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How Gaddafi's convoy was stopped by U.S. drone and French Air force fighter aircraft Mirage 2000 2210111.
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How Gaddafi's convoy was stopped by U.S. drone and French Air force fighter
aircraft Mirage 2000. |
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A U.S.
drone and a French Air Force Mirage 2000D attacked a convoy without knowing
that Gaddafi was part of it. At war, things are often simpler than we
think and chance sometimes if a factor. Twenty-four hours after the event,
we can finally detail the course of the air operation which resulted in
the capture and execution of Gaddafi. |
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The city of Sirte - Gaddafi last bastion with Bani Walid
- was continuously monitored by U.S. drones. Thursday morning, a MQ-1B
Predator spotted a convoy of over twenty vehicles attempting
to leave the city. Nobody is able to know who is on board, but it is
positively identified as belonging to the pro-Gaddafi. As is the case
since the beginning of operations, it becomes a target that needs to
be "neutralize". The U.S. drone MQ-1B
Predator engages with Hellfire missiles. The convoy
is stopped and the vehicles regroup. The command center of air operations
decided to bring in some aircraft: a French patrol, consisting of a
Mirage F1CR (fitted for reconnaissance missions) and a Mirage 2000D
(fitted for ground attack missions), is available in the area. The patrol
quickly reaches the zone and is allowed to engage the target, two GBU-12
are fired from the Mirage 2000D, one of which hits the convoy, causing
major damage. |
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