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UK Maritime Airpower

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On March 20, 2011
As I suggested in a previous post, the Libya operation makes comments like this even more on point: Amongst the most desperately short-sighted decisions of the SDSR was the frankly inexplicable decision to jettison the country’s maritime air capabilities in favour of retaining RAF Tornados....

Not a No Fly Zone

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On March 20, 2011
Bryan McGrath is quite right; current operations in Libya are geared not toward creating a "no fly zone," but rather towards establishing air supremacy.   The difference between the two is that the former would deny Gaddafi the use of the air to support military...

On Libya

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On March 19, 2011
Posted these basic thoughts on twitter a few hours ago, but they deserve a little development. I really hope that things go super awesome in the new war in Libya. I hope that the rebels win, and I really hope that a democratic state emerges....
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