What the records say
- When
- 24 Mar 1986
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 31.50° N, 18.00° E
- Description
- 1986 U.S. Navy freedom-of-navigation operation in waters claimed by Libya
- Naval
- yes
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Action in the Gulf of Sidra (1986)
1986 U.S. Navy freedom-of-navigation operation in waters claimed by Libya
In the Action in the Gulf of Sidra, codenamed Operation Prairie Fire, the United States Navy deployed aircraft carrier groups in the disputed Gulf of Sidra in the Mediterranean Sea. Libya had claimed that the entire Gulf was their territory, at 32° 30' N, with an exclusive 62 nautical miles fishing zone. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi asserted this in 1973, and dubbed it "The Line of Death".
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Gulf of Sidra Incident”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “affrontement aérien américano-libyen dans le golfe de Syrte”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page