Lessons Learned from the Naval Arms Race Game

• Economics (and constraints) of weapons development
• Expensive, long development and construction times
• Once committed to a programme, hard to change
  
• "Revolutions in Military Affairs"
• Dreadnought makes all older battleships obsolete
• Submarines yield a completely different naval strategy
  
• Asymmetric Threats
• Battleships expensive; afraid to risk such valuable assets, inhibit actual use during the war
• Motor Torpedo Boats, Mine Layers are cheap; build large numbers of them to put battleships at risk

Lessons Learned from the Battle of Jutland

• Importance of Intelligence
• Where is the enemy fleet? In port? At sea? If at sea, where are they going?
• Is it a trap (trick British fleet into pursuing the Germans into the teeth of submarines)?
• Importance of Communications
• Coordinate fleets at sea: concentration of fire
• Organize pursuit and break off actions
• Too much communications can compromise operation but revealing too much about intentions and capabilities