; and (6) the Missile Defense Agency should be commended for its rigorous and disciplined acquisition and engineering processes it has applied to the Redesigned Kill Vehicle Program. (b) Report required The Director of the Missile Defense Agency shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the delay in the Redesigned Kill Vehicle Program. (c) Elements The report required by subsection (b) shall include the following: (1) A description of the reason for the delay. (2) An overview of the revised program schedule including a revised test plan and revised acquisition strategy. (3) A detailed description of any recommendations that could be utilized to accelerate the scheduled fielding including modifications to the acquisition strategy or the procurement and assembly of long-lead materials unaffected by the reason for the delay. (4) A timeline associated with such recommendations. (5) Additional funding required to carry out such recommendations. (6) An assessment of risk associated with such recommendations. (7) A description of any recommendations that were submitted to the Director by contractors that the Director considers reasonable but were not adopted. (8) An explanation as to why the recommendations described in paragraph (7) were not adopted. (d) Form of report The report required under subsection (b) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex. 6. Report on improving ground-based midcourse defense element of ballistic missile defense system (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 2020, North Korea could have as many as 100 nuclear weapons. (2) Currently, the United States will have 44 operational ground-based interceptors distributed between Fort Greely, Alaska, and Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. (3) Section 1686 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 ( Public Law