Shades of Ender’s Game? From Before Launch, Global Network Collects Data for Missile’s Path:
More than 300 missiles were fired in a huge barrage last Friday. An officer who was in the Strike Center then described a tense but businesslike atmosphere, with planners staring at screens, outwardly oblivious to the havoc they were wreaking far away. “It was surreal, because it was no different than exercises that we’ve practiced again and again,” he said. “Hours later, you take a step back and see the video and see the hits coming in Baghdad and you realize it was real.”