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There is no Libyan manual on Toyota guntruck warfare. There is even less doctrine on how to deal with drones in fixed positions. They just sit under cover and listen. The attacks are 24/7 but surprisingly low casualty rate. This is the Turks at work. mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/af…
The UAE LNA Chinese drones will circle and then drop altitude before firing one if their 8 missiles. They seem to have a problem hitting targets. The Turks are doing a "force protection" plan and are causing havoc in Tarhouna
There was a prolonged shoot out between a Haftar hired salafist group and a Haftar Khatiba in Tarhouna. No deaths The GNA is surrounded the town and looking to remove a second stronghold. Lots of silly statements and threats about winning but nothing dramatic.
Tariq bin Ziyad Khatiba pulled 20 cars from Tarhouna with 9 injured went to Bani Walid where 7 cars/11 fighters were arrested after their short clash with the Al Kani militia in Tarhouna.
Bani Walid wants nothing to do with the war. South of the town is also a smuggling point for migrants.
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The LNA is probing and either getting hammered by Rada in Ain Zara (where Tarak bin Zeyad lost four vehicles and a number of fighters) or filming and running off as in Garabouli before the GNA shows up. Can't copy the FB video but here is Garabouli:
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The new Turkish force protection team and half dozen drones that arrived in Misrata are not wasting any time. Previous op tempo was two hits per day forcing French to unass Jufra. Don't know if Russians techs have left but this is good intel and marksmanship
Tbe UAE operated LNA Wing Loong drones are over stretched doing milk runs from front to front and opportunity targeting civilians and hospitals. I hope the UN is keeping careful notes of targets and casualties. Some sloppy war crimes stuff going on.
The fighters on the ground have no idea how the drones work and essentially spread out their equipment and vehicles but they don't turn off their cel phones or radios. I assume both UAE and Turk sensor systems include multi spectrum collection. Anyone got specs on each system?
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75-year old Haftar is giving 73-year old Trump such a dictator boner right now. #ILufGold almarsad.co/en/2019/07/25/…
Mic problems? Why is someone translating Haftar's arabic speech into Arabic? Trivia: Haftar, despite living in Virginia for almost twenty years speaks very little English.
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