A U.S. Navy P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft, U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt attack aircraft and guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG-52), engaged Libyan Coast Guard vessel Vittoria and two smaller crafts March 28.<\/p>\n
The vessels were engaged after confirmed reports that Vittoria and accompanying crafts were firing indiscriminately at merchant vessels in the port of Misrata, Libya.<\/p>\n
The P-3C fired at Vittoria with AGM-65F Maverick missiles, rendering the 12-meter patrol vessel ineffective and forcing it to be beached after multiple explosions were observed in the vicinity of the port.<\/p>\n
Two smaller Libyan crafts were fired upon by the A-10 using its 30mm GAU-8\/ Avenger cannon, destroying one and forcing the other to be abandoned.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Dunno if an A-10 has ever been used in a maritime environment before? Seems to work though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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