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[[File:Fighter planes.png|450px|thumb|center|John Boyd getting inside some Russki’s OSDA Loop yesterday. (Ok this is badly photoshopped drivel)]] | [[File:Fighter planes.png|450px|thumb|center|John Boyd getting inside some Russki’s OSDA Loop yesterday. (Ok this is badly photoshopped drivel)]] | ||
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AIR CONTROLLER MACIAS: Maybe we ought to turn on the search-lights now? | AIR CONTROLLER MACIAS: Maybe we ought to turn on the search-lights now? <br> | ||
REX KRAMER: No. That’s just what they’ll be expecting us to do. | REX KRAMER: No. That’s just what they’ll be expecting us to do. | ||
:—''Airplane!'' (1980}}In a situation of direct, bilateral conflict — dogfighting, Chess, test cricket, [[Brexit|in/out referendums on membership of the European Union]], an OODA loop is a combatant’s [[Decision-making|decision]] cycle: “observe, orient, decide, act”: the idea being you need to take in what is happening (''observe''), synthesise a theory of what the oppo is up to (''orient''),<ref>“Orient” doesn’t seem as good a word to me as “synthesise”, especially as that would have made the acronym “OSDA”, which all [[ninja]]s will find pleasing.</ref> figure out what to do (''decide'') and then do it (''act'') ''before'' the other side gets through its own process of doing exactly that, and changes tack, spoiling your clever plan. | :—''Airplane!'' (1980)<ref>Oh, go on: <youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0X0ZYbnHxA</youtube></ref>}}In a situation of direct, bilateral conflict — dogfighting, Chess, test cricket, [[Brexit|in/out referendums on membership of the European Union]], an OODA loop is a combatant’s [[Decision-making|decision]] cycle: “observe, orient, decide, act”: the idea being you need to take in what is happening (''observe''), synthesise a theory of what the oppo is up to (''orient''),<ref>“Orient” doesn’t seem as good a word to me as “synthesise”, especially as that would have made the acronym “OSDA”, which all [[ninja]]s will find pleasing.</ref> figure out what to do (''decide'') and then do it (''act'') ''before'' the other side gets through its own process of doing exactly that, and changes tack, spoiling your clever plan. | ||
The concept was invented by legendary US Air Force Colonel, John Boyd whose classic dog-fighting manoeuvre was to suddenly fly straight up, stalling his plane, obliging his pursuer to fly straight past him, then dropping down on the attacker and giving him the full nine yards.<ref>Speaking of dogfighting, the legend that this expression originated from the total length of a Spitfire’s machine gun belt (hence to give it the full nine yards is to shoot everything you have at once), but disappointingly this appears to be an urban myth, at least according to Wikipedia. The phrase dates back to the late 19th century.</ref> | The concept was invented by legendary US Air Force Colonel, John Boyd whose classic dog-fighting manoeuvre was to suddenly fly straight up, stalling his plane, obliging his pursuer to fly straight past him, then dropping down on the attacker and giving him the full nine yards.<ref>Speaking of dogfighting, the legend that this expression originated from the total length of a Spitfire’s machine gun belt (hence to give it the full nine yards is to shoot everything you have at once), but disappointingly this appears to be an urban myth, at least according to Wikipedia. The phrase dates back to the late 19th century.</ref> | ||
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So, generally, ''having'' the ball, rather than chasing around after it. | So, generally, ''having'' the ball, rather than chasing around after it. | ||
It shouldn’t really have taken a maverick Top Gun Actor to tell the world that in combat situations — [[Finite and Infinite Games|finite games]] — are usually won by the attacking team, but there you have it.<ref>You can get inside an attacker’s OODA loop by intercepting a pass, I suppose). | It shouldn’t really have taken a maverick Top Gun Actor to tell the world that in combat situations — [[Finite and Infinite Games|finite games]] — are usually won by the attacking team, but there you have it.<ref>You can get inside an attacker’s OODA loop by intercepting a pass, I suppose).</ref> | ||
Famously, the Brexit side of the Brexit Referendum was marshalled by a chap, Dominic Cummings, who remains a big fan of the OODA loop theory, and used it to great advantage to keep the Remain side permanently destabilised. | Famously, the Brexit side of the Brexit Referendum was marshalled by a chap, Dominic Cummings, who remains a big fan of the OODA loop theory, and used it to great advantage to keep the Remain side permanently destabilised. | ||