Bottom-Up Review: Analysis of DOD War Game to Test Key Assumptions
NSIAD-96-170
Published: Jun 21, 1996. Publicly Released: Jun 21, 1996.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the the Department of Defense's (DOD) Nimble Dancer war game, a simulation designed to assess U.S. forces' ability to fight and win two nearly simultaneous major regional conflicts (MRC), focusing on whether the methodology, scope, and results were reasonable.
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