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More than 110 cruise missiles fired at Lybia

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  • shortchanged_2
    shortchanged_2 Posts: 5,546 Forumite
    I think the Tomahawks were dated Best Before March 2011.

    So they only had until the end of the month to use them or they would have gone to landfill.
    Why are we here?......................because we are not all there.
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    missile wrote: »
    Why is it so important for us to interfere in this civil war when we ignore so many others?
    michaels wrote: »
    I was also really surprised both Russia and China abstained on the UN resolution, normally China especially stands up for non intervention. Does anyone know what is really going on?


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  • 1984ReturnsForReal_2
    1984ReturnsForReal_2 Posts: 15,431 Forumite
    shortchanged wrote: »
    I think the Tomahawks were dated Best Before March 2011.

    So they only had until the end of the month to use them or they would have gone to landfill.



    Use 'em or lose 'em.



    Or......... If the military doesnt spend all its budget by 4th April it get less money next financial year!!
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  • 1984ReturnsForReal_2
    1984ReturnsForReal_2 Posts: 15,431 Forumite
    andyroberts1967 wrote: »
    Truly sick!!


    What is truly sick?

    More than 110 cruise missiles or my way of putting it?

    I dont think there is a real MissilesRus?
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  • 1984ReturnsForReal_2
    1984ReturnsForReal_2 Posts: 15,431 Forumite
    edited 20 March 2011 at 11:32AM
    1984ReturnsForReal wrote: »

    I dont think there is a real MissilesRus?


    http://www.mbda-systems.com/mbda/site/ref/scripts/EN_List-of-products_229.html

    These are them.......

    Apparently they were introduced to Gaddafi a couple of years ago by Bliar.

    Double bonus for MBDA....


    Notice the crosshairs when using the mouse at the top of the screen. Class......



    And then we have GDUK http://www.generaldynamics.uk.com/ (AmouredPersonnelCarriers&TanksRus) who went on the same visit.
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  • amcluesent
    amcluesent Posts: 9,425 Forumite
    edited 20 March 2011 at 11:42AM
    One possible explanation...a very. very big oil/gas field has been found in the area between Tobruk and Brega in the east of Libya. After the CIA etc. fermenting civil war in the area, the UN can now step-in and create a 'buffer zone' and effectively annex the east of the country.

    That will allow unfettered drilling and export of oil by ExxonMobil/Haliburton, working in cahoots with Obamalamadingdong and his Chicago Democrat cronies (who've already helpfully wrecked BP...)
  • chris_m
    chris_m Posts: 8,250 Forumite
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    molerat wrote: »
    So about 45 will have hit the correct targets then ;)

    and the rest were fired by the yanks :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
  • johnny_storm
    johnny_storm Posts: 259 Forumite
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    !!!!!! wrote: »
    It's nice to see the UK really pulling their weight (not).

    It would have been nicer seeing us keep our nose out of other countries business.

    Who are we to take action against dictators when we are ruled by a faux democracy?
  • Butterfly_Brain
    Butterfly_Brain Posts: 8,862 Forumite
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    Cameron is a moron - only a moron can slash our defence budget, get rid of harriers and aircraft carriers and then take us into a civil war that we have no right to get involved in.
    Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones that let in the light
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  • Bullfighter
    Bullfighter Posts: 414 Forumite
    Each cruise missile contains approx. 15kg of silver in wiring, contacts, solder and batteries... I'm just saying..
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