From Reuters:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Air Force, moving aggressively to beef up intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations, plans a "soup to nuts" review next week of how it tracks moving targets on the ground.
Lieutenant General David Deptula, Air Force deputy chief of staff for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, on Monday said he would convene a "summit" of senior Air Force officials about the various weapons that allow U.S. forces to track militants and vehicles on the ground.
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My Comment: The U.S. Air Force has now made it a priority to focus its energies on controlling the high ground in the foreseeable future. It is learning from its experiences with using Predator UAVs as surveillance platforms that the intelligence and information that can be obtained is priceless, and in many cases the determining factor in being able to eliminate the enemy.
I am just wondering why they have taken this long to have such a "summit".
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