NATO Newsletter
NATO Newsletter
11 Jul. 2011

Operational Media Update for 10 July 2011

NATO and Libya

Issued on 11 Jul. 2011
 

11 July. Allied Joint Force Command NAPLES, SHAPE, NATO HQ
(more information: http://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 14,672 sorties, including 5,539 strike sorties*, have been conducted.

Sorties conducted 10 JULY: 139
Strike sorties conducted 10 JULY:54

*Strike sorties are intended to identify and engage appropriate targets, but do not necessarily deploy munitions each time.

Key Hits 10 JULY:
In the vicinity of Brega: 3 Armed Vehicle.
In the vicinity of Misrata: 8 Artillery Pieces, 1 Tank, 8 Military Vehicles, 3 Multiple Rocket Launchers,
1 Military Compound.
In vicinity of Tripoli: 3 Radar, 3 Surface-to-Air-Missile Launchers.
In the vicinity of Zlitan: 3 Multiple Rocket Launcher.
In the vicinity of Okba: 1 Radar, 1 Military Storage Facility.
In the vicinity of Al-Aziziyah: 1 Military Storage Facility.

Arms Embargo Activities
A total of 17 ships under NATO command are actively patrolling the Central Mediterranean.
9 Vessels were hailed on 10 JULY to determine destination and cargo. no boarding (no denials) were conducted.
A total of 1706 vessels have been hailed, 159 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**: 494 (air, ground, maritime)
Ships delivering Humanitarian Assistance 10 JULY: 1
Aircrafts delivering Humanitarian Assistance 10 JULY: 9

**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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