Following the initiation of combat aircraft since March 19, Paris is sending helicopter gunships to Libya to conduct strikes on the ground "more specific" in connection with the operations of the international coalition, said, Monday, May 23 in Brussels, the head of French diplomacy, Alain Juppe, confirming a report in Le Figaro.
The helicopters will allow "better tailor our capabilities to strike the ground with more precise strike capabilities," Mr. Juppe told reporters on the sidelines of a meeting with his European counterparts. Mr. Juppe said that the commitment of combat helicopters came "exactly in the framework of the resolution" 1973 Security Council of the United Nations, which authorized the use of force to protect civilians in Libya and the NATO planning.
The warship PCBs, building projection and command, Thunder, combining on a single platform functions helicopter carriers, hospital, troop transport, implementation of means of amphibious assault and command, left Toulon on May 17 According to Le Figaro, Thunder boarded twelve helicopters to light aircraft of the Army (ALT).
"The equipment on board the Thunder will participate in the fighting" in Libya, said the newspaper. PCBs can carry up to seven hundred and fifty soldiers, sixteen helicopters Tiger and NH 90 (Class 12 tons) and a sixty armored vehicles. The intervention of helicopter gunships to target certain targets would force Qaddafi that the fighters can no longer destroy because of the risk of collateral damage.
Moreover, a French fighter Super Etendard interrupted Sunday's operations in Libya and requested permission to make an emergency landing in Malta because of high winds, authorities said La Valette. The device, based on the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, where he took off to complete reconnaissance missions over Libya, was unarmed, said the civil aviation services Maltese.
This is the seventh French fighter aircraft to make an emergency landing in Malta since 20 April, a month after the start of the international intervention in Libya. Six Mirage F1 participating in operations in Libya were indeed found to be running out of fuel or mechanical problems faced in recent weeks.
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The helicopters will allow "better tailor our capabilities to strike the ground with more precise strike capabilities," Mr. Juppe told reporters on the sidelines of a meeting with his European counterparts. Mr. Juppe said that the commitment of combat helicopters came "exactly in the framework of the resolution" 1973 Security Council of the United Nations, which authorized the use of force to protect civilians in Libya and the NATO planning.
The warship PCBs, building projection and command, Thunder, combining on a single platform functions helicopter carriers, hospital, troop transport, implementation of means of amphibious assault and command, left Toulon on May 17 According to Le Figaro, Thunder boarded twelve helicopters to light aircraft of the Army (ALT).
"The equipment on board the Thunder will participate in the fighting" in Libya, said the newspaper. PCBs can carry up to seven hundred and fifty soldiers, sixteen helicopters Tiger and NH 90 (Class 12 tons) and a sixty armored vehicles. The intervention of helicopter gunships to target certain targets would force Qaddafi that the fighters can no longer destroy because of the risk of collateral damage.
Moreover, a French fighter Super Etendard interrupted Sunday's operations in Libya and requested permission to make an emergency landing in Malta because of high winds, authorities said La Valette. The device, based on the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, where he took off to complete reconnaissance missions over Libya, was unarmed, said the civil aviation services Maltese.
This is the seventh French fighter aircraft to make an emergency landing in Malta since 20 April, a month after the start of the international intervention in Libya. Six Mirage F1 participating in operations in Libya were indeed found to be running out of fuel or mechanical problems faced in recent weeks.
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