that s exactly what s happening. the means to achieve that in the near term is the destruction of qaddafi s decisive ground forces which have changed the nature of the conflict when they rolled back the rebels. we have to clear the airspace to facilitate that and that is what is taking place now. some of those decisive ground forces essentially two brigades are being engaged and will continue to be engaged until those forces are no longer relevant. and that s what we see unfolding in front of us. shannon: general, you know by jennifer griffin s last account from the pentagon. we are talking 124 tomahawk missiles we dropped. we had the b-2 bombers that went in and dropped roughly 64 bombs there. yet, there seems to be this representation or at least imaging and messaging that the u.s. is not leading this fight. that we are part of an international coalition. we are one small sliver of it with that fire power we have already engaged, is it fair to characterize the u.s. military involve
own thing out there. shannon? shannon: jennifer griffin live from the pentagon with all kinds of exclusive information. thank you for keeping us updated. all right, now the bombs and missiles have been falling and continue to fall in libya. what is our military strategy going forward? let s check in with general jack keen. staff for the army. fox news military analyst. he joins us now on the phone. general, what do you make of our operations so far. i think they are going very well. and certainly admiral characterized it correctly earlier today. he is on top of it he knows what is happening. i think basically, you know, what we really have here is the goal to topple qaddafi. that clearly is the political objective that s certainly the objective. we are not bringing all this military force to include the arabs and europeans and ourselves to have qaddafi walk away from this and stay in power. no one is going to talk about it in that frame of reference but
it is still going to be investigated. a pair of survivors was rescued yesterday from the rubble nine days after the massive earthquake and tsunami in japan. the quake and ensuing tsunami killed more than 8400 people with 12,000 still missing. another 452,000 have been displaced and are living in shelters. and worldwide fans of polar bear newt are playing flowers zoo to mourn the sudden death of the bear. the 4-year-old knut had a short spasm and died in front of hundreds of visitors. shannon: getting brand new information out of libya. jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon. she is updating us minute by minute. we understand you have more information now about the missiles that have been used? we are told, shannon, that we should expect more tomahawk strikes in the coming hours.
there is some question now about whether a full no-fly zone is being enforced in libya. chairman of joint chiefs, admiral michael mullen, said it s in place but the senior u.s. military commander running operations over libya is a little more guarded in his assessment. general carter hamh tells fox they don t have yet the cape ability to enforce a full no-fly zone abou over the entire condi. it s the size of alaska. they ve launched sea tomahawk missiles and precision guided bombs. american officials are eager to confirm damage from the multi-stage air campaign has been extensive enough to allow air patrols to protect civilians who have been targeted by qaddafi. a troubled reactor is causing problems as japan fights its potential nuclear crisis. peter doocy has a look at that story and other breaking stories. reporter: a pressure spike
we have reported on that. but, again, no planes currently over libya. also important to point out that those tomahawk cruise missiles they cost about $600,000 apiece to fire. that is important. it s also important to know that this is all part of a wave of attacks so expect more tomahawks in the coming hours, shannon? shannon: all right, jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. keeping us up to date as information breaks by the minute, jennifer. thanks so much secretary. secretary of state clinton is in paris. she told us did not lead the strike. the u.s. forces have played a much greater role than clinton s comments may suggest. members of congress are now weighing in on the mission in libya and exactly what role the u.s. military should play. peter doocy is live with more on what they have got to say. hi, peter.