Meaning of fog of war | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The uncertainty in situational awareness experienced by participants in military operations.
2. The shrouded concealment of enemy activity outside of areas observable by a player's forces.

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Examples

“Future reports from any source should be treated with caution. What we can see is not the “fog of war,” in the old-fashioned sense; instead it is a kind of swirling tornado, a maelstrom of claims and counterclaims, memes and countermemes, real battles taking place away from television screens and fake ones happening on camera.”

“Only now, amid the fog of war, is it possible to ascertain what happened.”

“The game starts with an overhead view of a map with the “fog of war” covering all areas not within sight of the player's units.”

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