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The Cost Of War in Libya

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As the front line moves back and forth it leaves a path of destruction. A sinel tank with a price tag of about $500,000 and the rocket that blew it up cost $200,000 it is believed. Misratah, Libya. 10th July 2011
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As the front line moves back and forth it leaves a path of destruction. A sinel tank with a price tag of about $500,000 and the rocket that blew it up cost $200,000 it is believed. Misratah, Libya. 10th July 2011

NATO warplanes have hit more than 600 Libyan tanks and guns and nearly 800 ammunition stores since the alliance took over command of the Libyan campaign.

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As the front line moves back and forth it leaves a path of destruction. A sinel tank with a price tag of about $500,000 and the rocket that blew it up cost $200,000 it is believed. Misratah, Libya. 10th July 2011

Shrapnel from a rocket.

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As the front line moves back and forth it leaves a path of destruction. A sinel tank with a price tag of about $500,000 and the rocket that blew it up cost $200,000 it is believed. Misratah, Libya. 10th July 2011

Blown up Russian T54 tank. The T-54 and T-55 tanks were a series of main battle tanks designed in the Soviet Union - then later sold to African countries.

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As the front line moves back and forth it leaves a path of destruction. A sinel tank with a price tag of about $500,000 and the rocket that blew it up cost $200,000 it is believed. Misratah, Libya. 10th July 2011

The T-72 was the most common tank used by the Soviet Army from the 1970s to the collapse of the Soviet Union. It was also exported to other Warsaw Pact countries, as well as Finland, India, Iran, Iraq, Syria and Yugoslavia.

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As the front line moves back and forth it leaves a path of destruction. A sinel tank with a price tag of about $500,000 and the rocket that blew it up cost $200,000 it is believed. Misratah, Libya. 10th July 2011

Bombs and rockets on the battlefield being overlooked by a Libyan rebel soldier.

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As the front line moves back and forth it leaves a path of destruction. A sinel tank with a price tag of about $500,000 and the rocket that blew it up cost $200,000 it is believed. Misratah, Libya. 10th July 2011

Bombs and rockets on the battlefield

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As the front line moves back and forth it leaves a path of destruction. A sinel tank with a price tag of about $500,000 and the rocket that blew it up cost $200,000 it is believed. Misratah, Libya. 10th July 2011

NATO warplanes have hit more than 600 Libyan tanks and guns and nearly 800 ammunition stores since the alliance took over command of the Libyan campaign.

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As the front line moves back and forth it leaves a path of destruction. A sinel tank with a price tag of about $500,000 and the rocket that blew it up cost $200,000 it is believed. Misratah, Libya. 10th July 2011

A Russian Sig missile lies on the ground after being deployed.

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As the front line moves back and forth it leaves a path of destruction. A sinel tank with a price tag of about $500,000 and the rocket that blew it up cost $200,000 it is believed. Misratah, Libya. 10th July 2011

T 72 tanks blown up.

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As the front line moves back and forth it leaves a path of destruction. A sinel tank with a price tag of about $500,000 and the rocket that blew it up cost $200,000 it is believed. Misratah, Libya. 10th July 2011

A destroyed military installation.

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As the front line moves back and forth it leaves a path of destruction. A sinel tank with a price tag of about $500,000 and the rocket that blew it up cost $200,000 it is believed. Misratah, Libya. 10th July 2011

NATO warplanes have hit more than 600 Libyan tanks and guns and nearly 800 ammunition stores since the alliance took over command of the Libyan campaign.

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As the front line moves back and forth it leaves a path of destruction. A sinel tank with a price tag of about $500,000 and the rocket that blew it up cost $200,000 it is believed. Misratah, Libya. 10th July 2011

155mm artillery rounds.

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As the front line moves back and forth it leaves a path of destruction. A sinel tank with a price tag of about $500,000 and the rocket that blew it up cost $200,000 it is believed. Misratah, Libya. 10th July 2011

Destroyed SA6. The 2K12 "Kub" (Russian: 2К12 "Куб"; English: cube) mobile surface-to-air missile system is a Soviet low to medium-level air defence system designed to protect ground forces from air attack.

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A sinel tank with a price tag of about $500,000 and the rocket that blue it up cost 2000,000 the cost of this war. Tanks look good on the pared grouned and on Exersi but not as burnt out reck on the battel feed. With droms carring AT missiels is the day of the tank at a end.

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As the front line moves back and forth it leaves a path of destruction. A sinel tank with a price tag of about $500,000 and the rocket that blew it up cost $200,000 it is believed. Misratah, Libya. 10th July 2011
As the front line moves back and forth it leaves a path of destruction. A sinel tank with a price tag of about $500,000 and the rocket that blew it up cost $200,000 it is believed. Misratah, Libya. 10th July 2011
As the front line moves back and forth it leaves a path of destruction. A sinel tank with a price tag of about $500,000 and the rocket that blew it up cost $200,000 it is believed. Misratah, Libya. 10th July 2011
As the front line moves back and forth it leaves a path of destruction. A sinel tank with a price tag of about $500,000 and the rocket that blew it up cost $200,000 it is believed. Misratah, Libya. 10th July 2011
As the front line moves back and forth it leaves a path of destruction. A sinel tank with a price tag of about $500,000 and the rocket that blew it up cost $200,000 it is believed. Misratah, Libya. 10th July 2011
As the front line moves back and forth it leaves a path of destruction. A sinel tank with a price tag of about $500,000 and the rocket that blew it up cost $200,000 it is believed. Misratah, Libya. 10th July 2011
As the front line moves back and forth it leaves a path of destruction. A sinel tank with a price tag of about $500,000 and the rocket that blew it up cost $200,000 it is believed. Misratah, Libya. 10th July 2011
As the front line moves back and forth it leaves a path of destruction. A sinel tank with a price tag of about $500,000 and the rocket that blew it up cost $200,000 it is believed. Misratah, Libya. 10th July 2011
As the front line moves back and forth it leaves a path of destruction. A sinel tank with a price tag of about $500,000 and the rocket that blew it up cost $200,000 it is believed. Misratah, Libya. 10th July 2011
As the front line moves back and forth it leaves a path of destruction. A sinel tank with a price tag of about $500,000 and the rocket that blew it up cost $200,000 it is believed. Misratah, Libya. 10th July 2011
As the front line moves back and forth it leaves a path of destruction. A sinel tank with a price tag of about $500,000 and the rocket that blew it up cost $200,000 it is believed. Misratah, Libya. 10th July 2011
As the front line moves back and forth it leaves a path of destruction. A sinel tank with a price tag of about $500,000 and the rocket that blew it up cost $200,000 it is believed. Misratah, Libya. 10th July 2011
As the front line moves back and forth it leaves a path of destruction. A sinel tank with a price tag of about $500,000 and the rocket that blew it up cost $200,000 it is believed. Misratah, Libya. 10th July 2011

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