Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73not60

§5553 Provision of Information on Flight Testing of Ground-based Midcourse National Missile Defense System

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Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director of the Missile Defense Agency must give the congressional defense committees the results of every flight test of the ground-based midcourse national missile defense system. Each report must explain what the test did and its goals, say whether each goal was met, and if a goal was not met, explain why and describe plans for future tests to try to meet it.

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Title 10, §5553

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(a)The Director of the Missile Defense Agency shall provide to the congressional defense committees information on the results of each flight test of the ground-based midcourse national missile defense system.

(b)Information provided under subsection (a) on the results of a flight test shall include the following matters:

(1)A thorough discussion of the content and objectives of the test.

(2)For each such test objective, a statement regarding whether or not the objective was achieved.

(3)For any such test objective not achieved—

(A)a thorough discussion describing the reasons that the objective was not achieved; and

(B)a discussion of any plans for future tests to achieve that objective.

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Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title II, § 224, Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2485, 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)(10), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2200.

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10 U.S.C. § 5553

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

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