Team Germany spent a long time acting according to its own logic instead of trying to see the situation through the eyes of its opponent.

Now, that doesn't exactly mean that that's how the people in Kremlin think, but simply seeing how an opponent might interpret our actions, how they might comment on them, and what conclusions they could draw can be incredibly valuable.

It reminds you that your message may be received very differently from how you intended it.

I'd say it actually exceeded our expectations because the unscripted nature of the exercise revealed things we simply couldn't have anticipated.

War games are a little bit like modern art.

They're not necessarily meant to be pretty or make you feel good.

They're not Hollywood movies, but they are made to make you think.