Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 107 Part 2.djvu/648

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107 STAT. 1598 PUBLIC LAW 103-160—NOV. 30, 1993 (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 10 USC 2431 SEC. 235. THEATER MISSILE DEFENSE MASTER PLAN. "°• (a) INTEGRATION AND COMPATIBILITY. —In carrying out the Theater Missile Defense Initiative, the Secretary of Defense shall— (1) seek to maximize the use of existing systems and technologies; and (2) seek to promote joint use by the military departments of existing and future ballistic missile defense equipment (rather than each military department developing its own systems that would largely overlap in their capabilities). The Secretaries of the military departments shall seek the maximum integration and compatibility of their ballistic missile defense systems as well as of the respective roles and missions of those systems. Reports. (b) TMD MASTER PLAN.—The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report (which shall constitute the TMD master plan) containing a thorough and complete analysis of the future of theater missile defense programs. The report shall include the following: (1) A description of the mission and scope of Theater Missile Defense. (2) A description of the role of each of the Armed Forces in Theater Missile Defense. (3) A description of how those roles interact and complement each other. (4) An evaluation of the cost and relative effectiveness i of each interceptor and sensor under development as part of a Theater Missile Defense system by the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization. (5) A detailed acquisition strategy which includes an analy- sis and comparison of the projected acquisition and life-cycle costs of each Theater Missile Defense system intended for production (shown separately for research, development, test, and evaluation, for procurement, for operation and maintenance, and for personnel costs for each system). (6) Specification of the baseline production rate for each year of the program through completion of procurement. (7) An estimate of the unit cost and capabilities of each system. (8) A description of plans for theater and tactical missile defense doctrine, training, tactics, and force structure. (c) DESCRIPTION OF TESTING PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Defense shall include in the report under subsection (b)— (1) a description of the current and projected testing program for Theater Missile Defense systems and major components; and (2) an evaluation of the adequacy of the testing program to simulate conditions similar to tnose the systems and components would actually be expected to encounter if and when deployed (such as the ability to track and engage multiple targets with multiple interceptors, to discriminate targets from