PRESS RELEASE (94)112                  23 November 1994

NATO aircraft on Wednesday afternoon returned to the
area of north-west Bosnia-Herzegovina and conducted a
strike on a surface-to-air missile site south of Otoka.

During reconnaissance missions earlier today, this site,
which, Tuesday had fired at two NATO aircraft,
illuminated the reconnaissance aircraft in a threatening
way. As earlier announced, self-defence measures were
taken immediately.

Since it was clear that the site posed a continued
threat to Deny Flight aircraft, operating in support of
UNPROFOR, an airstrike was initiated this afternoon, in
close coordination with the Force Commander, UNPROFOR.

Advisory to news media: Details on the scheduling of any
news briefings will be announced by the Public
Information Office, Allied Forces Southern Europe,
Naples (Phone: Int'l:  39-81 721 22 63).

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Des aeronefs de l'OTAN ont effectue, mercredi
apres-midi, une nouvelle mission au-dessus de la region
nord-ouest de la Bosnie-Herzegovine, et ont attaque un
site de missiles sol-air (SAM) au sud d'Otoka.

Au cours de missions de reconnaissance effectuees plus
tot dans la journee, ce site, a partir duquel des
missiles avaient ete tires mardi contre deux aeronefs de
l'OTAN, a illumine de maniere menacante les appareils de
reconnaissance. Comme cela avait ete annonce
precedemment, des mesures immediates d'autodefense ont
ete prises.

Le site continuant a l'evidence de constituer une menace
pour les aeronefs de l'operation Deny Flight, conduite a
l'appui de la FORPRONU, une frappe aerienne a ete
effectuee cet apres-midi, en etroite coordination avec
le Commandant de la FORPRONU.

NOTE AUX MEDIAS - Le Bureau d'information publique de
l'AFSOUTH (Forces Alliees, Sud Europe), a Naples
(Telephone [39](81) 721-2263), communiquera l'heure
exacte d'un eventuel briefing a l'intention de la presse.