wm---ISR to the AF is in fact intelligence as the term ISR implies a wide spectrum of platforms from ground, aerial, and satellite which feeds an extensive AF intelligence process---the Army shifted gears because Army Intelligence wanted a better term "in their eyes" and shifted to information operations in 2013 with the new FM rewrites which opened Pandora's box for interpretations and the conversations over that shift have not died down as information operations is usually associated to IT.
The term shift was actually caused by Army intelligence just because the number of platforms that grew after Iraq became so extensive that it changed almost weekly on platforms and capabilities and no one could keep up with the changes. Also the term ISR prior to the final rewrite was anchored in the new targeting FM and then they had to change the FM because Army intel did not on time submit their term change as they wanted everyone else to come to their term. That heartburn is still being discussed and it might go back to the old use of the term in the coming FM rewrites in the next few years.
What is unusual is the use of open source to brief official positions---yes they are from the 27th but look at the initial Russian response--you guys are lying---they are from an old exercise to just it's just propaganda from NATO in order to hype NATO's importance.
That argument then led Breedlove to go back and provide open source imagery on the before and after---the Russians have said nothing---literally nothing.
Street talk has Digital Global still covering the same areas and prior to the 4 country meeting next week street rumors have it NATO will release again in order to insure Russia does not use the common statement "we have pulled back and are drawing down" --why because if one read Kerry's statement from a day ago---if no drawback then we expect not much out of the meeting so he is setting the stage for nothing to come out of the meeting and is fully prepared to blame Russia for the failure.
Whereas Putin is still trying to get on that meeting agenda is gas threat and the neutrality of the Ukraine anchored there as well--which is not the intent of the EU/NATO/US so Kerry has programmed failure to stop the Russian attempts to change the reason for the meetings and to give Russia a global platform indicating they were right in the Crimea.
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