Afghanistan's remote valleys and hills can cut off communication and make it hard for forces to see Taliban and insurgents on the move. Enter the E-8C Joint STARS, the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System.rnNightly Joint STARS orbits support forces in Afghanistan and Iraq with a combination of radar surveillance and communications links, including 22 radios, eight data links, and a secure telephone, putting it in the thick of ir-rnregular warfare tasks such as providing ground moving target indicator (GMTI) sensors.
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