Insiden Teluk Sidra (1981)
Dalam insiden Teluk Sidra pertama, 19 Agustus 1981, dua Su-22 Fitter milik Libya buatan Rusia[1][2] ditembak jatuh oleh dua F-14 Tomcat milik Amerika Serikat di lepas pesisir Libya.
Latar belakang
Pada 1973, Libya mengklaim Teluk Sidra sebagai teluk tertutup dan bagian dari wilayah perairannya.[3][4][5]
Referensi
Kutipan
- ^ https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/su-17.htm
- ^ https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=192
- ^ "Congressional Research Service Issue Brief for Congress: Libya". (2002, April 10). Foreign Press Centers, U.S. Department of State, Retrieved 20 January 2012.
- ^ St John, Ronald Bruce. (2002). Libya and the United States: Two Centuries of Strife. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 125. ISBN 0-8122-3672-6.
- ^ Davis, Brian L. (1990). Qaddafi, Terrorism, and the Origins of the U.S. Attack on Libya. Praeger Publishers. p. 14. ISBN 0-275-93302-4.
Pranala luar
- Description of the incident
- Air Aces record
- U.S. Department of State Country Study of Libya, reporting that both Libyan pilots survived.
- Naval Aviation 1911-1986. A pictorial study pp. 91
- Actual Radio conversation recorded by U.S.S. Biddle, Aug. 19, 1981