Reply #58: NBC: US sends more Predator drones to Libya [View All]

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Unarmed, unmanned aircraft being used for surveillance missions

By Courtney Kube and Jim Miklaszewski
NBC News

updated 8/16/2011 7:18:43 PM ET


WASHINGTON — The United States stepped up its military assistance to the NATO mission in Libya slightly this week, sending in two additional Predator drones to fly combat air patrols, a senior defense official told NBC News.


On Sunday morning, Gadhafi military forces near Sirte fired the first SCUD missile since this conflict began. The SCUD landed in the desert, about 50 miles east of Brega, but did not cause any casualties.


A U.S. military official could not say how many — if any — SCUD missiles Gadhafi’s forces may have in their arsenal still. SCUD missiles have a range of more than 200 miles but are notoriously inaccurate.

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44166967/ns/world_news-mideast_n_africa/