US attacks using Tomahawk cruise missiles

(Baonghean.vn) - On April 7, the US launched 59 Tomahawk missiles to attack a Syrian military base. This is not the first time in over 30 years that Washington has used the most modern cruise missiles to attack targets.

1983, General Dynamics introduced the first generation Tomahawk cruise missile (Block I), designated BGM-109. Weighing 1.3 tons and more than 6 meters long, Tomahawk can carry a 450 kg conventional warhead, even a W80 nuclear warhead.

A Tomahawk missile is launched from the vertical launch system (VLS) on the USS Sterett.

In 1991,During the Gulf War, the US Navy fired a total of 288 Tomahawks, of which 9 "misfired", unable to leave the launch tube, and 6 fell into the sea immediately after leaving the launch tube.

1993, 46 Tomahawk missiles were fired, targeting Iraq's Zafraniyah nuclear facility. One of them landed near the Al Rasheed Hotel, killing two civilians. That same year, the Iraqi intelligence command center was targeted by 26 US Tomahawk missiles.

The Tomahawk missile was first used by the US in the 1991 Gulf War.

1998, 415 Tomahawk missiles were used by the US in Operation Desert Fox, targeting Iraqi military targets.

1999During Operation Allied Force intervention in the former Yugoslavia, US warships and British submarines fired a total of 218 Tomahawk missiles.

In 2003,Iraq continues to be under attack as the US launches a military intervention in the country. More than 802 missiles have been used in the initial phase.

The US fired Tomahawk missiles to attack Iraq in 1998.

Year 2009, The US fired two Tomahawk missiles at suspected Al-Qaeda terrorist bases in Yemen. One hit a civilian target, killing more than 40 people.

2011, the US and NATO launched Operation Odyssey Dawn to intervene in Libya's internal affairs. On the first day, British and US forces fired a total of 124 Tomahawk missiles.

2014, 47 Tomahawk missiles were fired from the USS Arleigh Burke and USS Philippine Sea of ​​the US, targeting the targets of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) terrorist organization in Syria.

The US fired about 60 Tomahawk missiles into Syria on April 7, 2017.

2016, The US fired 5 Tomahawk missiles at 3 radar stations of Houthi forces in Yemen, in retaliation for US warships being targeted with anti-ship missiles.

April 2017,US President Donald Trump launched a Tomahawk missile strike on a Syrian air base. Fifty-nine Tomahawk missiles were fired from two destroyers, the USS Ross and the USS Porter, operating in the Mediterranean.

Kim Ngoc

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