Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-2-2026
Abstract
Despite long-standing in-house and public interest in USN war gaming, new technologies and geopolitical realities have left the practice in waters of unknown depth and contours. Finding a way forward will require leaving behind the fog of unvarnished praise and criticism and answering the following question: What benefit do war games actually deliver?
Recommended Citation
Gehrke, Charles Edward, "What War Games Actually Teach: Threat Recognition, Not Prediction" (2026). Naval War College Press Preprints. 5.
https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/preprints/5
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