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The guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) fires a Tomahawk land attack missile April 14, 2018. American, British and French air and sea forces launched 105 missiles at three Syrian facilities about 4 a.m. local time, destroying a key chemical weapons research and manufacturing facility in metropolitan Damascus and two chemical weapons stockpiles outside Homs

The guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) fires a Tomahawk land attack missile April 14, 2018. American, British and French air and sea forces launched 105 missiles at three Syrian facilities about 4 a.m. local time, destroying a key chemical weapons research and manufacturing facility in metropolitan Damascus and two chemical weapons stockpiles outside Homs (U.S. Department of Defense)

Here's a look at U.S., British and French assets involved in the strike on the Syrian chemical weapons program.

American ships:

USS Monterey, Ticonderoga-class cruiser – fired 30 Tomahawk land attack cruise missiles from the Red Sea USS Higgins, Arleigh Burke-class destroyer – fired 23 Tomahawks from north Persian Gulf USS Laboon, Arleigh Burke-class destroyer – fired 7 Tomahawks from Red Sea USS John Warner, Virginia-class attack submarine – fired 6 Tomahawks from eastern Mediterranean SeaFrench ship:

Languedoc, Aquitaine-class frigate – fired 3 Naval SCALP General Purpose Long Range Standoff Cruise Missiles

American aircraft:

2 B-1 Lancer bombers, 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron – fired 19 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff MissilesBritish aircraft:

Typhoon fighter-bomber and Tornado fighters – fired 8 Storm Shadow Long-range air-to-surface missilesFrench aircraft:

Rafale and Mirage fighters – fired 9 SCALP General Purpose Long Range Standoff Cruise Missilesdickstein.corey@stripes.com Twitter: @CDicksteinDC

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Corey Dickstein covers the military in the U.S. southeast. He joined the Stars and Stripes staff in 2015 and covered the Pentagon for more than five years. He previously covered the military for the Savannah Morning News in Georgia. Dickstein holds a journalism degree from Georgia College & State University and has been recognized with several national and regional awards for his reporting and photography. He is based in Atlanta.

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