September 21, 201114 yr From AOL Defense [excerpt] French Pilots Over Libya Decline US Intel; Clearance Just Too SlowBy Robert Densmore Published: September 21, 2011 London: French air forces flying strike missions in Libya against Gaddafi's loyalists are not using detailed imagery and intelligence provided by US airborne surveillance aircraft, according to statements made today by French pilots involved in those sorties.
September 24, 201114 yr From AOL Defense [excerpt] French Pilots Over Libya Decline US Intel; Clearance Just Too SlowBy Robert Densmore Published: September 21, 2011 London: French air forces flying strike missions in Libya against Gaddafi's loyalists are not using detailed imagery and intelligence provided by US airborne surveillance aircraft, according to statements made today by French pilots involved in those sorties. I will admit that the French have got it right. A smart bomb is only as smart as the operators intel, especially when targets are in heavily populated areas.
September 25, 201114 yr From AOL Defense [excerpt] French Libya Lessons Learned: Better Targeting, Flexible ROEs, Limits to Armed UAVsBy Robbin Laird Published: September 23, 2011 A main point underscored by the French military was the impact of the political process on military planning.
September 28, 201114 yr From AOL Defense [excerpt] White House Believes 20,000 Sophisticated Missiles Missing in LibyaBy Colin Clark Published: September 27, 2011 Washington: News reports appear to confirm weeks of worries by senior White House and congressional officials that large numbers of shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles have gone missing in Libya.
September 29, 201114 yr From AOL Defense [excerpt] White House Believes 20,000 Sophisticated Missiles Missing in Libya So is this going to be a good time to begin adding chaff, flares and an ECM package to commercial aircraft? And did everyone read the part that senior members of Al Queda are Libyans? Hmmmm...
October 4, 201114 yr From AOL Defense [excerpt] Missing Libya Missiles Already Smuggled Out, U.S. Searches for ThemBy Carlo Munoz Published: October 4, 2011 Washington: A number of sophisticated shoulder-fired missiles looted from Libyan armories have already been smuggled out of the North African country and we don't know where they've gone, a top U.S. general said today.
October 5, 201114 yr From Aviation Week [excerpt] High-End Missiles Missing From LibyaOct 5, 2011 By David A. Fulghum U.S. officials are still confused about why Libya’s stockpile of new, advanced SA-24 Grinch man-portable air defense systems (Manpads) were not fired at NATO aircraft during the battle to oust Moammar Gadhafi. The weapons are perhaps the most sophisticated, light, anti-aircraft missiles made by Russia, and they are certainly the most sought after by insurgents shopping the black market. CV32: I'll hazard a guess. Making a truckload of $$$ made more sense to your average Libyan than getting an AASM or Paveway down the windpipe for his troubles.
October 7, 201114 yr What is about Russian tech that makes it end up proliferating like rabbits? First guess is that it is inexpensive as compared to Western systems so the Russian systems get sold to a class of buyers a fair bit different than Western systems (in general).
October 15, 201114 yr From Army Times [excerpt] U.S.: Terrorists seeking missing Libya missilesBy Slobodan Lekic - The Associated Press Posted : Friday Oct 14, 2011 12:02:36 EDT BRUSSELS — Terrorist groups have expressed interest in obtaining some of the thousands of shoulder-launched missiles that have gone missing in Libya and the issue has become a priority for the Obama administration, a senior U.S. official said Friday.
October 20, 201114 yr Ghadaffi is dead: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/10/20/...n20123114.shtml Annonced by Al Jazeera about 1400 GMT: http://english.aljazeera.net/video/middlee...4201566639.html
October 27, 201114 yr Just saw in AIR International that Libya was apparently due to be the first export customer for the Su-35. The new government's cancelled all its arms purchases from Russia, costing them about $4bn.
November 1, 201114 yr From The Guardian Libya operations details (Google docs) NATO Libya attacks (Google docs)
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