UAE Air Force Mirage 2000-9 aircraft strike Al Watiya air base in Libya
At the beginning of the week, unknown fighter jets attacked the Al-Watiya airbase in Libya. There is an increasingly common version that they belong to the Air Force of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Reportedly Media, as a result of the attack, three MIM-23 Hawk air defense systems were destroyed, as well as Ukrainian electronic warfare and radar systems.
According to Turkish media, the attack was organized by the UAE Air Force using Mirage 2000-9 fighters. They took off from Egyptian airfields.
It is not known for certain who carried out the attack. However, the version that this was done by the forces of the Libyan National Army (LNA) is contradicted by the fact that the Libyan troops do not have suitable aircraft for such an attack.
In addition, LNA Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar could visit Abu Dhabi almost immediately after the strike. Such data is contained in a map of the movement of the civilian airliner published on social networks.
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