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Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2015 and the Future Years Defense Program S. HRG. 113–465, PT. 7 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015 AND THE FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED THIRTEENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON S. 2410 TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015 FOR MILITARY ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, FOR MILITARY CON- STRUCTION, AND FOR DEFENSE ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, TO PRESCRIBE MILITARY PERSONNEL STRENGTHS FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES PART 7 STRATEGIC FORCES MARCH 5, 12; APRIL 2, 9, 10, 2014 ( Printed for the use of the Committee on Armed Services VerDate Nov 24 2008 10:26 Feb 02, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6011 Sfmt 6011 Z:\DOCS\91192.TXT JUNE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015 AND THE FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM—Part 7 STRATEGIC FORCES VerDate Nov 24 2008 10:26 Feb 02, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6019 Sfmt 6019 Z:\DOCS\91192.TXT JUNE S. HRG. 113–465 PT. 7 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015 AND THE FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED THIRTEENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON S. 2410 TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015 FOR MILITARY ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, FOR MILITARY CON- STRUCTION, AND FOR DEFENSE ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, TO PRESCRIBE MILITARY PERSONNEL STRENGTHS FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES PART 7 STRATEGIC FORCES MARCH 5, 12; APRIL 2, 9, 10, 2014 Printed for the use of the Committee on Armed Services ( Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.fdsys.gov/ U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 91–192 PDF WASHINGTON : 2015 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2104 Mail: Stop IDCC, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate Nov 24 2008 10:26 Feb 02, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 Z:\DOCS\91192.TXT JUNE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES CARL LEVIN, Michigan, Chairman JACK REED, Rhode Island JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma BILL NELSON, Florida JOHN MCCAIN, Arizona CLAIRE MCCASKILL, Missouri JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama MARK UDALL, Colorado SAXBY CHAMBLISS, Georgia KAY R. HAGAN, North Carolina ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi JOE MANCHIN III, West Virginia KELLY AYOTTE, New Hampshire JEANNE SHAHEEN, New Hampshire DEB FISCHER, Nebraska KIRSTEN E. GILLIBRAND, New York LINDSEY GRAHAM, South Carolina RICHARD BLUMENTHAL, Connecticut DAVID VITTER, Louisiana JOE DONNELLY, Indiana ROY BLUNT, Missouri MAZIE K. HIRONO, Hawaii MIKE LEE, Utah TIM KAINE, Virginia TED CRUZ, Texas ANGUS KING, Maine PETER K. LEVINE, Staff Director JOHN A. BONSELL, Minority Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON STRATEGIC FORCES MARK UDALL, Colorado, Chairman JACK REED, Rhode Island JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama CLAIRE MCCASKILL, Missouri DEB FISCHER, Nebraska JOE DONNELLY, Indiana DAVID VITTER, Louisiana ANGUS KING, Maine MIKE LEE, Utah (II) VerDate Nov 24 2008 10:26 Feb 02, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0486 Sfmt 0486 Z:\DOCS\91192.TXT JUNE C O N T E N T S MARCH 5, 2014 Page NUCLEAR FORCES AND POLICIES ............................................................................. 1 Bunn, M. Elaine, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Nuclear and Missile Defense Policy ...................................................................................................... 6 Wilson, Lt. Gen. Stephen W., USAF, Commander, Air Force Global Strike Command .............................................................................................................. 12 Benedict, VADM Terry J., USN, Director, Strategic Systems Programs ............ 20 Harencak, Maj. Gen. Garrett, USAF, Assistant Chief of Staff, Strategic Deter- rence and Nuclear Integration ............................................................................ 25 Questions for the Record ......................................................................................... 46 MARCH 12, 2014 MILITARY SPACE PROGRAMS .................................................................................... 49 Loverro, Mr. Douglas L., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy ..................................................................................................................... 52 Zangardi, Dr. John A., Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Information Operations, and Space .............................................................................................................. 58 Shelton, Gen. William L., USAF, Commander, Air Force Space Command ....... 63 Mann, LTG David L., USA, Commander, U.S. Army Space and Missile De- fense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command and Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense ..................................... 69 Chaplain, Ms. Cristina T., Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management, Government Accountability Office ...................................................................... 77 Questions for the Record ......................................................................................... 103 APRIL 2, 2014 BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE POLICIES AND PROGRAMS ........................................ 105 Bunn, M. Elaine, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Nuclear and Missile Defense Policy, Department of Defense ............................................................. 110 Gilmore, Hon. J. Michael, Director, Operational Test and Evaluation, Depart- ment of Defense .................................................................................................... 116 Syring, VADM James D., USN, Director, Missile Defense Agency, Department of Defense ............................................................................................................. 120 Mann, LTG David L., USA, Commander, U.S. Army Space and Missile De- fense Command/Army Forces Strategy Command and Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defenses .................................... 131 Chaplain, Cristina T., Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management, Gov- ernment Accountability Office ............................................................................. 140 Questions for the Record ......................................................................................... 167 (III) VerDate Nov 24 2008 10:26 Feb 02, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 Z:\DOCS\91192.TXT JUNE IV Page APRIL 9, 2014 NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION MANAGEMENT OF ITS NA- TIONAL SECURITY LABORATORIES AND THE STATUS OF THE NUCLEAR SECU- RITY ENTERPRISE .................................................................................................. 179 McMillan, Dr. Charles F. Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory ................ 181 Hommert, Dr. Paul J., Director, Sandia National Laboratories .......................... 188 Goldstein, Dr. William H., Director, Lawrence Livermore National Labora- tory ........................................................................................................................ 198 Augustine, Norman R., Co-Chair of the Congressional Advisory Panel on the Governance of the Nuclear Security Enterprise, Institute for Defense Analyses; Accompanied by ADM Richard W. Mies, USN (Ret.), Co-Chair of the Congressional Advisory Panel on the Government of the Nuclear Security Enterprise, Institute for Defense Analyses ......................................... 218 Annex 1 ..................................................................................................................... 231 Annex 2 ..................................................................................................................... 285 APRIL 10, 2014 STRATEGIC FORCES PROGRAMS OF THE NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINIS- TRATION AND THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT OF THE DE- PARTMENT OF ENERGY .......................................................................................... 287 Held, Edward Bruce, Acting Administrator and Acting Under Secretary for Nuclear Security, National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy ............................................................................................................... 294 Richardson, ADM John M., USN, Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion Pro- gram, and Deputy Administrator, Office of Naval Reactors, National Nu- clear Security Administration, Department of Energy ..................................... 307 Cook, Hon. Donald L., Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy ................................ 310 Owendoff, James M., Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Environmental Management, Department of Energy ................................... 310 VerDate Nov 24 2008 10:26 Feb 02, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 Z:\DOCS\91192.TXT JUNE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015 AND THE FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 2014 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON STRATEGIC FORCES, COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES, Washington, DC. NUCLEAR FORCES AND POLICIES The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 2:41 p.m. in room SR–222, Russell Senate Office Building, Senator Mark Udall (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Committee members present:
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