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| Libyan Army shoots down French-made aircraft with Russian defense system |
| 2020-04-16 |
| [ALMASDARNEWS] The Libyan National Army (LNA) reportedly shot down a Mirage F1 fighter jet that was flying over their territory, the Russian publication Avia.Pro reported on Wednesday. According to the publication, the LNA’s air defenses, using their Russian-made Pantsir-S system, shot down the French-made Mirage F1 fighter jet that was being used by the Government of National According. "An attempt by the crew of the Mirage F1 fighter to launch missile strikes on the positions of the air defense systems resulted in another loss for the forces of the Government of National Accord — the combat aircraft was shot down by the Russian Pantsir-S air defense missile system deployed on the territory controlled by the Libyan National Army," the Russian publication said. "In the presented video frames you can see the wreckage of a destroyed combat aircraft, which, allegedly, tried to destroy the positions ​​the air defense systems of the Libyan National Army. There is no direct evidence that this is specifically about the Pantsir-S air defense missile system, however, given the information from generally available monitoring resources, the incident occurred in the area where these Russian-made complexes were previously seen," they added. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Reads like a gag out of Naked Gun. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2020-04-16 17:29 |
| #1 12/25/2018: MOSCOW (Reuters) - Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the most prominent son of the former Libyan leader, should play a role in his country’s political life, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov was cited as saying on Monday by the RIA news agency. RIA said that one of Saif’s representatives had delivered a letter from him to Moscow earlier this month in which he had set out ideas for the political future of Libya and that Saif was in regular contact with Russia. The GNA is being pushed into a corner in w. Libya; with its defeat Seif will emerge as Libya's leader, much to the pleasure of Russia. |
| Posted by: b 2020-04-16 08:58 |