NATO Insists that Libyan Air Campaign Will Yield Desired Result

Although rebel forces have gained hardly any ground in Libya, NATO officials are still optimistic that airpower alone will eventually force Col.

French Army Tiger HAPs and Gazelles are among the aircraft being used in Libya to force Col. Ghaddafi’s regime from power.

By Chris Pocock • Defense Correspondent

June 13, 2011

Although rebel forces have gained hardly any ground in Libya, NATO officials are still optimistic that airpower alone will eventually force Col. Ghaddafi’s regime from power. To that end, air strikes have increasingly focused on Libya’s defense and security infrastructure, including vehicle, ammunition and missile depots; intelligence and secret police headquarters; the presidential complex in Tripoli; and other command and control sites.

“The organization of Col. Ghaddafi’s apparatus of repression is increasingly well understood as our intelligence improves daily, and senior members of the regime defect,” noted a British defense spokesman. NATO defense ministers have approved an extension until late September for Operation Unified Protector.

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