RELATED:Cameron says important to stick to UN Libya remit'The Libyan air force no longer exists'The military coalition led by the United States against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi launched 14 Tomahawk missiles overnight, the US military said on Thursday.A spokesman for US Africa Command in Germany said coalition countries also dropped bombs on targets in Libya, where Gaddafi remains defiant as the international military campaign that began last week intensifies but said the number had not yet been confirmed.French warplanes struck an air base in central Libya early on Thursday in a fifth night of bombardments by Western powers against Muammar Gaddafi's military, France's armed forces spokesman said.Spokesman Thierry Burkhard told a news briefing that around 15 French planes were deployed on Wednesday and a dozen overnight, leading to missile strikes on an air base some 155 miles (250 km) inland from Libya's Mediterranean coast."We are not changing tack, action is continuing," Burkhard said.Despite five nights of air strikes, Western warplanes failed to stop Gaddafi's forces shelling rebel-held towns in the west or dislodge his armor in the east.
Western air strikes continue to hit Tripoli
Coalition launches 14 missiles; French warplanes strike Libyan air base overnight, but fail to stop pro-Gaddafi forces from shelling rebels.
RELATED:Cameron says important to stick to UN Libya remit'The Libyan air force no longer exists'The military coalition led by the United States against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi launched 14 Tomahawk missiles overnight, the US military said on Thursday.A spokesman for US Africa Command in Germany said coalition countries also dropped bombs on targets in Libya, where Gaddafi remains defiant as the international military campaign that began last week intensifies but said the number had not yet been confirmed.French warplanes struck an air base in central Libya early on Thursday in a fifth night of bombardments by Western powers against Muammar Gaddafi's military, France's armed forces spokesman said.Spokesman Thierry Burkhard told a news briefing that around 15 French planes were deployed on Wednesday and a dozen overnight, leading to missile strikes on an air base some 155 miles (250 km) inland from Libya's Mediterranean coast."We are not changing tack, action is continuing," Burkhard said.Despite five nights of air strikes, Western warplanes failed to stop Gaddafi's forces shelling rebel-held towns in the west or dislodge his armor in the east.