Donald Sensing speaks eruditely on matters military, as he provides insight from photos of the jets on the ground.
They had been dispatched to attack the crowds, with air-to-ground weapons pods affixed.
The second photo tells a story. It is a closeup of the rear of an antipersonnel rocket pod. The pod used by the Mirage fighter is the SNEB pod, the name being the acronym of its manufacturer. Each SNEB pod holds either 18 or 19 rockets, depending on the type.
However, blowing up this image reveals rocket-exhaust nozzles in the mid-twenties count; a better view is in this image. So this appears not to be a SNEB pod. But it is an air-to-ground weapon, which only shows how lethal Qaddafi is willing to be against his own people.
And that means he does not consider them his own people at all.
The pilots, blessedly, chose to defect, thereby sparing hundreds of lives. Heaven only knows what became of their families back home as a result of their defection.
The entire article, as well as Mr. Sensing's thoughts in general, are recommended reading.
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