Breaking Defense:

A House Armed Service Committee panel wants the Defense Department to submit a new assessment detailing the Pentagon’s ability to defend against incoming missile threats, according to draft legislation released today.

The markup section of the fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act from the HASC subcommittee on strategic forces also includes several provisions requesting the department submit reports that detail plans to modernize missile defense systems and enhance sensor architecture, and a report identifying current gaps in the missile defense.

The House panel’s section would require the director of the Missile Defense Agency, along with the undersecretary of defense for policy, chief of naval operations and commander of US Northern Command to deliver a report assessing numerous missile defense capabilities against current and future ballistic missiles threats. The report must include details on how the current homeland ballistic missile defense architecture “would need to be adjusted to defend against two or more nuclear-capable rogue nations,” including cost estimates.

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