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of jazz of the so ca-called joi air to service attack. it is a true standoff weapon. it it has a little bit greater of 600 miles range. it could have fired without pen frustrati penetrating syrian aerospace. we do know based on the pentagon briefing, this was a highly effective employment of this kind of weapon systems. the integration of the strike packages was very, very good. that s the strike packages between the u.s. pieces, both in the air component and the naval component as well with the british and the french air components and naval component.
regime. they received briefings on options, we re told. and secretary mattis was briefing him. these options had been developed before the trip. they had been presented with a menu of options for some time. and tomahawk cruise missiles make sense. it minimizes the risk to u.s. personnel, if it was a manned aircraft, there s a chance they could be fired upon. this is a standoff weapon. it allows it to be fired from some distance. it allows for the intended effect without putting u.s. forces in danger. there s hundreds of troops already in syria, participating in the fight against isis. they re constantly aware, we re told i was speaking to someone in baghdad earlier. they re aware of what s going on. they re monitoring it closely, in case there s any retaliatory reaction. they re not taking steps out of now.