§5532 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

§5532 Hypersonic defense capability development

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Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director of the Missile Defense Agency must be the Department of Defense’s lead official to create a way to defend the United States, U.S. allies, and deployed U.S. forces from hypersonic boost‑glide vehicles and conventional prompt‑strike weapons. The Director must make full plans that cover everything from detecting these threats to stopping them, work with the military services and defense agencies, and include both physical (kinetic) and non‑physical (nonkinetic) ways to intercept. By September 30, 2017, the Director must set up an official program of record to develop this hypersonic defense capability.

Title 10, §5532

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(a)The Director of the Missile Defense Agency shall serve as the executive agent for the Department of Defense for the development of a capability by the United States to counter hypersonic boost-glide vehicle capabilities and conventional prompt strike capabilities that may be employed against the United States, the allies of the United States, and the deployed forces of the United States.

(b)In carrying out subsection (a), the Director shall—

(1)develop architectures for a hypersonic defense capability, from detecting threats to intercepting such threats, that—

(A)involves systems of the military departments and the Defense Agencies; and

(B)includes both kinetic and nonkinetic options for such interception; and

(2)not later than September 30, 2017, establish a program of record to develop a hypersonic defense capability.

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Prior Provisions

A prior section 5532, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 318, set forth classes of persons prohibited from enlisting in the naval service, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 90–235, § 2(a)(3), (b), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 756. Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title XVI, § 1687, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2629, which was set out in a note under section 4205 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title XVI, § 1649(b)(5), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2199.