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More commentary, probably better than the USNI article: 47 Seconds From Hell: A Challenge To Navy Doctrine (Breaking Defense)

Boiling down the report: The author is talking about the surface fleet only. A mix of 142 SM-3, SM-6 and ESSM (plus more offensive strike weapons) is better than a mix of 104 SM-2, SM-3, SM-6 and ESSM (plus less offensive strike weapons). And it doesn't mean that aircraft cannot continue to shoot down archers in the outer air battle just as they did before. Of course they should.

21 November 1962 China declares a unilateral cease fire and withdraws from the disputed border area, ending the Sino-Indian war.

I see some controversy about this on FacePalm. Link to the document: Commanding the Seas: A Plan to Reinvigorate U.S. Navy Surface Warfare (CSBA, pdf) I have a sneaking suspicion that its detractors have either not read the report, or are misinterpreting it.

Origin of the Separatists Buk: A Bellingcat Investigation (Bellingcat)

20 November 1945 The Nuremberg trials begin in the city of Nuremberg, Germany.

Expert: Navy Should Revise Outer Air Battle Concept (USNI News) I think I agree with him. As Harpoon will show you, if you're having to use your SM-2/-3/-6 to defend the battle group, you're already backpedaling. And you can't carry enough of them (or afford them).

Yes.

19 November 1941 The Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney and German auxiliary cruiser HSK Kormoran meet off Dirk Hartog island, Western Australia, and engage in a 30 minute battle that results in their mutual destruction. Sydney is lost with all hands, being the largest loss of life in the history of the Royal Australian Navy and the largest Allied warship lost with all hands during World War II. The wreck of Kormoran is located on 12 March 2008, followed by Sydney five days later.

18 November 1916 The terrible First Battle of the Somme, which had begun 1 July and killed or wounded more than a million men, is finally called off by British Expeditionary Force commander General Sir Douglas Haig.

17 November 1869 After 10 years of construction, the Suez Canal is inaugurated.

Unless we can adjust sonobuoy endurance in the DB, and clearly we cannot (as of now), I think the current one hour value ought to remain. This is because of the unlimited number of sonobuoys available aboard the ship or airfield being used by the rotary or fixed wing aircraft dropping the buoys, as well as the unlimited number of datalink channels. The limited endurance (especially as it pertains to passive buoys) acts as a buffer against this limitation. As for total number of sonobuoys in use simultaneously in a scenario, its a low priority issue because we rarely if ever see those numbers in play. In fact, I'd rather go in the other direction (reduce total number in play) because of the realism issues earlier mentioned.

Better link substituted.

Given the limited space, I'd suggest selecting a similar ship and then renaming it in the SE.

'Conclusive proof' of foreign vessel in Sweden (The Local) See the recently released HCE scenario (by broncepulido) on this subject!

Egyptian Patrol Craft Attacked by Ships with Possible Ties to Terrorist Arms Trade (USNI News)

14 November 2012 Israel launches Operation Pillar of Defense against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Thinking of returning to work on this database. But, as always, DB work lacks appeal if no one is creating scenarios. Would you folks write (and more importantly, share!) new and interesting scenarios? In the meantime ... CF-XX Super Arrow

13 November 1942 American and Japanese warships clash at close quarters during the First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.

12 November 1944 The RAF launches Operation Catechism, the final of a series of attempts to sink the German battleship Tirpitz. A force of 32 Lancasters drop 29 Tallboy bombs on the battleship, moored off Hakoya island, near Tromso, in Norway. She is struck by two bombs, and a near miss, and soon capsizes.

Information Dissemination is pumping out some excellent stuff lately. Heads up.

10 November 1989 German citizens on both sides of the Berlin Wall begin to physically dismantle it.

It was only a matter of time. Zhuhai Surprise: Chinas Third Russian Supersonic ASCM (Aviation Week, Ares blog)

J-31 warming up for Zhuhai airshow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z3YzCppn2k

Good article.