Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Bomb the S@#t out of them

The United States has decided to deploy more air power to the ISIS conflict area. The increase in airstrikes resembles the U.S. commitment into the conflict. Aircraft have been moved from Afghanistan and stationed in Kuwait in order to fly more sorties into Syria and Iraq. In addition to firepower being moved into the area, surveillance is also being stepped up. A half of dozen of reaper drones from Afghanistan have been moved as well. Adding more airstrikes and surveillance into the area does not mean defeating the Islamic State. IS is as some might put it, a hybrid enemy. They use both conventional military and terrorist tactics which makes it difficult for the U.S. to target. Airstrikes are most effective when there are infrastructure targets and enemy positions drawn out. Islamic State is always on the move which makes it difficult to dismantle it with airstrikes alone. Elaborate planning must be conducted in order to effectively destroy Islamic State. So far out of the airstrikes in Iraq only 5 percent were deliberate targets. If we are going to conduct an air campaign then the intelligence on enemy positions must be credible.



http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/27/us/us-adds-air-power-but-isis-presents-elusive-target.html?ref=world&_r=0

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