; (7) to safeguard maritime security and ensure freedom of navigation, commerce, and overflight in the region; (8) to cooperate with allies and partners in the provision of public goods to the region, including humanitarian relief and disaster response; and (9) to ensure any action to curtail or remove United States military forces in South Korea shall include regular consultation with Congress regarding the implications of proposed changes on United States readiness to meet our commitments in the region. (f) Defense and deterrence measures It is the policy of the United States— (1) to keep United States security commitments to United States allies and take necessary actions for United States self-defense and the defense of United States allies, including joint military exercises, the modernization of weapons systems deployed in the Indo-Pacific region, and counter-provocation planning by the United States and Republic of Korea Combined Forces Command, as well as to negotiate full and equitable Special Measures Agreements for alliance burden sharing with South Korea and Japan; (2) to develop and deploy antiballistic missile capabilities to defend the United States homeland, United States military forces in the region, and United States allies Japan and South Korea; (3) to formulate and carry out military planning and operations impacting the Korean Peninsula in close cooperation with United States allies, particularly South Korea and Japan; (4) to deter North Korea in a manner that bolsters the force posture and military strength of United States alliance and partner networks in the region; and (5) to maintain, as necessary and appropriate, credible and overwhelming military options to be used in a manner consistent with the United States Constitution against the Government of North Korea, to deter the Government of North Korea from use of nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles, and related technology. (g) Human rights It is the policy of the United States— (1) to promote human rights for the North Korean people