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Author Topic: Article on "war games" in Foreign Affairs magazine  (Read 3098 times)

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on: December 27, 2023, 10:06:08 AM
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/what-war-games-really-reveal

They keep using "war games" as 2 words, but there's a lot of good info in here about how they're often angled toward particular outcomes

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Reply #1 on: December 27, 2023, 12:55:32 PM
I've spent a fair amount of my career involved in DoD models and simulations (which are essentially wargames), and I am deeply skeptical of all of them.

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