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Defence & Security News - United States |
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Saturday, August 24, 2013 06:01 PM | |||
United States has updated options for air strikes and use of cruise missiles against Syria. | |||
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U.S. military has updated options for a forceful intervention in Syria
to give President Barack Obama a range of choices should he decide to
deepen American involvement in a civil war where new claims surfaced this
week about possible chemical weapons use by the regime. A senior Defense
Department official told CNN on Friday, August 23, 2013, that target lists
for possible air strikes have been updated. |
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![]() Guided-missile destroyer USS Ramage of U.S. Navy (DDG 61) transits the Persian Gulf |
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planning also included updates on the potential use of cruise missiles,
which would not require fighter pilots to enter Syrian airspace. |
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