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Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Who armed Gaddafi?

MiG-23 FloggerAs Colonel Gaddafi's forces launch new air attacks on rebel positions in eastern Libya, defence analyst Anthony Tucker-Jones reports on who supplied the arms being used against opposition fighters.

The blame for Gaddafi's well-stocked arsenal currently being used against the opposition cannot be entirely laid at the feet of the former Soviet Union.

Gaddafi's war machine is totally reliant on foreign manufacturers for spares and ammunition. Unlike neighbouring Egypt, Gaddafi's Libya has no real military manufacturing capability. Lacking the skilled labour to develop an indigenous arms manufacturing sector he was content to import all his needs over the years.

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