Operation Unified Protector - Imagery
UK MOD Operation Ellamy
RAF airstrike on Gariyat ammunition storage area
Released June 14, 2011
Litening III targeting pod video footage of RAF airstrikes on Libyan regime ammunition storage bunkers near Gariyat, Libya..
Royal Air Force Tornado and Typhoon aircraft were tasked with destroying pro-Qadhafi regime ammunition stocks located near Gariyat in Western Libya. The airstrike followed other NATO attacks on other pro-regime storage areas.
Using Paveway IV and Enhanced Paveway II precision-guided munitions, bunkers at the facility containing munitions were struck.
A large explosion in one of the strikes' videos can be seen, suggesting that a substantial quantity of munitions was being inside the destroyed bunker.
| NATO Operation Unified Protector / UK MOD - Operation Ellamy Strike IMINT |
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RAF Tornado Litening III targeting pod video footage of airstrike on Libyan regime ammunition storage bunkers near Gariyat, Libya using Paveway IV precision-guided munitions |
| NATO Operation Unified Protector / UK MOD - Operation Ellamy Strike IMINT |
| Click on image to start video Click on icon in lower-right to view full-screen |
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RAF Typhoon Litening III targeting pod video footage of airstrike on Libyan regime ammunition storage bunkers near Gariyat, Libya, using Enhanced Paveway II precision-guided munitions. Visible in part of the video is a large quantity of smoke emerging from the hole made by the weapon impact which suggests that the contents are burning |
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