Military arsenal: Libya vs. allies

: 0 Comments Print E-mail China.org.cn, March 23, 2011

Editor's Notes:

During the air strike to Libya, European and North American countries are armed with modern and sophisticated weapons. On the contrary, most Libya's firepower are old ones from former Soviet. Here in China.org.cn, we list the major firepower used during the military operation.


Libya
Gaddafi
MiG-23		? Crew: 1 ? Max Speed: 1,800kph at altitude ? Weapons: air-to-air missiles, air-to-surface missiles, laser and television-guided bombs
MiG-25		? Crew: 1 ? Max Speed: 3,000kph at high altitude, 1,200kph at low altitude ? Weapons: air-to-air missiles equipped with infrared and radar homing heads
Mi-24 helicopter		? Crew: 4 crews, 8 armed troops ? Max Speed: 3,000kph at high altitude, 1,200kph at low altitude ? Weapons: air-to-air missiles equipped with infrared and radar homing heads
T-72		? Crew: 3 ? Max Speed: 60 km/h (37 mph) ? Weapons: original version, armed with 125 mm smoothbore tank gun and optical coincidence rangefinder.
T-90		? Crew: 3 ? Max Speed: 60–70 km/h (37–43 mph) ? Weapons: the T-90's main armament is the 2A46M 125 mm smoothbore tank gun.

Rebel forces
T 55		? Crew: 4 ? Speed: 55 km/h (34 mph) ? Weapons: D-10T 100 mm rifled gun. 2×7.62 mm SGMT machine gun, (12.7 mm DShK heavy machine gun)
DShK 12.7mm heavy machine gun		? Rate of fire: 600 rounds/min ? Maximum range: 2000 m

France
Mirage 2000		? Crew: 1 or 2 ? Max Speed: Mach 2.2 ? Weapons: multi-target air-to-air intercept and combat missiles, combat missiles, laser-guided bomb, anti-radar missile, anti-ship missile, rocket launchers, stand-off weapon, stealthy cruise missile
Dassault Rafale		? Crew: 1 or 2 ? Max Speed: Mach 1.8 ? Weapons: air-to-air missiles, air-to-ground missiles, anti-ship missiles
Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier		? Crew: 1,800 including aircrew and support staff ? Max Speed: 27 knots ? Weapons: Aster 15 missiles, Mistral missiles, Nexter 20mm guns

Britain
Tornado GR4 fast jets		? Crew: 2 ? Max Speed: Mach 1.3 ? Weapons: Storm Shadow, Brimstone, ALARM, AIM-9 Sidewinder, Paveway II, Paveway III, Enhanced Paveway, general purpose bombs, Mauser 27mm
Typhoon		? Crew: 2 ? Max Speed: Mach 2 ? Weapons: AMRAAM, ASRAAM, Brimstone, Enhanced Paveway, Paveway IV
Sentinel		? Crew: 5 ? Max speed: Mach 0.89 ? Systems: Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Ground Moving Target Indicator (GMTI)
Nimrod		? Crew: 29 ? Max speed: 360 knots ? Usual role: Nimrod R1 reconnaissance aircraft are used for surveillance operations.
Storm Shadow missile		? Speed: 1,000 km/h Mach 0.8 ? Weapons: Warhead armed with conventional explosive warhead Range can be launched 250km from target
HMS Cumberland and HMS Westminster		? Max speed: 28-30 knots ? Weapons: 114mm MK 8 gun Goalkeeper close-in weapons system, Sea Wolf anti-missile system, Quad Harpoon missile launchers, close-range guns Nato Seagnat decoy launchers
Trafalgar Class Submarine		? Crew: 130 ? Max Speed: 30 knots ? Weapons: Spearfish torpedoes, Tomahawk missiles

United States
B-2 Spirit Bomber		? Crew: 2 ? Max Speed: high subsonic speed, 331m/sec ? Weapons: high subsonic weapons, conventional and nuclear weapons, precision guided munitions, gravity bombs, maritime weapons
F-15E Strike Eagles		? Crew: 2 ? Max Speed: Mach 2.5+ ? Weapons: lockheed Martin / Raytheon AIM-9LM infrared-guided Sidewinder air-to-air missiles, Raytheon AIM-7F/M radar-guided Sparrow air-to-air missiles, Raytheon AMRAAM radar-guided, medium-range air-to-air missiles
F-16CJ Fighting Falcons		? Crew: 1 ? Max Speed: Mach 2 ? Weapons: lockheed Martin / Raytheon AIM-9 Sidewinder, Raytheon AMRAAM, Raytheon Sparrow, MBDA Skyflash and ASRAAM, and the MBDA R550 Magic 2, Maverick, HARM and Shrike missiles, Boeing Harpoon and Kongsberg Penguin.
E-3 Sentry (Awacs)		? Crew: 4 flight crews and 13-19 mission crews ? Systems: command and control battle management system for surveillance, target detection, and tracking
RC-135		? Crew: 5 flight crews and 21-27 mission flight crews ? Systems: sensor suite for reconnaissance and communications
Attack submarines USS Providence and Scranton		? Crew: 134 ? Max Speed: 20+ knots ? Weapons: Tomahawk cruise missiles, VLS tubes, MK 48 torpedoes, four torpedo tubes
Tomahawk missile		? Warhead: able to deliver a 1,000lb (450kg) warhead Range: About 1,000 miles (1,600km)
USS Mount Whitney		? Crew: 450 ? Max speed: 23 knots ? Weapons: Armed with two 20mm weapons systems, rockets, 25mm chain guns and .50-caliber machine guns

Canada
CF-18 Hornet		? Crew: 2 ? Max Speed: Mach 1.7 ? Weapons: AIM-9 Sidewinder, AIM-120 AMRAAM and AIM-7 Sparrow, AGM-65 Maverick and CRV7 rockets
HMCS Charlottetown		? Max speed: Over 30 knots ? Weapons: Surface-to-air Sea Sparrow missiles and anti-ship Harpoon missiles enable the warship to attack other ships and aircraft

Italy
F-16		? Crew: 1 or 2 ? Max Speed: Mach 2 ? Weapons: Lockheed Martin / Raytheon AIM-9 Sidewinder, Raytheon AMRAAM, Raytheon Sparrow, MBDA Skyflash and ASRAAM, and the MBDA R550 Magic 2, Maverick, HARM and Shrike missiles, Boeing Harpoon and Kongsberg Penguin
Tornado GR4 fast jets		? Crew: 2 ? Max Speed: Mach 1.3 ? Weapons: Storm Shadow, Brimstone, ALARM, AIM-9 Sidewinder, Paveway II, Paveway III, Enhanced Paveway, General Purpose Bombs, Mauser 27mm

Spain
F-18		? Crew: 2 ? Max Speed: Mach 1.7 ? Weapons: AIM-9 Sidewinder, AIM-120 AMRAAM and AIM-7 Sparrow, AGM-65 Maverick and CRV7 rockets.