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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will be briefed as it plays out. The war game is designed to equip the US military's top leaders to deal with a fictional global crisis erupting on multiple fronts and players will have to deal with constantly changing scenarios and compete for military assets like aircraft carriers and bombers.

They will take place at a crucial time for the Pentagon just months into Joe Biden 's presidency. Biden says US faces battle to 'prove democracy works'.

The military budget is being set and major decisions on troop levels and priorities are being made so it's hoped the war game will help prepare the military to face the challenges of the next few years. Read More. War games are always sensitive and outcomes are closely guarded because they can reveal shortfalls in US military plans and operations. One former defense official confirmed that in a recent exercise gaming out a conflict against major adversaries like Russia and China, "we found the Blue Team, the US and allies, kept losing.

The scenarios covered in the game this summer will reflect real life possibilities. Those could include major cyber attacks, a Russian advance in the Baltics, further militarization of the Arctic by Moscow or China flexing its muscles in the South China Sea or even invading Taiwan.

Arctic exercises. Posted by Shawn Ambrosino Jun 22, Politics. If you guessed the US, good job. So, you can understand how the simulated sinking of an aircraft carrier is symbolic. The Russian Defense Ministry announced the simulated sinking of the carrier by a fleet of at least 20 Russian warships, submarines, and support vessels, covered by at least 20 fighter jets, and the report claimed the exercise took place miles off the coast of Hawaii.

However, satellite images proved that to be false. In reality, it happened only 35 miles off the coast of the island chain state. This bold and dangerous move is obviously not good for the already-strained relationship between two of the biggest military powers in the world.

These kinds of threats—and make no mistake, conducting these exercises 35 miles off the coast of Hawaii IS a threat—can lead to the kind of war that would be catastrophic for all humanity.