Defense News - Libya |
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Thursday,
March 24, 2011, 09:47 AM |
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rebel forces are not organized to fight the Libyan army, air
strike is not enough. |
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The
coalition air effort to halt the Libyan government's attacks
on civilians continued into Thursday for a sixth day, with
an airstrike in the Tripoli suburb of Tajura, a government
official said.
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Instead,
the rebel forces appear to have been largely volunteers,
often with little military expertise. On this picture the
Libyan rebel uses an anti-aircraft portable missile SA-7
without the launching mecanism as an anti-tank rocket launcher.
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The UK Chief
of Defence Staff's Strategic Communication Officer, Maj-Gen
John Lorimer, says: "British armed forces have again
participated in a co-ordinated strike against Libyan air
defence systems in support of the United Nations Security
Council resolution 1973. The UK launched guided Tomahawk
Land Attack Missiles (TLAM) from a Trafalgar Class submarine
at air defence targets as part of the coalition plan to
enforce the resolution."
The pro-Gaddafi forces clearly continue to have advantages
in weaponry, especially tanks and artillery. So, unless
they are moving in the open desert, the rebels seem unable
to make advances.
There
seems to be little evidence of rebel forces in the east
and the west being able to co-ordinate or communicate
effectively. And the situation in the west - particularly
the effectiveness of rebel forces there, in the third
city of Misrata - remains even murkier.
The
international coalition now seems to be focusing its attention
there more intensively, in what could prove to be the
beginning of a new phase in the operation.
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The
Libyan rebel forces are only armed with small weapons mounted
on civilian pickup truck. |
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were many military defections to the rebel side early on,
clearly including some commanders and officers. Instead, the
rebel forces appear to have been largely volunteers, often
with little military expertise, armed only with light weapons,
and travelling essentially in pick-up trucks. |
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Latest
generation of portable air defense missile system mounted
on Strrelets set used by the Libyan armed forces. The Strelets
is designed for remote automated firing of the 9K338
Igla-S SA-24 Grinch and Igla surface-to-air missile.
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According
to photographs analyzed by our team, the armed forces of
Kadhafi are equipped with the last generation of portable
anti-aircraft missile system made in Russian (MANPADS) SA-24
Grinch (Russian denomination 9K338
Igla-S), able to destroy all types of air threats until
a maximum distance from 6.000 Mr.
Visit this link: Equipment
and military power Libyan army land forces
before the beginning of the coalition attack.
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