Over the course of the simulation, heavy constraints were placed on the Red force’s ability to free-play “to the point where the end state was scripted”,[4] resulting in a Blue victory.
At this point, the exercise was suspended, Blue’s ships were “re-floated”, and the rules of engagement were changed; this was later justified by General Peter Pace as follows: "You kill me in the first day and I sit there for the next 13 days doing nothing,
The exercise involved both live exercises and computer simulations, costing US$250 million (equivalent to about $437M in 2024)
This has to be one of the funniest wiki pages I’ve read in a while