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In an update on operations in Libya, the U.K. defense ministry puts out the following numbers:NATO has hit more than 4,200 targetsRoyal Navy, RAF, and U.K. Army Air Corp have struck more than 840 regime targets. 180 tanks and APCs hit160 other military vehicles hit120 artillery pieces and rocket launchers hit Add to that the latest figures from NATO:18,553 sorties flown7,037 strike sorties conductedBut what does it all add up to except more than £140 million in costs to the U.K. alone to restock weapons expended? Weeks ago the U.K. claimed the Ghaddafi regime was crumbling, with others saying it was on “the back foot.” In reality, there is little sign of that actually happening. So operations continue. The MOD says it has hit Libya’s Central Organization for Electronic Research, which it describes as one of the regime’s “most sensitive and secretive intelligence operations” centers. Tornadoes also were once more called on to fire Storm Shadow cruise missiles to strike command bunkers. Meanwhile, nobody seems willing to ask the question, what will it take to really break the back of the regime?
In an update on operations in Libya, the U.K. defense ministry puts out the following numbers:
Add to that the latest figures from NATO:
But what does it all add up to except more than £140 million in costs to the U.K. alone to restock weapons expended?
Weeks ago the U.K. claimed the Ghaddafi regime was crumbling, with others saying it was on “the back foot.” In reality, there is little sign of that actually happening.
So operations continue. The MOD says it has hit Libya’s Central Organization for Electronic Research, which it describes as one of the regime’s “most sensitive and secretive intelligence operations” centers. Tornadoes also were once more called on to fire Storm Shadow cruise missiles to strike command bunkers.
Meanwhile, nobody seems willing to ask the question, what will it take to really break the back of the regime?
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