Current Policy Changes in Missile Defense Acquisition Put Our Nation at Risk, Says Top Missile Defense Expert

WASHINGTON, March 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Riki Ellison, Chairman and Founder of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA), www.missiledefenseadvocacy.org, has released a statement on his observations while attending the 8th annual U.S. missile defense  conference this week in Washington, D.C. held at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. Ellison is one of the top lay experts in the field of missile defense. His comments are listed below:

"The most noticeable shift to our nation's missile defense policy to come out of this conference is the sheer determination of the administration, military and Congress to take down a capabilities driven acquisition process for the Missile Defense Agency that over the past nine years has gotten the nation where it is today with missile defense, reverting back to the normal Joint Capable Independent System (JCIS) Pentagon acquisition in defining requirements in a laborious process that takes 400 days for approval and on average ten years to develop and finally deploy against ten year old threat requirements that almost certainly changed."

"Programs such as the F-22 and the DDG-1000 are real life examples of that process. With the future of an untamed world ahead of us and the dynamics of change with the evolving threat as well as the unstoppable proliferation and development of new ballistic and cruise missile technologies this is a serious risk that our nation is taking. Today there are 5,900 ballistic missiles that threaten national security, forward based troops and allies. We cannot afford to be wrong as they become more numerous and technically advanced tomorrow."

Riki Ellison is available for on the record interviews. Contact Barbara Maxwell at 703-299-0060 to schedule.

SOURCE Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance

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