french naval vessels for example on board the flame multipurpose frigate which is the product of a french italian collaboration. the family longer duck shown here setting sail from the military port of too long is one of the most modern warships in the world along with naval capabilities its equipped for anti submarine and anti aircraft warfare. its equipment includes cruise missiles which allow precision attacks on land targets from a great distance. the frigates were closer designed by the french company naval group which is more than sixty percent state and a single frigate costs more than six hundred million euros the commander of the long duk. is proud that the flame war ship is also being sold abroad often want
can hold, by the way, it travels at about 900 miles an hour. mack one.1 and can carry cruise missiles. now, there s more. u.s. ground based missiles can hit combat units, incoming missiles. it can hit communications sites and more. it can have a 5 # 00-pound warhead delivered to a target. and these can be moved around on trucks and things like that. then we ve got navy-guided missile destroyer. this is the arly bushing class destroyer. it s a big ship. it can track multiple targets while guiding its missiles. it s got powerful guns to bombard land targets. and then under the waves there are ohio class submarines. these also carry 24 missiles, unlike the other missiles, these are trident 2 missiles and each one carries multiple warheads that can target different locations from under the sea. the u.s. now, we ve just talked about the thaad anti-missile system. the u.s. has recently deployed
24 cruise missiles and can climb over 30,000 feet. then there are u.s. ground-based missiles which can hit combat units, incoming missiles, communication sites and more. some of them are able to deliver a 500 pound warhead to a target. they also have we have a big navy out there, the navy s guided destroyers, can target multiple targets. they have powerful guns on these to bombard land targets. and under the waves the united states has ohio class submarines which carry 24 triden 2 missiles, each one carries multile warheads that can target different locations. so we have got those. and the united states, we talk ed about this earlier, has recently deployed the thaad anti-missional system to south korea, they have the anti-missile system in guam. it has short and intermediate
bri brian? hans nichols at the pentagon. we re going to let him go report and see what more we can find out about this, again, this volley of cruise missiles launched tonight from u.s. navy vessels onto land targets in and around the city of homs in syria. specifically aviation targets, we re told. that could change. airfields, aircraft on airfields and the like. kristen welker is at the white house tonight. kristen, what will we hear, if anything, from the building behind you or from the traveling white house in florida? reporter: i anticipate we will hear something from the traveling white house, brian. president trump, of course, meeting with the president of china this evening. the two had dinner. vice president mike pence, i can tell you, had been meeting with his staffers here inside the west wing. no word an specifically what those conversations have
of the four navy destroyers positioned off the coast in the eastern mediterranean sea. we also know that there are british and u.s. subs in those waters as well. they re all equipped with tomahawk cruise missiles that could be used to strike land targets. the official says there will be an initial strike and then a period of assessment to see what damage has been done and what else needs to be done in any subsequent strikes. thanks very much. even some who are strongly in favor of a strike on syria worry that the wrong indonesia kikind could back fire. joining me, senator john mccain, republican of arizona, key member of the senate armed services committee. senator, what do you think the obama administration, the united states, needs to do right now as far as syria is concerned? i think that retaliatory action, particularly since bashar al assad crossed, again, not for the first time the red