China's Military Releases A War Simulation Video Attacking The U.S. Base On Guam

Zero Hedge: China Military Releases War Simulation Video Of Attack On US Guam Base

Following weeks of multiple Chinese fighter jet incursions over Taiwan, the Chinese air force released a shocking video on Saturday showing bombers conducting a simulated attack "on what appears to be Andersen Air Force Base on the U.S. Pacific island of Guam," according to Reuters.

Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu warned Saturday that China was increasing drills and other forms of military pressure with the threat of intervention. Wu said China's crackdown in Hong Kong is a reminder that "Taiwan might be next".

The short video, titled "The god of war H-6K goes on the attack!," was posted on the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) Weibo account, comes as the Chinese military carried out the second day of drills near Chinese-claimed Taiwan.

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Update: Chinese air force video shows apparent simulated attack on US base in Guam (The Hill)

WNU Editor: What can I say. More threats from China.

Update #2: China is being mocked for this video .... China military PR film mocked over 'Hollywood clips' (BBC).

U.S. Air Force Has A New Training Center To Prepare Pilots For War With China And Russia

An open-house event at Nellis Air Force Base, November 12, 2014. US Air Force

Business Insider/Military.com: The Air Force has a new training center to prepare pilots for war with China and Russia

* The Air Force has a new $38 million training center at a Nevada base where pilots can link real and simulated environments.
* The new 60,000-square-foot center is designed to replicate any kind of conflict — specifically ones simulating the complexity and intensity of an air war with Russia or China.

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nevada — The Air Force doesn't have enough aircraft or range space for pilots to train for combat against a sophisticated enemy, so it's looking to link real and simulated environments at a new training center.

Pilots taking part in Red Flag air-to-air combat training exercises could soon face new virtual threats on top of those they're seeing in real life. That's one of the possibilities leaders see out of a new $38 million Virtual Test and Training Center here.

Maj. Gen. Chuck Corcoran, commander of the Air Force Warfare Center, said the center will prep pilots who could be called into a great power competition. Officials gave Military.com a tour of the new 60,000-square-foot center, which had its ribbon-cutting ceremony last week.

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WNU Editor: This must be the ultimate simulator.

In A 2002 U.S. - Iran War Simulation. Iran Won

David Axe, National Interest: In 2002, the U.S. Military Conducted an Iran War Simulation. Iran Won.

How would this play out in real life?

As tensions escalate in the Persian Gulf region, it’s worth recalling a 2002 Pentagon war game in which a U.S. Marine Corps played the part of an enemy commander waging a bloody defensive campaign against a much more powerful U.S. force.

Lt. Gen. Paul Van Riper’s own hodgepodge of troops, ships and planes was similar in organization and capability to Iran’s actual forces. Van Riper’s success in blunting a simulated American assault could reveal how Tehran might fight in the real world.

“The exercise was called Millennium Challenge 2002,” Blake Stilwell wrote for We Are the Mighty.

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WNU Editor: Iran should never be underestimated.

Inside The Hardcore World Of Military Simulations

Vocativ: War Games: Inside The Hardcore World Of Military Simulations

Severed heads, realistic guns, and a 300-lb man wishing for Obama's death. Welcome to America's next big sport

Tom “Crossfire” O’Rourke is eagerly unpacking a prized item from this morning’s mission. Inside a styrofoam cooler labeled with a red biohazard sticker, he unveils a severed head packed in ice and dripping a thin red liquid.

“The Al Qaeda group was trying to get a body part that had Ebola,” Crossfire says. “Because they planned on using that as a weapon of mass destruction.”

Seated nearby is a man named Jolly. He speaks in a low, measured rumble, weighs nearly 300 pounds, and is hobbled by a visible limp. Jolly too is excited to show me the head.

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WNU Editor: It appears that a lot of people want to play soldier.

Using Combat Data And Reports To Predict Combat In Afghanistan

U.S. paratroopers conduct a security patrol outside Forward Operating Base Salerno in Afghanistan's Khowst province, July 7, 2012. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Epperson

Computer Analysis Predicted Rises, Ebbs In Afghanistan Violence -- L.A. Times

Researchers used previous data of violence in Afghanistan to predict with striking accuracy which areas of the country in 2010 would see more bloodshed and which would see less.

In August 2010, shortly after WikiLeaks released tens of thousands of classified documents that cataloged the harsh realities of the war in Afghanistan, a group of friends — all computer experts — gathered at the New York City headquarters of the Internet company Bitly Inc. to try and make sense of the data.

The programmers used simple code to extract dates and locations from about 77,000 incident reports that detailed everything from simple stop-and-search operations to full-fledged battles. The resulting map revealed the outlines of the country's ongoing violence: hot spots near the Pakistani border but not near the Iranian border, and extensive bloodshed along the country's main highway. They did it all in just one night.

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Update #1: Afghanistan on 240 incidents a week -- Science News
Update #2: Researchers accurately ‘predict’ events in war zone -- Cosmos

My Comment: I would not be surprised if every military organization in the world is now looking at this report .... but what will be more important than using computer models to predict future violence is .... knowing how to break this cycle of violence and war.

Navy Says Video Games Can Boost "Fluid Intelligence" of Warfighters

America's Army Get your virtual warfare on U.S. Army

From Popular Science:

Military simulators that resemble video games have obvious training benefits for warfighters, but U.S. Navy scientists also say that video games can boost brainpower and produce cognitive improvements that last up to two and a half years.

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) hopes that video game-like training can help warfighters hone their "fluid intelligence," or ability to confront and solve new problems. Such research feeds into a new sense that the human brain can continue to adapt and improve itself beyond early adulthood, and may allow soldiers to better adjust to the changing tactics and environment of the modern-day battlefield.

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My Comment: Fluid intelligence? That is an interesting term to describe such simulations.