Meaning of war game | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A simulation (by whatever means, physical or digital), for training and strategy purposes, of a military operation involving two or more opposing forces using rules, data, and procedures designed to depict an actual or assumed real-life situation.
2. A game, for entertainment or edutainment purposes, that simulates or represents a military operation.

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Examples

“Well, the WOPR [War Operations Planning Response] spends all it's time thinking about World War III. Twenty-four hours a day, 365 days a year, it plays an endless series of war games using all available information on the state of the world. The WOPR has already fought World War III as a game time and time again.”

“On the other hand, war games in the Weimar era did not first develop⟳ into a political instrument when they began to incorporate political entities. Rather, only war games were able to approximate exactly the situation that was to be avoided at all costs.”

“In a sort⟳ of blooper reel, I will go over some of the things that occurred in a few of the wargames but we left out when collating the overall timeline.”

“Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, said last⟳ November that in the Pentagon’s war games against China, “we lose⟳ every time.” […] War games can be wrong; analysts sometimes overstate adversaries’ abilities. Yet this larger point⟳ should not be ignored.”

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