Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System

From Desert Storm to Operation Joint Endeavor to Operation Allied Force, the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar Systems (JSTARS) mission has evolved and expanded following each contingency it was called upon to support. As these supplementary missions evolved they became essentially doctrine by which JSTARS will look to be employed in future contingencies. The system's technology continues to be upgraded to meet the expanding mission requirements. However, there is a danger that the system's resources will become stretched so thin that no mission will receive the dedication and attention required to simultaneously execute them decisively. This thesis contends that JSTARS performance diminishes with the addition of supplementary missions as a result of the human factors present and not due to radar capability shortcomings.