27/06/2011 12:36
Libya bombing campaign enters 100th day
It is now 100 days since the bombing raids over Libya began.
It is a war that has already cost Britain more than £250m, BBC said.
And with the mission authorized to continue for another 90 days, no one can yet work out the long-term impact on the UK's stretched armed forces, yet alone how and when it will all end.
So far NATO warplanes have carried out almost 5,000 strike missions and dropped around 5,000 bombs.
The overall commander of NATO, Canada's Lieutenant General Charles Bouchard, believes the alliance has already destroyed Col Gaddafi's ability to conduct offensive operations.