CV32

Cain Fandango (Part 1 of 3)
Campaign 10 - Suez Confrontation
New World Order series
HDS3 MEDC Battleset
 
Following the war with UBAN, extremist leaders in Egypt were overthrown and (once again) replaced by a more moderate, pro-Western government. Its Arab neighbors, however, remained staunchly anti-Western in their politics. Egypt was sharply criticized for its "backslide into immorality and sinful collaboration with the enemies of Allah". Libya and Syria threatened to strip Egypt of its guardianship of the Suez. This was correctly perceived as a warning of imminent conflict. (Released January 2001).
 
On the morning of 2 February 2002, Libya and Syria launched their attack upon Egyptian ports, airbases and forces at sea. With an EU task force enroute to protect the Suez but still a considerable distance away, they sought to achieve an advantage by the early destruction of Egyptian facilities and capacities. EU aircraft were on their way to reinforce Egypt, but were caught refuelling in Italy and Crete. Getting them through to Egyptian airfields while the latter are under attack will be a serious test of their confidence in our ability and resolve.

Ruby Tuesday (Part 3 of 3)
Campaign 7 - Peacemaking in Bangladesh
New World Order series
HDS3 IOPG Battleset
 
The horrific nuclear conflict in 1998 between India and Pakistan, and between the USA and NSC, had consequences that extended far beyond those countries. Heavy radioactive fallout drifted as far east as Japan and some North Pacific islands. Nations closer to the battle zone suffered severely. Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar were especially hard hit by fallout. The resulting stresses on the economy and social fabric of these already quite poor countries were simply too much. Bangladesh slipped into civil war in April 2001, with a military junta taking control of the country and imposing sanction upon anyone who dared speak of democracy. When UN teams working to deal with the radiation problems were massacred after being accused of spying, an EU operation was launched to remove the junta and restore the country to order. (Released October 2000).
 
With all hope of an organized peacekeeping and disaster relief operation in Bangladesh dashed by Indian intervention, it has been decided to withdraw EU forces. The nations in the region will have to ensure their security on their own.

Crystal Blue Persuasion (Part 2 of 3)
Campaign 7 - Peacemaking in Bangladesh
New World Order series
HDS3 IOPG Battleset
 
The horrific nuclear conflict in 1998 between India and Pakistan, and between the USA and NSC, had consequences that extended far beyond those countries. Heavy radioactive fallout drifted as far east as Japan and some North Pacific islands. Nations closer to the battle zone suffered severely. Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar were especially hard hit by fallout. The resulting stresses on the economy and social fabric of these already quite poor countries were simply too much. Bangladesh slipped into civil war in April 2001, with a military junta taking control of the country and imposing sanction upon anyone who dared speak of democracy. When UN teams working to deal with the radiation problems were massacred after being accused of spying, an EU operation was launched to remove the junta and restore the country to order. (Released October 2000).
 
Openly hostile moves by Bangladeshi forces have substantially altered the parameters of the mission. It is now believed that India had hoped to annex Bangladesh after it crumbled, and that Indian-sponsored factions are directing Bangladeshi military forces. The EU operations spoiled their plans. The task force is directed to remain on station and repel all aggression, but the ROE demands that you do not attack Indian territory under any circumstances.

Pristine Vision (Part 1 of 3)
Campaign 7 - Peacemaking in Bangladesh
New World Order series
HDS3 IOPG Battleset
 
The horrific nuclear conflict in 1998 between India and Pakistan, and between the USA and NSC, had consequences that extended far beyond those countries. Heavy radioactive fallout drifted as far east as Japan and some North Pacific islands. Nations closer to the battle zone suffered severely. Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar were especially hard hit by fallout. The resulting stresses on the economy and social fabric of these already quite poor countries were simply too much. Bangladesh slipped into civil war in April 2001, with a military junta taking control of the country and imposing sanction upon anyone who dared speak of democracy. When UN teams working to deal with the radiation problems were massacred after being accused of spying, an EU operation was launched to remove the junta and restore the country to order. (Released October 2000).
 
To assist in the Bangladesh "peacekeeping" effort, now codenamed Operation Pristine Vision, a small naval task force has been directed into the region. Friendly local nations will provide some assistance. The first objective will be to neutralize any opposition which may be presented by Bangladeshi military
forces. India is protesting loudly at our presence and "interference in its regional affairs without invitation", but it is not expected that they will intervene.

Headlong into Chaos (Part 2 of 2)
Campaign 6 - Kashmir Catastrophe
New World Order series
EC2000 IOPG Battleset
 
Those who made a sigh of relief when the Cold War ended should learn more about history. Blinded by the sheer size of the nuclear arsenal shared by the US and USSR, many did not realize the inherent danger of the Pandora's Box that is called nuclear proliferation. The world was shocked back to its senses in 1998, when India and Pakistan each tested nuclear weapons. These two nations have long held a bitter abhorrence for each other. They had engaged in armed conflict before; stories are told of how they each shipped body parts of their enemies across the border to demonstrate their prowess and enmity. In August 1998 there arose yet another border clash between Pakistan and India in the disputed region of Kashmir. This skirmish did not subside. (Released December 2000).
 
With conventional forces fully engaged, there are indications that this war may escalate into the unspeakable. UN sponsored envoys are pleading for a ceasefire and formal discussion, but both Pakistan and India have closed their borders. The NSC has refused to participate in the peace effort, and there are rumors that it may send its own forces to assist India.

Cry Havoc (Part 1 of 2)
Campaign 6 - Kashmir Catastrophe
New World Order series
EC2000 IOPG Battleset
 
Those who made a sigh of relief when the Cold War ended should learn more about history. Blinded by the sheer size of the nuclear arsenal shared by the US and USSR, many did not realize the inherent danger of the Pandora's Box that is called nuclear proliferation. The world was shocked back to its senses in 1998, when India and Pakistan each tested nuclear weapons. These two nations have long held a bitter abhorrence for each other. They had engaged in armed conflict before; stories are told of how they each shipped body parts of their enemies across the border to demonstrate their prowess and enmity. In August 1998 there arose yet another border clash between Pakistan and India in the disputed region of Kashmir. This skirmish did not subside. (Released December 2000).
 
You are supreme commander of Pakistani forces. The great enemy, India, has once again violated our territorial integrity in Kashmir and insulted our national dignity. The Indian aircraft carrier Viraat is believed to be operating near Bombay. Its destruction would be a major victory for Pakistan.

Juggernaut (Part 3 of 3)
Campaign 1 - Casus Belli: Reason for War
New World Order series
HDS3 GIUK Battleset
 
With hard-line Communists back in power in Moscow, the former Soviet republics are reunited as the New Soviet Confederation (NSC) on 1 January 1994. Not all republics, especially those in the Baltic region, want to rejoin Communist Russia, but they aren't given any choice. The NSC invades the Baltic republics on 14 June 1994 and NATO responds. (Released September 2000).
 
An NSC task force of titanic proportions has set out from the Kola Peninsula, heading south. A hastily assembled force of NATO combatants comes out to meet the enemy.

Exhalation (Part 2 of 3)
Campaign 1 - Casus Belli: Reason for War
New World Order series
HDS3 GIUK Battleset
 
With hard-line Communists back in power in Moscow, the former Soviet republics are reunited as the New Soviet Confederation (NSC) on 1 January 1994. Not all republics, especially those in the Baltic region, want to rejoin Communist Russia, but they aren't given any choice. The NSC invades the Baltic republics on 14 June 1994 and NATO responds. (Released September 2000).
 
An NSC surface group attempts to break out of the confining waters of the Baltic. British and Norwegian forces oppose.

Quadrant Quatre (Part 4 of 4)
Channel War 2003 Campaign)
EC2000 Battle for the Norwegian Sea
 
France never truly recovered from the Iberian conflict of August 1996. It never again fully trusted its European neighbors, although it participated alongside them in the conflicts that followed with Bangladesh, India and the New Soviet Confederation (NSC). With the US and NSC effectively removed from participation as a major players on the world stage, the EU was was the only remaining "superpower". Rivalries grew between its members in mid 2002, especially between France and the UK, and France officially withdrew from the EU later that year. On the surface, it appeared the disagreement was being
fueled by the commonly held belief that France was failing to abide by the spirit of the 1998 Code of Conduct on foreign arms sales, but some believed the dispute had much deeper roots. By February 2003, the UK and France were battling each other with economic sanctions and embargoes, and each stepped onto the slippery slope to war once more. (Released July 2000).

Gale Force (Part 1 of 3)
Campaign 1 - Casus Belli: Reason for War
New World Order series
HDS3 GIUK Battleset
 
With hard-line Communists back in power in Moscow, the former Soviet republics are reunited as the New Soviet Confederation (NSC) on 1 January 1994. Not all republics, especially those in the Baltic region, want to rejoin Communist Russia, but they aren't given any choice. The NSC invades the Baltic republics on 14 June 1994 and NATO responds. (Released September 2000).
 
German and Danish forces attempting to hold back the tide of NSC aggression get some help from Sweden.

Retribution (Part 9 of 9)
Indian Ocean Conflict Campaign
New World Order series
HDS3 IOPG Battleset
 
Struggling to retain international trade in the midst of problems with radioactive fallout and embargo, India's economy collapsed in 1999. But following this breakdown came the discovery of huge oil and mineral deposits in the Bay of Bengal. In Spring 2002 the NSC announced that India had invited them into a "partnership" whereby the NSC would assume responsibility for the military protection of India. The plan would include a newly declared 500 nm Exclusive
Economic Zone (EEZ) around the Indian subcontinent which encompassed the oil and mineral fields. Fearing the possibility of further regional domination by the NSC, an EU task force was dispatched to intervene. The EU and NSC had agreed by treaty not to use strategic nuclear weapons against their home territories in November 1998, but on the 21st century battlefield, there are no sure promises. The world in 2002 was a vastly different place than just a few years before, at the dawn of the new millenium. Welcome to the new world order. (Released September 2000).

Operation Ivory Prize (Part 8 of 9)
Indian Ocean Conflict Campaign
New World Order series
HDS3 IOPG Battleset
 
Struggling to retain international trade in the midst of problems with radioactive fallout and embargo, India's economy collapsed in 1999. But following this breakdown came the discovery of huge oil and mineral deposits in the Bay of Bengal. In Spring 2002 the NSC announced that India had invited them into a "partnership" whereby the NSC would assume responsibility for the military protection of India. The plan would include a newly declared 500 nm Exclusive
Economic Zone (EEZ) around the Indian subcontinent which encompassed the oil and mineral fields. Fearing the possibility of further regional domination by the NSC, an EU task force was dispatched to intervene. The EU and NSC had agreed by treaty not to use strategic nuclear weapons against their home territories in November 1998, but on the 21st century battlefield, there are no sure promises. The world in 2002 was a vastly different place than just a few years before, at the dawn of the new millenium. Welcome to the new world order. (Released September 2000).

All the Way to the Bottom (Part 7 of 9)
Indian Ocean Conflict Campaign
New World Order series
HDS3 IOPG Battleset
 
Struggling to retain international trade in the midst of problems with radioactive fallout and embargo, India's economy collapsed in 1999. But following this breakdown came the discovery of huge oil and mineral deposits in the Bay of Bengal. In Spring 2002 the NSC announced that India had invited them into a "partnership" whereby the NSC would assume responsibility for the military protection of India. The plan would include a newly declared 500 nm Exclusive
Economic Zone (EEZ) around the Indian subcontinent which encompassed the oil and mineral fields. Fearing the possibility of further regional domination by the NSC, an EU task force was dispatched to intervene. The EU and NSC had agreed by treaty not to use strategic nuclear weapons against their home territories in November 1998, but on the 21st century battlefield, there are no sure promises. The world in 2002 was a vastly different place than just a few years before, at the dawn of the new millenium. Welcome to the new world order. (Released September 2000).

Operation Magic Carpet (Part 6 of 9)
Indian Ocean Conflict Campaign
New World Order series
HDS3 IOPG Battleset
 
Struggling to retain international trade in the midst of problems with radioactive fallout and embargo, India's economy collapsed in 1999. But following this breakdown came the discovery of huge oil and mineral deposits in the Bay of Bengal. In Spring 2002 the NSC announced that India had invited them into a "partnership" whereby the NSC would assume responsibility for the military protection of India. The plan would include a newly declared 500 nm Exclusive
Economic Zone (EEZ) around the Indian subcontinent which encompassed the oil and mineral fields. Fearing the possibility of further regional domination by the NSC, an EU task force was dispatched to intervene. The EU and NSC had agreed by treaty not to use strategic nuclear weapons against their home territories in November 1998, but on the 21st century battlefield, there are no sure promises. The world in 2002 was a vastly different place than just a few years before, at the dawn of the new millenium. Welcome to the new world order. (Released September 2000).

No Sanctuary (Part 5 of 9)
Indian Ocean Conflict Campaign
New World Order series
HDS3 IOPG Battleset
 
Struggling to retain international trade in the midst of problems with radioactive fallout and embargo, India's economy collapsed in 1999. But following this breakdown came the discovery of huge oil and mineral deposits in the Bay of Bengal. In Spring 2002 the NSC announced that India had invited them into a "partnership" whereby the NSC would assume responsibility for the military protection of India. The plan would include a newly declared 500 nm Exclusive
Economic Zone (EEZ) around the Indian subcontinent which encompassed the oil and mineral fields. Fearing the possibility of further regional domination by the NSC, an EU task force was dispatched to intervene. The EU and NSC had agreed by treaty not to use strategic nuclear weapons against their home territories in November 1998, but on the 21st century battlefield, there are no sure promises. The world in 2002 was a vastly different place than just a few years before, at the dawn of the new millenium. Welcome to the new world order. (Released September 2000).

White Elephant (Part 4 of 9)
Indian Ocean Conflict Campaign
New World Order series
HDS3 IOPG Battleset
 
Struggling to retain international trade in the midst of problems with radioactive fallout and embargo, India's economy collapsed in 1999. But following this breakdown came the discovery of huge oil and mineral deposits in the Bay of Bengal. In Spring 2002 the NSC announced that India had invited them into a "partnership" whereby the NSC would assume responsibility for the military protection of India. The plan would include a newly declared 500 nm Exclusive
Economic Zone (EEZ) around the Indian subcontinent which encompassed the oil and mineral fields. Fearing the possibility of further regional domination by the NSC, an EU task force was dispatched to intervene. The EU and NSC had agreed by treaty not to use strategic nuclear weapons against their home territories in November 1998, but on the 21st century battlefield, there are no sure promises. The world in 2002 was a vastly different place than just a few years before, at the dawn of the new millenium. Welcome to the new world order. (Released September 2000).

Advance Guard (Part 3 of 9)
Indian Ocean Conflict Campaign
New World Order series
HDS3 IOPG Battleset
 
Struggling to retain international trade in the midst of problems with radioactive fallout and embargo, India's economy collapsed in 1999. But following this breakdown came the discovery of huge oil and mineral deposits in the Bay of Bengal. In Spring 2002 the NSC announced that India had invited them into a "partnership" whereby the NSC would assume responsibility for the military protection of India. The plan would include a newly declared 500 nm Exclusive
Economic Zone (EEZ) around the Indian subcontinent which encompassed the oil and mineral fields. Fearing the possibility of further regional domination by the NSC, an EU task force was dispatched to intervene. The EU and NSC had agreed by treaty not to use strategic nuclear weapons against their home territories in November 1998, but on the 21st century battlefield, there are no sure promises. The world in 2002 was a vastly different place than just a few years before, at the dawn of the new millenium. Welcome to the new world order. (Released September 2000).

Shockscape (Part 2 of 9)
Indian Ocean Conflict Campaign
New World Order series
HDS3 IOPG Battleset
 
Struggling to retain international trade in the midst of problems with radioactive fallout and embargo, India's economy collapsed in 1999. But following this breakdown came the discovery of huge oil and mineral deposits in the Bay of Bengal. In Spring 2002 the NSC announced that India had invited them into a "partnership" whereby the NSC would assume responsibility for the military protection of India. The plan would include a newly declared 500 nm Exclusive
Economic Zone (EEZ) around the Indian subcontinent which encompassed the oil and mineral fields. Fearing the possibility of further regional domination by the NSC, an EU task force was dispatched to intervene. The EU and NSC had agreed by treaty not to use strategic nuclear weapons against their home territories in November 1998, but on the 21st century battlefield, there are no sure promises. The world in 2002 was a vastly different place than just a few years before, at the dawn of the new millenium. Welcome to the new world order. (Released September 2000).

Wounded Tiger (Part 1 of 9)
Indian Ocean Conflict Campaign
New World Order series
HDS3 IOPG
 
Struggling to retain international trade in the midst of problems with radioactive fallout and embargo, India's economy collapsed in 1999. But following this breakdown came the discovery of huge oil and mineral deposits in the Bay of Bengal. In Spring 2002 the NSC announced that India had invited them into a "partnership" whereby the NSC would assume responsibility for the military protection of India. The plan would include a newly declared 500 nm Exclusive
Economic Zone (EEZ) around the Indian subcontinent which encompassed the oil and mineral fields. Fearing the possibility of further regional domination by the NSC, an EU task force was dispatched to intervene. The EU and NSC had agreed by treaty not to use strategic nuclear weapons against their home territories in November 1998, but on the 21st century battlefield, there are no sure promises. The world in 2002 was a vastly different place than just a few years before, at the dawn of the new millenium. Welcome to the new world order. (Released September 2000).

Two on One (Part 3 of 3)
Campaign 5 - The Iberian Conflict
New World Order series
EC2000 NACV battleset
 
In August 1996, increased Basque terrorism in Spain and a new hardline government in Madrid led to a brutal crackdown on ethnic Basque communities. The conflict spilled over into an international incident when Basque refugees fled to France for safety. Spanish military forces pursued and attacked suspected Basque terrorists in French territory. The French were not at all pleased with the incursions, and dispatched their own troops to shut down the border. Accusing France of harboring terrorists, Spain vowed retaliation.
 
When a Portuguese fishing vessel was misidentified and destroyed by a French Exocet missile, the Portuguese government, already supporting Spain politically, joined the war against France. By this time the French carrier group, recovering from its engagement with the Spanish task force, had been deployed to the Strait of Gibraltar to prevent a threatened Spanish blockade against French merchant shipping. (Released December 2000).

Matador (Part 2 of 3)
Campaign 5 - The Iberian Conflict
New World Order series
EC2000 NACV battleset
 
In August 1996, increased Basque terrorism in Spain and a new hardline government in Madrid led to a brutal crackdown on ethnic Basque communities. The conflict spilled over into an international incident when Basque refugees fled to France for safety. Spanish military forces pursued and attacked suspected Basque terrorists in French territory. The French were not at all pleased with the incursions, and dispatched their own troops to shut down the border. Accusing France of harboring terrorists, Spain vowed retaliation.
 
As soon as French naval combatants had been dispatched, the Spanish responded by gathering and deploying a task force of their own. The two groups met off the coast of Portugal. (Released December 2000).

Seeing Red (Part 1 of 3)
Campaign 5 - The Iberian Conflict
New World Order series
EC2000 NACV battleset
 
In August 1996, increased Basque terrorism in Spain and a new hardline government in Madrid led to a brutal crackdown on ethnic Basque communities. The conflict spilled over into an international incident when Basque refugees fled to France for safety. Spanish military forces pursued and attacked suspected Basque terrorists in French territory. The French were not at all pleased with the incursions, and dispatched their own troops to shut down the border. Accusing France of harboring terrorists, Spain vowed retaliation.
 
The opening scenario in this series shows how the war between France and Spain opened with an air battle. The struggle for air superiority over the Iberian Peninsula reached a climax when a French civilian airliner was accidentally shot down by the Spanish air force. With the nation clamoring for blood, the French Navy put to sea. (Released December 2000).

Panacea (Part 3 of 3)
Campaign 9 - The Third Gulf War
New World Order series
HDS3 IOPG Battleset
 
In the aftermath of the conflict with India and UBAN, it was believed that problems in the Middle East would settle at least a little. This proved to be a false hope. Dictatorial tendencies have surfaced in Yemen, this time with the full support of the New Soviet Confederation (NSC). Gulf states, especially Saudi Arabia, have come under threat once again. Saudi Arabia, devastated by the UBAN invasion and Soviet long-range air strikes, is slowly rebuilding itself thanks to the seemingly endless supply of oil beneath its desert sands. Without a fully restored and effective military, however, there is still a shortage of border control, especially in the less populated south. The unrest in Yemen has perpetrated raids by combatants there into Saudi Arabian territory, and there are indications that Yemeni government forces are planning to take control of what they call "abandoned Arab lands".
 
A NSC naval group is currently patrolling in the Arabian Gulf to block any attempt by the West to prevent combined Yemeni-NSC operations. Our own task force, centred around the French carrier De Gaulle, has transited the Suez and is enroute with a mission to eject the NSC from the Persian Gulf once and for all. (Released October 2000).

Operation Icy Viper (Part 2 of 3)
Campaign 9 - The Third Gulf War
New World Order series
HDS3 IOPG Battleset
 
In the aftermath of the conflict with India and UBAN, it was believed that problems in the Middle East would settle at least a little. This proved to be a false hope. Dictatorial tendencies have surfaced in Yemen, this time with the full support of the New Soviet Confederation (NSC). Gulf states, especially Saudi Arabia, have come under threat once again. Saudi Arabia, devastated by the UBAN invasion and Soviet long-range air strikes, is slowly rebuilding itself thanks to the seemingly endless supply of oil beneath its desert sands. Without a fully restored and effective military, however, there is still a shortage of border control, especially in the less populated south. The unrest in Yemen has perpetrated raids by combatants there into Saudi Arabian territory, and there are indications that Yemeni government forces are planning to take control of what they call "abandoned Arab lands".
 
As part of its vow to assist Yemen in "rebuilding Arab homelands" and "ousting undesirable elements", the NSC has launched attacks on the intervening GCC states. Some reinforcements, albeit limited, have arrived in the theater from the EU to provide territorial defence.

Boiling Point (Part 1 of 3)
Campaign 9 - The Third Gulf War
New World Order series
HDS3 IOPG Battleset
 
In the aftermath of the conflict with India and UBAN, it was believed that problems in the Middle East would settle at least a little. This proved to be a false hope. Dictatorial tendencies have surfaced in Yemen, this time with the full support of the New Soviet Confederation (NSC). Gulf states, especially Saudi Arabia, have come under threat once again. Saudi Arabia, devastated by the UBAN invasion and Soviet long-range air strikes, is slowly rebuilding itself thanks to the seemingly endless supply of oil beneath its desert sands. Without a fully restored and effective military, however, there is still a shortage of border control, especially in the less populated south. The unrest in Yemen has perpetrated raids by combatants there into Saudi Arabian territory, and there are indications that Yemeni government forces are planning to take control of what they call
"abandoned Arab lands".
 
Scenario 1 (NWG3I1) - Boiling Point (22 November 2001)
 
With Saudi Arabian military forces unable to effectively respond, the remaining Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations band together in an effort to quell Yemeni aggression. They do not have much of a choice - any assistance from the West will be some time in coming. (Released October 2000).