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Canada to launch wargaming course

26th May 2021 - 13:05 GMT | by Trevor Nash in Bristol

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Strategic wargaming is set to grow in Canada. (Photo: Canadian DND)

Canada continues to develop its strategic wargaming capabilities and is currently planning courses to promote this training to DND staff.

Speaking this week at the Defence Education, Simulation and Training (DSET) conference in Bristol, Maj Scott Roach from the Canadian Joint Warfare Centre’s Joint Wargaming Experimentation & Simulation group told delegates that Canada is about to launch its first wargaming course.

'We’re a relatively new group that has been in existence for nearly two years and we’re now ready to launch what we refer to as our Wargaming 101 course,' explained Roach.

Focusing on the operational and strategic levels, the Ottawa-based Joint Wargaming Experimentation & Simulation group has established itself as one of the premier wargaming organisations in NATO and

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