CV32

Excellent. Let us know how it works out.

Lifting the Veil on China’s “Carrier-Killer” (The Diplomat, Flashpoints)

What If? Armageddon 1962 Documentary Has an Alternate Take on History (Defense Media Network) Anyone catch this last night?

30 Years Later: The Marines Barracks Bombing and the Birth of Hezbollah (Defense One)

MiG Begins Testing New Russian Navy Fighter Jets (RIA Novosti)

Anyone with experience in HCE or ANW should be able to take to CMANO pretty readily. I am finding the game play pretty much consistent with my experience there. The models are generally deeper, obviously, especially when it comes to logistics and such. I am enjoying that particular element. The initial release version also has some of the flaws/warts of HCE, e.g. RCS not determined by loadout.

Malaysia to establish marine corps, naval base close to James Shoal (Jane's)

China's air force comes of age (The Diplomat, Flashpoints)

Singapore and the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter (The Diplomat)

To Save the Submarines, Eliminate ICBMs and Bombers (Defense One)

Why Russia keeps moving the football on European missile defense (Breaking Defense)

Yes, thanks, I had forgotten about that. I had a MH-53 blow up on me, without apparent cause. Might have to check into that.

Launch of the Vladiovostok (Navy Recognition)

Anyone tackle mine clearing yet? I am playing Op Brass Drum, and might have to turn to the manual, heh.

Latest pics of Zumwalt (DDG 1000) (DefenseNews, Intercepts blog) That 155mm AGS is saving my bacon in CMANO's Operation Brass Drum.

Red Pill was a working name for what has since become Command: Modern Air/Naval Operations (or CMANO). Command obviously has historical roots in Harpoon, but it is not compatible with HC/HCE or H3/ANW.

Command: Modern Air/Naval Operations 1.01 Review (SimHQ) No, not that review.

I would not have expected otherwise. One does not abandon that volume of work easily.

France Floats Out First Russian Mistral Warship (RIA Novosti)

Sea MiGs: The Next Generation of Indian and Russian Naval Aviation (Defense Media Network)

Syrian Air Force becoming increasingly aggressive near Turkish border (Aviationist)

Vietnam's General Vo Nguyen Giap dies (BBC News)

Something that I hope will help with trying to decipher the complexity (and sometimes absurdity) that promulgates Former Soviet Union/Russian weapon designation systems: Industrial Index Numbers These use a combined number/letter/number pattern that are fairly commonly seen. First digit: 2 - weapons systems that incorporate fire control systems and missiles 3 - early tactical missiles 4 - naval missiles 5 - strategic missiles of the PVO 8 - strategic ballistic missiles 9 - tactical missiles used by ground forces (replacing the use of '3' as noted above) Second letter: K - missile system, including the missile itself, launcher and fire control system M - missile V - missile A - launcher vehicle with radar P - basic launcher N - warhead S - major electronic component In the 1980s the Ground Forces adopted a three digit system, as follows: 9M1xx - anti-tank missiles 9M2xx - unguided rockets 9M3xx - surface to air missiles 9M7xx - tactical ballistic missiles Variants are often identified by suffixes, commonly appearing as: M - first modification M1 - second modification E - export Designation Patterns Air to air missiles (AAMs): K - whole weapon system (kompleks) R - missile (raketa) T - infra-red guidance (as a suffix) R - radar guidance (as a suffix) Tactical air to surface missiles (ASMs): Kh - a missile that has entered operational service R - radio command guidance (as a suffix) T - electro-optical guidance (as a suffix) P - passive or anti-radation homing (as a suffix) L - semi-active laser homing (as a suffix) Surface to air missiles (SAMs): S - strategic (strategicheskiy), usually named after rivers V - tactical (voyska), often named after geometric shapes or pointed objects Ballistic missiles: RS - strategic missile (raketa strategicheskiy), suffix for most ICBMs T - solid (tyardiy), suffix for early solid fuel missiles OTR - a phony designation for tactical ballistic missiles eliminated under INF Treaty Naval surface to surface missiles (SSMs): P - tactical antiship missiles xx-R - ASW missiles D-xx - secret designation for SLBMs under development R-xx - designation for deployed SLBMs (also 4Kxx) RSM-xx - designation used during SALT treaty negotiations Missile Design Bureaux (and their areas of expertise): Almaz NPO (previously SB-1 and KB-1) - missile guidance, especially air defense Antey NPO - tactical SAMs Bisnovat (previously OKB-4, renamed Molniya) - cruise missiles and spacecraft Chelomey (OKB-52, renamed NPO-Mashinostroyenie) - satellites and naval missiles Fakel MKB (previously Grushin or OKB-2) - air defense missiles KBP - aircraft cannon, anti-tank missiles, low altitude SAMs Korolev (OKB-1, renamed NPO Energia) - ballistic missiles and spacecraft Lavochkin (OKB-577, renamed Babakin Research Institute) - strategic SAMs and cruise missiles, spacecraft Makeyev - SLBMs Mikoyan (OKB-155, now part of Raduga) - AAMs, cruise missiles Nadiradze (now NPO Soyuz and NII Teplotekhnik) - solid fuel ICBMs Nepobidimy (sometimes called KB Mashinostroyenie) - MANPADS, anti-tank missiles, tactical ballistic missiles NIIP (NII Priborostroyeniya) - radars, tactical SAMs Novator NPO - anti-aircraft guns, SAMs, cruise missiles, ASW missiles Nudelman (OKB-16) - aircraft cannon, anti-tank missiles, low altitude SAMs Raduga (previously part of Mikoyan OKB-155) - cruise missiles, ASMs Toropov (OKB-134, absorbed by Vympel) - aircraft armament, AAMs, SAMs Vympel GosMKB (OKB-134, now part of Spetsveshtekhnika consortium along with Zvezda) - AAMs Yangel (SKB-586, renamed NPO Yuzhmash) - ICBMs Zvezda - tactical ASMs Ref: Russian Missile Designations, Steven Zaloga, 1994.

I have trouble believing that the J-15 is the dawg that they describe. STOBAR imposes stiff penalties, but still ...

LRASM: Long Range Maritime Strike for Air-Sea Battle (Defense Media Network)