JFIFuu4Photoshop 3.08BIMxepa03840199 (FILE) A US Navy file picture dated 14 January 2003 showing USS Florida launching a Tomahawk cruise missile during Giant Shadow exercise in the waters off the coast of the Bahamas. The US military is ready to strike Syria, the top US defence official said 27 August 2013 as the momentum also grew in France and Britain for strong, punitive action, and the Syrian opposition said it was informed of an imminent military attack. 'We are prepared. We are ready to go' if given such an order from President Barack Obama, US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel told the BBC. 'We have moved assets in place to be able to fulfil ... whatever option the president wishes to take,' he said. Obama is weighing options on how to respond to the alleged use of chemical weapons by the Syrian regime, but no decisions have yet been made as the president consults with allies and the US Congress, spokesman Jay Carney said. 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