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Army to use MMOG for Simulation Training
Anonymous Coward writes "Military Training Technology (online edition) has an interesting article, 'The End Game', containing revelations about a Research, Development and Engineering Command project 'that is as timely as the nightly news' - a Massively Multiplayer Simulation for Asymmetric Warfare, or simply MMP: 'essentially a virtual world [developed by There Inc.] intended to train soldiers well beyond the goals of war gaming'."
.. that this thread would be slightly better than the similar thread on fark a day or two ago. sigh....
It's hard to believe that's how Micronians are made. Why don't we see it right now by having you both kiss one another?
Let me guess, you're french?
Anyone here seen the History Channel?
... stuff if we ever have anything
/. isn't the place for people who understand
We've had several centuries to figure war
out, but it seems people in this country (USA)
don't seem to get it. We constantly hear about
1 (ONE!) soldier getting killed and everyone is
so sad about it. I'd hate to be around to see
when the US finally faces an actual war (fully
declared by Congress, civil rights suspended, etc).
If we face an actual conflict/war with a large,
highly organized force, I only hope the top guys
will figure things out quick enough that we don't
end up with the fight on our own turf. We would
end up with much more than this 200 we keep
hearing about for Iraq.
Anyway, with this simulator, I'm interesting in
what kind of AI is being used. Different countries
have different fighting styles. The Japanese will
just keep coming until the last man/woman/child/
house pet has run out of ammo and killed he/she/it's self. The Germans will be highly organized
and efficient. Mexicans will try to either surround you or divide-and-conquer. Is this sort
of thing being taken into account?
Either way, as they say "The sun never sets on
the American Empire.". I'd bet Bush can fit the
order to take over the planet into 2 sentences.
Now, people, think. The typical American doesn't
even know that we AREN'T a democracy, we are a
Republic. Heck 1/2 of Americans don't know the
time period of their own Civil War. Americans
in general don't think a whole lot, and we'll
be in deep
serious happen.
DON'T BE LEMMINGS, VOTE FAR RIGHT! THE PEOPLE
ARE SUPPOSED TO RULE!
If this post gets modded down, I know then that
History and when it's about to be repeated (sad
for us then, that it's full of mistakes...)
Just a thought...