Trump announced that he and Britain and France would attack Syria
Trump announced an attack on Syria
At 4:00 a.m. on April 14, Syria time, the US-British-French coalition began airstrikes on three locations suspected of being related to Syria’s chemical weapons program.
Arleigh Burke class destroyer
USS Donald Cook operated in the Mediterranean last year.
Three US destroyers, USS Porter, USS Donald Cook and USS Higgins, simultaneously launched Tomahawk cruise missiles.
Powerful Tomahawk missiles were used by the US in battle.
B-1B strategic bomber
A B-1B bomber also launched AGM-158 JASSM long-range surface-to-surface missiles, marking the first real combat appearance of this weapon.
B-1B Lancer bomber.
Each B-1B is 44.5 m long, 10.4 m high and has an empty mass of 87.1 tons.
The US Air Force also dispatched at least four F-16 fighters and four F-15 fighters to be present between Cyprus and the Syrian coast for most of the airstrike.
Three tanker aircraft also appeared in the Mediterranean to assist, along with an RQ-4 Global Hawk drone flying along the Syrian coast after the airstrike, possibly to assess damage.
Attack Tornado GR4
Panavia Tornado GR4 attack of the British Air Force.
According to the BBC, the British Ministry of Defense dispatched 4 Tornado GR4 raiders carrying Storm Shadow cruise missiles to attack a military base near the city of Homs, believed to be a place to store raw materials for making chemical weapons.
Rafale fighter and Aquitaine corvette
Paris published footage of military aircraft bombing Syria
French fighter sorties with SCALP-EG missiles
Some images show many French Rafael fighters equipped with SCALP-EG missiles.
The locations hit by airstrikes were in Damascus and Homs.
