American and British forces attacked the standard targets: command posts, air defenses, aircraft, electrical plants and terrorist training bases in bombing and cruise missile attacks, which Pentagon officials indicated could last a week or more.
"And it suggests that Washington may be conducting more and more of this type of operation as it targets ISIS' command and financial structure".
"It is about targeting command and control rather than particular individuals," he said.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Tuesday that this would involve targeting "command and control, logistics capabilities and infrastructure," Bloomberg reported.
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The air campaign also targeted command-and-control sites, bridges, railroads, and petroleum storage facilities.
NATO said that the targets involved "command and control" — a vehicle depot, for example — but the larger goal, it appears, was getting some sort of judgment: the word "stalemate" has been used increasingly often about the conflict in Libya.
For some targets, like command bunkers, NATO said, it conducted long periods of surveillance first.
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and his war planners seem to appreciate the challenges of operating in a remote, mountainous nation against an elusive enemy that lacks traditional military targets like command and communication centers, airfields or fuel dumps.
