Pentagon used 'nice and new and smart' missiles in attack on Syria's chemical sites
Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY Published 10:31 a.m. ET April 18, 2018 | Updated 4:18 p.m. ET April 18, 2018
WASHINGTON – The Pentagon unveiled one of its newest weapons — a long-range, stealthy missile — in last week's attack on Syria’s suspected chemical weapons sites, a development with implications beyond the regime’s borders.
Adversaries such as China and Russia have developed surface-to-air missile defenses capable of downing American and allied aircraft and have sold and deployed some of the systems to lower-tier foes such as Syria. The military refers to them as “anti-access, area-denial†weapons meant to keep U.S. warplanes at bay.
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