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Constellation-class Frigate Program Cancelled, U.S. Navy Looking for Faster Procurement of Alternatives (Naval News)

Boeing Tests Redesigned Harpoon Anti-Ship Missile (Naval News) Like the sim, the missile just won't go away. ☺️

Nuclear powered battle cruiser sails again for the first time since 1997 (Barents Observer)

It occurred to me recently that the American strikes against the Houthi rebels in Yemen were under the umbrella of Operation 'Rough Rider' and ... In this MBX, our team's planned operations against targets in Yemen also used codenames from the cowboy world, e.g. Cowboy Strike, Jigger Boss, Round Up, etc. Life imitating art, perhaps. ☺️

There aren't many sims that can claim the longevity of Harpoon. As TonyE has said, the community has been the key factor to both its success and long life.

Finally picked up a copy of this one, and ran a couple of the stock scenarios. Seems fairly intuitive, but no doubt experience with Harpoon and CMO has helped. I think I would like to try scenario building in due course.

The stock database has relied to a considerable extent on the values found in Harpoon paper rules. Where they didn't exist, my best estimate was made after comparing to similar weapons, warhead type, warhead size, etc. Variation between facilities with the same runway size is typically attributed to whether the facility is civilian or military, in which case the latter would typically have hardening measures implemented to its infrastructure, including hardened aircraft shelters, bunkers, etc.

UK Admiral Credits F-35 Capabilities For Israel's Success In Taking Down Iran's Air Defense

The Russians have been using almost exclusively gun fire to attack naval drones generally, including machine guns from helicopters and deck mounted aboard ship.

A preview of ‘Sea Power: Naval Combat in the Missile Age’ (UK Defence Journal)

War Books: The Operational Level of War (MWI)

Submarines have historically always been easier to detect (within the game) if they were attached to a surface group. Almost always better to place them separately.

I believe both the 76mm OTO and the 30mm AK-630 were originally on the spec sheet when the configuration for INS Vikrant was being developed. Even the AK-630 series is getting rather long in the tooth.

No, but definitely interested, especially as it has a scenario builder.