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A new version of the official Harpoon Commander's Edition (HCE) Database (HCDB-150511) is now available. Get the new DB in the Downloads section. New additions (or overhauls of existing entries) include: Aircraft: Rafale C F3R - Egypt Rafale C F3R - Qatar Submarines: Golf II (629A) SSB - North Korea Enjoy.

Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2015 (pdf, US DOD)

A First: North Korea Tests 'Polaris-1' SLBM (The Diplomat) Appears to be legit. I may throw this into the DB for more scary 'what if' scenario making.

Neither of those, actually. The sonobuoy ought to be the SSQ-963 Command Active Multi-Beam Sonobuoy (CAMBS) series, a DICASS type.

Yes, I am aware of the missing sonar. It is currently missing because of the lack of details, as you point out, but these will be added as the details become available.

If only the 'Does not cavitate' flag actually meant something as far as the code was concerned.

First Ever Soviet Nuclear Submarine K3 to Become Museum (Sputnik News)

Those installations didn't exist in any version of the HCDB, but they are in the HCDA.

Thanks, I will correct those errors and get a new version out before the end of the week.

A new version of the official Harpoon Commander's Edition (HCE) Database (HCDB-150502) is now available. Get the new DB in the Downloads section. New additions (or overhauls of existing entries) include: Aircraft: A330 Phenix - France F-35I Adir - Israel F/A-18F Super Hornet - Australia MiG-29SMT Fulcrum F - Russia Tu-160M Blackjack - Russia Ships: Bayandor (PF103/13) PG - Iran Cyclone (2014) PG - USA Tuo Chiang FFL - Taiwan Type 15B DDG - India Submarines: Type 093B SSN - China Type 093G SSN - China Type 093T SSN - China My apologies for the long wait before this latest version became available. As always, new scenario writing by YOU piques my interest in keeping the DB updated. Enjoy.

Details of the Rafale versions (sensor and armament packages) for export customers Egypt, India and Qatar? Qatari deal (six twin seat and 18 single-seat aircraft) includes Mica, Meteor, Scalp and AASM.

Great job!

Even more bizarre, some of the installation names in HDSK 5.0 (Those Traveled Roads), such as 'Maquehue' (ADb), 'Savannah IAP' (ACa) and 'Mansfield Lahm' (ZVb) do not appear in the HCDB at all.

US Navy Ships Will Accompany American Merchant Ships Through Strait of Hormuz to Prevent IRGCN Harassment (USNI News)

There is no "Avord, Moldova" in the DB, and the installation names seem to fluctuate between EC2003 scenarios and battlesets.

US Navy to Accompany US-Flagged Ships Through Strait of Hormuz (Defense One)

There's been a lot of shifting around Phalanx - especially on the Burkes - in recent years, so much so that it is practically an exercise in checking each individual ship. That obviously ain't happening in the DB. Entry 3107 (Burke IIA CM) modified as requested. Re Entry 2402 ... * the first six ships of the sub group (Oscar Austin to Bulkeley) appear to have operated with two Phalanx. (This group is further sub divided by which carried the 62 cal Mk 45 gun). * switching to a single (aft) Phalanx appears to have begun with McCampbell? This means adding more, separate entries. This is problematic, of course, because of the limited space but a class as important as the Burke probably deserves it?

Russia to reestablish Tu-160 supersonic bomber production line (Flight Global)

France Sells 24 Rafale Fighters to Qatar (DefenseNews)

EC2003 MEDC is also showing some signs. The installation "Avord", for example, is showing incorrectly as "Avord, Moldova" in HDSJ 9.0 and HDSJ 11.0, but it shows properly as "Avord, France" in HDSJ 8.0.

ZVb is not the only one.

Are other folks seeing weirdness in EC2003 IOPG scenario 5 (HDSK5.0) "Those Traveled Roads"? Specifically, installation place names coming up as not matching their proper names, or otherwise shown as "donotuse" ?

What Really Happened in the Persian Gulf on April 28, 2015? (The Diplomat)

Iran Seizes Marshall Island Ship Maersk Tigris; U.S. Destroyer On Station (USNI News) Good scenario fodder!

Iran Intercepts Cargo Ship, US Moves to Respond (DefenseNews)