Military Operations: Recent Campaigns Benefited from Improved Communications and Technology, but Barriers to Continued Progress Remain

United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2004-06-28 monographic deposited born digital 55 p. GA 1.13:GAO-04-547 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-547 P0b002ee180394af0 f:d04547 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-547 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-547 GAO-04-547 Bombs Counterterrorism Data collection Data integrity Defense capabilities Defense operations Military training Performance measures Terrorism Weapons Military interoperability Afghanistan Iraq Kosovo DOD Operation Allied Force DOD Operation Iraqi Freedom Operation Enduring Freedom Other Written Product A10640 Military Operations: Recent Campaigns Benefited from Improved Communications and Technology, but Barriers to Continued Progress Remain Recent U.S. combat operations in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq benefited from new Department of Defense (DOD) strategies and technologies, such as improvements in force networks and increased use of precision weapons, designed to address changes in the security environment resulting from the continuing terrorist threat and the advent of the information age. Based on the authority of the Comptroller General, GAO reviewed these conflicts, with a focus on bombing operations, to gain insight into the changes being implemented by DOD. This report focuses on (1) assessing the impact on operational effectiveness of improvements in force networks and in the use of precision weapons and (2) identifying key barriers to continued progress. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-547/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-547.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-547/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-547.pdf GAO-04-547 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-547 Other Written Product GAO-04-547; Military Operations: Recent Campaigns Benefited from Improved Communications and Technology, but Barriers to Continued Progress Remain; Bombs Counterterrorism Data collection Data integrity Defense capabilities Defense operations Military training Performance measures Terrorism Weapons Military interoperability Afghanistan Iraq Kosovo DOD Operation Allied Force DOD Operation Iraqi Freedom Operation Enduring Freedom