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I thought I'd post this AAR up of a game I was playing the other night. In this scenario, the Russians have occupied Bardufoss airbase in northern Norway. The Norwegians are at Bodo airbase in the south and are attempting to defend it from attack. The Russian OOB consistes of 20 SU-27B Flankers and 20 SU-34 Fullbacks. The Norwegians are equipped with 20 Eurofighter Typhoons. The scenario began at 0200 local time. The Norwegians launched a CAP of 4 Typhoons 100 nm north of Bodo over Norway. At the same time the Russians launch a probe of 4 Flankers to see if there is any opposition along their proposed strike flight path which will taje the strike force out to sea and attack Bodo from the west. The probe detects no opposition so the final order to launch is given a few hours later. At 0600 the strike force is launched consisting of 16 SU-27Bs providing escort and 4 SU-34s equipped with ARMs in a SEAD loadout and 16 SU-34s equipped with PGMs. The mission started off flawlessly....the strike flew out to sea then proceeded south. They were flying at full EMCON and at low altitude to avoid detection and it worked. The SEAD aircraft reached launch range and let loose all their missiles. By the time the Norwegians detected the income missiles, it was too late. The missiles destroyed the Norwegian radar and SAM sites clearing the way for the rest of the strikers 6-9 minutes away. Unfortunately for the Russians, this distance proved disastrous for the mission. The attack on the airbase immediately prompted the Eurofighters flying CAP to turn towards the direction of the attcak and energize their LD/SD radar. The advanced radar has a tremendous (I'd say AWACS) range and quickly detected the incoming Russian strike strike still 60 miles from their launch position. The Eurofighters quickly closed and launched their 24 AMRAAM C long range missiles which easily found their marks. SIx additional Eurofighters were also ordered launched. The Russians attempted to defend the strike group but their missiles did not have the range and were a generation behind the Eurofighter's technology. The Russian plan quickly came apart as their strike group and escorts were decimated and they had to abort. Final loses were as follows: Su-34: 16 Su-27: 10 NASAM battery: 1 Radar site: 1 Eurofighter Typhoon: 5