I have been watching #thewargame on Sky - facinating docudrama on escalation to war between UK and Russia. But they very very heavyhanded message that UK ( and all of Europe) must start spending load of dosh on the militarty. It left me wondering who pulls the strings on our 'entertainment' 1/2

Time to catch up on Sky1's The Wargame #TheWargame

Loved #TheWargame
Just finished it. Think I'm gonna watch it for a second time.

The preview for the final episode is not great.

I’ll reserve judgement until I’ve seen it in its entirety, but I predict more technical errors.

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So they did send out an emergency alert to people’s phones, but of course there’s nowhere for people to take shelter.

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So notwithstanding the fact that our incompetent political leaders are sat in COBRA not warning the general public; they’re also sat there above ground unless we’re meant to think they’re underground?

So all these inbound missiles pose a threat to them as well as everyone else. #TheWargame

Watching episode 3 of #TheWargame

And I’m not sure I can survive this nonsense, but here goes…

"Now I bow to no one in my admiration for Lord Gove, and indeed backed him for the Tory leadership, but truth be told Michael can barely steer a car, let alone the ship of state"

📺 @edvaizey.bsky.social reviews 'The Wargame' | #SkyTV #TheWargame
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英国Skyの『The Wargame』を紹介した記事は、三つの層に分けて読む必要がある。

①脅威認識 ②脆弱性の指摘 ③政治的主張

サイバー攻撃、海底ケーブル妨害、偽情報などは現実の政策課題であり、脅威認識そのものは否定できない。

しかし「だから国防費GDP比5％へ」という話は別だ。

脅威認識と軍拡論の間には、多数の政策選択肢が存在する。事実・解釈・主張を分離しなければ、「危機がある→だから軍拡だ」という政治的結論を客観的事実だと誤認してしまう。

#安全保障 #準戦時 #TheWargame #国防費 #防衛政策 #メディアリテラシー #政策論 #軍拡 #社会構造 #危機管理

Nice representation from ICCS of the Recognised Air Picture (RAP) that includes Tracks from over in Europe.

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Can I face episode 3?

Maybe tomorrow. 🙈

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So while #TheWargame cuts to shots of social media representing members of the British public, Gove and his cronies (and the mock Ops Room) do nothing.

No warning to anyone, no Emergency Alert on people’s phones, no sirens and just stupid blank expressions.

Or they came from a submarine.

It’s all a mystery which hopefully will be explained in episode 3 of #TheWargame

Cue dramatic music.

They even launch whilst submerged.

How do these people rise to high political office? And Kim Darroch is in the room! He served as UK National Security Adviser FFS. Why hasn’t he said anything?

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Here’s Penny Mordaunt chipping in.

The deterrent is at sea you halfwit, I don’t know if she’s parroting this nonsense from a script or she believes what she’s saying. Gove is the same.

Nuts.

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Can’t believe she held a reserve commission in the RN.

Resuming after a break for dinner.

So it’s bonkers time again with #TheWargame

It true we don’t have many T45 destroyers available, so according to the scenario they’re planning to stick it by Faslane. Ostensibly because it’s home to the nuclear deterrent. Except it isn’t.

I’d talk to Brussels.

But the script is heading down the path to Washington.

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Love it.

They’ve roped in George Robertson as NATO Secretary General. I’d have preferred a European just for the added fun. 🤩

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You can’t assume NATO are going to respond, unless you tell them and you need to request a raising of the alert level via SHAPE.

Are the UK going to invoke Article 5?

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Ooh it’s @gordoncorera.bsky.social

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