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The americans have two warships in the area with 90+ missiles on each.
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The americans have two warships in the area with 90+ missiles on each.
yea I was only referring to TLAM's. UK have fired only 2. US have fired 110.
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We only fired 2? 
I live near there!
My neighbour is in the RAF and he is currently deployed in Libya (I'm not sure doing what exactly, he works on a plane similar to the AWACS but it isn't that).
Coningsby is the Eurofighter HQ I believe?
Probably the Nimrod R1 then.
We only fired 2?
From the sea yes, we've done more damage from the air.
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We only fired 2?
What should we have launched them from then?
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AA fire at the moment, what are they shooting at??
Are they just randomly firing and hoping to hit something?
Are they just randomly firing and hoping to hit something?
"French jets begin a second day of operations over Libya to enforce a no-fly zone against Col Muammar Gaddafi's forces." - BBC News
Them I expect.
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Thin air, as per usual
yep.
Hmm, fair enough. Why would they waste ammo like that?
Probably, but don't discount small arms fire bringing down aircraft.
Because what else are you going to use AA stations for?
Because it might force Gaddafi to stop military action against the rebels and force him to the table for talks? If that happens regime change from a UN backed military point of view becomes a non-starter. As I said before, partioning of the country seems the most realistic option now, because the rebels even with UN air support won't be able to mount offensive operations to defeat Gaddafi's military. The worst that could happen is that you have rebels laying into Gaddafi controlled cities and getting the same condemnation that he himself has been getting for doing the same thing to the rebels. And as the guy from the Arab League pointed out, we would no longer be intervening to protect civilians but, would be the aggressor.
Realistically, this is going to go more like Kosovo than Iraq as long as Gaddafi stays in power.
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Ah whoops. I didn't realise it was just from the sea.
It's just a randomly low amount compared to the total number.
It's like me turning up to a football match at the 85th minute and claiming i "watched the match".
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To shoot down aircraft of course. But they are shooting at nothing?
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Ah whoops. I didn't realise it was just from the sea.
It's just a randomly low amount compared to the total number.
It's like me turning up to a football match at the 85th minute and claiming i "watched the match".
Thing is you can only work with what you've got, we can only launch these from our Submarines, which at the moment only seem to have 1x in the med.
Think you only get 8 - 10 tubes and these are pre loaded, AFAIK you can't simply load more at sea you need to head back to dock.
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