Tuesday, June 7, 2011

It Costs Britain £6million A Week To Bomb Libya



Britain's £6m A Week Bill For Bombing Gaddafi's Military Machine -- The Daily Mail

Britain is spending a staggering £6million a week dropping bombs and firing missiles during the war in Libya.

UK forces have used around £66million of precision-guided ordnance, including 20 submarine-launched Tomahawk missiles, to decimate Colonel Gaddafi’s military machine over the 11 weeks of the conflict.

The country is also spending £285,000 a week on accommodation for RAF crews, including at the Gioia del Colle airbase in southern Italy - a total of £3.1million.

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My Comment: Only £6million a week!?!?!?!? .... in the world of multi-billion dollar war costs and massive defense budgets, the Libya air war is petty cash in comparison .... and they call it staggering?!?!?!!?

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