We lost our own wargame simulating Taiwan

[Mik]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-us-military-is-changing-the-way-it-fights-after-it-failed-miserably-in-a-war-game-against-an-aggressive-adversary-who-knew-its-playbook/ar-AAMCQxH?ocid=msedgntp

[Axtremus]

That's why we do war games ... part of the process to figure out what works and what doesn't.

[Mik]

Really? No shit? Gosh, I had never thought of that.

[Horace]

War games are used to inform military decisions.

[89th]

@axtremus said in We lost our own wargame simulating Taiwan:

That's why we do war games ... part of the process to figure out what works and what doesn't.

False. War games are meant to provide a scenario where someone accidentally fires a real weapon and sets off a fantastic plot for WWIII movies.

[Horace]

@89th said in We lost our own wargame simulating Taiwan:

@axtremus said in We lost our own wargame simulating Taiwan:

That's why we do war games ... part of the process to figure out what works and what doesn't.

False. War games are meant to provide a scenario where someone accidentally fires a real weapon and sets off a fantastic plot for WWIII movies.

I think you make an excellent point regarding movies, but in real life, the question remains: what are war games used for?

Or maybe the real question is "War: What is it good for?"

If it's good for games, can one honestly say that it's good for absolutely nothing? And can one say it again?

[Mik]

@horace said in We lost our own wargame simulating Taiwan:

@89th said in We lost our own wargame simulating Taiwan:

@axtremus said in We lost our own wargame simulating Taiwan:

That's why we do war games ... part of the process to figure out what works and what doesn't.

False. War games are meant to provide a scenario where someone accidentally fires a real weapon and sets off a fantastic plot for WWIII movies.

I think you make an excellent point regarding movies, but in real life, the question remains: what are war games used for?

Or maybe the real question is "War: What is it good for?"

If it's good for games, can one honestly say that it's good for absolutely nothing? And can one say it again?

@horace said in We lost our own wargame simulating Taiwan:

@89th said in We lost our own wargame simulating Taiwan:

@axtremus said in We lost our own wargame simulating Taiwan:

That's why we do war games ... part of the process to figure out what works and what doesn't.

False. War games are meant to provide a scenario where someone accidentally fires a real weapon and sets off a fantastic plot for WWIII movies.

I think you make an excellent point regarding movies, but in real life, the question remains: what are war games used for?

Or maybe the real question is "War: What is it good for?"

If it's good for games, can one honestly say that it's good for absolutely nothing? And can one say it again?

Good God, y’all….

[Copper]

@horace said in We lost our own wargame simulating Taiwan:

"War: What is it good for?"

War is a terrific source of upward mobility.

Stories of men rising through the ranks from slave to Emperor are common.

The pentagon is full of generals from humble beginnings.

[Jolly]

Nothing new. We've been losing this one on computers for the last several years.

It's all about assets and logistics. The two biggest problems are the proximity of China and its unsinkable bases + how fast they can overrun Taiwan in a first strike.

Chances are they take Taiwan quickly and then dig in. With the air assets that they have, they would be very, very hard to dislodge. And that's what they are counting on...It might be a nasty couple of days, but China is counting on us not to take it any further.

Which is a very good bet, considering whatb currently occupies the Oval Office.