No Fly Zone
 

So The UK threatens to enforce a No Fly Zone over Libiya? With What? :hmmm:

I think a few Eurofighters basing out of Akrotiri.

According to the Daily Mail, up to 59 Typhoons from Leuchars and Conningsby (leaving 12! for UK defence).

Just been checking, Tripoli is about 1100 miles from Akrotiri as the Crow flies, Libya has an area of 679,359 square miles and the Typhoon according to Wikipedia has a Air defence Combat range with 10-min loiter of 750 miles, so we'll need some tankers as well and an AWACS to tell the fighters where to go thats if the target plane/helicopter hasn't already landed, plus are they prepared to shot-down airliners.

Another thought, is the Typhoon actually cleared for live weapons firing ?

How long they're going to wait before (if) doing anything? I remember reading about the 'no fly zone' last week or so. :hmmm:

It's going to take a UNSC resolution, and China and Russia as usual have nixed that idea. I don't understand why this is being discussed in the press without the words "withdrawing from the UN" being mentioned in the same article.

Interesting that this minor middle eastern trouble has not dissuaded the powers that be from announcing the next round of redundancies!

Great one jim. :har:

Dave has been reading Tony's Blairs book, the section on how to get re-elected...go to war.

Jim...why do you think the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight is still a part of the RAF? :03:

Yea, Fox news was promoting last night that we needed a no fly zone and blockade now. That assures me we don't need one. In the end it will end up fubar regardless, so best we just let it work out.

LOL...The UK government have just declared their intention to create a no fly zone.

Or "Royal Air Force" as it used to be known.

It'd be nice for the lads to get some air to air practice instead of just bombs. That's a good reason. :)

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...section=justin

lolwaffles:hmmm:

No blood for Libyan oil.

If the extremely unlikely event would occur that they all actually managed to take off without wrecking half the planes along with half of the airbase, they'd probably end up shooting down the wrong planes. :O: