“According to the Pentagon, the runway was hardened and could have been patched up within days. Radar systems, aircraft were better targets.”
So fly in a new radar system and your airfield is fully operational within hours
And again, the important point made here today was the message that despots can not use chemical weapons without repercussions. Are you really that obtuse that you cannot understand that? We don't do Obama speeches anymore, we actually punish out-of-control leaders now.
Great. A target for the next run.
In addition, a Russian-made surface-to-air missile site and its associated radar was destroyed....
Er, wasn’t the radar supposed to detect incoming missiles?
I thought that was the whole point of radar :)