Jack Reed: “I believe Congress needs information of that kind. I also believe those unclassified portions of the tests should be…”

“I believe Congress needs information of that kind. I also believe those unclassified portions of the tests should be available to a broader community, particularly the scientific community. The amendment that has been agreed to and included in this bill would require the Missile Defense Agency to provide to the Congress within 120 days a thorough report of the details of the tests. And it would include both an unclassified format and a classified format so that those items the Defense Department and the Missile Defense Agency believes should be secret will be kept secret, and it will be reported to us in a classified form. Let me say that one of the persistent criticisms of the first test of the missile defense system--the land-based midcourse system--was the fact that the tests were unrealistic. In fact, this criticism--particularly by the scientific community--led the Missile Defense Agency to adopt a much more realistic, thorough, and exhaustive test process for our missile defense system.”