The US fired more than 118 missiles at Syria in coordinated response to suspected chemical weapons attack

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• The US fired more than 118 missiles in “precision strikes” on Syria on Friday night.
• Defense Secretary James Mattis said the number of weapons used was “a little over double” that  of a 2017 air strike on Syria which involved 59 Tomahawk missiles.
• If Tomahawk missiles were used, the minimum weapons cost of the Friday strike would be $ 165 million.

The US fired more than 118 missiles on Syria on Friday in precision strikes that were fired in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack last weekend.

US Defense Secretary James Mattis confirmed that the US used more than twice as many missiles as it did in a 2017 strike on Syria’s Sharyat Airbase on April 7, 2017. That attack used 59 Tomahawk missiles, and was ordered by President Donald Trump, who said the action was in response to a chemical attack three days earlier.

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