British fighter jets have joined the international military action in Libya by firing missiles at key targets, the British Ministry of Defence confirmed early Sunday, dpa reported.
A British submarine had already taken part with US ships in firing some 110 Tomahawk cruise missiles at air defence targets in the western Libyan cities of Tripoli and Misurata.
Major General John Lorimer in a statement early Sunday morning said he "can now confirm that the RAF has also launched Stormshadow missiles from a number of Tornado GR4 fast jets," though he did not say when or where the strikes took place.
French fighter jets on Saturday launched the first strikes in an international military response designed to stop Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi's crackdown on civilians and anti-government forces.
The UN-sanctioned action is designed to enforce a no-fly zone over Libya. French and British jets have already begun patrolling the skies over the eastern rebel stronghold of Benghazi.
British Defence Secretary Liam Fox noted that the Tornado jets flew 3,000 miles from their base in Britain, making it the longest- range bombing mission since the Falklands war against Argentina.
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