Qaddafi's Air Defenses 'Severely Disabled' Following Military Strikes

Really, it's about time. Do the rebels have any fight left in them or is this all too late to do any good? 112 Tomahawk cruise missles should keep qaddafi's head down for a while. It will be interesting to see if it has a big impact on the attacks by the government forces...

From FoxNews

Military strikes by the U.S. and its allies against targets in Libya Saturday have "severely disabled" Libyan leader's Muammar al-Qaddafi's air defenses, a U.S. official confirms to Fox News.

The official also warns they do not know what Qaddafi will do next following the military strikes.

"It's too soon to predict what he and his ground forces may do in response to today's strikes," the official told Fox News.

Despite the blow, Qaddafi remained defiant as he threatened to attack military and civilian targets in the Mediterranean in retaliation of international coalition strikes on Libya.

"It is now necessary to open the stores and arm all the masses with all types of weapons to defend the independence, unity and honor of Libya," Qaddafi said in a speech broadcast on Libya state television, according to Reuters. He also warns that weapons depots are being opened to arm the Libyan people in defense.

The Pentagon says 112 Tomahawk cruise missiles have been launched from U.S. and British ships in the Mediterranean, hitting more than 20 Libyan targets along the Mediterranean coastline.

Navy Vice Adm. William E. Gortney, director of the Pentagon's Joint Staff, told reporters the Tomahawk cruise missiles were fired from one British submarine and a number of American destroyers and subs. He said the success of the mission was not immediately clear, adding that additional attacks would commence later.

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Did you catch Top Shot last night?

Throwing the tomahawk last night was extremely cool. It wasn't so cool listening to some of the guys complain about it though. They knew when they signed up that they may have to use weapons they weren't familiar with. Didn't they watch last season? It's kind of funny how big of a crybaby some of these people turn out to be. Given the opportunity these guys have, you wouldn't be able to beat the grin off of my face. What difference does it make about the weapon, it's an opportunity to experience new things with some very talented people. How can you beat that?

Anyway, the tomahawk is an awesome weapon. The competition was cool too. A grown up version of Connect Four. The competitors all did a good job with a weapon that very few of them were familiar with.

I thought the right two guys went to the elimination challenge, based on performance during the team challenge. I knew during the practice session that Chris Tilley would be going home. He did come close to pulling it out though. I think Daryl choked more than Chris Tilley excelled. In the practice Daryl was a stone cold badass with the blow gun. From almost his very first shot he was nailing it.

Adios Chris Tilley.

I'm looking forward to next week. It looks to be a lot of fun. Trick shooting was one of my favorite episodes from last year, and the shots this year look to be much tougher.