El Reino Unido gastó casi 13 veces más dinero en el bombardeo en Libia para eliminar a Muammar Gaddafi, que en su contribución a la reconstrucción del país después de la intervención de la OTAN en 2011, nuevos documentos liberados en Londres.
"In a written statement on 23 June 2011, Rt Hon Liam Fox MP, then Secretary of State for Defence stated that the costs of Operation ELLAMY for the six months from mid-March to mid-September were estimated to be £120 million with the additional cost of replenishing munitions of £140 million. The additional costs incurred by the Ministry of Defence on Operation ELLAMY would be borne by the Reserve, and would be in addition to the core Defence budget. In a further written statement on 12 October, the figure for the whole operation, from mid-March to mid-December, was revised to £160 million with the cost of replenishing munitions remaining at £140 million."
Aun así en la propia publicación se habla de incluso más de lo que dice en el artículo.
"A breakdown of the costs of mounting an air operation: £35,000 per Tornado GR4 mission, £45,000 per Typhoon Eurofighter active mission
Bombs and missiles are more expensive: £183,000 for a Brimstone missile, £50,000 per Paveway guided bomb
A long-range extra mission including cruise missiles cost £11m
Use of the Italian base at Gioia del Colle has cost the UK at least £10m
Up until the end of May, Tusa estimated missions had cost around £512m
Since then, the estimates are of another £377m—taking to it to a max figure of £950m, for air and sea operations alone. "
Podría haber sido incuso hasta 950 millones de libras incluyendo operaciones navales y aereas, por 7 meses de campaña.
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"In a written statement on 23 June 2011, Rt Hon Liam Fox MP, then Secretary of State for Defence stated that the costs of Operation ELLAMY for the six months from mid-March to mid-September were estimated to be £120 million with the additional cost of replenishing munitions of £140 million. The additional costs incurred by the Ministry of Defence on Operation ELLAMY would be borne by the Reserve, and would be in addition to the core Defence budget. In a further written statement on 12 October, the figure for the whole operation, from mid-March to mid-December, was revised to £160 million with the cost of replenishing munitions remaining at £140 million."
Aun así en la propia publicación se habla de incluso más de lo que dice en el artículo.
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmselect/cmdfence/950/95007.htm
Se cita también un artículo de The Guardian:
"A breakdown of the costs of mounting an air operation: £35,000 per Tornado GR4 mission, £45,000 per Typhoon Eurofighter active mission
Bombs and missiles are more expensive: £183,000 for a Brimstone missile, £50,000 per Paveway guided bomb
A long-range extra mission including cruise missiles cost £11m
Use of the Italian base at Gioia del Colle has cost the UK at least £10m
Up until the end of May, Tusa estimated missions had cost around £512m
Since then, the estimates are of another £377m—taking to it to a max figure of £950m, for air and sea operations alone. "
Podría haber sido incuso hasta 950 millones de libras incluyendo operaciones navales y aereas, por 7 meses de campaña.
Vamos a ver, no es lo mismo destruir que construir, destruir es guay, construir da pereza.
Pero es que las bombas iban cargadas con "Democracia 2.0" y eso cuesta unos dineros
Pero es que para la industria y la economía de Reino Unido es más importante el bombardeo que la reconstrucción.
Bueno, en realidad no gastaron nada. Era para renovar el arsenal, el explosivo caduca...
Etiqueta 1.- Gaddafi, Libia.
Etiqueta 2.- Terrorismo, Reino Unido, OTAN y yo añadiría Hidrocarburos.