http://www.aerocontact.com/actualite_ae ... 11898.htmlL’Italie autorise ses avions à effectuer des frappes
L’Italie autorise ses avions à effectuer des frappes ciblées contre des objectifs militaires sur le sol libyen. Les appareils utilisés pour ces frappes ne sont pas encore connus.
Les drones américains font leurs premières victimes en Libye
Un premier drone américain a détruit un lance-roquette samedi 23 avril près de Misrata. L’avion sans pilote était probablement un MQ-1 Predator.
EDIT : visiblement, au moins deux cibles détruites par les drones :
http://cencio4.wordpress.com/Other important news were the first Predator strikes in Libya. The very first one was conducted on Apr. 23, at approx. 11.00GMT, when a MQ-1 hit a Multiple Rocket Launcher (MRL) in the vicinity of Misratah. On the same day, at 20.40 GMT, another Predator UAS (Unmanned Aerial Surveillance) destroyed an SA-8 SAM. As the NATO press release underlined: “the operators of the Predator were able to detect a number of civilians playing football near the missile and firing was delayed until the people had dispersed”. Therefore:
Edit 2 :
sinon, des infos sur les missions françaises entre le 14 et le 21 avril :
Et des photos des lance-roquettes insurgés :Here’s a weekly update on the French contribution to Unified Protector. Since Apr. 14 the French military continues to provide an average of almost four sorties (only? most probably, these should be “missions”) per day (representing about 120 flight hours), half of which are strike missions. These figures still represent about 20% of all NATO sorties and 25% of ground attacks.
Between April 14, 2011 6:00 ET April 21, 2011 0600, France has made:
135 air strike sorties ( Rafale Air, Mirage 2000-D, Mirage F1 CR / Rafale Marine and Super-Etendard Marine)
52 reconnaissance sorties ( Rafale Air, Mirage F1 CR and Rafale Marine / Reco NG)
26 DCA sorties (Mirage 2000-5 from Souda Bay in cooperation with Qatar
18 airspace control and management sorties (E3F and E2C)
44 AAR sorties (C135 and Rafale Marine / Super Etendard Marine)
Furthermore, since Apr. 14, the strike of the French aircraft have hit the following targets:
a dozen military vehicles and two armored vehicles carrying ammunition and shells in the areas of Misratah, and of Ajdabiya;
three missile sites in areas of Tripoli and Misrata;
a multiple rocket launcher near Ajdabiya;
ammunition depots and storage areas in the Sirte and Tripoli;
communication and command installations in theareas of Tripoli, Sirte and Ras Lanuf.