But there is concern that the presence of sophisticated Russian-supplied weaponry will make it much harder to agree and carry out such intervention, implement a blockade or conduct targeted airstrikes in the future.

BBC: Syria crisis: Russia 'sends sophisticated weapons'

Each HIDTA assesses the drug trafficking threat in its defined area for the upcoming year, develops a strategy to address that threat, designs initiatives to implement the strategy, proposes funding needed to carry out the initiatives, and prepares an annual report describing its performance the previous year.

WHITEHOUSE: High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) Program

Despite being mandated to plan and carry out security cooperation in their respective AORs, the COCOM commanders both lack sufficient dedicated resources to implement their security cooperation strategies in a coherent manner and, when attempting to manage as they can, often find themselves confronted with a bewildering array of legislative, policy, and bureaucratic hurdles.

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