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ORAC
Syrian warplanes take off once again from air base bombed by US Tomahawks
"Syrian warplanes took off from the air base hit by US cruise missiles yesterday to carry out bombing raids on rebel-held areas, in a defiant show of strength. Just hours after the al-Shayrat airfield was bombed with 59 US Tomahawk cruise missiles fired from warships in the Mediterranean, aircraft struck targets in the eastern Homs countryside, according to a monitoring group"........
Runway (which was not even targeted) open? Certainly. Airfield open? Well, that's a matter of opinion/interpretation. But your point is well made.
That aside, it's interesting to note that the countries that have or claim to have carrier killer missiles that make carriers obsolete are all hard at work developing and building carriers of their own.