The United States and Nigeria have launched a Joint Operations in which the United States carried out a missile strikes against the Islamic State Sahel Province Camps in Sokoto, Nigeria’s Northwest with precession.
The weapon used in the joint operations involved dozens of Tomhawks, a long range subsonic cruise Missiles, that carries 450 kilogram high explosive warhead. With a range exceeding 15,000 kilometres, the Tomahawk can strike deep in land targets from sea or air launched from Gulf of Guinea.
The missiles uses a multi – mode navigation system.This includes: GPS, INS, Terrain Contour Machines and Digital Scene Area Correlation. The system allow the Tomahawk to strike within meters of target.
This missiles approached at low altitude offering no warning. The terrorists never saw heard them. Scores of ISIS fighters from this strike were either killed or injured in their camps with no civilian casualties reported nor any collateral damage.
The United States has been conducting flights I S R flights over Nigeria since late November. The United States surveillance flights are conducted by Mississippi based Temax Aerospace, a privately owned by special mission aviation company, its ISR aircraft, a Gulfstream 5 modified for intelligent and surveillance mission typically operation from Ghana.
The missile strikes against ISIS fighters marks a significant escalation United States kinetic on Nigeria soil.
Information on this report taken from Defence News Nigeria
