What's that whining sound and foul odor?
Oh...that's just Putin CRAPPING HIS PANTS, while he cries over missing the long-gone "Shove-His-$#@!-Obama-Around-Days...."
The US used 2 state of the art weapons for the first time in Syria — and it looks like they worked perfectly
Two new weapons were used for the first time during the operation — the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Range, known as JASSM-ER, and the Virginia-class nuclear attack submarine.
The JASSM was launched by B-1B bombers, while the Virginia-class submarine was the only US Navy vessel based in the Mediterranean Sea that fired on Syrian targets during the operation.
Massive missile strikes conducted by US, UK, and French air and naval assets on Friday hit three targets that were allegedly related to the Syrian government's chemical weapons program. The strikes appear to have been largely successful.
US Marine Corps Lieutenant General Kenneth McKenzie, the director of the Joint Staff, described the operation as
"precise, overwhelming, effective," and said that it "significantly crippled" the Syrian government's chemical weapons capabilities.
In all, 105 weapons struck the Barzah Research and Development Center outside of Damascus, the Him Shinshar bunker, and a storage site near Homs.
"Taken together … these attacks on multiple axes were able to overwhelm the Syrian air defense systems," he said.
Often overlooked in the assessment of the operation is the fact that two new weapons, the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Range, known as the JASSM-ER, and the Virginia-class nuclear attack submarine both made their combat debuts during the operation — and appear to have performed perfectly.
The JASSM is a standoff air-launched cruise missile made by Lockheed Martin. It is usually dropped from a bomber like a B-1B Lancer or B-2 Spirit, but can also be carried by F-15s and F-16s.
Its standoff capability enables it to be launched well away from its target, meaning its carrying vehicle may not even need to enter hostile airspace. This appears to be what happened in Syria, as Air Force spokesman Lt. Col Damien Pickart told Military.com that the B-1B was able to "launch stand-off weapons from outside Syrian airspace."
http://www.businessinsider.com/us-sy...bmarine-2018-4
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