Sunday, March 20, 2011

The weapons available to Gaddafi

Here's how, according to some military experts, the Libyan leader will fight the military actions of the coalition of the willing. A worry allies is not the Air Force, but a formidable anti-aircraft, the only tool with which Gaddafi can hope to oppose the bombing of the international community. Air Force.

Qaddafi may have a maximum of twenty combat aircraft, mostly MiGs 21:23 Soviet-made (Sukhoi) and some French Mirage F1 fighter. All the planes are guided by experienced pilots. The scheme also has some CH-47 transport helicopters and MI-75 gunship. MISSILES. They are the ones that worry more.

These batteries are equipped with self-propelled surface-to-air missiles at low altitude SA8 (affecting up to 5,000 meters high) and high-altitude missile SA2 and SA6 (up to 7500-8000 meters). The first is a "light guide", with a telephoto lens through which they pursue their goals. MEANS OF THE EARTH.

The troops of the Rais have access to dozens of tanks T-72 and T-62 of Soviet origin, many of whom, however, dating from the early 70s. Among other facilities, some combat tracked BMP-1 and 2S1 self-propelled artillery batteries. Military and paramilitary forces. The regular army has 45,000 men, but according to the information available to the international community just a number between 10,000 and 15,000 military remained loyal to the rais.

The real strength in defense of the scheme are 'Revolutionary Guards, a team made up of about 3,000 paramilitary fighters ready to do anything to save the Colonel. Then there are the so-called 'army of the people who count another 40,000 men considered inefficient from a military point of view, they play a key role in maintaining the status quo.

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