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Unable to stop ground forces from attacking the rebels especially in miss rasta and e ajdabi ajdabiya. this raises the question, what is the state of the libyan military? cnn pentagon correspondent chris lawrence has been following the story and joins us for some answers. >> the libyan air force is grounded. and tomahawk missiles and fighter jets have virtually destroyed moammar gadhafi's air defense. >> to the point we can operate impunity. >> despite the no-fly zone, they still have mobile launchers and state tv claims they brought down an american fighter jet monday. u.s. officials say mech...

Grounded. >> to the points we can operate over his air space with impun y impunity. >> reporter: despite the no-fly zone, libyan forces still have mobile launchers. state tv claims they brought down an american fighter jet monday. u.s. officials say mechanical failure caused the crash of the f-15. before the war, libya had 500 morters. 2,400 pieces of artillery. the ground troops, under 2,000 tanks and armored vehicles. on the phone, a coalition official says some of that is being used in fighting in misrata and ajdabiya. >> tanks, artillery, rocket launchers. >> is that outside of the major c...