Later that summer, Teller complained to William F. Buckley on "Firing Line" that he did not have access to the president. This led to a 4September meeting with the president without the rest of the High Frontier group. Teller said recent advances in Soviet weapons would soon put them in a position to threaten the US and they needed to build Excalibur without delay. Without Woodruff to temper his comments, Teller told the president the system would be ready for deployment in five years and that it was time to talk about "assured survival" instead of "assured destruction". "Aviation Week" reported that Teller had asked for $200million a year "over the next several years" to develop it.