The terrible power of the US missiles that fired at Syria
US President Donald Trump announced that he will decide in the next 24-48 hours and public opinion is watching to see whether he will use force against Syria or not.
| Watch US warships fire missiles at Syria in April 2017: |
The US has now dispatched the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman along with a squadron of destroyers, cruisers and submarines carrying Tomahawk cruise missiles to Syria. This brings the number of US Tomahawk missiles directed towards Syria to 1,000.
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| Tomahawk cruise missile. |
After the chemical weapons attack in Syria last April, Mr. Trump ordered two US warships in the Mediterranean to fire dozens of Tomahawk missiles at the Assad government's military bases in response.
As the main deterrent weapon of the US military today, Tomahawk is equipped on all combat vehicles of the US navy, air force and army. This cruise missile has extremely high accuracy, guided by GPS.
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| The USS Winston S. Churchill launches a Tomahawk land-attack missile into Iraq in 2003. |
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| Tomahawk cruise missile. |
Raytheon Corporation said that their products can be launched from ships or submarines, penetrate carefully air defense areas, and hit expensive targets. The biggest advantage is that launching Tomahawk missiles from a very long distance will help avoid major casualties for US soldiers.
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| Tomahawk cruise missile. |
To date, Tomahawk has been used more than 2,000 times in combat and tested more than 500 times. In the battle against the government of Libyan Colonel Muhammed Gaddafi in 2001, the US used up to 2,000 Tomahawk missiles.
