ATLANTA, GA — The Atlanta Braves announced this morning the team would be handing out free Tomahawk cruise missiles to its fans in uniform during Military Appreciation Night on Thursday, while playing at home against the Cleveland Indians.

The Braves, who will be giving away one free $1.5 million, 3,000-pound Tomahawk Block IV Cruise Missile and accompanying 1,000-pound warhead to the first 18,000 fans who either show up in uniform or produce an active duty military ID, are offering the promotion as a means of “saluting the troops” on the eve of what appears to be inevitable U.S.-led missile strikes against Syria, according to a spokesman from Raytheon Company, which is sponsoring the $27 billion promotion.

“We figured that everybody knows about the ‘Tomahawk Chop,'” said Evan Keegler, Raytheon’s director of marketing, in reference to the one-armed rallying gesture made famous by the team’s fans over the years.

“So we decided this would be a great tie-in that not only lets the brave men and women overseas know that we’re thinking about them, but also gives people here at home a hands-on education as to all of the awesome capabilities possessed by the very missiles that are about to rain down hellfire on Damascus.”