Defense Department releases video of tomahawk missile launch
By Reuters
15 April 2018 |
12:00 pm
The DOD released video on Saturday it said showed a tomahawk missile launching from a submarine in the Mediterranean as part of "a multi-national strike operation against the Syrian government," as well as a B-1 Bomber taking-off from an undisclosed location.
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