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Air Force

Schriever Wargame 2016 Focuses On Loss Of Credible GPS Information

Pat Host

Wednesday, June 1st, 2016

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Schriever Wargame 2016 Focuses On Loss Of Credible GPS Information

The Pentagon, headquarters of the Department of Defense. DoD photo by Master Sgt. Ken Hammond, U.S. Air Force.

The annual Schriever Wargame introduced for 2016 a scenario where the United States and its allies lose access to credible Global Positioning System (GPS) information, according to an Air Force participant.Air Force Col. Mike Angle, chief of training, weapons and tactics division at headquarters Air Force Space Command (AFSPC), told reporters May 26 the wargame had seven nations attempting to respond to this crisis: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, France and Germany. He declined to say how the…

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