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After. >> how long does it take to set up the no-fly doan? >> reporter: well, you know, really behind the scenes they have been working on it for many years. the aircraft are place. the bases in southern europe are in place. the refueling, the command and control, all of it. but the essential problem is, even though u.s. war planes for the moment have no plans to fly in to libyan air space, you really cannot send the pilots over libya whether they are french, british, acanadian, from arab league countries, you have to get rid of gadhafi's air defenses. everybody says they're old and out of dat...

Surrounded baghdad built on older soviet technology but still good capability. >> two things. the bomb damage assessment, do you have a rough idea, will that take hours or days? >> i would say between hours and days. >> and is it fair -- >> it's going to take us anywhere from 6 to 12 hours to get this based on assessing whether or not the sa-5 sites are down, that we can then move a global hawk in and the other national technical means to collect and then assess. >> is it fair to say that the no-fly zone enforcement won't begin until the bomb damage assessment is complete? >> i'm not able to t...

Anti-aircraft guns. cnn's nic robertson is live in tripoli. thanks very much. >> i doubt if those guns are going to do much good against tomahawk cruise missiles. the u.s. military says today's strikes in libya are just the first stage, just the beginning of what's likely to be a multiphased operation. that's what they're saying. those comments come as dozens -- 110 specifically, maybe 112 tomahawk missiles rained down on strategy targets in the western part of libya. pentagon correspondent chris lawrence is joining us now. they've been open about what they're doing so far although they leave ...

But still could capability. >> two things. the bomb damage assessment, do you have a rough idea -- will that take hours or days? >> i would say between hours and days. >> is it fair -- >> it's going to take us anywhere from 6 to 12 hours to get this, based on assessing whether or not the sa-5 sites are down that we could then move global hawk in and the other national technical means to collect and then assess. >> it fair to say the no-fly zone enforcement won't begin until the damage assessment is complete? >> i can't talk about the fut e future. >> would you consider this period we're in rig...