United States, as well as allies and partners of the United States. (30) General Robinson, in testimony before the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate on April 6, 2017, stated As adversaries continue to pursue credible and advanced capabilities, we too must evolve our missile defense capabilities to outpace increasingly complex threats. . (b) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense should use the upcoming Ballistic Missile Defense Review (BMDR) and the Missile Defeat Review (MDR) to accelerate the development of new and existing means to increase the capacity, capability, and reliability of the ground-based midcourse defense element of the ballistic missile defense system and other missile defense programs. (c) Acceleration of development of certain advanced missile defense technologies toward fielding (1) In general To the degree practicable, the Director of the Missile Defense Agency shall use the policies of the Department of Defense to accelerate the development, testing, and fielding of the redesigned kill vehicle, the multi-object kill vehicle, the C3 booster, a space-based sensor layer, an airborne laser on unmanned aerial vehicles, and an additional missile defense site, including the completion of any outstanding environmental impact statements (EISs) for an additional missile defense site on the East Coast or in the Midwest regions of the United States. (2) Priority The Director shall prioritize the development of capabilities listed in paragraph (1) subject to annual authorization and appropriation of funding. (3) Development The Director shall use sound acquisition processes and program management to develop the capabilities set forth in paragraph (1). 3. Authorization to increase current ground-based midcourse defense capacity by 28 ground-based interceptors (a) Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) A report from Johns Hopkins University, published in 2015, and entitled North Korea’s Nuclear Futures: Technology and Strategy , concluded that, by