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AFSPC Completes International Wargame Focusing On Counter-Piracy Near Africa

Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

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A series of Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) wargames focusing on counter-piracy efforts near the Horn of Africa 11 years into the future completed last week, according to an AFSPC statement. The results of Schriever Wargame 2012 International Game (SW12 IG) are classified, but an unclassified final report will be available in approximately six months, it said. The SW12 IG scenario included North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) nations Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the…

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