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Originally Posted by dyna mo
sorry steve, you are completely incorrect to assume joint military exercises are primarily for show.
they are primarily field training exercises. that's why they are called field training exercises (FTX)
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You are of course going to have it your way but I know what I am talking about not only from personal experience/knowledge. I was in the military and I also worked at the Pentagon where I finished my military career. I had personal knowledge of things that the public was/is totally unaware of.
Of course any training is beneficial but public war games are primarily for a show of power and are not primarily for the preparation of war. A military air show is of course beneficial training but is not performed as a preparation for war.
I am not aware of any public war game ever in the history of war that has been a preparation for war. So I will use what I "know" to be fact and you can use what you "think" to be fact. Once again I agree to disagree.