Notes on some platforms:
- The time period of this hypothetical scenario is set from 13 October 1997 to 14 February 1998 (I choosed Halloween, can’t avoid it!), when USS Nimitz was historically on this IOPG theatre of operations.
- The Iranian Mirage F1EQ (ex Iraq) have very limited capabilities and weapons this time period, but supposely alter changing of side France support it, and came operative again.
- USSR has survived to this date, and the First Cold War reachs 1997, to the start of WWIII.
- USSR platforms and in service dates are estimates about the USSR persistence.
- All the USSR ships are assumed as modified to use Ka-27 and variants instead of Ka-25, probably deleted from service before 1997 on this alternate timeline.
- Are employed estimated probable developments of Su-33M (aircraft entry 10407) and MIG-29K (aircraft entry 10468, Indian MiG-29K Fulcrum-D 14, with older R-77/AA-12 Adder missiles, produced as preseries from February 1994, but not in regular Russian services, but widely exported), in service in the mid-1990s, with air-to-ground loadouts.
- Is the first time I have at last an excuse to employ the hypothetical unit CGN Anchar (Project 11990), in service 1995?+. More data about this project are available in this well known and recently update book: https://www.wargamevault.com/product/319433/Russias-Navy?src=hottest_filtered
More data on Project 1199 Anchar casually found in the Russian Wikipedia, looking for other thing:
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Большие_противолодочные_корабли_проекта_1199