A Kiwi American football star turned missile defence advocate paid tribute to a rugby legend forebear in Dunedin this week. American football star Riki Ellison at the Sports Hall of Fame in Dunedin on Monday, beside a display on his rugby legend forebear Tom Ellison. In 2002, he launched the Missile Defence Advocacy Alliance, a non-profit organisation "with a singular purpose and mission to drive for the deployment, development and evolution of missile defence,'' according to its website. Missile defence systems track, intercept and destroy attacking missiles. He acknowledges controversy can surround advocacy for missile defence systems, but says they act as a stabilising force in trouble spots.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 13, 2019 18:56 UTC