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Sunday, February 10, 2008

Driven by Iran and North Korea, the Department of Defense Allocates 1.59% of Its Budget for Missile Defense

Riki Ellison, President of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA) (http://www.missiledefenseadvocacy.org) informed a national audience of the organization the importance and significance of the budget request as it relates to ballistic missile threats to our national security for the new fiscal year, 2009. A summary of his comments and observations follows:

"This week, the highest ranking members of the United States military, the Secretary of Defense, Mr. Robert Gates, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, testified to Congress and presented the $655 billion budget request for this country's defense and national security for the 2009 fiscal year. Of the $655 billion, which includes a $70 billion supplementary amount, 1.59% is allocated for missile defense, a non-offensive weapons system."

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