The Military Attack Plan For Libya

Surveying the damage: Libyan army soldiers stand amid the wreckage of the administration building inside Bab Al-Aziziyah, Gaddafi's heavily fortified compound in Tripoli. Photo from The Daily Mail

No-Fly Zone Paves Way For Drone Attack -- The Australian/The Times

THE Pentagon's plans for military action in Libya include the imposition of a no-fly zone and strikes with Tomahawk cruise missiles, drones and ground-attack aircraft.

A former senior Pentagon official warned that if the US decided to hit certain targets with Predator drones, it would have to be part of "a much broader context".

He said Libya did not have many tanks, but destroying a few with the Predator's Hellfire missiles would not end the violence. Most of the US air force's Predators and the longer-range Reaper drones are assigned to Afghanistan. But some could be redeployed for use in Libya.

"The best thing about using Predators is that they have a lot of loiter time and there is no air crew to be put at risk," the former Pentagon official said.

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My Comment: I do not envision the use of drones in the Libyan theater of operations (there are not enough of them to go around) .... but as for the other deployments .... definitely .... and if more equipment is needed .... more planes and ships will be involved.