Canada drops 240 'smart' bombs on Libya, won't reveal cost of mission
By Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press | The Canadian Press – 3 hours ago
OTTAWA - Canadian warplanes have dropped 240 laser-guided bombs on Libyan targets since March 31, the military says.
But the Canadian Forces have deemed several other key aspects of the country's mission in Libya too sensitive for public consumption.
That includes the cost to taxpayers of those 227-kilogram bombs, the price tag of the Libya mission to date, and whether or not Canadian jets are part of the escalating NATO attacks on the capital of Tripoli.
Brig.-Gen. Richard Blanchette revealed the number of bombs in the weekly briefing on Canada's participation in the NATO-led air campaign over Libya. Just a week earlier, he deemed that information off limits, for "operational security" reasons.
Canada drops 240 'smart' bombs on Libya, won't reveal cost of mission - Yahoo! News
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O Kanada........what a disgrace we have become.
By Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press | The Canadian Press – 3 hours ago
OTTAWA - Canadian warplanes have dropped 240 laser-guided bombs on Libyan targets since March 31, the military says.
But the Canadian Forces have deemed several other key aspects of the country's mission in Libya too sensitive for public consumption.
That includes the cost to taxpayers of those 227-kilogram bombs, the price tag of the Libya mission to date, and whether or not Canadian jets are part of the escalating NATO attacks on the capital of Tripoli.
Brig.-Gen. Richard Blanchette revealed the number of bombs in the weekly briefing on Canada's participation in the NATO-led air campaign over Libya. Just a week earlier, he deemed that information off limits, for "operational security" reasons.
Canada drops 240 'smart' bombs on Libya, won't reveal cost of mission - Yahoo! News
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O Kanada........what a disgrace we have become.
