US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Monday said that his country expects to hand over the leadership of the military operations against Libyan regime to a coalition likely to be headed by either the French, the British or NATO in a matter of days. Gates told reporters traveling with him to Russia, that there are a couple of possibilities, one is British and French leadership, another is the use of the NATO machinery. He said, command and control that is most accommodating to all of the members of the coalition have to be worked out. Claiming a strong and successful start of the 'Operation Odyssey Dawn' in Libya, he said several Arab countries are planning to join the military coalition. Gates however, conceded that Arab nations are reluctant to work under the command and control structure of NATO forces, so this would be kept in mind while deciding the leadership of the coalition. Gates said all countries probably would like to see Libya remain a unified state. US-led Western forces have unleashed over 100 Tomahawk cruise missiles on military targets in Tripoli and along the Mediterranean coast in last two days.