New Aircraft Technology in addition to 30,000 Troops in Afghanistan

In addition to Obama’s 30,000 troops in Afghanistan the U.S. military is adding more drones and expanding its video surveillance. Due to today’s modern technology many of these will be a mix of manned and unmanned aircraft. The new technology will allow each Mq-9 Reaper drone to collect 10 video transmissions and beam them back to 10 different users on the ground. With the additional troops there this new wave of men and technology will surely hasten the victory of the war.

In addition to the current 68,000 troops, the newly order 30,000 have began arriving on Wednesday. Geoff Morrell, a Pentagon spokesman said, earlier this month already has “some boots on the ground, with the rest to be flown since before Christmas”. Deptula provided the most detailed assessment to date of the Air Force plans to meet ground troops' needs for more intelligence and surveillance data. He said the expanded air capabilities would be added over the next eight months.

There is apparently a new model of the stealth drones, though much of the information was classified it is known as the Beast of Kandahar. The aircraft is to have said resemble the B-2 stealth bomber. The Air force also said they are planning to have their first MC-12W piloted surveillance plane to Afghanistan this month. By the end of late summer they plan to have a total of 30. These new models will have much advanced technology and plan to contribute much aid in winning the war,