U.S., allies inflict Libya with heavy damage in cruise missile strikes
A British Airways passenger jet is parked on the runway after an onboard fire broken out at McCarran International Airport on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015. The Boeing 777-200 was headed to Gatwick Airport in London on flight 2276, McCarran Airport said in a tweet. (David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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U.S. and British ships and submarines launched the first phase of a missile assault on Libyan air defenses Saturday and a senior American defense official said it was believed substantial damage was inflicted.
In the strikes, 112 Tomahawk cruise missiles were fired at more than 20 coastal targets to clear the way for air patrols to ground Libya's air force.
