A quarter of a century ago, USMC GEN Paul Van Ripper did this exact strategy.

In 2002, he was tapped by the Pentagon to play a adversarial force (red team) modeled after Iran during the $250 million Millennium Challenge 2002 wargame.

General Van Ripper refused to hold back.… https://t.co/U3ImWrpvbp pic.twitter.com/qygPxmqTWZ

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