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The War College was apparently a Colonial Fleet military educational institute that likely taught its officers many tactics and other subjects pertaining to military logistics in battle.

Lee Adama knows of a technique from War College using electric pulse generators to create an EMP burst as a means of fending off the Cylons and incapacitating any warheads. Using generators on Colonial One that were offloaded from Galactica (presumably as part of her decommissioning), Lee Adama successfully uses this method to disable two nuclear missiles that the Cylons fire at Colonial One.

The pulse mimics a nuclear detonation and blinds the Cylon DRADIS, making the attack appear successful. According to Adama after the ruse, in computer simulations in War College, the Cylons never fell for the trick (Miniseries).

Kara Thrace did not attend War College, according to Saul Tigh's comments (The Hand of God).

Notes

The United States Military Academy (AKA West Point) is a likely real world parallel.

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 The '''War College''' was apparently a [[Colonial Fleet]] military educational institute that likely taught its officers many tactics and other subjects pertaining to military logistics in battle.
-[[Lee Adama]] knew of a technique from War College using "electric pulse generators" to create an [[EMP]] burst as a means of fending off the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] and incapacitating any warheads.  Using generators on ''[[Colonial One]]'' that were offloaded from ''[[Galactica]]'' (presumably as part of her decommissioning), Lee Adama successfully used this method to disable two nuclear missiles that the Cylons fired at ''[[Colonial One]]'' while they were engaged in rescue operations of other civilian ships stranded from the [[Twelve Colonies]] by the [[Cylon attack]].
+[[Lee Adama]] knows of a technique from War College using electric pulse generators to create an [[EMP]] burst as a means of fending off the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] and incapacitating any warheads.  Using generators on ''[[Colonial One]]'' that were offloaded from ''[[Galactica]]'' (presumably as part of her decommissioning), Lee Adama successfully uses this method to disable two nuclear missiles that the Cylons fire at ''Colonial One''.
-The pulse would make it appear to an uneducated enemy that a nuclear warhead had detonated while also disabling the live missiles.  According to Adama after the ruse, in computer simulations in War College, the Cylons never fell for the trick ([[Miniseries]]).
+The pulse mimics a nuclear detonation and blinds the Cylon [[DRADIS]], making the attack appear successful. According to Adama after the ruse, in computer simulations in War College, the Cylons never fell for the trick ([[Miniseries]]).
-[[Kara Thrace]] apparently did not attend War College, according to [[Saul Tigh]]'s comments ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]).
+[[Kara Thrace]] did not attend War College, according to [[Saul Tigh]]'s comments ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]).
-==Notes==
+== Notes ==
 * The [[w:United States Military Academy|United States Military Academy]] (AKA West Point) is a likely real world parallel.
+== See Also ==
+*[[Officer Candidate School]]
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