Having had direct involvement with military exercises over 16 years I would be far more concerned with a story title that claimed the opposite. One of the purp

Having had direct involvement with military exercises over 16 years I would be far more concerned with a story title that claimed the opposite. One of the purposes of military exercises is to stretch soldiers/sailors/Airmen, their platform capabilities, their interoperability, and their leadership(Command/control). Lose in exercises, learn from it, and adapt to discovered vulnerabilities. If the “good guys” win every military exercise and every firefight or contact within them, the likelihood of complacency rises and retained learning is much lower. Humbling defeats in training can lead to quiet high knowledge acquisition and retention. Being involced in military innovation across multiple 5 Eyes militaries, there is great value in applying both real and theoretical extensions and recombination to enemy capability to help friendly forces adapt and respond in real time.