on 19 march 2011, in conjunction with other u.s. navy and royal navy warships and submarines, "florida" fired scores of tomahawk missiles at libyan air defense targets as part of "operation odyssey dawn". the tomahawk missile strikes allowed british, french, and allied warplanes to begin enforcing a no-fly zone over libya, preventing muammar gaddafi from using his air force to attack rebels in his country. this was the first combat action for the " florida" or any other "ohio"-class submarine. during "operation odyssey dawn", "florida" launched 93 "tomahawk" missiles, with 90 effective, out of her total magazine of about 160 missiles.