Vice Admiral James D. Syring, former head of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, praises Israel’s ‘intertwined umbrella’ of layered defense after a U.S. destroyer fired missile interceptors during an Iranian attack on ‘Your World.’ Vice Admiral James D. Syring, former head of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, praises Israel’s ‘intertwined umbrella’ of layered defense after a U.S. destroyer fired missile interceptors during an Iranian attack on ‘Your World.’