the target list, a chemical research center in damascus and two chemical weapons and equipment storage facilities located west of homes. after first light as a damage emerged, the pentagon said there were no reports of civilian casualties and all the military objectives for this strike were achieved. i believe that we took the heart of it out with the attacks that we accomplished last night. i m not going to say they re going to be unable to continue to conduct a chemical attack in the future. i suspect, hour, they ll think long and hard about it after, based on the activities of last night. reporter: the strike on syria began at 4:00 a.m. with a barrage of 105 missiles launched by the u.s. french, and british militaries. it was carried out by three u.s. warships and a u.s. submarine. the french also launched missiles from a ship. in the air two bombers launched strikes along with french and
him from doing this again. reporter:-shortly after these horrific videos emerged of an april 7th chemical weapons attack in a damascus suburb that the pentagon began planning for military strikes. the target list, a chemical research center in damascus and two chemical weapons in equipment storage facilities located west of homes. the pentagon said there were no reports of civilian casualties and all the military objectives for this strike were achieved. i believe we took the heart of it out with the attacks accomplished last night. i won t say they will be unable to conduct a chemical attack in the future. i suspect they will think long and hard about it. reporter: the strike began at 4:00 a.m. with a barrage of 105 missiles launched by the u.s., french and british militaries.
morning. and he said if the syrian regime uses this poisonous gas again, the united states is locked and loaded. reporter: defense secretary james mattis, in a late night pentagon briefing, not shutting the door to future military action, but also not saying what would lead to more air strikes. right now this is a one-time shot. and i believe that it has sent a very strong message to dissuade him, to deter him from doing this again. reporter: it was shortly after these horrific videos emerged of an april 7th chemical weapons attack in a damascus suburb that the pentagon began planning for military strikes. the target list, a chemical research center in damascus, and two chemical weapons and equipment storage facilities located west of homs. after first light, as the damage emerged, the pentagon said there were no reports of civilian