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EU allies in Nato lack US-type capacity for air support and ground surveillance (Photo: Defence Images)

Nato commander: EU could not do Libya without US

by Nikolaj Nielsen, Brussels,

Last year's Nato operation in Libya, code named Unified Protector, is unlikely to have succeeded without US military support.

Nato major-general Marcel Druart, addressing the European Parliament committee on security and defence on Tuesday (20 March), said Nato relied heavily on US military expertise on intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities.

ISR involves monitoring airspace and ground movement, with information relayed back to Nato allies to conduct bo...

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

EU allies in Nato lack US-type capacity for air support and ground surveillance (Photo: Defence Images)

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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