Gen. Ham is ` ` very concerned '' about movement across Libyan borders . A team of U.S. technical experts is assisting in searching weapons stockpiles . The United States currently has a State Department officer and 14 technical experts who are embedded with munitions and destruction teams from Libya 's National Transitional Council , according to Andrew Shapiro , assistant U.S. secretary of state for political-military affairs . The search effort is focused on shoulder - mounted heat - seeking missiles . The missiles pose a threat ` ` to anything that flies , '' Ham says .
Gen. Ham is ` ` very concerned '' about movement across Libyan borders . A team of U.S. technical experts is assisting in searching weapons stockpiles . The search effort is focused on shoulder - mounted heat - seeking missiles . The missiles pose a threat ` ` to anything that flies , '' Ham says .