U.S. Ran a War Game on Ousting Maduro. Venezuela Fell Into Chaos.
-Building an Urban Wargames Database
David Burden
-Analytical vs Educational Wargames: A Dichotomy?
Johan Elg
-Integrating Nonlethal Weapons into Professional Wargames
Sydney Litterer
-The Contribution of Cyber Simulations to Cyber Wargaming
Ambrose Kam
いずれも興味深い論文で、大変勉強になります。著者は重量級のWargamerから新進気鋭の方迄揃っています。
第1巻もこちらからどうぞ。
ところで、My impression is that this journal has not been advertised as emphatically as the other MORS journals. Am I the only one who feels that way?
また、故Peter Perla博士の名前がAdvisory and Editorial Boardに戻っていて良かったです。
とまれ、ご参考迄。
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10月7日付けの『英国海軍ニュース』は、9月30日に英海軍（Royal Navy）幹部たちが新任の第一海軍卿（First Sea Lord）による初めてのウォーゲームに参加した旨報じています。
このウォーゲームは、ウスウィック・パークにある防衛実験ウォーゲーミング・ハブ（Defence Experimentation Wargaming Hub）で行われ、第一海軍卿のグウィン・ジェンキンス大将（General Sir Gwyn Jenkins）の他、第二海軍卿のポール・ビーティー中将（Vice Admiral Paul Beattie）及び艦隊司令官のスティーブ・ムーアハウス中将（Vice Admiral Steve Moorhouse）が参加した由。
開会の挨拶で、ジェンキンス大将は次のように述べました。
「ウォーゲームは、我々が今日直面している脅威に対し、今日保有している戦力をどのように適用するかを理解するのに役立つ。
…このウォーゲームから、我々は既に進めている戦闘計画をさらに高いレベルに発展させることができる。それにより、国家の信頼性を担保し、抑止力を維持できるようになり、防衛統合戦力の一部として国家を守るという、我々の任務と目的を果たすことができる。」
参加者たちは不安定化する地政学的な状況下で作業し、緊張が高まり、活動がエスカレートするシナリオにおいて、英海軍がNATOと連携してどのような行動をとるべきかを追求した由。
詳しくはこちらで。
ご参考迄
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2025年9月25～26日、アラブ首長国連邦（UAE）の首都アブダビにおいて、第9回米UAE合同軍事対話（JMD）が開催されました。
米当局による報道はこちら。
JMDは米UAE防衛協力を推進する最重要の二国間会合であり、共通の安全保障上の懸念や地域課題を協議し、共同戦略を構築する場です。
今回の会合では、防空・ミサイル防衛、軍事協力、対外軍事販売、新技術開発など幅広いテーマが議論されました。
また、米国防イノベーション部門とUAEタワズン評議会との新たな協力や、UAEとテキサス州州兵のパートナーシップ・プログラムについても議題となりました。
両国は「主要防衛パートナー（MDP）」として、軍事協力や能力開発、長期的防衛協調を一層強化することを確認し、近く特殊部隊に関する意向表明文書に署名することでも合意しました。
なお、米国がMDPに指定しているのは世界でUAEを含む2か国のみであり、両国は「力による平和」という共通の理念のもと、相互尊重と共通利益に基づく防衛関係をさらに発展させていく方針を再確認しましました。
ご参考迄
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すべては心構えにかかっている ―― ウォーゲーミング史からのいくつかの教訓
要旨
ご参考迄
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（ウォーゲーム情報：
英国元大臣・軍トップ等による「ロシア対英攻撃」ウォーゲーム」（Podcast））
英Sky
NewsとTortoiseによるポッドキャストの５回シリーズ "The Wargame" の紹介です。
Russia knows our weaknesses. But do you?
A major five-partseries from Sky News and Tortoise which imagines how a Russian attack on the UK could play out – and invites real-life former ministers, military chiefs and other experts to figure out how to defend the country.
Written and
presented by Sky News' security and defence editor, Deborah Haynes.
This is
Deborah's second podcast series for Sky News.
（日本語要約）
ロシアは我々の弱点を知っている。では、あなたはどうか？
スカイニュースとトーティスが共同制作した全5部構成の大型シリーズ。 ロシアが英国を攻撃した場合、どのような事態が起こり得るかを想定し、元大臣、軍司令官、そして専門家を招き、国を守る方法を検討する。スカイニュースの安全保障・防衛担当編集者であるデボラ・ヘインズが脚本と司会を務める。 本番組はデボラがスカイニュースのために制作した2番目のポッドキャストシリーズである。
※ 「グレーゾーン・ウォーゲーム」も同サイトでアクセスできます。
ご参考迄
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This year's Connections US Wargaming Conference was held at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab (JHAPL) from July 28 to July 31, including some additional and unofficial events and activities (-August 2). With around 400 total registrations, it was the largest conference to date. The first-day attendance appeared to be slightly smaller, perhaps around 250 people, but this was still a record high.
The Theme
The conference theme this
year was "Digital Wargaming." Given the sponsor's involvement and the
wargaming community's increasing interest in and the impact of AI on the field,
the topic was very timely.
The Venue
The venue was truly
impressive, and the Johns Hopkins APL was a discovery for me. APL was
established in early 1942 to perfect and field one of America’s most closely
guarded secrets of World War II – the radio proximity fuze. The device was
judged by historians as one of the three most important developments of the
war, along with radar and the atomic bomb." (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx8EYZJ-e3o)
Opening and Welcome
As usual, Matt Caffrey opened this year's conference with a brief welcome. The two Co-Chairs also provided effective administrative instructions.
Germany and Japan
One of my wargaming mentors organized one of the four opening session cells and deliberately paired Joseph Verbovsky from The German Wargaming Center and me as presenters. Joseph gave a briefing on "German Wargaming: Past, Present and Future." I was very interested to learn that after WWII, former West Germany restarted wargaming in the early 1960s under the name "Planspiel," instead of "Kriegsspiel." This is similar to the Japanese use of the term "policy simulation" instead of "wargaming" after the war, but it may not be just a political distinction. Something deeper and wider seems to exist behind the German concept. I hope he or his colleagues will write a paper or a book on the post-war history of German wargaming, much like I did with an article related to my presentation last year.
Regarding my presentation this time, I just want to express my sincere gratitude to everyone who attended and asked questions.
Game Lab
There were 28 Game Lab
topics. I proposed and led a discussion on "what it takes to be an ideal
journal of wargaming." The focus was on the future development of The MORS Journal of Wargaming, but we also
discussed other existing wargaming and related journals, including The Iranian Journal of Wargaming.
Game Demo and Game Night
Just like last year, I participated in Tom Moua’s game. It was about evacuating an embassy in a highly unstable country. I played one of the embassy staff members, and we barely won. His game always reinforces the importance of intelligence. If you have the option to purchase intelligence capabilities—military or non-military—you should! We must also always be aware of the possibility of disinformation.
I was especially impressed by the game map, which was a high-resolution satellite photo of the game scene. Those photos are now publicly available and being utilized as game maps. There were related presentations and discussions.
I was also very happy to see a Japanese board game demonstrated this year and
enjoyed playing it. The demonstrator, however, was not the game designer, so I
hope the designer will be able to come and demonstrate it in person next year.
This Year’s Peter Perla
Wargaming Award Recipient
This year's recipient was Dr. William J. Lademan, the former technical director for the U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory
I was
interested in his discussion on the philosophy of wargaming. I haven't heard
the term very often, but this was the second time I'd heard someone talk about
it.
Wargaming History Workshop
This was the final
conference program I participated in. I had been looking forward to it because
I was supposed to make a major contribution here. The workshop aimed for
participants to provide more examples of key wargames in history to Matt
Caffrey so he could efficiently update his book, On Wargaming. I am glad I was
able to be of some use.
Closing
This was quick. See you next year!
An Additional Activity
As an unofficial
post-conference activity, some UK participants kindly took me to a nearby game
shop. There was a lot of good stuff, but I was fortunate to find a game that I
had failed to buy last year in Japan: Burma, 1942-1945. As part of my
ongoing research into the Rangoon Heigi (Wargame), I hope playing the game will
provide some useful lessons. The Rangoon Heigi is actually the third example of
failed wargames discussed in my article (mentioned earlier). In addition to Burma,
1942-1945, I bought a submarine card game (strategic stealth duel), which I very much look forward
to studying.
The National Air and Space
Museum and The Collier Trophy
On my way to the airport, I stopped at The National Air and Space Museum. Unfortunately, the sections for the Jay I. Kislak World War II in the Air, Flight and the Arts Center, and Modern Military Aviation were still under construction and are not set to open until 2026. However, I unexpectedly learned that the Johns Hopkins APL won The Collier Trophy last year while visiting the exhibition of the list of trophy winners since the early 1900s. The trophy is awarded annually "for the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America, with respect to improving the performance, efficiency, and safety of air or space vehicles, the value of which has been thoroughly demonstrated by actual use during the preceding year."
I feel like my trip to the U.S. this time began and ended with APL. It was a very fruitful trip.
On My Way Back...
During my flight home, I played four video games. I also watched Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which was unexpectedly available. The film's messages have been recieved as ambiguous, if not controversial, but where a human terminates HAL, the film provides a clear parallel: it is human decision-making that must determine the extent to which AI should be employed in wargaming.
要約
2014年に当時のロバート・ワーク国防副長官がウォーゲーミングの活性化を提唱して以来、国防省（DoD）におけるウォーゲーム実施数は増加した。しかし、その質と関連性は一様ではなかった。原因の一つは、DoD内のウォーゲーミング能力不足にある。多くの部隊が民間企業に高額を支払ってウォーゲームを実施したり、ウォーゲーミングの知識がほとんどないスタッフで間に合わせのチームを組んだりしている。
ウォーゲーミングはすべての司令官や中佐が備えるべきスキルであるにもかかわらず、国防総省はウォーゲームの開始、設計、開発、実施、分析ができる軍人教育に重点を置いてこなかった。
本稿は、米海軍大学院における海軍の現在のウォーゲーミング教育能力に焦点を当てた、海軍将校のウォーゲーマーを育成するためのパイプラインを構築し、海軍の隊員と組織のプロ意識、準備態勢、知識を向上させるための提言である。（全文はこちらで。）
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クワッド（日、米、豪、印）が4月28日～5月2日、自然災害対応に関するTTXをハワイのAPCSSで実施した旨、米国防省より5月7日付けで発表がありました。
Quad Concludes Simulation Exercise to Advance Indo-Pacific Logistics Network
May 7,
2025
Department of Defense Spokesman LtCol Garron Garn, USMC, provided the following:
From April 28 to May 2, the Quad partners (the United States, Australia, India, and Japan) convened at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in Honolulu, Hawaii, for a Tabletop Exercise, a simulation to launch the Quad Indo-Pacific Logistics Network (IPLN). IPLN is an initiative that enables Quad partners to leverage shared logistics capabilities in the Indo-Pacific to support civilian response to natural disasters more rapidly and efficiently across the region.
Together
with the Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness, the IPLN
reflects the Quad's commitment to ensuring a free and open Indo-Pacific and
highlights the value of strengthening practical cooperation to address regional
challenges.
ご参考迄
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