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Nation were having a war and john mccain wanted the u.s. to start fighting russia alongside the georgians? during that war it was the uss mt. whitney that was deployed to deliver aid in georgia and the first ship to reach the port that it went to. mt. whitney is considered the most advanced ship that the u.s. has floated. this is where the u.s. has been running the libyan war out of. between the ships admiral and the u.s. attorney general, this is where the u.s. has been running the war in libya...

Libya in the last 18 or so hours. these were actually first launched operationally during operation desert storm. a total of 159 tomahawks have been fired into libya by the u.s. since the operation began on saturday. the missiles are being fired from american navy ships in the mediterranean, that includes this one here, the "uss barry" one of two guided missile destroyers there. the u.s. also had three submarines in the mediterranean firing cruise missiles. this has more than 346,000 officers on...

Missile destroyers there. here is a look at it, about 500 feet long, 346,000 officers on board, the u.s. also had three submarines in the mediterranean firing cruise missiles but one hooz since left the area. finally, lets show you and talk a bit about the "uss mt mt. whitney." this is the command and control ship for the u.s. navys sixth fleet. the crew about 700 or so, carries on board guns, rockets. itses the command center for the coordinated operation going on right now. liaisons from the o...

There. >> the "uss mt. whitney" is a ship designed for normandy style invasion. it has the best command and control, bar none, across the globe. >> thats where its all happening. central command. alec, good to see you. appreciate your insight. >> good to be here. in a few moments we expect could hear from president obama for the first time since u.s. forces started protecting libyan residents by force. well bring you his comments live from chile. earlier today, a top u.s. kmapder said the mu...

Act of war? >> reporter: theyre not calling it that necessarily, wolf. but any time you fire tomahawk missiles at ground sites in a country, it does constitute a hostile action. i mean, these tomahawks fly very close to the ground. they are programmed with a target before theyre launched and they have an ability to go around both natural and manmade obstacles. and when they hit their target, they explode. so when these tomahawks hit, it is by its very nature a very violent action. >> as of right...

Correspondent chris lawrence to give us a sense about the military assets. there are a lot of them that are in that area, and they are moving around. chris, obviously this is a big investment from our country. >> exactly, suzanne. and theres more military assets now in that area than there were even just 48 hours ago. lets take a look at a map and started in italy. that is where the "uss mt. whitney." its a command and control ship, is in port there. its the type of ship that could be used to co...

Civilians. the uss mt. whitney named after the highest peak will no longer be the place where from which it is run. does that mean they will be doing any less of the war making in libya even if the u.s. military is runing it? answers to those questions are as yet unseen, but heres what president obama promised in an address about libya in washington, d.c. >> to lend perspective on how this response came together, when people were being brutalized in bosnia in the 1990s, it took the international...

Of u.s. naval vessels, was the uss barry, a destroyer. and, it is off the coast of libya. those pictures that you see were from that, were told 112 tomahawk missiles were fired in total from three u.s. submarines and one british submarine and two u.s. destroyers in the mediterranean and in terms of command and control there is a lot being made about the fact that libyan fighter planes were dropping the first bombs, but, dont forget, it was the u.s. that was in command and control of the entire c...

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