24 July. Allied Joint Force Command NAPLES, SHAPE, NATO HQ (more information: www.jfcnaples.nato.int)
Mission NATO took control of all military operations for Libya under United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1970 & 1973 on 31 March 2011. The aim of Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR is to protect civilians and civilian-populated areas under attack or threat of attack.
The mission consists of three elements: an arms embargo, a no-fly-zone and actions to protect civilians from attack or the threat of attack.
Over the past 24 hours, NATO has conducted the following activities associated with Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR:
Air Operations Since the beginning of the NATO operation (31 March 2011, 06.00GMT) a total of 16,281 sorties, including 6,142 strike sorties*, have been conducted.
Sorties conducted 23 JULY: 125 Strike sorties conducted 23 JULY: 56
*Strike sorties are intended to identify and engage appropriate targets, but do not necessarily deploy munitions each time.
Key Hits 23 JULY: In the vicinity of Brega: 1 Military Storage Facility, 1 Multiple Rocket-Launcher, 1 Command and Control Node, 1 Armored Vehicle. In the vicinity of Al Khum: 1 Military Storage Facility In the vicinity of Tripoli: 2 Command and Control Nodes, 2 Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher, 1 Anti-Aircraft Gun. In the vicinity of Waddan: 1 Military Storage Facility. In the vicinity of Zintan: 1 Artillery Piece. In the vicinity of Zlitan: 4 Military Storage Facilities, 1 Tank.
Arms Embargo Activities A total of 17 ships under NATO command are actively patrolling the Central Mediterranean. 24 Vessels were hailed on 23 JULY to determine destination and cargo. 2 boarding (no denials) was conducted. A total of 1907 vessels have been hailed, 183 boardings and 9 denials have been conducted since the beginning of arms embargo operations.
International Humanitarian Assistance Movements as recorded by NATO Total of Humanitarian Movements**: 609 (air, ground, maritime) Ships delivering Humanitarian Assistance 23 JULY: 2 Aircrafts delivering Humanitarian Assistance 23 JULY: 6
**Some humanitarian movements cover several days.
Command and Control NATO’s operational commander for Operation Unified Protector is Lieutenant-General Charles Bouchard of the Canadian Air Force. His office and staff is located at the Allied Joint Force Command Naples.
For any operational query: Naples Media and Information Center tel: +39 081 721 31 11 Email: oup.media@gmail.com |
Any other query: NATO HQ Press Desk +32 (0) 2 707 1010 +32 (0) 2 707 10 07 Mail to: moc@hq.nato.int |
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