Rush order: dollar 3 billion worth of aircraft, sensors leaves need for reform, analysts warn

摘要

The first U.S. aircraft modified under a multibillion-dollar infusion of new intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance spending are expected to begin arriving in the U.S. Central Command region for possible use in Afghanistan and Iraq as soon as next month. Analysts caution that the equipment is a stop-gap measure that does not address what they described as the military's inefficient and poorly coordinated ISR enterprise.