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Better battlefield information may prevent future attacks By Gail Kaufman, Defense News Media Group
Speaking at the Defense News Media Group’s ISR Integration Conference: “Shrinking the Sensor-to-Shooter Cycle,” Air Force Maj. Gen. Daniel Leaf, director of operational requirements for the U.S. Air Force, told industry and military representatives that keeping a constant eye on the battlefield and using technology that allows the military to have efficient predictive analysis could prevent future conflicts. Strategic and operational intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) requirements “ideally will influence potential adversaries not to put that game jersey on that says ‘Axis of Evil’ on the front,” Leaf said. “That is what we would like to do. “We would like our enemies to have the appreciation for the fact that we have such knowledge that it’s not worth it” to challenge the United States, he said. It will not be because “we have overwhelming military power … but because we know,” Leaf said. “I want the enemy to have the same fear in their eyes that the German commanders did driving through France during World War II. Because we know. That’s what I want from ISR integration.” If, however, the enemy cannot be deterred, ISR integration will also decrease the time it takes to find, track and destroy targets. To be useful, such a network must be connected at all levels and in all functions. It should not matter whether the receiver of that information is a shooter, but that it is presented in a timely and useful manner, he said. Back |
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