America and Britain have rained missiles on Libya, causing substantial damage - but dictator Muammar Gaddafi last night continued to defy the world and vowed to attack civilians.
Explosions were reported at an airport east of Tripoli as a British Trafalgar-class submarine and US Navy ships and submarines stationed off Libya fired 112 Tomahawk missiles at 20 targets in what one source described as a "night of carnage".
The missiles were aimed at Libyan command and control centres, radar installations and surface-to-air missile sites.
Libyan officials said the attacks were barbaric, and state TV claimed they killed 48 people and wounded 150.
It said most of the casualties were children, but the report could not be verified.
Gaddafi promised retaliatory strikes. He said "all the Libyan people are being armed" to defend the country against "colonial, crusader aggression".
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