CV32

The Israeli Dolphin submarine entry (ID 6254) already has a nuclear version of the Popeye Turbo cruise missile (which for convenience I called the Turbo N, ID 18984). Its in the 650mm torpedo tubes (TT).

Long Chain of Failures Left Sailors Unprepared to Fight USS Bonhomme Richard Fire, Investigation Finds (USNI News)

BHR Command Investigation (434 pp, PDF)

Major Fires Review (60 pp, PDF)

China’s Claim That Its Fractional Orbital Bombardment System Was A Spaceplane Test Doesn’t Add Up (The War Zone)

The HCDB and HCDB2 will be generally lacking any weapons, ships, etc that are newer than approx mid 2017.

Many of them are, unfortunately, Chinese.

S-500 enters service in Moscow region (Jane's)

13 hours ago, Byron said:

Additional dumb question: How do I get my units (ships) to have a starting speed? I've tried it every which way I can think of and nothing seems to work.

 

TIA

Byron

Set the speed before the initial course leg.

Using the Formation Editor, you can then add SAM or AAA batteries in layers around installations, or even simpler, make sure they are situated on land or in appropriate proximity to other facilities you are adding to the base.

This can be of particular importance when you are dealing with a tiny piece of geography like Guam.

The 5 Main Options For Australia’s AUKUS Nuclear Submarine Deal (Naval News)

New Diagram Details How The Navy’s Frigate Will Differ From Its Italian Parent’s Design (The War Zone)

Russia’s Upgraded Kirov-Class Cruiser Admiral Nakhimov to Start Sea Trials in 2023 (Naval News)

3 hours ago, Byron said:

Not really reporting, just something I'd never seen before. The subs were 10 miles apart and the ship I was shooting at was a decent amount of off bearing from my LA that I just didn't think of fratricide. Now I know. No biggie, Brad, just a head scratcher

I understand; its just helpful to have thread titles that are descriptive, and can be easily referenced or searched when curious behaviour leads to something else. It has been happened during HCE development more times than I can remember.

Initial Analysis of North Korea’s “New Type Long-Range Cruise Missile” (38 North)

Australia to Pursue Nuclear Attack Subs in New Agreement with U.S., U.K. (USNI News)

Huge news for the Aussies.

Guadalcanal Quintet (Naval History, October 2021)

"From August to November 1942, a series of hard-fought nighttime naval battles punctuated the struggle for the crucial foothold in the Solomon Islands."

No misunderstanding. 🙂

If you're reporting what you think might be odd behaviour, especially anything that might eventually be classified as a bug, it would be helpful if you could use a subject title that concisely and accurately describes the issue. For ease of reference and search later. Thanks in advance.

2 hours ago, Byron said:

Boy, thats gotta be rough on the paratroopers

Its a one way trip, every time, all the time.

3 hours ago, Rescue 193 said:

Many thanks for your reply.

I was aware of the general times-of-day parameters you mentioned and I sort of assumed that they applied generally. But I was just a bit hazy about whether some sort of "seasonal/latitude" adjustment applied to the high northern latitudes so I thought I'd check in the hope of hearing from  "them wot noes" about such things.

I guess the rules work well enough between, say, the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn and for, say, 20 or 30 degrees, north and south. So they're fine as a general rule of thumb. But at 50 North (where I am) its  daylight at 2100hrs GMT through May to August but dark at by about 1600hrs from November through January and can't be denied that Midnight off the coast of Northern Norway (or Murmansk) in June is a fair bit brighter than it is in December and that daylight hours that time of year are a whole lot shorter than they are in June! The same goes for the 'low' southern latitudes of course but its not quite as relevant when fighting penguins and whales I suppose!

Maybe I should add it to my wish list but there are probably more pressing, and more important, things to deal with eh?

Anyhow, thanks for clarifying the matter for me, I appreciate it.

Regards,

R193 

Given - for example - that there is no terrain model, I expect that we'll probably have to accept a lack of tilting of the Earth on its axis. ☺️

At least for awhile.

I don't think there is any code for visibility according to the lats and longs on the map.

If it is of any assistance, times of day for game purposes are broken down as follows:

2000 - 0400 hours, Night

0400 - 0900 hours, Morning (dawn/twilight)

0900 - 1600 hours, Day

1600 - 2000 hours, Evening (dusk/twilight)

On 9/8/2021 at 6:06 PM, Byron said:

I've got a scenario that requires airborne personnel to dropped onto a beachead. I've simulated this by flying the aircraft with the troops/equipment to the beach head but I have no freaking clue as to whether this worked or not. Can someone lend me a clue?

Paratroops have typically been modeled (somewhat unsatisfactorily) as ordnance, such that your transport ends up dropping (or launching) them on a target.

2030 USN CVW :

16 x F-35C Block 4

28 x F/A-18 Block III

5-7 EA-18G Block II

5-8 MQ-25A

5 x E-2D

3 x CMV-22

6-10 x MH-60R/S

source

I hear ya.

Carl Vinson strike group using first deployment with F-35C, beefed-up air wing to hone advanced operations (DefenseNews, 10 August 2021)

Note the expanded contingent of EA-18G and E-2D.

On 2/2/2021 at 1:01 AM, TonyE said:

... (i.e. bomb a helo pad all you want and it'll probably still work as a helo pad).

And this makes good sense, of course. For land based operations, a helo can land most anywhere as long as the land is reasonably level and the area cleared and big enough to accommodate it. It does not have to be a nice, clean concrete pad in a particular location.

On 1/30/2021 at 4:09 PM, eeustice said:

I feel working to make the Annexes in the db to almost unlimited size would be the next priority. We need to get Brad interested  in updating the Official HC db and HCDB2.

Eric, you're quite correct that this is the key issue for me.