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10 U.S.C. § 5501 — National missile defense policy
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It is the policy of the United States—
(1) to provide for the common defense of the United States and its citizens by deploying and maintaining a next-generation missile defense shield;
(2) to deter and defend the United States, citizens of the United States, and critical infrastructure of the United States, against the threat of foreign attack by increasingly complex ballistic, hypersonic glide, and cruise missiles, and other advanced aerial threats; and
(3) to guarantee the viability of an effective nuclear response capability of the United States and to support the continued deterrence of strategic attacks against the homeland of the United States.
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It is the policy of the United States—
(1) to provide for the common defense of the United States and its citizens by deploying and maintaining a next-generation missile defense shield;
(2) to deter and defend the United States, citizens of the United States, and critical infrastructure of the United States, against the threat of foreign attack by increasingly complex ballistic, hypersonic glide, and cruise missiles, and other advanced aerial threats; and
(3) to guarantee the viability of an effective nuclear response capability of the United States and to support the continued deterrence of strategic attacks against the homeland of the United States.
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**(a)** The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress each calendar year, not later than 45 days after the President submits the budget to Congress under [section 1105 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1105&num=0&edition=prelim), budget justification documents regarding development and procurement schedules for each weapon system for which fund authorization is required by [section 114(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section114/a&num=0&edition=prelim), and for which any funds for procurement are requested in that budget. The documents shall include data on operational testing and evaluation for each weapon system for which funds for procurement are requested (other than funds requested only for the procurement of units for operational testing and evaluation, or long lead-time items, or both). A weapon system shall also be included in the annual documents required under this subsection in each year thereafter until procurement of that system has been completed or terminated, or the Secretary of Defense certifies, in writing, that such inclusion would not serve any useful purpose and gives his reasons therefor.
**(b)** Any documents required to be submitted under subsection (a) shall include detailed and summarized information with respect to each weapon system covered and shall specifically include each of the following:
(1) The development schedule, including estimated annual costs until development is completed.
(2) The planned procurement schedule, including the best estimate of the Secretary of Defense of the annual costs and units to be procured until procurement is completed.
(3) To the extent required by the second sentence of subsection (a), the r
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The commissioned grades in the Navy above the grade of chief warrant officer, W–5, are the following:
(1) Admiral.
(2) Vice admiral.
(3) Rear admiral.
(4) Rear admiral (lower half).
(5) Captain.
(6) Commander.
(7) Lieutenant commander.
(8) Lieutenant.
(9) Lieutenant (junior grade).
(10) Ensign.
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Page 2955
TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 5502
1 So in original. Probably should be capitalized as ‘‘Missile De-
fense Agency’’.
5534.
Integration and interoperability of air and
missile defense capabilities.
5535.
Development of requirements to support inte-
grated air and missile defense capabilities.
5536.
Testing and assessment of missile defense
systems prior to production and deploy-
ment.
5537.
Limitation on Missile Defense Agency pro-
duction of satellites and ground systems as-
sociated with operation of such satellites.
SUBCHAPTER IV—MISSILE DEFENSE
INFORMATION
5551.
Prohibitions relating to missile defense infor-
mation and systems.
5552.
Biannual briefing on missile defense and re-
lated activities.
5553.
Provision of information on flight testing of
ground-based midcourse national missile
defense system.
SUBCHAPTER I—ORGANIZATION
§ 5501. National missile defense policy
It is the policy of the United States—
(1) to research, develop, test, procure, de-
ploy, and sustain, with funding subject to the
annual authorization of appropriations for Na-
tional Missile Defense, systems that provide
effective, layered missile defense capabilities
to defeat increasingly complex missile threats
in all phases of flight; and
(2) to rely on nuclear deterrence to address
more sophisticated and larger quantity near-
peer intercontinental missile threats to the
homeland of the United States.
(Added Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title XVI,
§ 1649(a), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2187.)
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
Provisions similar to those in this section were con-
tained in Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title XVI, § 1681(a),
Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2623, as amended by Pub. L.
116–92, div. A, title XVI, § 1681(a), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat.
1781; Pub. L. 118–
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