[新聞] Obama OKs Predator Strikes in Libya
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Gates : Obama OKs Predator Strikes in Libya
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http://www.defense.gov//News/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=63656
WASHINGTON, April 21, 2011 –
President Barack Obama has approved the use of U.S. armed predator strikes
in Libya, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said today.
Gates and Marine Corps Gen. James E. Cartwright, vice chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff, briefed reporters at the Pentagon.
“The president has said that where we have some unique capabilities,
he is willing to use those,” Gates said.
“In fact, he has approved the use of armed predators [in Libya].”
Armed predators have been used in Libya “purely as [intelligence,
surveillance and reconnaissance systems] until today,” Cartwright said.
Two unmanned armed predators capable of around-the-clock coverage are now
in Libya, the general added. The first flights launched today but were
cancelled because of bad weather.
The character of the fight in Libya has changed, Cartwright said.
Dictator Moammar Gadhafi’s loyalists, he said, are digging in or
"nestling up against crowded areas" to avoid being targeted by NATO aircraft.
The more-precise predators bring “their ability to get down lower and
therefore, to be able to get better visibility, particularly on targets that
have started to dig themselves into defensive positions,” Cartwright said.
The aircraft are uniquely suited for urban areas where more traditional
bombing can cause collateral damage, he added.
“This is a very limited capability,” Gates said, adding that the president
has been clear from the outset that the U.S. role would be specifically defined
.
Obama structured the U.S. role in Libya as a limited one because
“of all our friends and allies, we are the most-stretched military,”
Gates added.
“We have close to 100,000 troops in Afghanistan, we still have 50,000
troops in Iraq and we have 19 ships and 18,000 men and women in uniform still
helping on Japan relief,” the secretary said.
The president agreed to participate in the international effort against
the Libyan government, Gates said, because “of the worry that Gadhafi could
destabilize the fledgling revolutions in both Tunisia and Egypt … and second
to prevent a humanitarian disaster.”
The president has been clear, the secretary said, “that the primary
strike role has been turned over to our allies and our friends, and if we can
make a modest contribution with these armed predators, we’ll do it.”
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