Carrier Officers Say Gadhafi's Troops Hard To Spot -- NPR
As French navy Rafale and Super Etendard fighter-bombers carrying laser-guided bombs catapulted Wednesday off the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier into a cloudless Mediterranean sky, officers onboard described the difficulties they face: Despite all the modern technology, troops loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi are harder than ever to identify from the air.
Gadhafi's forces are now expertly camouflaging their units to conceal them from detection and attack from the air, the officers said.
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My Comment: You are traveling super fast. Alert for anti-aircraft missiles. High in the air with multiple (possible) targets to scope. And flying an airplane at the same time. Yup .... it would be hard for anyone to figure out who are the friendlies scurrying around on the ground.
Bottom line .... you need boots on the ground to tell you where to fire your missiles and where to drop your bombs. But for the moment .... while I do suspect that there are NATO boots on the ground .... their numbers are probably too small to make a significant difference right now.