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Title: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: vRS Carl on March 18, 2011, 08:06:13 am
Good Job we have an Aircraft Carrier and Harrier Jump jets to launch from them. Will make the job so much easier!!!


Hang on a minute......... :fighting:
Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: danishmkvgti on March 18, 2011, 08:26:10 am
You haven't got a single one left????  :confused:
It's hard to be an empire with no way of defending it  :fighting:
Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: Hedge on March 18, 2011, 10:03:12 am
Not been an Empire for many a year Danish, just paying the price for it now.  :chicken:
Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: Hurdy on March 18, 2011, 10:15:07 am
I can see this situation escalating pretty quickly and the UN/EU getting sucked in to a possible war.

Anyone know exactly what kind of forces Gaddafi has?

How many planes, tanks etc?
Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: Hedge on March 18, 2011, 10:19:16 am
Sorry John. Not got that to hand right now.  :laugh:
Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: RedRobin on March 18, 2011, 10:24:11 am
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Just send in that Vulcan to scare the sh!t out of Gaddafi  :fighting:

I'm not sure how much of a long term war it'll be, Hurdy - Most of the Arab states are on the UN 'side' in this I think.
Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: Britishlion on March 18, 2011, 10:35:00 am
I can see this situation escalating pretty quickly and the UN/EU getting sucked in to a possible war.

Anyone know exactly what kind of forces Gaddafi has?

How many planes, tanks etc?


They have all of our old ones ! Thats why Prince Andrew was best friends with them because they paid so much money into our defence companies.

QuinteQ who are a huge defence provider once told me Libya was their 4th biggest customer ! 


They have some good kit but wether they know what to with it as well as we do is a different matter !

On the basis of us being involved we are due to launch from Cyprus ! with the American 4th Flotilla operating from the Med !

Ring any bells, us and America with the littler countries from the UN ! and Russia, China etc not willing to be involved !
 :indifferent: :indifferent: :indifferent:

Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: Hedge on March 18, 2011, 10:41:26 am

Just send in that Vulcan to scare the sh!t out of Gaddafi  :fighting:


She is fully serviced and ready to go. Has to leave Lyneham before the end of the month and find her new home so she could do Tripoli on the way.  :laugh:
Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: Janner_Sy on March 18, 2011, 11:48:39 am
they have an air force and air defence systems, but they'll be rendered useless by cruise missles way before the jets turn up for bombing runs.

The yanks have a their carrier fleet parked up there anyway, god knows how many subs are lurking there at this moment.

iirc they have now converted all out typhoons from air-air, to air-ground role now.  So with that and the tornado, we have no air to air fighter capability.  Good job we have the ARB league onside really otherwise we'd get our a$$ kicked
Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: wigit on March 18, 2011, 12:09:09 pm
Good Job we have an Aircraft Carrier and Harrier Jump jets to launch from them. Will make the job so much easier!!!


Hang on a minute......... :fighting:

i feel the UN has also missed the boat and this will end up being a messy affair

also have the feeling japan goof use some millitary support to aid the humanitarian issues there at the moment
Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: tony_danza on March 18, 2011, 12:12:44 pm
Don't panic. The French are going in.....
Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: joesgti on March 18, 2011, 12:13:45 pm
Don't panic. The French are going in.....

 :signLOL:
Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: vRS Carl on March 18, 2011, 12:17:10 pm
Don't panic. The French are going in.....

 :scared: :scared: :scared:

Maybe they can negotiate a surrender as it is their area of expertise :laugh:
Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: wigit on March 18, 2011, 12:18:42 pm
Don't panic. The French are going in.....

 :scared: :scared: :scared:

Maybe they can negotiate a surrender as it is their area of expertise :laugh:

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i think they too have been subject to defence cuts
Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: Top Cat on March 18, 2011, 12:22:46 pm
 :grin: ^^^

I like the way the German's ( who bombed our chippy ) have decided to wear the invisible cloak, there the only fookers who can afford it.  :fighting2:
Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: cmdrfire on March 18, 2011, 12:23:51 pm
@Carl, :signLOL:

i feel the UN has also missed the boat and this will end up being a messy affair

also have the feeling japan goof use some millitary support to aid the humanitarian issues there at the moment


There's two US carrier groups sitting off the coast of Japan now; and frankly by the time it'd take the 5th Fleet to redeploy to the Far East there'd be no one left to save.

Interesting article on the BBC here about this and the US involvement of the UN.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markmardell/2011/03/obama_boosts_uns_relevance.html



If we invaded Iraq on the pretext of getting rid of a dictator we may as well be consistent...

Anyone know if our jets will fly out of Cyprus or Malta? The Frenchies have their own aircraft carriers, of course...
Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: joesgti on March 18, 2011, 12:25:03 pm
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Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: wigit on March 18, 2011, 12:26:49 pm
they said raids were going to take place from Italy, i feel for Malta given their proximity to Libya
Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: Hedge on March 18, 2011, 12:27:30 pm
Well if the French are available at least there will be bread and wine and I suppose cheese from them there cheese eating surrender monkeys.  :innocent:
Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: Janner_Sy on March 18, 2011, 12:39:22 pm
libya have just agreed to a cease fire.  Bet the guys in the Typhoons are gutted now :grin:
Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: wigit on March 18, 2011, 12:40:28 pm
Well if the French are available at least there will be bread and wine and I suppose cheese from them there cheese eating surrender monkeys.  :innocent:

also given their love of fashion they will be cheese muching whislt deciding on their look for this years campaign, i bleive vintage is vogue

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Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: vRS Carl on March 18, 2011, 12:41:06 pm
Well if the French are available at least there will be bread and wine and I suppose cheese from them there cheese eating surrender monkeys.  :innocent:

also given their love of fashion they will be cheese muching whislt deciding on their look for this years campaign, i bleive vintage is vogue

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 :grin: :grin: :grin:
Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: danishmkvgti on March 18, 2011, 12:53:24 pm
I'm not sure i dare hear you guys opinions on the Danish army  :embarrassed:  :grin:
Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: Hedge on March 18, 2011, 12:56:31 pm
I'm not sure i dare hear you guys opinions on the Danish army  :embarrassed:  :grin:

Is there one?  :smiley:
Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: Hedge on March 18, 2011, 01:02:20 pm
From here. http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/cartoon/2011/mar/13/muammar-gaddafi-libya

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 :signLOL:
Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: tony_danza on March 18, 2011, 01:02:59 pm
Yes, the 7th Bacon Battalion are amongst the most respected in the world.
Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: hugh jass on March 18, 2011, 01:17:31 pm
From here. http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/cartoon/2011/mar/13/muammar-gaddafi-libya

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 :signLOL:

:signLOL: Latest news says theres a ceasefire (In English..His arse has dropped out) :signLOL: :signLOL:
Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: vRS Carl on March 18, 2011, 01:29:06 pm
There's a ceasefire :sad1:

I told you them Frenchie's were good :evilgrin:
Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: richtung on March 18, 2011, 01:42:34 pm
I'm not sure i dare hear you guys opinions on the Danish army  :embarrassed:  :grin:

Served alongside the Danish in Iraq - very decent bunch of lads and girls, vary capable and very professional  :happy2:
Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: danishmkvgti on March 18, 2011, 02:10:43 pm
I'm not sure i dare hear you guys opinions on the Danish army  :embarrassed:  :grin:

Served alongside the Danish in Iraq - very decent bunch of lads and girls, vary capable and very professional  :happy2:

I have actually served as an officer in the danish reserve, and as sutch i was a Judge in the 1990 NECIC competition, it was quite interesting to see the difference in the way the countries educated their forces. Several of the NATO countries doesn't learn the privates to read maps, as we danes learn all levels of troops to be able to work as independent troops.
But we are still in the shadow of 1940.  :sad1:
Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: vRStu on March 18, 2011, 02:52:34 pm
We will have a carrier going into the fleet by about March time next year if all goes well.  Still no jets but we do have some rotary wing left.

In truth they don't really need us.  The Yanks are itching to get in there just just wanted someone else to make the decision.
Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: cmdrfire on March 18, 2011, 03:08:10 pm
Come on now, the Sixth Fleet needs something to do! The Med just hasn't been as exciting since the fall of the iron curtain..
Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: Thor on March 18, 2011, 03:58:23 pm
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1367420/Mac--defence-cut-questioning.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1367420/Mac--defence-cut-questioning.html)

PMSL
Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: cmdrfire on March 19, 2011, 05:50:30 pm
Well, the froggies have just fired the first shots of this no-fly (and apparently no-drive) zone.
Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: vRStu on March 19, 2011, 07:14:35 pm
Seems the US have not One, not Two but Three Submarines sat off the Libyan cost, no doubt all loaded with Cruise and Tomahawk Missiles.

With the US carrier task group, the French carrier task group and the two or three ships we have there they'll have to med berth along the coast soon as they'll have no where to go!!
Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: am1w on March 19, 2011, 07:33:01 pm
Those Lesbians drive sh!t cars and most of them are white, which makes them look even sh!ttier! :evilgrin:
Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: vRStu on March 19, 2011, 07:36:11 pm
Looks like the Yanks have started with the Fireworks Missiles already.
Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: am1w on March 19, 2011, 07:40:22 pm
Looks like the Yanks have started with the Fireworks Missiles already.

Yeah, I bet they have. They have more cruise missiles than all the world's armed forces and then some. Thank God for the US of A. I love that country. :love:
Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: vRStu on March 19, 2011, 08:38:31 pm
Just watched Al JaZeerah and they had a Pentagon live broadcast - More than 110 missiles loosed off this afternoon alone.  :surprised:
Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: Janner_Sy on March 19, 2011, 08:48:51 pm
wander if there any of these cutting about the libyan air space right now
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Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: vRStu on March 19, 2011, 08:53:13 pm
They did say during the media brief that no US planes were in the air over Libya.
Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: Hedge on March 19, 2011, 08:53:45 pm
In violation of the no-fly zone. More than likely but who would know. :grin:
Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: cmdrfire on March 19, 2011, 09:15:46 pm
I thought the F-117 was retired? F-22 does that job now...

Loads of Canadian C/A-18s on the news footage, along with the Rafales and Mirages.
Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: stealthwolf on March 19, 2011, 09:48:20 pm
Forget the F117A. The Firm need to deploy their best secret weapon:


















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Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: Greeners on March 19, 2011, 09:51:23 pm
 :signLOL:

Don't forget Streethawk and Knightrider stealth!  :grin:
Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: danishmkvgti on March 19, 2011, 09:54:29 pm
The jet shot down over Benghazi looked to me like a Sukhoi Su-22, can anyone confirm this?
Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: Janner_Sy on March 19, 2011, 10:12:03 pm
forget streethawk and nightrider you need the hulkster in 'thunder in paradise'

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Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: cmdrfire on March 19, 2011, 10:15:22 pm
The jet shot down over Benghazi looked to me like a Sukhoi Su-22, can anyone confirm this?

The allegedly rebel aircraft? Think it was a MiG-23, look at the nose.
Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: danishmkvgti on March 19, 2011, 10:20:56 pm
The jet shot down over Benghazi looked to me like a Sukhoi Su-22, can anyone confirm this?

The allegedly rebel aircraft? Think it was a MiG-23, look at the nose.

I think you are right, the wings was all i focused on, to long since i practised airplane recognision
Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: sportyy on March 19, 2011, 10:21:49 pm
more oil for us
Title: Re: UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone
Post by: Janner_Sy on March 19, 2011, 10:44:41 pm
The jet shot down over Benghazi looked to me like a Sukhoi Su-22, can anyone confirm this?

The allegedly rebel aircraft? Think it was a MiG-23, look at the nose.

Shot down by the rebels by mistake according to the BBC