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From: ljw@cbnewsl.ATT.COM (les.j.wu)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: submarine warfare
Summary: unreal reality ...
Message-ID: <7098@cbnews.ATT.COM>
Date: 3 Jun 89 04:52:52 GMT
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From: ljw@cbnewsl.ATT.COM (les.j.wu)

In article <7017@cbnews.ATT.COM>, allen%codon1.Berkeley.EDU@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Edward Allen;345 Mulford;x2-9025) writes:
> 
> 
> From: allen%codon1.Berkeley.EDU@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Edward Allen;345 Mulford;x2-9025)
> 


>            The impression they got was that whenever apparent realism
> conflicted with standard military dogma, oops, I should say doctrine,
> realism got short shrift.  For example, it was a rule in any game designed
> for the Navy that U.S. CVNs are unsinkable, period.  This  rule is
> patently ridiculous, but the powers that be want it that way because
> they'd look bad if our carriers tended to get lost in their games.

If I recall, the Japanese did something like this in their table top
maneuvers for the Midway operation.  I'm sure _Miracle at Midway_
has more info on this.

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