programs of the People's Republic of China involving unmanned aerial vehicles, particularly those with extended ranges or loitering times or potential strike capabilities. (15) Exploitation by the People's Republic of China for military purposes of the Global Positioning System or other similar systems (including commercial land surveillance satellites), with such analysis and forecasts focusing particularly on indications of an attempt to increase the accuracy of weapons or situational awareness of operating forces. (16) Development by the People's Republic of China of capabilities for denial of sea control, including such systems as advemced sea mines, improved submarine capabilities, or land-based sea-denial systems. (17) Efforts by the People's Republic of China to develop its anti-submarine warfare capabilities. (18) Continued development by the People's Republic of China of follow-on forces, particularly forces capable of rapid air or amphibious assault. (19) Efforts by the People's Republic of China to enhance its capabilities in such additional areas of strategic concern as the Secretary identifies. (c) ANALYSIS OF IMPLICATIONS OF SALES OF PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGIES TO ENTITIES IN CHINA. —The report under subsection (a) shall include, with respect to each area for analyses and forecasts specified in subsection (b)— (1) an assessment of the military effects of sales of United States and foreign products and technologies to entities in the People's Republic of China; and (2) the potential threat of developments related to such effects to United States strategic interests. (d) SUBMISSION OF REPORT. — The report shall be submitted to Congress not later than March 15, 1998. SEC. 1227. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON NEED FOR RUSSIAN OPENNESS ON THE YAMANTAU MOUNTAIN PROJECT. (a) FINDINGS. — Congress finds as follows: (1) The United States and Russia have been working since the end of the Cold War to achieve a strategic relationship based on cooperation and openness between the two nations. (2) This effort to establish a new strategic relationship between the two nations has resulted in the conclusion or
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