Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance
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The Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance is a non-profit organization dedicated to building broad public support for the development and deployment of an effective missile defense
system for the United States. Founded in 2002, by Riki Ellison
, the 501(c) non-profit participates in the advocacy and educational analysis of United States Government missile defense strategies and technologies. The M.D.A.A. promotes technology and/or strategy capable of destroying missile warheads launched against the United States. Based just outside Washington D.C., the M.D.A.A. has over 9000 active members.
, founder and president of the M.D.A.A., received a degree from the University of Southern California
, including a certificate in defense and strategic studies, and has two decades of experience in missile defense advocacy, consultancy, and expertise. Ellison played nine seasons in the NFL
with the San Francisco 49ers
and Los Angeles Raiders. After winning two Rose Bowls
and a national championship at USC, Ellison was selected in the 1983 NFL Draft
by the 49ers, with whom he won three Super Bowl
championships.
information pertaining to missile defense strategies, technologies, and tests. The M.D.A.A. also actively advocates effective missile defense strategies to members of the United States Government. The non-profit periodically conducts general surveys and public information inquiries.
projectile
s. An intercept missile is fired. The intercept missile utilizes tracking technology that maintains a path towards collision
with the target. After tracking the missile target, the defense system destroys its target in flight. Missile defense technology may be placed on ground, sea, air and space and is frequently located to deploy "ballistic missile defense system" (BMDS) strategies against nuclear missiles.
Missile defense
Missile defense is a system, weapon, or technology involved in the detection, tracking, interception and destruction of attacking missiles. Originally conceived as a defence against nuclear-armed Intercontinental ballistic missiles , its application has broadened to include shorter-ranged...
system for the United States. Founded in 2002, by Riki Ellison
Riki Ellison
Riki Morgan Ellison is a former linebacker, who went by Riki Gray while in college at USC as an All Pac 10 player in 1982.-College career:...
, the 501(c) non-profit participates in the advocacy and educational analysis of United States Government missile defense strategies and technologies. The M.D.A.A. promotes technology and/or strategy capable of destroying missile warheads launched against the United States. Based just outside Washington D.C., the M.D.A.A. has over 9000 active members.
Founder
Riki EllisonRiki Ellison
Riki Morgan Ellison is a former linebacker, who went by Riki Gray while in college at USC as an All Pac 10 player in 1982.-College career:...
, founder and president of the M.D.A.A., received a degree from the University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
, including a certificate in defense and strategic studies, and has two decades of experience in missile defense advocacy, consultancy, and expertise. Ellison played nine seasons in the NFL
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
with the San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco 49ers
The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and...
and Los Angeles Raiders. After winning two Rose Bowls
Rose Bowl Game
The Rose Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game, usually played on January 1 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. When New Year's Day falls on a Sunday, the game is played on Monday, January 2...
and a national championship at USC, Ellison was selected in the 1983 NFL Draft
1983 NFL Draft
The 1983 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 26–27, 1983...
by the 49ers, with whom he won three Super Bowl
Super Bowl
The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League , the highest level of professional American football in the United States, culminating a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather...
championships.
Activities
The M.D.A.A. reports all relevant open sourceOpen source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
information pertaining to missile defense strategies, technologies, and tests. The M.D.A.A. also actively advocates effective missile defense strategies to members of the United States Government. The non-profit periodically conducts general surveys and public information inquiries.
About missile defense
Missile defense systems track and destroy airborne ballistic missiles. Early detection technology confirms an airborne missile threat, calculates ideal intercept coordinates, and identifies decoyDecoy
A decoy is usually a person, device or event meant as a distraction, to conceal what an individual or a group might be looking for. Decoys have been used for centuries most notably in game hunting, but also in wartime and in the committing or resolving of crimes.-Duck decoy:The term duck decoy may...
projectile
Projectile
A projectile is any object projected into space by the exertion of a force. Although a thrown baseball is technically a projectile too, the term more commonly refers to a weapon....
s. An intercept missile is fired. The intercept missile utilizes tracking technology that maintains a path towards collision
Collision
A collision is an isolated event which two or more moving bodies exert forces on each other for a relatively short time.Although the most common colloquial use of the word "collision" refers to accidents in which two or more objects collide, the scientific use of the word "collision" implies...
with the target. After tracking the missile target, the defense system destroys its target in flight. Missile defense technology may be placed on ground, sea, air and space and is frequently located to deploy "ballistic missile defense system" (BMDS) strategies against nuclear missiles.