CV32

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HCDB-111211 Ships: Adatepe (1985/1) DD - Turkey Adatepe (1985/2) DD - Turkey Adatepe (1985/3) DD - Turkey Adatepe (1986) DD - Turkey Adelaide (1980) FFG - Australia Adelaide (85/1) FFG - Australia Adelaide (85/2) FFG - Australia Adelaide (89/1) FFG - Australia Adelaide (89/2) FFG - Australia Adelaide (99/1) FFG - Australia Adelaide (99/2) FFG - Australia Albatross FFL - Italy Alcitepe (82) DD - Turkey Alcitepe (87) DD - Turkey Alpino (1985) FF - Italy Alpino (1997) FF - Italy Anaga PG - Spain Anzac (1996) FF - Australia Anzac (1998) FF - Australia Aragon (Revere/97) LKA - Spain Ardito (1991) DDG - Italy Attack PG - Australia Audace (80/1) DDG - Italy Audace (80/2) DDG - Italy Audace (1988) DDG - Italy Baleares (1980) FFG - Spain Baleares (1987) FFG - Spain Baleares (1995) FFG - Spain Balikpapan LCH - Australia Barcelo PG - Spain Bergamini FF - Italy Carabiniere (90) FF - Italy Cassiopea (89) OPV - Italy Cassiopea (01) OPV - Italy Castilla (Revere/89) LKA - Spain Curlew (Ton/80) MCM - Australia De la Penne (93) DDG - Italy De la Penne (03) DDG - Italy Gabya (1998) FFG - Turkey Gabya (2002) FFG - Turkey Gabya (2003/1) FFG - Turkey Gabya (2003/2) FFG - Turkey Gabya (GEN1/07) FFG - Turkey Gabya (GEN2/11) FFG - Turkey Grado (De Soto) LST - Italy Hobart (1992) DDG - Australia Impavido (80/1) DDG - Italy Impavido (80/2) DDG - Italy Impetuoso DD - Italy Istanbul (Fletcher) DD - Turkey Kocatepe (80/1) DD - Turkey Kocatepe (80/2) DD - Turkey Lazaga PG - Spain Lepanto (Fletcher/1) DD - Spain Lepanto (Fletcher/2) DD - Spain Lupo (1980) FF - Italy Lupo (1991) FF - Italy Lupo (IQ) FF - Iraq Melbourne CVL - Australia Mk III Sea Spectre PG - USA Muavenet (1983) DD - Turkey Perth (1980) DDG - Australia Perth (1991) DDG - Australia Pizarro (Newport) LST - Spain River (1991) FF - Australia River (1981) FF - Australia San Giorgio (87) LPD - Italy San Giorgio (2000) LPD - Italy San Giusto LPD - Italy Santa Maria (86) FFG - Spain Santa Maria (94) FFG - Spain Santa Maria (95) FFG - Spain Serviola PG - Spain Stromboli (2002) AOR - Italy Success (97) AO - Australia Supply (Tide) AO - Australia Teide AO - Spain Tobruk (1981) LPD - Australia Tobruk (2000) LPD - Australia Velasco (Terrebonne) LST - Spain Westralia (91) AO - Australia Yarra (River/80) FF - Australia Yucetepe (1993) DD - Turkey Submarines: Agosta (1980) SS - France Agosta (1988) SS - France Albacora (1980) SS - Portugal Albacora (1994) SS - Portugal Amethyste (1991) SSN - France Amethyste (2000) SSN - France Daphne (1980) SS - France Daphne (1981) SS - France Delfin (1980) SS - Spain Delfin (1983) SS - Spain Delfin (1996) SS - Spain Dolfijn (1980) SS - Netherlands Dolfijn (1987) SS - Netherlands Dumlupinar (Guppy IA) SS - Turkey Galerna (1983) SS - Spain Galerna (1994) SS - Spain Gur (2003) SS - Turkey Gur (2004) SS - Turkey Hashmat (1980) SS - Pakistan Hashmat (1985) SS - Pakistan Kobben (T207/80) SS - Norway Kobben (T207/84) SS - Norway Kobben (T207/89) SS - Norway Marsopa (Delfin/94) SS - Spain Mistral (1985) SS - Spain Mistral (1997) SS - Spain Onslow (1985) SS - Australia Piomarta (Tang) SS - Italy Potvis (1980) SS - Netherlands Potvis (1987) SS - Netherlands Preveze (1994) SS - Turkey Preveze (1998) SS - Turkey Priaroggia (Tench) SS - Italy Primo Longobardo (93) SS - Italy Primo Longobardo (01) SS - Italy Romei (Tang) SS - Italy Rubis (1982) SSN - France Rubis (1985) SSN - France Salvatore Pelosi (88) SS - Italy Salvatore Pelosi (01) SS - Italy Sokol (T207) SS - Poland Tumleren (T207) SS - Denmark Walrus (1990) SS - Netherlands Walrus (2005) SS - Netherlands Zwaardvis (80) SS - Netherlands Zwaardvis (87) SS - Netherlands

A new version of the official Harpoon Commander's Edition (HCE) Database (HCDB-111211) is now available. Get the new DB in the Downloads section. New additions (or overhauls of existing entries) include: Ships: Adatepe (1985/1) DD - Turkey Adatepe (1985/2) DD - Turkey Adatepe (1985/3) DD - Turkey Adatepe (1986) DD - Turkey Adelaide (1980) FFG - Australia Adelaide (85/1) FFG - Australia Adelaide (85/2) FFG - Australia Adelaide (89/1) FFG - Australia Adelaide (89/2) FFG - Australia Adelaide (99/1) FFG - Australia Adelaide (99/2) FFG - Australia Albatross FFL - Italy Alcitepe (82) DD - Turkey Alcitepe (87) DD - Turkey Alpino (1985) FF - Italy Alpino (1997) FF - Italy Anaga PG - Spain Anzac (1996) FF - Australia Anzac (1998) FF - Australia Aragon (Revere/97) LKA - Spain Ardito (1991) DDG - Italy Attack PG - Australia Audace (80/1) DDG - Italy Audace (80/2) DDG - Italy Audace (1988) DDG - Italy Baleares (1980) FFG - Spain Baleares (1987) FFG - Spain Baleares (1995) FFG - Spain Balikpapan LCH - Australia Barcelo PG - Spain Bergamini FF - Italy Carabiniere (90) FF - Italy Cassiopea (89) OPV - Italy Cassiopea (01) OPV - Italy Castilla (Revere/89) LKA - Spain Curlew (Ton/80) MCM - Australia De la Penne (93) DDG - Italy De la Penne (03) DDG - Italy Gabya (1998) FFG - Turkey Gabya (2002) FFG - Turkey Gabya (2003/1) FFG - Turkey Gabya (2003/2) FFG - Turkey Gabya (GEN1/07) FFG - Turkey Gabya (GEN2/11) FFG - Turkey Grado (De Soto) LST - Italy Hobart (1992) DDG - Australia Impavido (80/1) DDG - Italy Impavido (80/2) DDG - Italy Impetuoso DD - Italy Istanbul (Fletcher) DD - Turkey Kocatepe (80/1) DD - Turkey Kocatepe (80/2) DD - Turkey Lazaga PG - Spain Lepanto (Fletcher/1) DD - Spain Lepanto (Fletcher/2) DD - Spain Lupo (1980) FF - Italy Lupo (1991) FF - Italy Lupo (IQ) FF - Iraq Melbourne CVL - Australia Mk III Sea Spectre PG - USA Muavenet (1983) DD - Turkey Perth (1980) DDG - Australia Perth (1991) DDG - Australia Pizarro (Newport) LST - Spain River (1991) FF - Australia River (1981) FF - Australia San Giorgio (87) LPD - Italy San Giorgio (2000) LPD - Italy San Giusto LPD - Italy Santa Maria (86) FFG - Spain Santa Maria (94) FFG - Spain Santa Maria (95) FFG - Spain Serviola PG - Spain Stromboli (2002) AOR - Italy Success (97) AO - Australia Supply (Tide) AO - Australia Teide AO - Spain Tobruk (1981) LPD - Australia Tobruk (2000) LPD - Australia Velasco (Terrebonne) LST - Spain Westralia (91) AO - Australia Yarra (River/80) FF - Australia Yucetepe (1993) DD - Turkey Submarines: Agosta (1980) SS - France Agosta (1988) SS - France Albacora (1980) SS - Portugal Albacora (1994) SS - Portugal Amethyste (1991) SSN - France Amethyste (2000) SSN - France Daphne (1980) SS - France Daphne (1981) SS - France Delfin (1980) SS - Spain Delfin (1983) SS - Spain Delfin (1996) SS - Spain Dolfijn (1980) SS - Netherlands Dolfijn (1987) SS - Netherlands Dumlupinar (Guppy IA) SS - Turkey Galerna (1983) SS - Spain Galerna (1994) SS - Spain Gur (2003) SS - Turkey Gur (2004) SS - Turkey Hashmat (1980) SS - Pakistan Hashmat (1985) SS - Pakistan Kobben (T207/80) SS - Norway Kobben (T207/84) SS - Norway Kobben (T207/89) SS - Norway Marsopa (Delfin/94) SS - Spain Mistral (1985) SS - Spain Mistral (1997) SS - Spain Onslow (1985) SS - Australia Piomarta (Tang) SS - Italy Potvis (1980) SS - Netherlands Potvis (1987) SS - Netherlands Preveze (1994) SS - Turkey Preveze (1998) SS - Turkey Priaroggia (Tench) SS - Italy Primo Longobardo (93) SS - Italy Primo Longobardo (01) SS - Italy Romei (Tang) SS - Italy Rubis (1982) SSN - France Rubis (1985) SSN - France Salvatore Pelosi (88) SS - Italy Salvatore Pelosi (01) SS - Italy Sokol (T207) SS - Poland Tumleren (T207) SS - Denmark Walrus (1990) SS - Netherlands Walrus (2005) SS - Netherlands Zwaardvis (80) SS - Netherlands Zwaardvis (87) SS - Netherlands Enjoy.

I might be wrong, but I don't think mobile land units are possible in H3/ANW?

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From Aviation Week's Ares blog [excerpt] Link to F-35B cutaway at Aviation Week.

Woot! Early Christmas gifts!

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Me too. The previous references to numerous "hot spots" (i.e. areas of structural weakness) and the news about tail hook "failures" seem to point to (at the worst end of the spectrum) signs of cracking or something similar. Alternatively, it might just mean that the hook is not catching the wire because of some limitation in structural design (i.e. location). The web chatter seems to point in this direction. Keep in mind that the F-35A also has a tail hook. These are typically a bit different from naval aviation gear, but are the problems the same or similar? With no drag chute, the tail hook becomes more important up here on potentially icy runways.

From Ft Worth Star-Telegram, Sky Talk blog [excerpt]

As luck would have it, already due to appear in the next release. Included generally will be overhauls of the fleets for Australia, Spain and Turkey, among other updates.

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+1. In all respects.

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Great. Thank you!

After Action Report: Operation Lancette NOTE: Usual spoilers follow. Play the scenario yourself before reading further Given the scenario - a peacetime exercise - I decided to employ a strict ROE. With a large contingent of Atlantique maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft based with Flotille 21F at Nimes-Garons, I could afford to set up a sizeable anti-submarine patrol in the area south of Toulon. Four such aircraft were directed to conduct formation patrols in the area, two in the zone extending to 120 nm, and two more at the 180 nm distance, in order to sanitize the intended path of the carrier group. Alouette, Lynx and Alize aircraft were also sent aloft from their host ships to provide a close zone patrol. Three and a half hours out of Toulon, the T-47 (Surcouf) class destroyer Guepratte picked up a subsurface contact, roughly 8,000 yards ahead and about 14,000 yards off the starboard bow of the carrier Clemenceau. For 30 long minutes the crew of the Guepratte attempted to localize and identify the sonar contact, until finally it was identified ... a biological. A whale, to be more specific. An hour after the first encounter, the Daphne class submarine Doris picked up a new subsurface contact. Distance about 12,000 yd ahead. The contact was also just west of - and much closer to - her close escort, the Arethuse class boat Argonaute. An older type, Argonaute had not yet picked up the contact. Then all hell broke loose. The contact was suddenly confirmed as a Project 671RTM (NATO Victor III) class nuclear powered attack sub, and just as quickly, there was a torpedo in the water. 40 knots and closing fast. Argonaute loosed two L5 Mod 4P torpedoes of her own at the target - still not quite localized - and turned to run from the incoming torpedo. Run wasn't really an apt term, though. At maximum speed, the dimunitive Argonaute could only manage 16 knots. It was a losing proposition. On 15 May 1981, some 23 years after first entering French service, the Argonaute was sunk with all hands lost by a Soviet torpedo. War had begun in the northwestern Mediterranean. Meanwhile, Doris had slowed to steerage speed and was trying to make sense of the furor when the sound of high speed screws lashed the hull from close aboard. Sonar had never detected these incomers. Two Soviet torpedoes smashed into the stern of Doris, and her wreckage joined that of Argonaute on the ocean floor. Caught by surprise in a horrific way, an Atlantique was immediately directed to the datum post haste. The aircraft soon detected and localized the Victor III, and dumped a Mk 46 Mod 5 NEARTIP lightweight torpedo on the contact. It soon lost contact with the racing Victor, and a second torpedo was deployed. The second Mk 46 ran hot, straight and normal - right to its target - and killed the Victor III outright. Minimum victory was awarded thereafter. 14 hours after Clemenceau had departed Toulon, its escort Guepratte picked up a new subsurface sonar contact. It was close, probably inside 6,000 yards and dead ahead. Mere heartbeats later came the frantic call. "Incoming torpedo!" 45 knots and closing ... from point blank range. Guepratte set up and fired the Malafon standoff ASW missile and then began aggressive maneuvers as her boilers roared, the ship reeling and shuddering as she worked up to her maximum speed of 30 knots. The Malafon missile blazed from its rail back aft and raced off to the southwest, dumping its L4 torpedo payload in what was hopefully terminal range of the attacking enemy submarine. It missed. Guepratte continued its frantic maneuvering but the Soviet torpedo continued to close, eating up the distance. Aboard ship, a deck crew worked to reload the Malafon launcher. Finally, with a new missile aboard the launcher, Guepratte fired another shot. This time, the L4 torpedo was dropped much closer to the target, and the weapon homed in on the signature of the evading Soviet boat and struck home. It was enough to sink the submarine, an ageing Victor I. Unfortunately for the crew of Guepratte, they would never know of their success. The Soviet torpedo (a Type 53-65K) had found them. Total victory followed, but it was cold comfort. The brave crews of two submarines and a destroyer had been lost. Synopsis: Great ASW oriented scenario. Basic, as Enrique says, but covers most all of the fundamental principles and has sufficient action to boot. When you employ a restrictive ROE, ASW can become a serious challenge, especially in the surface ship vs submarine scenario. Even having an ample supply of airborne ASW assets did not give an overwhelming advantage. To destroy the enemy, one must first find him. Thank you Enrique. (Now if we could only localize and destroy that 'submarine movement' bug. )

Yes, the remainder removed circa 1977. Can you identify which mounts (position wise) were retained? I need a reliable source. A typo, thanks. A possibility.

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