These Before And After Satellite Images Show The Damage To al-Shayrat Military Airfield Which Was Hit By US Cruise Missiles On Thursday Night

These before and after satellite images show the damage to al-Shayrat military airfield which was hit by US cruise missiles on Thursday night.
A US defence official said that 58 of the 59 missiles 'severely degraded or destroyed' their intended targets but Russian officials claimed that only 23 reached the base and the locations of the others were 'unknown'.
Pictures from ImageSat International show how the missiles destroyed aircraft, workshops, hangars and bunkers.

[/news/russia/index.html Russian] and [/news/syria/index.html Syrian] troops were warned of the attack so they could evacuate some of their planes and soldiers. 
‹ Slide me › Before and after: This image shows five aircraft workshops before and after the strike on Thursday at 3.45am local time
After the strike: These satellite images show the damage to al-Shayrat military airfield which was hit by US cruise missiles on Thursday night
Aircraft shelters: This image shows how the missiles struck aircraft shelters on Thursday night after Syrian troops were warned

‹ Slide me › Before and after: This image shows how three hangars were struck by the missiles.

One (left) was destroyed but two (circled) remained intact
‹ Slide me › Before and after: This image shows a bunker was blown to smithereens by the strike which retaliated to Assad's gas attack
Observers said al-Sharyat Air Base was 'almost completely destroyed' by the 1,000lb warheads in a 30-minute barrage of destruction that is said to have destroyed 20 planes, a dozen aircraft hangars and a fuel depot, as well as ripped up runways, storage sites and radars. 
The missiles were launched from US destroyers 150 miles away in the Mediterranean Sea in response to Assad's Sarin gas attack in Idlib on Tuesday, which killed 80 civilians, including children.
Footage and photos from the ground Friday morning showed some of the aircraft shelters - which appear to be made of thick concrete, with feet of sand piled on top - partially or fully collapsed.
Others had sunlight shining in through holes in their roofs, and black scorch marks on their walls. 
Destruction: These images show the extent of the destruction wrought on Syria's al-Shayrat military airfield by US Tomahawk missiles on Thursday
Damage: The photos show that the missiles - which were launched from 150 miles away by US destroyers - were terrifyingly accurate, slamming down on the shelters and ripping up runways
Disabled: The damage sustained in the 30-minute attack was meant to disable the air base, near the city of Homs.

This shot shows how far apart the main target zones were
Before the attack: This photo shows the base in October 2016.

Russia claimed that only 23 out of the 59 rockets fired actually hit the base, but the US Navy said only one failed to find its mark
Aftermath: https://momcheap.pageride.com/importance-of-home-depot-kids-workshop/ This is the aftermath of one of the Tomahawk missile strikes, underneath one of the protective concrete plane shelters.

US officials said that 20 Syrian jets were destroyed in the attack
Rubble: Shredded metal is all that's left of this ravaged plane after the bombardment.

The Syrian government said at least seven soldiers were killed and nine wounded, though the US had tried to avoid barracks and populated buildings
Detonated: These tanks - likely containing fuel - appear to have been blow up by the massive rockets.

The Syrian media claimed nine civilians died even though the attack was launched at almost 4am local time on a military base
Shredded: Another plane shredded to pieces by the Tomahawk missiles, which have been updated many times since their use in the Gulf War.

The modern missiles can be redirected en route to a target, and were launched 150 miles away 
Escaped: While many of the shelters were badly hit in the attacks, some - such as those visible far in the background - were not.

Russian TV made a point of showing those shelters in their morning news reports
Unscathed: This collection of five jets on al-Sharyat Air Base somehow escaped the bombing raid, despite being located out in the open, on a patchy grass plain
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'Initial indications are that this strike has severely damaged or destroyed Syrian aircraft and support infrastructure and equipment at Shayrat Airfield, reducing the Syrian government's ability to deliver chemical weapons,' said Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis.
Two senior defense officials told [ ] that about 20 Syrian jets were destroyed in the strike, although footage screened on Russian television suggested that at least two had escaped the destruction.  

Early reports put the figure at nine destroyed jets. 
The US officials said that none of the planes had been able to scramble before missiles hit, and that no Russian aircraft were at the airfield.

No helicopters were struck during the destruction, they said. 
When asked why Russian TV footage showed an undamaged shelter and two apparently intact jets, an expert told CNN that the US had been precise in its targeting due to the size of the airfield so as not to waste missiles, and so not every area would be accountedfor.
On the ground: These damaged hangars, blackened by smoke, are at the entrance to the Syrian airfield bombarded by the US. The US targeted several such shelters across the military base, which it said held chemical weapons
Burnt out: Footage showing burnt out shelters and hangars and a damaged runway was cheered by tearful Syrians hoping that Trump's intervention would lead to Assad being overthrown
Shattered: Pictures show shards of shattered concrete strewn across the airfield at the Syrian military base this morning.

The Syrian Army called it an 'act of 'aggression' 
Jets: Footage and pictures from the base screened on Russian TV appeared to show jet planes still contained in undamaged aircraft hangars
Syria claimed that at least seven of its soldiers were killed and nine wounded in the airstrike.

According to US intel, there were 12-100 personnel on the site that night. Efforts were made not to hit barracks, officials said.
SANA, Syria's state media, also claimed that nine civilians, including four children, were killed - even though the airbase was attacked at 3:45am local time.
The satellite photos show a considerable distance between the base's perimeter and the nearest built-up area. 
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