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Wargames in the U.S. Department of Defense
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The first paragraph as a teaser:
TWO evenings a month, four dozen defence and intelligence officials gather in an undisclosed building in Virginia. They chat informally about “what if” scenarios. For example: what if Israel were to bomb Iran’s nuclear sites? Recent chats on this topic have been fruitful for a surprising reason, says John Patch, a member of the Strategic Discussion Group, as it is called. Nearly a quarter of those who regularly attend play a board game called Persian Incursion”, which deals with the aftermath of just such an attack. For half the players, such games are part of their job.
I had been led to believe by others in different branches of the DoD that most of the wargame scenarios they played out were more about role-playing than detailed sims. When Tim handed me this article, indicating he worked with the people mentioned in it I asked him about that and his response was "oh no, plenty of chit pushing."
A short read, nothing too surprising but worth a look into how the other half of the industry works.
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