Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Drones Are Playing A Critical Role In The Libyan War

Turkey's Bayraktar TB2 drone has quickly reversed the year-long siege of Tripoli by General Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army [Courtesy: Creative Commons]

Al Jazeera: 'Largest drone war in the world': How airpower saved Tripoli

LNA's goal of seizing the capital abruptly ended after Turkey's intervention with its supply of armed Bayraktar drones.

Air power has played an increasingly important role in the Libyan conflict. The relatively flat featureless desert terrain of the north and coast means that ground units are easily spotted, with few places to hide.

The air forces of both the United Nations-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) and eastern-based commander Khalifa Haftar and his self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) use French and Soviet-era fighter jets, antiquated and poorly maintained.

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WNU Editor: Drones .... big and small .... are the future of warfare. The war in Libya is a testing ground on the role that they can play.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm going to guess that drones don't like Mig-29's.

Anonymous said...

So the gains of the anti-LNA crowd will be coming to an end.

I don't want the Turks to win. Neither does Eastern Europe.