Pentagon military planners admitted last week that identifying targets for strikes was proving a challenge because of the group's lack of formal military infrastructure.

Before motorized vehicles, much of this expansion was powered by hoofbeats—horses were not only transportation, but also still played a key role in military infrastructure, agriculture, industry and communication.

They were a latter entry into the war after new developments within its own military infrastructure.

In effect, the heads of these 562 rural communal sections (sections rurales communales) functioned as police chiefs, as adjuncts of the nation's military infrastructure.

In case of extraordinary situation the entire military infrastructure of the airfield can be made operational again.