tomahawk is fired from these two destroyers out in the eastern mediterranean, the uss porter and the uss ross, they could carry up to 70 tomahawk missiles. we are learning now that more than 50 missiles were fired at this one airbase. to put in context for our viewers, one tomahawk missile is approximately 18 feet long, two feet wide. it carries 1,000 pounds of munitions. this is like a flying telephone pole, member we first were introduced to the tomahawk missiles during the gulf war, they were first seen in the could be seen by the naked eye because they flew so slowly, 50. from the time they were launched uss ross and uss porter, probably about half hour 30 minutes possibly longer to reach that airbase. this is like a cruise missile