Update: NATO activities in Libya on August 11

NATO

From NATO:  Over the past 24 hours, NATO has conducted the following activities associated with Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR :

Air Operations
Since the beginning of the NATO operation (31 March 2011, 06.00GMT) a total of 18,656 sorties, including
7,079 strike sorties*, have been conducted.

Sorties conducted 11 AUGUST: 123
Strike sorties conducted 11 AUGUST: 42

*Strike sorties are intended to identify and engage appropriate targets, but do not necessarily deploy munitions each time.

Key Hits 11 AUGUST
In the Vicinity of Waddan: 1 Ammo Storage Facility.
In the vicinity of Brega: 1 Armed Vehicles, 1 Multiple Rocket Launcher, 1 Towed Artillery Piece.
In the vicinity of Bir Al Ghanem: 2 Armed Vehicles.
In the vicinity of Tripoli: 5 Surface to Air Missile Trans/loader Vehicles.
In the vicinity of Sirte: 1 Radar.
In the vicinity of Zlitan: 1 Command and Control Node.

Arms Embargo Activities
A total of 17 ships under NATO command are actively patrolling the Central Mediterranean.
11 Vessels were hailed on 11 AUGUST to determine destination and cargo. 1 boarding’s (no denials) were conducted.
A total of 2146 vessels have been hailed, 216 boarding’s and 9 denials have been conducted since the beginning of arms embargo operations.

International Humanitarian Assistance Movements as recorded by NATO
Total of Humanitarian Movements**: 770 (air, ground, maritime)
Ships delivering Humanitarian Assistance 11 AUGUST: 2
Aircrafts delivering Humanitarian Assistance 11 AUGUST: 3

**Some humanitarian movements cover several days.  (graphic: NATO)

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