NATO commander: send more spy planes to Afghanistan.

• Author: Erwin, Sandra I.
• Position: WASHINGTON PULSE: NEWS FROM INSIDE THE BELTWAY - North Atlantic Treaty Organization Army Gen. Bantz John Craddock - Brief article

* The U.S. military has deployed thousands of unmanned surveillance aircraft to war zones, but not nearly enough went to Afghanistan, laments Army Gen. Bantz John Craddock, head of U.S. European Command. "We need full-motion video, persistent surveillance," he says. "In Afghanistan, availability of UAVs is hit-or-miss." The shortage of spy aircraft means NATO forces can't adequately monitor drug traffickers, convoys of the Iranian borders, Craddock says. And it gets worse. Craddock also worries that, as defense spending by NATO allies declines, they will abandon Afghanistan. NATO...