Mission preparation -- the ultimate in simulation? All training, in whatever form, is designed to prepare personnel and their commanders to fight efficiently. Nevertheless, the careers of many in the armed forces will be such that they will reach retirement age without ever being on the receiving end of shots fired in anger. This is as it should be, since war is only conducted when diplomacy has failed.

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Mission preparation -- the ultimate in simulation? All training, in whatever form, is designed to prepare personnel and their commanders to fight efficiently. Nevertheless, the careers of many in the armed forces will be such that they will reach retirement age without ever being on the receiving end of shots fired in anger. This is as it should be, since war is only conducted when diplomacy has failed.

The problem: At a time of `brush fire' conflicts and an open-ended war declared against terrorism, aircrews must be prepared to deploy to unfamiliar territory. But this is also an age when even media representatives of an enemy may be tolerated (and manipulated) by the object of military action. Consequently, the...

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