launch the airstrike("An insider said Mr Johnson agreed that Mr Tillerson should go to Russian because it was the Americans who launched the airstrike, not the British." (The Int'l Express) ART Vancouver)
carry out a missile strike(The US has carried out a missile strike against a Syrian air base in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held town.4uzhoj)
strike(Israeli warplanes on Monday struck what the military command here described as terrorist targets in the Syrian-controlled section of Lebanon's Bekaa Valley)
inflict damage(on) The element of surprise, which allowed Russian heavy armor to inflict heavy losses on the Ukrainian forces in Ilovaisk, would also be gone. 4uzhoj)