"Future wars may be fought and won in virtual and augmented reality before they are ever fought on the battlefield, a Royal Air Force officer said recently. Militaries increasingly see advantages in who can model, simulate, and learn faster - not just who can build more tanks or fighter aircraft. Air Vice-Marshal James Beck, the RAF's director of capabilities and programs, said that it's "possible that the future will be won and lost in the synthetic environment and it's simply validated on the battlefield.""
"Speaking at the UK's Royal United Services Institute event last week, he said that in the future, the UK will "need to live every minute thinking how we'll behave, operating at wartime levels of risk." As a result, he continued, "much will need to be undertaken in the synthetic environment, and this is why the RAF will remain at those developing synthetic systems." "We must assume that our military is being watched all the time. They can see what we can do," he said."
Future wars may be fought and won in virtual and augmented reality before they are fought on physical battlefields. Militaries now value the ability to model, simulate, and learn faster more than sheer numbers of platforms like tanks or fighters. The UK identifies Russia as its pacing threat and expects a long-term focus on countering it. Armed forces must prepare to operate at wartime levels of risk and assume constant observation by adversaries. Much training, planning, and experimentation will occur in synthetic environments. The UK has invested in systems such as the RAF's Gladiator, integrated with the Eurofighter Typhoon and F-35, which completed its first major international exercise in 2023.
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