remember, the syrians said they shot down 13. the russian defense ministry said of 103 missiles fired, 71 were intercepted giving the impression they perhaps they simply meant that the syrians somehow saw 71. and looking forward, the interesting thing toward the end, he said the syrian chemical weapons network is larger than the three places. we took out the heart of it, but of course that would suggest that there is still more to come. and he didn t answer the question of where s the red line now is it sarin gas? is it chlorine gas? but he said we are ready for anything. we re ready for more. and the spokeswoman finally saying it was a very clear message last night, and we hope that he meaning president assad heard it. bill neely live for us in beirut lebanon. thanks for that, bill. we want to bring in our pentagon correspondent hans nicoles. good to have you back with us. we heard your question in the
general frank mckenzie. two other sites hit in homs, with one 22 missiles, another with seven missiles and the key thing was it was double the number of missiles in last year s strike and of course this was a multi-national operation, british and french war planes and a french war ship also involved. but what was extraordinary was what general mckenzie went through that this was almost in his words a complete success. none of the allied aircraft were successfully engaged. russian air defenses were not employed. he said we re confident that all our missiles reached their target. 40 syrian surface to air missiles were fired, he said, but they were largely ineffective. no missile was shot down. there was no agreement with the russians beforehand and the russians did not engage. i suppose, joy, the interesting thing was what he didn t say, that was toward the end of the briefing. you know, he said the syrian