2018 bombing of Damascus and Homs - Wikipedia
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Forces involved
US Secretary of Defense
Jim Mattisand Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford briefing reporters on the attack
A B-1B of
28th Bomb Wingprepares to launch a strike mission from Al Udeid AIr Base
The strikes were carried out by the forces of the United States, the United Kingdom, and France
[47] and were delivered by ship-launched, submarine-launched and airborne
cruise missiles.
[48] All of the missiles launched by British and French forces were variants of the
Storm Shadow missile, known as SCALP EG and Missile de Croisière Naval (MdCN for Naval Cruise Missile) in French service.
Four British
Tornado GR4s supported by four
Eurofighter Typhoons[49] fired a total of eight Storm Shadow missiles.
[48][50] The French Navy deployed a strike group in the Eastern Mediterranean consisting of one
Cassard-class frigate, one
Georges Leygues-class frigate, one
Durance-class tanker, and the
FREMM multipurpose frigates Aquitaine (D650),
Auvergne (D654), and
Languedoc (D653); the latter ship fired three MdCN land attack missiles.
[51] The French Air Force sent five Rafale jets, each carrying two SCALP EG missiles, four Mirage 2000-5F air superiority fighters, two E-3F
airborne early warning and control planes, and six
C-135FR tankers.
[52][53] The US forces included two B-1 bombers from the
34th Bomb Squadron firing nineteen JASSM-ER missiles.
[54] Seven Tomahawk cruise missiles were fired from the
Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Laboon (DDG-58) and thirty from the
Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Monterey (CG-61) from a position in the
Red Sea. The
Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
USS Higgins (DDG-76) fired twenty-three Tomahawks from a position in the Northern part of the
Persian Gulf, while the
Virginia-class submarine USS John Warner (SSN-785) launched six Tomahawks from the
Mediterranean Sea.
[55][56] US Secretary of Defense
Jim Mattis said twice as many weapons were used in the initial strike as in the
2017 Shayrat missile strike;
[57] an anonymous US Defense Department official quoted by
The Washington Post said about 100 Tomahawk missiles were fired by the US.
[7]
According to US military's Joint Staff, the allocation of missiles to targets was:
[58]
Syria responded using its air defense systems, and its state media aired a video purporting to show a successful missile interception.
[59] The Syrian state news agency SANA and Colonel-General Sergei Rudskoi of the Russian military said Syria used Russian and Soviet air defense systems
Pantsir-S1,
S-125,
S-200,
Buk, and
Kvadrat.
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Die Aufstellung nennt eine Vielzahl von beteiligten Einheiten an unterschiedlichen Orten, die im Falle der Amerikaner fast alle das gleiche Ziel hatten, das prominente Barzah Forschungs-Zentrum am Rande von Damaskus. Nur bei Homs griffen alle drei Nationen gemeinsam ein Ziel an und die Franzosen noch ein weiteres.
Die 5 Rafale hatten 10 SCALP EG davon wurden 9 Zielen zugeordnet. Bei den Briten und Amerikanern gibt es keine Differenz.
