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This Saturday (July 1) will be, in addition to Canada Day, the 90th anniversary of the battle of Beaumont Hamel, one of the opening battles of the Battle of the Somme in 1916. It's a big deal, especially for Newfoundlanders and for The Newfoundland Regiment. The "battle" itself was a disaster, and of the 801 young Newfoundland men that left their trenches that morning, only 69 returned to answer the roll call. Some believe it marked the beginning of the end for Newfoundland as an independent colony. I thought this quote was rather poignant: "It was a magnificent display of trained and disciplined valour, and its assault only failed of success because dead men can advance no further." - Major-General Sir Beauvoir de Lisle, Commander of the 29th British Division, reporting on the efforts of the 1st Newfoundland Regiment. For some further background, check out: Newfoundland Regiment: The Somme, 1916 The Battle of the Somme Beaumount Hamel Newfoundland Memorial: Veterans Affairs Newfoundlanders at Beaumont Hamel Google Earth Placemark

Yes, I've taken the plunge and acquired Harpoon 3 Advanced Naval Warfare. Does this mean that I've switched to the "dark side" and won't be playing Harpoon Classic, building scenarios for it, or continuing work on the HCDB ? Umm, no. Not on your life. The pull of potential multi-player Harpoon action is strong, however, and if it is half as fun as Silent Hunter III has been, it should be a ball. Gimme some time to get up to speed on this new fangled toy, and then I'll be looking to try some MP. Hopefully we can get some AAR's posted up here too.

From Defence Talk Israeli Nukes Complicate International Nuclear Doctrine AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Wed, 28 Jun 2006, 01:28 Houston, Texas: The United States cannot denounce Iran's nuclear program while accepting Israel's possession of nuclear bombs, the head of the Arab League said Tuesday. "This will ultimately bring the Middle East to further instability and there will be an inevitable arms race," Arab League secretary general Amr Moussa told the US Arab Economic Forum in Houston, Texas. The United States is locked in a standoff with Iran over its uranium enrichment program. Washington and its allies suspect the program masks a nuclear bomb-making effort. The US administration turns a diplomatic blind eye to widely held suspicions -- including by the International Atomic Energy Agency -- that Israel already has a nuclear weapon. "We do not believe there is a good and bad nuclear program," said Moussa. "There is no moral and legal ground to distinguish them. Both are bad and all military nuclear programs or programs of weapons of mass destruction should not be allowed." Moussa reiterated Iran's right to operate peaceful nuclear programs under the terms of the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty and said the Arab-Israeli conflict is the greatest threat to instability in the Middle East. "This conflict is the one that will make or break stability in the region," he said. "There is no doubt that this conflict cannot be resolved without the active involvement of the United States as an honest broker." Moussa said the United States needed to acknowledge that the conflict was not a result of "terrorists" but of a military occupation by Israel. The policy of aiming for "security now and peace later" will not work, he said. "Only the role of honest broker played by the US will save the situation, will clear and change the reputation of US policy and lessen to a large extent the frustration." The Arab League chief said the conflict in Iraq was also a source of instability that could only be resolved through a reconciliation program to unite the varying factions. "Iraq should not be the theatre for settling accounts. Reconciliaition is necessary for rebuilding the new Iraq." Moussa also hailed recent progress in events in Somalia and Sudan and hoped that a recent peace agreement would bring peace to Darfur. He characterized the current global political situation as a "clash of civilizations" between Islam and the west. "The clash is being fed and abetted by extremists on both sides," he said in his speech.

From Defence Talk The French air force took delivery of its first batch of the Frence-made Rafale fighter planes on June 27, with the manufacturer of the long-delayed jet, Dassault Aviation, still looking for the first foreign order for the aircraft. French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin attended a ceremony at an army base in Saint Dizier, northeast France, where 20 models of the Rafale were delivered. The Rafale, which is the successor to the Mirage jet, entered service in the French navy in 2004 and 10 models are based on the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, The Charles de Gaulle. French Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie, who attended the ceremony, called the planes “quite exceptional” and the “most comprehensive and most high-performance” fighter jets in the world. Referring to the delays suffered by the project since the first Rafale prototype appeared in 1986, she added: “I regret only one thing. It’s that it did not enter the French army at the moment it was conceived.” The French air force had waited 10 years longer than expected for its first Rafales, a record delay in the industry, mainly because of “budgetary problems”, according to Dassault. The French government has so far ordered 120 Rafales, of which 82 are earmarked for the air force and 38 for the navy. Under the latest defense spending program, which runs from 2003-2008, the government is expected to order up to 294. Dassault Aviation has fallen from the heights of its success in the 1980s when it sold its Mirage jets to about 10 countries, particularly in the Middle East. The market for fighter planes has changed since the beginning of the Rafale project, with the Europe-made Eurofighter aircraft, the U.S.-made F-15 Eagle and the new F-35, as well as Russian models, now competing for national defense budgets. Dassault has been unable to sell the Rafale to foreign governments and has suffered a series of setbacks since it began marketing the plane abroad in 1994, notably with the Dutch, South Korean and Singaporean governments. In a high-profile sales pitch, French President Jacques attempted to convince his Saudi Arabian allies to place an order for the plane during an official visit to the country in March. The Arab nation has still not made a decision, with the trade press suggesting that the defense ministry is ready to buy 48 planes from a foreign manufacturer. ”This plane is a good plane in the opinion of all its pilots, if not the best in its class,” said the chief executive of Dassault Aviation, Charles Edelstenne, in April. “We will export it one day.”

From Defense-Aerospace Pentagon Contract Announcement (Source: US Department of Defense; issued June 27, 2006) Lockheed Martin Corp. Maritime Systems & Sensors, Moorestown, N.J., is being awarded a $197,644,515 cost-plus-incentive-fee/award-fee modification under a previously awarded contract to exercise an option for construction of one Flight 0 Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). The LCS will be a networked, agile, and high-speed surface combatant with versatile war-fighting capabilities optimized for littoral missions. Work will be performed in Lockport, La. (63 percent); Moorestown, N.J. (36 percent); and Arlington, Va. (1 percent), and is expected to be completed by January 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. (ends) U.S. Navy Awards Lockheed Martin Team $198 Million for Construction of Next Littoral Combat Ship (Source: Lockheed Martin; issued June 27, 2006) WASHINGTON --- The U.S. Navy awarded a Lockheed Martin-led team nearly $198 million for construction of the Navy's third Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). This is the second LCS awarded to the Lockheed Martin team. The Lockheed Martin team will begin construction in the first quarter of 2007 at Bollinger Shipyards in Lockport, LA. The ship will be delivered to the U.S. Navy in 2009. The U.S. Congress authorized and appropriated the funds for this additional ship in the fiscal year 2006 Department of Defense Appropriations Act. "We are excited to continue our partnership with the U.S. Navy on the revolutionary Littoral Combat Ship program," said Dave Broadbent, vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin's Littoral Ships & Systems business. "The team is committed to the LCS program and ready to begin work on our second ship. We continue to make tremendous progress on our first ship as we look forward to its christening this fall. This award enables our team to continue the Navy's vision for building its transformational fleet." Bollinger Shipyards has already played an active role in the LCS program. During the construction of the first LCS, Freedom (LCS 1), Bollinger constructed one of the ship's stern modules, giving their Lockport workforce the opportunity to train on LCS processes and further demonstrating the strength and integration capabilities of the Lockheed Martin team. Freedom, the nation's first LCS, is currently under construction at Marinette Marine in Marinette, WI. The Lockheed Martin team was awarded the contract for Freedom in December 2004, began construction of the ship in February 2005 and laid its keel in June 2005. The ship will be christened this fall and delivered to the U.S. Navy in 2007. The Lockheed Martin team design for LCS is a survivable, semi-planing steel monohull that provides outstanding maneuverability with proven sea- keeping characteristics to support launch and recovery operations, mission execution and optimum crew comfort. The LCS will be the first surface combatant to be classed under the new Naval Vessel Rules by the American Bureau of Shipping. The Lockheed Martin-led team includes naval architect Gibbs & Cox, ship builders Marinette Marine, a subsidiary of The Manitowoc Company, Inc., and Bollinger Shipyards, as well as best-of-industry domestic and international teammates to provide a flexible, low-risk warfighting solution. Headquartered in Bethesda, MD, Lockheed Martin employs about 135,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. [Have to play a little devil's advocate now and then. ]

Date: September 10, 1942 (midday) Location: North Atlantic, northeast of the Azores Weather: Clear, sunny, light wind U-boats: 3 x VIIB (1942) Enemy force encountered: Task force Results: Brains: Tonnage: 27,050 warship; Renown: 1,085 Sunk: 2 x Fiji CL, 1 x Dido CL CV32: Tonnage: 2,000 warship; Renown: 240 Sunk: 2 x Hunt I DD Friendly Losses: TonyE: Depth charged

Date: June 1, 1942 (morning) Location: North Atlantic, southwest of the Canary Islands Weather: Clouds, light fog, light wind U-boats: 3 x VIIB (1942) Enemy force encountered: Medium convoy, escorted Results: Brains: Tonnage: 8,804 merchant, 2,100 warship; Renown: 500 Sunk: 2 x Hunt III DD, 1 x Small Merchant, 1 x C2 Cargo CV32: Tonnage: 8,006 merchant, 2,000 warship; Renown: 630 Sunk: 1 x Hunt III DD, 1 x Troop Transport, 1 x Flower Corvette Friendly Losses: TonyE: Depth charged CV32: Very accurate DC projector from a Flower Corvette Brains: Shelled in a gun duel with a Flower Corvette and two damaged C2 Enemy damage: 3 x C2 Cargo (two immobilized)

Date: March 7, 1942 (afternoon) Location: North Atlantic, northwest of the Canary Islands Weather: Overcast, medium fog, light wind U-boats: 3 x VIIB (1942) Enemy force encountered: Task force Results: Brains: Tonnage: 19,838 warship; Renown: 1,320 Sunk: 1 x Fiji CL, 5 x C Class DD, 1 x Hunt III DD, 1 x V&W DD CV32: Tonnage: 10,726 warship; Renown: 725 Sunk: 1 x Dido CL, 2 x C Class DD, 2 x V&W DD TonyE: Tonnage: 2,375 warship; Renown: 250 Sunk: 1 x C Class DD, 1 x Hunt I DD Friendly Losses: TonyE: Shelled on the surface by a V&W that doubled back in the fog Enemy damage: 1 x Clemson DD

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Date: December 1, 1941 (midday) Location: North Atlantic, west of the Canary Islands Weather: Cloudy, light fog, medium wind U-boats: 3 x VIIB (1941) Enemy force encountered: Task force Results: Brains: Tonnage: 11,915 warship; Renown: 550 Sunk: 1 x Fiji CL, 1 x Clemson DD CV32: Tonnage: 3,225 warship; Renown: 270 Sunk: 1 x C Class DD, 1 x Tribal DD TonyE: Tonnage: 1,375 warship; Renown: 130 Sunk: 1 x C Class DD Friendly Losses: None. Enemy damage: 1 x Dido CL

Date: September 1, 1941 (late evening) Location: Lakshadweep Sea (southeast of India) Weather: Cloudy, light wind U-boats: 3 x VIIB (1941) Enemy force encountered: Task force Results: TonyE: Tonnage: 17,375 warship; Renown: 775 Sunk: 1 x Hunt III DD, 1 x Dido CL, 1 x Fiji CL Brains: Tonnage: 6,129 warship; Renown: 610 Sunk: 1 x Clemson DD, 3 x V&W DD, 1 x C Class DD CV32: Tonnage: 1,188 warship; Renown: 120 Sunk: 1 x V&W DD Friendly Losses: CV32: Rammed and depth charged TonyE: Depth charged

Date: June 3, 1941 (just after midnight) Location: Arafura Sea (north of Australia) Weather: Clear, light wind U-boats: 3 x VIIB (1941) Enemy force encountered: Task force Results: CV32: Tonnage: 4,426 warship; Renown: 480 Sunk: 2 x V&W DD, 1 x Hunt III DD, 1 x Hunt I DD TonyE: Tonnage: 1,188 warship; Renown: 120 Sunk: 1 x V&W DD Brains: Tonnage: 1,050 warship; Renown: 120 Sunk: 1 x Hunt III DD Friendly Losses: CV32: Depth charged (by J class DD ?) Brains: Struck bottom hard while being depth charged

Date: March 1, 1941 (early morning) Location: North Atlantic, east of the Grand Banks Weather: Cloudy, light fog, light wind U-boats: 3 x VIIB (1941) Enemy force encountered: Small convoy, escorted Results: TonyE: Tonnage: 11,649 merchant, 1,718 warship; Renown: 280 Sunk: 1 x T3 Tanker, 1 x Flower Corvette CV32: Tonnage: 8,390 merchant, 3,328 warship; Renown: 610 Sunk: 1 x Clemson DD, 1x Coastal Merchant, 1 x C2 Cargo, 1 x V&W DD, 1 x Flower Corvette Brains: Tonnage: 4,398 merchant, 950 warship; Renown: 460 Sunk: 1 x Armed Trawler, 1 x Small Merchant, 1 x Coastal Merchant, 1 x V&W DD Friendly Losses: None, and entire convoy neutralised !

Date: December 1, 1940 (mid day) Location: North Atlantic, south of Iceland Weather: Clear, light wind U-boats: 3 x VIIB (1940) Enemy force encountered: Large convoy, well escorted Results: CV32: Tonnage: 28,725 merchant, 3,568 warship; Renown: 955 Sunk: 1 x V&W DD, 1 x T2 Tanker, 1 x Small Tanker (Neutral), 1 x T3 Tanker, 1 x Coastal Merchant, 2 x Clemson DD Brains: Tonnage: 25,990 merchant, 1,190 warship; Renown: 890 Sunk: 1 x Coastal Merchant, 2 x Small Merchant, 3 x C2 Cargo, 1 x Clemson DD TonyE: Tonnage: 19,590 merchant; 1,190 warship; Renown: -460 Sunk: 1 x T3 Tanker (Neutral), 1 x C3 Cargo (Neutral), 1 x Clemson DD Friendly Losses: None ! Home for Christmas ! Enemy Damage: 1 x C2 Cargo

From DefenseNews U.S. Exercises Off Guam Impressive: China By REUTERS, BEIJING Chinese military officers who observed U.S. naval exercises in the Western Pacific were "deeply impressed", state media reported June 23. China, one of seven countries attending, sent a 10-member delegation to the Valiant Shield exercises that started on Sunday near Guam, involving more than 290 aircraft, three aircraft carrier strike groups and about 22,000 U.S. forces. The invitation came from the Commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, Adm. William Fallon, on a visit to China in May that was aimed at improving defense contacts between the two often wary military powers. Fallon has pushed to upgrade China-U.S. military contacts that were severed in 2001 when a Chinese fighter jet collided with a U.S. surveillance plane over the South China Sea, sparking a diplomatic feud after the U.S. crew made an emergency landing in China and were held for 11 days. "Strengthening military exchange and increasing mutual trust will help the development of the relationship between the armed forces of the two countries," Xinhua said, citing Xie Feng of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Members of the delegation told Xinhua the opportunity gave them a better understanding of the U.S. military and that they were "deeply impressed" by the discipline of U.S. troops and similarities between the war games and actual combat. "The drill demonstrated the strict and precise training of the U.S. soldiers and officers," Ma Jian, a major general from the headquarters of the General Staff of the People’s Liberation Army, was quoted as saying. The United States now wants China’s military to reciprocate the access Washington has given the Chinese, senior Pentagon officials told Congress on Thursday. "We now wait for the next shoe to drop, to find out whether they will reciprocate, because it’s not just about transparency, it’s about reciprocity as well," General John Allen, the Pentagon’s principal director of Asia-Pacific Affairs, told a Congressional hearing.

From DefenseNews Japan’s Missile Defense System Far from Readiness By ISABEL REYNOLDS, REUTERS, TOKYO While the world keeps a wary eye on signs of a possible North Korean missile test, Japan, perhaps the most nervous of the communist state’s neighbors, remains years away from completing a planned missile defense system. Many experts have cast doubt on the effectiveness of such an interceptor system even when it is fully deployed. Unnerved by North Korea’s 1998 launch of a ballistic missile, part of which flew over Japan and landed in the Pacific Ocean, Tokyo agreed to introduce elements of the U.S. missile defense system, but the installation process is far from complete. "At this stage, Japan has no effective means of countering a ballistic missile attack," said a spokeswoman at the Defence Agency. Washington says there is evidence North Korea might test-fire its Taepodong-2 ballistic missile, with a range of up to 4,300 kilometers (2,670 miles), and the U.S. has activated a ground-based interceptor missile defense system in case Pyongyang goes ahead. Although a successful Taepodong-2 launch would not land in Japan, the country remains unprotected for the time being from shorter-range missiles, such as North Korea’s Rodong. The U.S. plans to deploy a ship fitted with Aegis radar equipment and SM-3 missiles capable of shooting down an incoming medium-range ballistic missile. But the USS Shiloh, which will be sent to the Japanese port of Yokosuka, is not set to arrive until August. Advanced Patriot missiles (PAC-3s), intended as a second line of defense to intercept ballistic missiles on the downward part of their flight, are also scheduled to be brought to U.S. bases by the end of the year. DEPLOYMENT YET TO COME Japan has had to cut back military spending in other areas to fund its own missile defense plans, which account for 140 billion yen of this year’s 4.81 trillion yen defense budget. Tokyo plans to fit its four Aegis radar system-equipped warships with SM-3s for tracking and destroying any incoming ballistic missile in the middle phase of flight, outside the earth’s atmosphere. The first of the ships will not be ready until some time in the financial year that starts next April, a Defence Agency spokeswoman said. Japan’s own PAC-3s will not be deployed until early next year, while the full quota of 16 launch units will not be complete until four years later. Masatsugu Naya, a security expert at Hitotsubashi University, said missile defence could have a psychological effect even if it could not be relied upon to intercept all incoming missiles. "The question is whether they can shoot down a large enough percentage to make a launching country reconsider its plans," he said. "From that point of view it is effective."

From DefenseNews No Iran Nuclear Suspension Even After Talks: Iranian Official By REUTERS, VIENNA, Austria Iran is not considering a halt to its nuclear fuel program even after any negotiations with major powers, a senior Iranian official said on June 23. The Iranian Embassy in Vienna said Tehran’s deputy nuclear negotiator had been misquoted in a German translation of a speech he gave on June 22 that raised the possibility of Iran stopping uranium enrichment as a result of negotiations. "Iran considers a suspension of uranium enrichment neither as a precondition for talks nor as a result of such talks," Javad Vaeedi told an Austrian think-tank, according to a corrected text of his speech provided by the embassy. "And in this framework (Iran) considers the continuation of talks without any precondition as the only peaceful solution to the issue to remove Iran and the EU3’s concerns," he said, referring to Britain, France and Germany. A German-language text from the embassy distributed after the speech mistranslated Vaeedi to say: "Iran considers a suspension of uranium enrichment not as a precondition for talks, rather in the best case as a result of talks." An embassy spokesman said: "The translation error was ours." No English text was provided and a running oral translation of the speech was drowned out by applause at the pro-Iranian think tank. Iranian officials were not available after the address. Vaeedi also said Iran was taking its time to reply to an unprecedented offer from six major powers of economic incentives to halt nuclear work in order "to maximize the chances of success of this proposal." Tehran has said it will reply by Aug. 22. The six big powers want an answer by mid-July. Iran says it wants to enrich uranium only to the low level needed to generate electricity. Western powers suspect Iran seeks highly enriched uranium for nuclear warheads and asks why it needs atomic energy when it boasts the world’s second largest oil and gas reserves.

Date: September 1, 1940 (early morning) Location: North Atlantic, south of Greenland Weather: Clear, sunny, calm U-boats: 3 x VIIB (1940) Enemy force encountered: Large convoy, well escorted Results: CV32: Tonnage: 39,680 merchant, 950 warship; Renown: 1,290 Sunk: 1 x Flower Corvette, 1 x C2 Cargo, 2 x T2 Tanker, 1 x T3 Tanker Brains: Tonnage: 28,610 merchant; Renown: 860 Sunk: 2 x C2 Cargo, 2 x C3 Cargo Friendly Losses: TonyE (jumped early and depth charged by a pair of Clemson DD) CV32 (depth charged by a Flower Corvette) Brains (gunned on the surface by escorts while claiming a crippled C3) Enemy Damage: 1 x C3, maybe one other

Yup, good show. Cam Ward deserves it.

Date: March 1, 1940 (mid afternoon) Location: South Atlantic, southwest of Ascension Weather: Clear, sunny U-boats: 3 x VIIB (1940) Enemy force encountered: Task force (including 2 x Dido and 1 x Fiji cruisers) Results: TonyE: Tonnage: 3,540 warship; Renown: 270 Sunk: 1 x Tribal DD, 1 x J class DD Brains: Tonnage: 2,850 warship; Renown: 260 Sunk: 1 x Tribal DD, 1 x Hunt I DD CV32: Tonnage: 1,690 warship; Renown: 130 Sunk: 1 x J class DD Friendly Losses: CV32 (brazenly engaged Hunt I on surface, several shell hits caused severe flooding forward) Enemy Damage: 1 x Fiji cruiser

From Defence Talk North Korea Threatens To Wipe Out US Forces In South Korea AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Mon, 19 Jun 2006, 00:32 Seoul: North Korea on Sunday threatened to "mercilessly wipe out" US forces in case of war during a national meeting to mark leader Kim Jong-Il's 42 years' work at the ruling party. The threat, in a ruling party report carried by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), came as North Korea was reportedly preparing to test-fire a long-range missile despite strong protests from the United States and its allies. Choe Thae Bok, a ranking Workers Party official, said Washington was "hell-bent on provocations of war of aggression" in the report to mark the 42nd anniversary of Kim's start at the party, KCNA said. "If the enemies ignite a war eventually, the Korean army and people will mercilessly wipe out the aggressors and give vent to the deep-rooted grudge of the nation," Choe was quoted as telling the meeting. North Koreans are customarily advised to watch the televised event, according to Seoul officials who cautiously questioned a news report that had linked the notice to a possible missile launch. Japanese and South Korean media said North Korea was planning a missile test for this weekend. South Korea's Yonhap news agency quoted an unnamed source as saying the missile launch could take place either Sunday or Monday. But as of Sunday, North Korea was not confirmed yet to have fueled the missile at a launch pad in the remote northeast of the country, the final step before a test-firing. North Korean technicians have already reportedly assembled a multi-stage Taepodong-2, with a range of 3,500 to 6,000 kilometers (2,200 to 3,750 miles). But South Korea maintained its usual level of military alert on Sunday despite the news reports about an imminent missile test launch. "The military is on the same level of alert as usual. There has been no upgrade in the military alert yet," a defense ministry spokesman said. A South Korean lawmaker cited North Korean delegations he met in Seoul during last week's inter-Korean celebrations as denying plans to test-fire a ballistic missile, Yonhap said on Saturday. South Korea, which seeks to reconcile with North Korea after decades of hostility since the 1950-1953 Korean War, has urged Pyongyang to abandon any plans to test-fire the missile. Both Washington and Tokyo have warned Pyongyang that a test would constitute a "grave and provocative" act. North Korea shocked the world in 1998 by firing a missile without any warning over Japan into the Pacific Ocean. North Korea last year declared it had nuclear weapons. Pyongyang has boycotted six-way talks aimed at ending its nuclear weapons program since November, after the United States imposed sanctions on the North for alleged counterfeiting and money-laundering.

Wow, what a game last night. Or rather, what a turnaround. Edmonton manhandled Carolina. Game 7 should be a real nail biter.

HCDB-060614 Aircraft: AH-64DJP Apache Longbow - Japan E-2K Hawkeye - Taiwan HC-235 - USA HH-3F - Italy JH-7A Feibao - China Merlin HC.3 - UK Su-30MK2V Flanker - Vietnam Ships/Mobile Land Units: BrahMos TEL - India Hamina - Finland Rajput (mod) DDG - India Submarines: Type 214 (ROK) SS - South Korea Installations: Kadena AB (Japan) - USA

A new version of the Harpoon Classic Commander's Edition (HCCE) Database (HCDB-060614) is now available. Get it at HarpGamer via the DB Share button. New additions (or overhauls of existing entries) include: Aircraft: AH-64DJP Apache Longbow - Japan E-2K Hawkeye - Taiwan HC-235 - USA HH-3F - Italy JH-7A Feibao - China Merlin HC.3 - UK Su-30MK2V Flanker - Vietnam Ships/Mobile Land Units: BrahMos TEL - India Hamina - Finland Rajput (mod) DDG - India Submarines: Type 214 (ROK) SS - South Korea Installations: Kadena AB (Japan) - USA Enjoy.

Oilers prevent Carolina celebration It ain't over yet ! My nerves are shot, but it is some pretty exciting hockey, no ?