CV32

Some game play shown here:

I understood this was quite intentional.

A new version of the HCDB2 or Harpoon Commander's Edition Database 2 (HCDB2-170909) is now available. New additions include: MLUs: Hyunmoo I Bty 86 - South Korea Hyunmoo IIA Bty 08 - South Korea Hyunmoo IIB Bty 09 - South Korea Hyunmoo IIC Bty 17 - South Korea KN-20 Hwasong-14 Bty 17 - North Korea Ships: Buyan Pr21630 06 FFL - Russia Buyan-M Pr21631 14 FFL - Russia Harry DeWolf 18 OPV - Canada Hulun Hu Type 901 17 AOE - China Ivan Gren Pr1171.1 17 LST - Russia Maharaja Lela 18 FFG - Malaysia Resolve 18 AOR - Canada Soobraziltelny Pr20381 11 FFL - Russia Steregushchiy Pr2038 07 FFL - Russia Enjoy.

Full THAAD Battery in Place in South Korea After Police Clash With Protesters (Defense Tech) Hmmm. THAAD, X-37B put into orbit from Canaveral just ahead of an advancing hurricane, Reagan CSG at sea from Yokosuka, Bonhomme Richard ESG moving north from the Coral Sea, National Day tomorrow (9 Sept) in the DPRK ... Anyone watching the pizza joints in DC?

Canada considering RAAF classic Hornets? (Australian Aviation) Please, no.

Law of the Sea: A Policy Primer (Fletcher School)

Images show China’s J-20 possibly equipped with new engines (Jane's)

Timeline: A Brief History of North Korea’s Nuclear Weapon Development (USNI News)

What Is A Periscope And Why Do They Matter To The Military? (British Forces News)

China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress (pdf, CRS, via USNI News)

Kim continues to push increasingly dangerous buttons. And this is a problem. China Refuses to Condemn North Korea’s New Missile Launch (The Diplomat)

Taking Airpower for Granted: A Smart Bomb Story (War on the Rocks) Another excellent article from Mike Benitez. Worth your time.

A Rational North Korea Might Still Strike America First (War on the Rocks) Want to Avoid Nuclear War? Reject Mutual Vulnerability With North Korea (War on the Rocks)

North Korea fires missile over Japan in aggressive test (DefenseNews)

Ending Pakistan’s Export of Jihadists: The Key to Win in Afghanistan (The Globalist)

Russia Conducts Three Times More War Games than Nato (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)

Nonsense. Trump doesn't need a distraction. Trump IS the distraction. People who don't understand Trump's behaviour now obviously weren't paying much attention before and during the campaign. This is his shtick. The Russia collusion story, meanwhile, has to be the weakest thing I have ever seen. Its laughable in the extreme. No, but it didn't exactly call for a soft response. That hasn't worked either. In fact, it has pushed us in this direction. I never said he would, and I don't think he is suicidal either (I have already said that his driving motive is preservation of the regime), but can you predict where history will turn next? Nope. And, as I've said, the DPRK has no playbook for nuclear deterrence. They have a long history of making threats to extract concessions, but no history of nuclear arsenal. Until now. Great article on that very point: How North Korea Crashed the Atomic Club (National Interest)

Scientists solve mystery of US Civil War submarine (Nature) Is it a travesty to spend so much time, money and energy on this symbol of the Confederacy?

Something New, Something Old: North Korea's Next Missiles (The Diplomat)

Thanks. Conservation of Tomahawks is key here to deciding whether the scenario is difficult. I am working on a follow-on scenario.

I knew Trump was very good at "triggering" the frailties of the left, the SJWs and the liberal snowflakes of the world, but I honestly had no idea he was capable of wrangling the DPRK regime into acting on his behalf at the very moment he supposedly needed a distraction. Now that is skill, lol. As for "sabre-rattling" I think it was actually Kim who was ratting the sabre. Or, rather, the transporter-erector-launchers. If Kim actually acts on his threats one of these days, I doubt very much that Korea will be the "least" of anyone's problems. Nuclear war tends to roll like that.

Scenario doesn't call for them, but you are of course free to grant yourself nuclear release and experiment with that option.

How many Tomahawk cruise missiles did you expend?

Since these discussions tend to spark the creative juices, I have uploaded a scenario of interest. It is my first in nearly two years, so I hope it is enjoyable. It is by no means an easy scenario, which perhaps ought to give pause to the subject matter.