Mali Operation Highlights French ISR Shortfalls
Credit: Tony Osborne/AW&ST
The French request for a British Sentinel radar surveillance aircraft to support Operation Serval in Mali highlights France's shortage of tactical intelligence assets, which have advanced little beyond helicopters and targeting pods on jets, despite years of experience in Afghanistan. The Sentinel's...
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