WATCH: US Tomahawk missiles launching toward Syrian airbases

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April 7, 2017 4:22 AM

They can carry a 1,000 pound warhead.

USS Ross (DDG 71) fires a tomahawk land attack missile April 7, 2017.

After launching dozens of missiles against Syrian airfields early Friday morning, the Pentagon released images and videos of the footage taken from US destroyers stationed in the Mediterranean Sea.

The 59 cruise missiles impacted their targets — reportedly runaways, aircraft, and fuel points for the aircraft — around , in what was the US' first intentional attack on Syrian government targets since its civil war broke out six years ago.

Fired from two he missiles themselves have been part of the US' arsenal since 1991, and commonly carries a 1,000 pound warhead, according to The Washington Post. It was last used against three radar sites in Yemen after Houthi rebels fired their own missiles towards US ships.

The attack was President Donald Trump's response to an alleged chemical attack by that killed around 80 people in the country, earlier this week. Syrian officials have denied the allegations, saying that they "

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