DOD IG: US, Coalition Aircraft Facing Interference, Limited ISR Capability in ISIS Fight
5/7/2019
​––Brian Everstine
The US-led coalition is limited in its ability to collect intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance in key regions of the Iraq and Syria border as ISIS forces regroup and plan attacks, a Defense Department watchdog says in a new report.
US and coalition aircraft face direct “electromagnetic interference,†maintenance issues, and an overall shortfall in the number off ISR assets available, which in turn has limited the surveillance available to US-backed and Iraqi forces fighting ISIS. ISR is so limited the coalition can only provide ISR targeting support to special operations troops in the area, the Defense Department Inspector General states in its quarterly report on Operation Inherent Resolve.
http://www.airforcemag.com/Features/Pages/2019/May%202019/DOD-IG-US-Coalition-Aircraft-Facing-Interference-Limited-ISR-Capability-in-ISIS-Fight.aspx
