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days, although the bombing was, Gaddafi is still enough strength to compete with the West and the armed opposition. According to the “Sydney Morning Herald” on March 27 reported that, according to the U.S. military revealed that Gaddafi’s most elite troops still in the hands of the opposition-controlled city to attack. Reported that one of an elite unit by the command of Gaddafi’s son himself, fighting strong.

ground forces to keep the strength

reported, Misurata, A quarter Dabi Ye Jin Tan and three by the opposition-controlled cities in Libya yet calm, loyal to Gaddafi’s 32 Brigade and 9 groups still attack them. According to the U.S. military to guess, the Libyan government forces prepared a total of 32 brigades and 10,000 troops, is a heavy armored units, the Gaddafi’s youngest son Khamis personal command. Compared with 32 brigades, under the command of the 9th Gaddafi although the size and fighting rival groups, but also a heavy armored forces. The United States also believes that, in Gaddafi’s control area, he was somewhat less able to mobilize the militia and fighting with the opposition armed forces fight.

In addition, support for Gaddafi’s armed forces also include an unknown number of mercenary forces. These mercenaries, mostly from sub-Saharan African countries, they form a small force to perform the attack mission.

Clearly, the Western Libyan army days of air strikes failed to completely defeat the main, with the help of foreign mercenaries, Gaddafi is still delayed and the strength to resist armed attack on the opposition momentum.

According to public information, before the use of force in the West, Libya has about 200 army T-72 main battle tanks, 100 T-62 main battle tanks and hundreds of wheeled fighting vehicles and self- artillery, which the T-72 main battle tanks may be carried out in 2010 modernized. Even some of the West destroyed one of the tanks and armored vehicles, heavy equipment, but can hide the rest of the city, the West legislator.

Gaddafi, once controlled by armed opposition forces, and urban warfare, the West’s air support will be greatly weakened, and Gaddafi will make the army of snipers armed opposition headache.

sea and air forces were all crushed

compared with the Army, Air Force and Navy can Gaddafi says the West has been “paid the armed” basically no combat capability at all.

public information, with the Libyan Air Force MiG-17, MiG -19, MiG-25 fighter jets were 100 or so, and about 90 Su-22 fighter-bombers, but fighters poorly maintained and lack of spare parts, operational capability has long been compromised. In addition, due to long-term blockade and embargo by the West, the Libyan Air Force is difficult to buy advanced fighter planes, the Air Force can not afford and the United States, France, the UK’s air force to contend. As previously equipped SA-2, SA-3, SA-5 anti-aircraft missiles and other models is difficult for the West’s third and fourth generation fighters constitute a substantive threat. In addition, countries such as Britain and France seems to only have a few missile boats and patrol the Libyan navy is basically negligible.

short, Gaddafi of Libya under the control of sea and air troops Despite the loss of control over the battlefield, but there is still a certain number of ground troops. With the temporary formation of armed opposition than Gaddafi’s forces in control of weapons in combat experience and still have a little more astute. United States, Britain and France and other Western countries, only to air power in support of the opposition, it is difficult to achieve within a short time and then the purpose of the Qaddafi ousted. United States, “Defense News” reported on 26 of the Russian armed forces chief of staff quoted Makarov as saying, “In my opinion, the Western air strikes can not achieve their desired outcome.”

can be seen in the short term, the Libyan war still in a stalemate, there is a real fears that the “Iraqi” of the possible.

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