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US and France say none of their missiles intercepted in Syria
[Al Jazeera] The US and La Belle France have denied Russian claim that Syrian air defence had intercepted at least 71 cruise missiles fired by the US, the UK and French forces early on Saturday."None of our aircraft or missiles involved in this operation were successfully engaged by Syrian air defences," Lieutenant-General Kenneth McKenzie, the director of the Joint Staff at the Pentagon, said at a press briefing on Saturday. He said there were no known civilian casualties, but noted Syria had fired about 40 unguided surface-to-air missiles, most of which didn't launch until after the allied strike was over. "When you shoot iron into the air without guidance, it's going to come down somewhere," McKenzie said. Earlier, French officials said that they believed none of their missiles was intercepted. Speaking at a news conference in Moscow on Saturday, Lieutenant-General Sergey Rudskoy had said that at least 103 cruise missiles, including Tomahawks, were fired into a number of targets in Syria. "Russia has fully restored the air defence system of Syria, and it continues to improve it over the last six months," Rudskoy said. Posted by: Fred 2018-04-15 |
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