CV32
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More extensive (and potentially informative) video: If this isn't fabulous scenario fodder, I don't know what is.
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The Russians are certainly bringing out all the toys. 25 Russian long-range strategic bombers in action over Syria for the very first time (The Aviationist) Russian MoD video shows Tu-160, Tu-95 and Tu-22 bombers (with Su-27 escort) bomb ISIS in Syria (The Aviationist)
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Wing spar cracks found on USN F-35 variant (Jane's)
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It always depends. Generally speaking, if you're a ship and the ESM contact is not within your own radar range (if the radar were energized), or the potential radar range of the contact (i.e. it is painting you), then you should not immediately energize your radar. Use your offboard assets (especially aircraft) to try and triangulate the ESM contact until it can be better localized, or alternatively, use that airborne radar(s) to search out the target. If you get an ESM hit and then begin to sustain damage, its likely that you were within radar range of that ESM contact and he detected you and fired upon you. In that circumstance, there are few reasons not to energize your own radar, if only to detect incoming attack or get your own shots away.
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Six Rules for Wargaming: The Lessons of Millennium Challenge ‘02 (War on the Rocks)
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Russia Agrees To Deliver S-300 Missile Systems to Iran (DefenseNews)
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U.S. Navy: Time to Bring Back the S-3 Viking? (The Diplomat) The S-3 was (is) an extremely versatile asset. I find it hard to disagree with the sentiment of this article.
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Thanks. I will take a look at it.
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USN to continue buying Boeing Super Hornets as F-35Cs arrive (Flight Global)
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Remember that last year the USS Donald Cook was 'buzzed' a dozen times in the Black Sea by a Su-24MR passing within 1,000 yd (roughly 0.5 nm) of the ship.
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Chinese Submarine Stalked U.S. Aircraft Carrier (Free Beacon)
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I was playing your earlier release, with what appears to be a single Type 052D on the Red side.
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Yes, more or less. The ESM hit is essentially you detecting his radar emissions. You get a bearing, but there is an uncertainty zone instead of a specifically known range.
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One Soviet Defector Shoved Japan Into the Superpower Struggle (War is Boring)
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China warns US it will defend its man-made islands in South China Sea (Stars and Stripes)
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I thought it was rather strange, as well, especially after I energized all of my ship's radars and waited to be bombarded. But nothing.
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When launched on a 'bearing only' attack, the Harpoon would proceed to an activation point for its own radar seeker to turn on and search for a target. If it passes that point without actually detecting a target, the countdown timer continues (in the opposite direction) as the missile moves away from the activation point.
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Any success stories? Or horror stories?
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Spoilers apply * * * * * * My first run through this scenario was rather uneventful. (You might even say realistic). The Chinese refrained from firing on me, although I am quite certain I was detected. Potential for a follow-on version exists, now that the Essex ARG is in the area.
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Essex amphibious group arrives in Pacific as USN reiterates rights to South China Sea access (Jane's)
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Welcome to the website! I'm happy and rather proud that we have been able to help visually impaired folks previously, so I am hopeful that we can do it again.
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Other sources say the test firing this past spring was an Exocet Block II.
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That was the plan (to install Mica VL) but apparently it hasn't been installed yet. So I hadn't made the change, but I suppose its just as well (or at least until we know better).
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Pentagon confirms Army blimp was shot down (The Hill)
