Gene Splicing Listed as WMD Threat
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James Clapper, US director of national intelligence, includes gene editing as a weapon of mass destruction threat, reports MIT Technology Review, in the annual worldwide threat assessment report.
Legislative history of BRAC is presented by expert George Schlossberg who spoke at a Patuxent Partnership briefing late last year about the threat of BRAC to Southern Maryland. Source: St. Mary’s County Business Development eNewsletter.
Once again the MUSIC rocket, that is the Multiple User Suborbital Instrument Carrier rocket, is scheduled for lift off from Wallops, reports Delmarva.com. The latest launch is set for Monday morning, but with a number of postponements last year, NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility has back-up launch dates scheduled Feb. 23 – 26, 2016. The payload includes Wallops engineering projects, and experiments from West Virginia University. The Wallops launch can be seen from the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay.
Navy BlackBerrys are swapping out for iPhones at a good clip, from 18,000 down to 3,100 since SPAWAR began transitioning to Apple iOS and Android last year, reports USNI.
Military.com lays out the criticism of another Pentagon proposal to up retirement benefits for officers versus younger, short-term troops.
Testimony during last week’s US Coast Guard hearings on the sinking of El Faro, included the captain’s last call noting the “clock was ticking,” as the ship took on water and lost propulsion, reports Military.com.
Missing radioactive material dumped in south Iraq, reports Reuters, the device was found intact near a petrol station in Zubair.
Drinking more coffee might prevent alcohol-related cirrhosis, reports CNN.
