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By Keith Landry, Reporter – Fox 35
It’s video game technology for national defense. The program called Virtual Battle Space Two, allows special operations units to custom design and then repeatedly rehearse an assault on a military installation. It’s the type of training that could help reduce casualties in North Korea in a worst case scenario.
John Givens is President of Bohemia Interactive Simulations. “They can go through a set of missions and then they can look at alternate methods and alternates to that mission and see what the best outcomes are.”
The programs can also help the military practice logistics for North Korea and other hot spots. Givens says, “If you land troops there and you have to drive a vehicle onto their streets, are our vehicles too wide? Do we have the areas, do we have alternate routes where we can drop soldiers?”
The technology allows a soldier to practice driving a Humvee over tough terrain and through dangerous areas where the enemy occupies buildings. A sailor can even get to know how his ship before he deploys. Givens points out, “They can actually walk through every one of those corridors- understand where all the fire extinguishers are, and understand how to communicate.”
Black hawk helicopters can train on the best way to support ground troops in North Korea or any hot spot. Givens says there are many questions the simulations can explore. “How does that ground soldier call in close air support? How do they interact with the fast moving vehicles? How do they call for a medivac for a helicopter or chopper?”
Bohemia Interactive Simulations is one of 130 simulation companies in Central Florida working on America’s national defense.
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