U.S. President Obama has nominated Rear Adm. James D. Syring as the next head of the Missile Defense Agency.
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Category: Space
Syria’s first man in space and Air Force officer defects
Turkey’s state-run news agency reported Sunday that Syria’s first man in space, Gen. Mohammed Ahmed Fares, has defected to Turkey and joined the Free Syrian Army. A video on YouTube shows him visiting a rebel base in Aleppo, his hometown.
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Israel upgrades Arrow 2 to Block IV
The Israeli Defense Ministry has confirmed that the Arrow 2 will be upgraded to the Block IV standard over the next few weeks.
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MDA director warned staff and contractors to stop surfing for porn
Executive director of the Missile Defense Agency, John James Jr., is warning employees and contractors to stop using agency computers to visit porn sites.
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Chinese general: China may need to modernize its nuclear arsenal to respond to U.S. missile defense system
Maj. Gen. Zhu Chenghu of China’s National Defense University told Reuters on the sidelines of a panel discussion on nuclear disarmament that Beijing may need to modernize its nuclear arsenal to respond to the U.S. Missile defense system.
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