Video realeased by the the US Department of Defense shows Tomahawk missiles being launched from US Navy ships in the Mediterranean Sea early Friday. The United States attacked a Syrian air base with roughly 60 cruise missiles in response to a chemical weapons attack it blames on President Bashar Assad. US officials say the Tomahawk missiles were fired from two warships, USS Ross and USS Porter stationed in the Mediterranean sea, targeting a government-controlled air base in Syria. <br /><br />READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/884m <br /><br />LIVE UPDATES: https://on.rt.com/884p<br /><br />RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air<br /><br />Subscribe to RT! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=RussiaToday<br /><br />Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTnews<br />Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_com<br />Follow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/rt<br />Follow us on Google+ http://plus.google.com/+RT<br />Listen to us on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/rttv<br /><br />RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 1 billion YouTube views benchmark.
