WASHINGTON DC (Fox News) — USS John Warner, a Virginia-class submarine of the United States navy, was prepared to sink Russian warships should they respond to the U.S. airstrike in Syria in April 2018.

USS John Warner (SSN-785)

The vessel is a nuclear powered Virginia-class attack submarine. It supports 40 weapons, special operations forces, unmanned undersea vehicles, and the Advanced SEAL Delivery System (ASDS).

According to Fox News, USS John Warner dove and stood ready to counter any potential response from Russian warships. The Virginia-class submarine, used for the first time in combat during the 2018 strike, was prepared to respond to Russia’s potential actions against American ships deployed in the area, including the one that was acting as a decoy and did not launch any missiles into Syria, the broadcaster claimed.

The article compares Trump’s authorized air strikes with Thursday’s attack on facilities used by Iranian-backed militias in eastern Syria, ordered by Joe Biden. The broadcaster said Tomahawk missiles were not used in Thursday’s strike, which was a warning to Iran, and that the bombed area had not been controlled by the Syrian government for years. According to Fox News, the fighters who were killed in eastern Syria on Thursday were most likely not Syrian nationals.