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Who Sold North Korea a New Anti-Ship Missile? (The Diplomat, Flashpoints)

Yep, had a look previous to your arrival here (welcome! btw), and I will be interested in hearing more about game mechanics.

13 June 1936 The Gorch Fock class barque SSS Horst Wessel is launched, later becoming flagship of the Kriegsmarine sail training fleet. After WWII, she is taken over by the USA as war reparations, and recommissioned in May 1946 as the US Coast Guard cutter USCGC Eagle (WIX-327).

Brad, I take this as a challenge. (Just need to find the time for it.) Heh, if you can find the improvements to the radar (and sensor) model generally, I'm all for it. (And 'Smarter Radar' is already in play).

ZUMWALT (DDG 1000): The Future Is Getting Closer (Pictorial) (DefenseNews, Intercepts blog)

Tony and I were chatting about this the other day. Certainly looks interesting.

12 June 1987 While delivering a speech at the Brandenburg Gate near the Berlin Wall, American President Ronald Reagan challenges Soviet general secretary Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down this wall".

11 June 1944 The Iowa class battleship USS Missouri (BB-63), the last battleship built for the US Navy, is commissioned into service.

10 June 1967 The Six Day War ends with the completion of the Israeli offensive in the Golan Heights. A ceasefire follows.

I hinted at this earlier in the thread, said it again on IRC last night, and I guess I will say it again here. We are working with a very simple model. Don't get too hung up on trying to achieve 'perfect' or even operationally realistic values for things like radar performance. I see mention of how warships might (in real life) be more radar reflective than a merchant of comparable size because of their antennae, guns, missile canisters, etc, etc. A fair point. At the same time, however, we must also recognize that our model does not even take into account such things as target aspect, i.e. whether the target is facing head-on or sitting broad side to the sensor. Given those realities, does the radar reflectivity of a gun turret now matter? I think not. So there is considerable tail chasing going on here. The DB has thousands of platforms. It is in a constant state of adjustment and will NEVER be 100% accurate, even if that were possible with the model we have. (Which most certainly is NOT). Long story short ... The thread is interesting, at least theoretically so, but has limited value to DB work for our purposes.

Not all "cruise missiles" are created equal, obviously, and if anyone believes this applies across the board to the performance of the APS-138 (or just about any radar), I have some lovely beachfront property in Arizona to sell to you.

9 June 1959 The world's first nuclear powered ballistic missile submarine, USS George Washington (SSBN-598), is launched at Groton, CT.

These are all factors already in play for determining the RCS value to be used. At the rate which platforms were added, however, there has no doubt been some degradation of the accuracy of the relative values. Again, its very much relative. Because two "warships" are no more equal than two "container ships". As for AESA and other peculiarities, keep in mind that we have a single radar model. There is no accounting for monopulse, pulse Doppler, synthetic aperture, etc, etc. Their range values are drawn from H4 values where possible, and if not, then extrapolated or drawn from other sources.

The RCS values are mostly guesswork based on comparisons with the size, length, shape and stealth features (if any) of other ships. This is probably just one that needs adjustment.

Nvm. Thought you were using HCE.

Red has helicopters too, but I am assuming your air superiority saw and dealt with those.

Hi Scott and welcome to HG. Bubbleheads are welcome here! You didn't identify the scenario specifically, but I am guessing it is 'Philippine Crunch' in the Westpac Battleset. Two points follow: 1. Ground warfare is modeled in pretty basic fashion in Harpoon. More or less, the ground forces you will see serve mainly as targets or obstacles. There are a number of reasons for this, but suffice to say this much is true. 2. Without giving away too much of that scenario in the way of spoilers, be advised that Red also has ground forces ... and artillery. You will need to get some battlefield reconnaissance in play before/while advancing north.

30 May 1982 The Majestic class aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne (R21) is decommissioned, putting an end to carrier aviation in the Royal Australian Navy.

All of the things you mention - reassigning targets, capture, and base repair - and especially the latter two, would be huge steps forward.

29 May 1988 The Moscow Summit begins with the first trip by US President Ronald Reagan to Moscow to meet with Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. Among other accomplishments, the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty is finalized.

Australia could buy F-35B (Jane's)

Navy Quietly Downscales Destroyer Upgrades (USNI News)

28 May 1905 The Battle of Tsushima, the only decisive sea battle fought by modern steel battleship fleets, comes to an end with the destruction of the Russian fleet by the Empire of Japan.

27 May 1941 The British Royal Navy's pursuit of Bismarck comes to an end with the destruction of the German battleship in the North Atlantic.

26 May 1940 Winston Churchill orders the launch of Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk, France. It begins in earnest the next day and continues through 4 June.