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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.

Sorry for the lateness of my reply. Real life is really running the show lately.

Rene, can you expand on the rationale behind the request? I am not sure I am understanding that part of it.

Keep yourself and your loved ones safe, Tony.

China’s ‘aircraft-carrier killer’ missiles successfully hit target ship in South China Sea, PLA insider reveals

On 11/1/2020 at 1:44 AM, kcdusk said:

2. How do i know what rader the S300 uses?

SECNAV Names Navy’s Future Class of Guided-Missile Frigates (Seapower)

Russia reports successful test launch of hypersonic missile (DefenseNews)

The SS-N-33 (aka Zircon).

Thank you. Love the name.

(And I am happy to say my 10,000th post here on HG was to express thanks for someone actually sharing a Harpoon scenario. Bravo.)

Future USN carrier air wing:

44 strike fighters, including:

16 x F-35C Block 4 Lightning II (1x squadron)

28 x F/A-18E/F Block III Super Hornet (3x squadrons)

as well as

5-7 x EA-18G Growler

5 x E-2D Advanced Hawkeye

6-10 x MH-60 Seahawk

3 x CMV-22B Osprey (COD, or carrier onboard delivery)

5-9 x MQ-25 Stingray unmanned tankers

USS Carl Vinson due to deploy in 2021 with the first 10-aircraft F-35C squadron (VFA-147 Argonauts) as well as two 10-aircraft F/A-18E squadrons and one 14-aircraft F/A-18F squadron. It will also deploy the CMV-22B for the first time.

SOURCE: Navy’s Future Carrier Air Wing Configuration Coming into Focus, 14 September 2020.

Thanks for still taking the time and making the effort to design and put up scenarios, Enrique. Bravo.

Haven't been on IRC in many moons. Great memories of the chat, though!

broncepulido (the author of the scenario) would be in the best position to answer your questions about the design of the scenario itself, e.g. the SAM defences, etc.

3 hours ago, aviator said:

I just fired up the old HCE after many years and noticed that a lot of the unit pictures are missing. First I thought I'd ask how to replace/add them, but perhaps a patch fixes the issue? I looked up and apparently my version is 2009.043.... Where are the patches? I see 2017 is mentioned on the forums. Additionally are there any scenario sites alive apart from this one? I stumble over a lot of dead sites/links out there, and even a lot of the harpgamer links are dead.

Game engine (GE) patches, updates and such can generally be found here: https://harpgamer.com/harpforum/topic/29035-current-files/

The database (DB) updates are located in the Downloads section of this site.

Pictures/photos for the platform entries in the DB have never been a priority, because of the amount of work involved (as compared to actual data), copyright issues, etc.

I am not aware of any other active Harpoon (the computer sim) websites/forums. Please report any dead links on HarpGamer.

Thanks, SHUK.

On 8/7/2020 at 7:19 PM, Onkle Karl said:

I also don't know what a data link range might be and whether/how it is impacted by weather, sea state, clutter, etc. Any help is appreciated.

The original Seahawk equipment was the ARQ-44 radio data link, transmitting in the C band.

Welcome!

There is quite a bit of anticipation building for Harpoon V on social media, so we will definitely make space for discussion here (in the appropriate sub forum).

Thanks, Enrique.

If there were more than a trickle of scenarios being created for HCE, I might consider returning to DB editing.

😀

Something all inclusive of the Harpoon paper rules series is likely.

If China Invades Taiwan, This Is What The Fleet Could Look Like (Forbes)

On 4/30/2020 at 5:48 AM, cdcool said:

Chinese Type 055 destroyer and Type 075 LHD  

 Royal New Zealand Navy ANZAC class frigates with the 2017 Frigate Service Upgrade

Thanks!

Updates to the HCDB ended in September 2015.

Its follow-on, the HCDB2, started up in 2016. It does contain the Type 055, but I do not think the Type 075 or Te Kaha (ANZAC 2017) are in there.

Updates to the HCDB2 are in abeyance for the time being.

Make the Zumwalt a Fighting Command Ship (Proceedings, May 2020)

I like this idea.

Impressive piece of work.

Nuclear War Simulator website

The gameplay of that scenario might be a little dated, even if the hypothetical basis for the scenario still works.

Let us know if it plays ok.

The discount for CMANO owners is a nice touch.

I have next to zero interest in the 3-D add on.