106 STAT. 2356 PUBLIC LAW 102-484—OCT. 23, 1992 SEC. 234. REVISION OF THE MISSILE DEFENSE ACT OF 1991. (a) MISSILE DEFENSE GOALS OF THE UNITED STATES. —Section 232(a) of the Missile Defense Act of 1991 (part C of title II of 10 USC 2431 Public Law 102-190; 105 Stat. 1321) is amended by striking out ^°^- "(a)" and all that follows through the end of the paragraph (1) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(a) MISSILE DEFENSE GOALS OF THE UNITED STATES.— It is a goal of the United States to^ "(1) comply with the ABM Treaty, including any protocol or amendment thereto, and not develop, test, or deploy any ballistic missile defense system, or component thereof, in violation of the treaty, as modified by any protocol or amendment thereto, while deploying an anti-ballistic missile system that is capable of providing a highly effective defense of the United States against limited attacks of ballistic missiles;". (b) ELIMINATION OF THEATER MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAM ELE- 10 USC 2431 MENT FROM SDL—(1) Section 235(a) of such Act (105 Stat. 1323) note. ig amended— (A) by striking out paragraph (2); and (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) as paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), respectively. (2) Section 236 of such Act (105 Stat. 1323) is amended— (A) by striking out subsection (b); and (B) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and (e) as subsections, (b), (c), and (d), respectively. (c) IMPLEMENTATION OF GOAL.— Subsection (b) of section 233 10 USC 2431 of such Act (105 Stat. 1322) is amended by striking out paragraphs note. (1) and (2) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(1) THEATER MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS. —The Secretary of Defense shall develop advanced theater missile defense systems for deployment. "(2) INITIAL ABM DEPLOYMENT.— The Secretary shall develop for deployment a cost-effective, operationally effective, and ABM Treaty-compliant antiballistic missile system at a single site as the initial step toward deployment of an antiballistic missile system described in section 232(a)(l) designed to protect the United States against limited ballistic missile threats, including accidental or unauthorized launches or Third World attacks. The system components to be developed shall include— "(A) 100 ground-based interceptors, the design of which is to be determined by competition and downselection for the most capable interceptor or interceptors; (B) fixed, ground-based, antiballistic missile battle management radars; and "(C) optimiun utilization of space-based sensors, including sensors capable of cueing ground-based antiballistic missile interceptors and providing initial targeting vectors, and other sensor systems that are not prohibited by the ABM Treaty, including specifically the Ground Surveillance and Tracking System.. (d) FOLLOW-ON TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH. —(1) Subsection (c) of 10 USC 2431 section 234 of such Act (105 Stat. 1323) is amended to read as ^°*e follows: "(c) TRANSFER OF MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF FAR-TERM FOLLOW-ON TECHNOLOGIES. — " (1) TRANSFER REQUIRED. —AS the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO) transitions from a broadly based
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