TWO BY TWO they roared into the sky over the Israeli desert—American F-16s, British Typhoons, French Rafales and more—to confront an unseen enemy called “Dragonland”. The foes of wargames are fictitious. But in the minds of the hosts, the monster is real: Iran. Israeli officers were at pains to say the exercise was “generic”. Yet Dragonland’s force, with its drones and air-defence missiles, was akin to Iran’s. Exercises to defeat it “are part of the capabilities that are needed to face Iran,” noted one general.
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