{"id":47035,"date":"2018-04-11T15:52:32","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T15:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/04\/11\/pentagon-still-assessing-chemical-attack-possible-responses\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:10:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:10:15","slug":"pentagon-still-assessing-chemical-attack-possible-responses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2018\/04\/11\/pentagon-still-assessing-chemical-attack-possible-responses\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon \u2018still assessing\u2019 possible missile strike on Syria, Mattis says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Wednesday that the U.S. and key allies are still working on options to respond to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/10\/syrian-forces-on-high-alert-as-chemical-weapons-watchdog-to-send-inspectors\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Syria\u2019s suspected chemical attack<\/a>s, and have not concluded who was behind the attacks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are still assessing the intelligence, ourselves and our allies, we\u2019re still working on this,\u201d Mattis said when asked whether the government of Syrian president Bashar Assad was responsible. <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/11\/trump-says-missiles-coming-against-syria-new-and-smart\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-665501010.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Trump says \u2018missiles coming\u2019 against Syria, \u2018new and smart\u2019<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Defying Russian warnings against U.S. military strikes in Syria, President Donald Trump said Wednesday that missiles \u201cwill be coming\u201d in response to Syria\u2019s suspected chemical attack that killed at least 40 people.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For days the U.S. military has been assessing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/10\/trump-threatens-syria-strike-cancels-summit-travel\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">potential retaliatory strikes <\/a>for the reported attacks that occurred in the Syrian town of Douma April 7. Images of infants, women and children poisoned and lying dead as they took shelter have spurred a new round of escalating warnings from President Donald Trump and increased the likelihood that U.S. military assets, such as cruise missiles fired from nearby warships, would be employed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRussia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria. Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice and new and \u201csmart!\u201d You shouldn\u2019t be partners with a Gas Killing Animal who kills his people and enjoys it!\u201c Trump tweeted early Wednesday, after Russia warned it would employ its missile defense systems if the U.S. launched another strike. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. launched a similar response almost exactly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2017\/04\/07\/us-hammered-syria-with-tomahawk-missiles-a-weapon-the-pentagon-doesn-t-want-anymore\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">one year ago<\/a> today, firing 59 cruise missiles from the destroyers Porter and Ross after a similar chemical attack killed scores of civilians in the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhun. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mattis said that the Pentagon is ready to respond again, if that is what Trump directs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe stand 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