123STA T . 22 45PUBLIC LA W 111 –8 4 —O CT. 28 , 2 0 0 9particul arl yfo r ex te nd in g deterrence in ti m eofcri s is , ast h eir deployment is v isi b le and signals U.S . commitment. B ombers also impose a significant cost burden on potential adversaries in terms of the need to invest in advanced air defenses ’ ’. (9)T he commanders of the United States P acific C ommand, the United States Strategic Command, and the United States J oint F orces Command have each testified before the Com - mittee on A rmed Services of the Senate in support of the capability that the next generation bomber aircraft w ould pro- vide. ( 10 ) O nJune1 7 , 2 009, G eneral James Cartwright, V ice- Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and chair of the Joint R e q uirements Oversight Council, stated during a hearing before the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate that ‘ ‘the nation needs a new bomber’’. (11) N early half of the United States bomber aircraft inven- tory ( 4 7 percent) pre-dates the Cuban M issile Crisis. (12) The only air-breathing stri k e platforms the United States possesses today with reach and survivability to have a chance of successfully executing missions more than 1,000 nautical miles into enemy territory from the last air-to-air refueling are 1 6 combat ready B-2 bomber aircraft. (1 3 ) The B-2 bomber aircraft was designed in the 19 8 0s and achieved initial operational capability over a decade ago. (14) The crash of an operational B-2 bomber aircraft during takeoff at Guam in early 2008 indicates that attrition can and does occur even in peacetime. (1 5 ) The primary mission requirement of the next genera- tion bomber aircraft is the ability to strike targets anywhere on the globe with whatever weapons the contingency requires. (16) The requisite aerodynamic, structural, and low-observ- able technologies to develop the next generation bomber aircraft already exist in fifth-generation fighter aircraft. (b) P OLICY O N CON T IN UEDD E V ELO PM ENT O F NE X T GENE RA TION BOM B ER AIRCRAFT IN FI S CAL Y EAR 2010. —I t is the policy of the United States to support a development program for next generation bomber aircraft technologies. TI T LE III —OP E RA TIO N AN DM AINTENAN C E Subti t leA— Aut hor i za tio n o f A p propriation s Se c.301 . O peration an dm aintenance fundin g . Sec. 30 2 . R elation to funding table. Subtitle B — E n v ironmental P rovisions Sec. 311. C larification of re q uirement for use of available funds for D epartment of Defense participation in conservation ban k ing programs. Sec. 312. Reauthorization of title I of Sikes Act. Sec. 313. Authorit y of Secretary of a military department to enter into interagency agreements for land management on Department of Defense installa - tions. Sec. 31 4 . Reauthorization of pilot program for invasive species management for military installations in G uam. Sec. 31 5 . Reimbursement of Environmental Protection Agency for certain costs in connection w ith the F ormer N ansemond Ordnance Depot Site , Suffolk, V irginia. Sec. 31 6 . Procurement and use of munitions. Sec. 31 7 . Prohibition on disposing of waste in open-air burn pits.
