broncepulido

Another view in the ill-fated 1944 Exercise Tiger: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/475351/The-tragedy-of-Slapton-Sands-The-real-story-of-that-terrible-night

Good article, thanks for sharing.

About Taiwanese missiles: TC-1 Sky Sword: https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A9%E5%8A%8D%E4%B8%80%E5%9E%8B%E9%A3%9B%E5%BD%88 Basic TC-1, IOC 1993: range=5.1/0.1?, speed=Mach 3.5/2008 knots. Capabilities between AIM-9P4 and AIM-9L, PH/PK=55? Some 300 built. TC-2 Sky Sword: https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A9%E5%8A%8D%E4%BA%8C%E5%9E%8B%E9%A3%9B%E5%BD%88 Basic TC-2, IOC 1999: range=32,5/2?, speed=Mach 4/2295 knots. PH/PK=55? (Less than 1996 AIM-120C) Some 210 built. Advanced TC-2C, IOC 2018?: range=54/1?, speed=Mach 6/3442 knots. PH/PK=70? (less than 2018 Meteor). It's also an ARM land-attack variant, called TC-2A, IOC 2015?, 22 Kg warhead, 54 nm range, Mach 4 speed?

From 2009 to December 2017 all the 127 remaining Taiwanese F-CK-1A/B Ching Kuo are upgraded to F-CK-1C/D Hsiang Sheng. Between many changes: - Intercept loadout changed from 4xTC-1 Sky Sword I (short range IR guided AAM) and 2xTC-2 Sky Sword II (medium range active radar homing AAM), to 2xTC-1 Sky Sword I (short range IR guided AAM) and 4xTC-2 Sky Sword II (medium range active radar homing AAM). - 771 Kg more fuel, in Conformal Fuel Tanks. - Adds TC-2A land-attack ARM. - Improved avionics and ECM. Sources: http://www.janes.com/article/76989/rocaf-doubles-capacity-of-f-ck-1-fighter-to-carry-tien-chien-ii-aams https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-CK-1%E7%B6%93%E5%9C%8B%E8%99%9F%E6%88%B0%E9%AC%A5%E6%A9%9F

Radar KLJ-3 has as codes LDSD/AS, should be LDSD/SS. If true, those ranges are of interest (Wikipedia, Korean language): https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDC_%EA%B2%BD%EA%B5%AD%ED%98%B8#%EB%8F%99%EB%B6%81%EC%95%84%EC%8B%9C%EC%95%84_4%EC%84%B8%EB%8C%80_%EB%A1%9C%EC%9A%B0%EA%B8%89_%EC%A0%84%ED%88%AC%EA%B8%B0%EB%93%A4%EC%9D%98_%EB%A0%88%EC%9D%B4%EB%8D%94_%EB%B9%84%EA%B5%90 KLJ-3 (J-10B): 160 Km/86,4 nm. KLJ-7v1 (JF-17/FC-1): 130 Km/70,2 nm. APG-68(V)7 (KF-16): 129 Km/69,65 nm. Golden Dragon GD-53 (Longer range, improved APG-67. F-CK-1/Ching Kuo): 110 Km/59,4 nm.

Submarine activities increase near Norway: https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2018/01/nuclear-submarines-inshore-norway-3-4-times-monthly#.Wm1BV6xEaFZ.facebook

A glimpse on its use in LCC ships: http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/17953/navys-blue-ridge-class-command-ships-once-had-this-wacky-air-defense-missile-system

Chinese KJ-600 near future carrier-based AEW-aircraft (Or at least a placeholder): http://chinese-military-aviation.blogspot.com.es/p/surveillance-aircraft-ii.html http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2130247/why-americas-stealth-jet-forces-should-fear-chinas-new?utm_content=bufferc6b14&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Constant evolution, at least as is marketed: http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/f-35-using-open-air-ranges-train-war-against-russias-s-400-24187

Reliability keeps near 50%: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-24/lockheed-f-35-s-reliability-progress-has-stalled-pentagon-told

Chinese PLAN H-6KH Badger/God of War land-based long range naval bomber and strike aircraft, H-6K derivative. IOC perhaps late 2017. With a loadout of 6xYJ-12 supersonic anti-ship missiles, and 2xECM pods (With a grand total of four hardpoints in each wing). Sources: http://chinese-military-aviation.blogspot.com.es/p/attack-aircraft.html

The future class of submarines S-80 Isaac Peral will be introduced from September 2023 (Original intended year was 2013!). The first two without AIP, the two later boats will be equipped with AIP from start. On the first ones AIP will be added later: http://www.abc.es/espana/abci-defensa-invertira-unos-1500-millones-adicionales-para-nuevo-submarino-s-80-201801020148_noticia.html

Future Spanish frigate F110-class, or at least a placeholder. On the last news to be introduced in 2023. Steel hull, probably composite superstructures. Main radar will be probably Australian CEAFAR 2/CEAMOUNT/CEA-FAR (In part by commonality with a probably exportation of a new frigate design to Australia, SEA 5000 program): http://www.ejercitos.org/2017/10/03/navantia-parte-con-ventaja-para-hacerse-con-el-programa-sea-5000-de-la-royal-australian-navy/ Description of CEAFAR/CEAMOUNT here: CEAFAR: AESA search radar, S-Band, six faces, up to 4096 elements by face. CEAMOUNT: AESA fire control radar (to guide ESSM and others), X-Band, four faces, 1024 elements by face. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/defence/new-radar-allows-channels-of-fire/news-story/aa595af5488277967c4014b671de64fd?sv=c67824f817256150f8cc4af24a38676 SAM will be probably Sea Ceptor/CAMM: http://www.infodefensa.com/es/2017/12/12/noticia-espana-trabajara-integracion-sistema-ceptor-fragata.html (I will update successively this post)

At last, no rounds for Zumwalt 155mm guns: https://news.usni.org/2018/01/11/no-new-round-planned-zumwalt-destroyer-gun-system-navy-monitoring-industry

Curiously about the half of the missile launches are executed with the ship dead in the water!

http://m.jpost.com/Middle-East/Is-Turkey-setting-up-a-naval-base-on-the-Red-Sea-532904

Disclosed new Gray Wolf swarm missile: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5216007/Lockheed-Martin-reveals-Gray-Wolf-networked-cruise-missile.html

Terrible news!

Thanks!

Just reading this news report I did a view on LRASM in HCDB2 (Now only employed in HCBD2 in loadout #54617 FA-18E USN20, Standoff-3): https://news.usni.org/2017/12/14/pentagon-tests-next-gen-anti-ship-missile-air-force-b-1b-bomber Weapon #16448 AGM-158C LRASM apparently has not active radar terminal homing, I think the flags "Radar guided" and "Terminal guidance" should be replaced by "Anti-radar". I also think it's probably the result of a strange redaction in the initial textual descriptions of this missile, just as I see now reflected in this personal note of me: Probably took from a phrase similar to this one on Wikipedia: But the subjacent idea is LRASM locate enemy ships detecting the enemy ships radars, thanks at its ESM/Anti-Radar seeker, but no using LRASM any active radar homing radar. But is clear now: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-158C_LRASM

F-35 Sensor Performs Ballistic Missile Defense Missions The F-35’s Distributed Aperture Sensor (DAS) has performed an airborne identification and trajectory-oriented target tracking of a ballistic missile in a test off the coast of Hawaii in 2014, but it's only reported now:https://scout.com/military/warrior/Article/-F-35-Sensors-Test-Perform-Ballistic-Missile-Defense-Missions-111919506

Here, but beware read first the Tony's warning on "beta testing guidelines", or do not install beyond 2017.011... http://harpgamer.com/harpforum/index.php?/topic/2049-current-files/

This is the rebuild of an old scenario, converted from "based on historical facts" to "historical", thanks to the improved HCDB2 including more platforms, and a little more research. Some sources: http://www.losbarcosdeeugenio.com/barcos/en/es/ae_D22.html https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_David_W._Taylor_(DD-551) http://www.losbarcosdeeugenio.com/barcos/en/es/ae_P22.html http://www.laopinion.es/sociedad/2015/09/27/treinta-anos-ataque-tagomago/630359.html http://archive.is/gmeu4 (On the Western Sahara air war, from the perhaps disabled acig.org web site). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EU%E2%80%93Morocco_Fisheries_Partnership_Agreement

File Name: Western Sahara Tin Can Sailors, Tagomago Ordeal, September 21, 1985. Historical Scenario. File Submitter: broncepulido File Submitted: 25 Nov 2017 File Category: MEDC Western Sahara Tin Can Sailors, Tagomago Ordeal, September 21, 1985. Historical Scenario. A Harpoon Commander's Edition scenario for EC2003 Battle for the Mediterranean Battleset and the HCDB2-170909 (or later) 1980-2025 era Platform Database. This scenario is designed with Advanced Scenario Editor Build 2017.013 and to be run with HCE 2015.008+ or later. Image: Spanish Armada Fletcher-class destroyer D-22 Almirante Ferrandiz (Ex USS David W. Taylor DD-551) patrolling the Western Sahara banks near Canary Islands on 1985. Photo by Francisco Tevar Banos, took from http://www.losbarcosdeeugenio.com/principal_en.html, with its webmaster authorisation, and subject to a Creative Commons license. In this scenario, to avoid spoilers, it is better to play the Spanish/Blue side first a few times, and only after play the Polisario Front/Moroccan/Red side, and keeping in mind the special considerations scripted in the Red Orders when playing Red side. My aim in this scenario is to capture the flavour of small and very limited conflicts, almost naval guerrilla warfare. It's also inspired by the inclusion of the Lepanto/Fletcher class destroyers in the Harpoon HCE/HUCE DataBase and of course in the vivid historical events of our Spanish recent past. In the first eighties, when the then modern and indigenous Descubierta class frigate was introduced in the Spanish Navy, the venerable Pacific War veterans Fletcher-class destroyers (nicknamed Los Cinco Latinos) were detached from the original Destroyer Squadron 21 (On that time renamed Escort Squadron 21) homeported in Cartagena, and scattered between the different Spanish local sea commands or Zonas Maritimas. D-21 Lepanto and D-22 Almirante Ferrandiz were from 1980 detached from the Destroyer Squadron 21 and employed on secondary roles as High Seas Patrol ship in the Canary Islands Maritime Zone (Lepanto was later transferred to the Cantabrian Sea Maritime Zone from 1983). This scenario shows an amalgamation of a series of difficult, confuse, bad narrated, censored and much unknown incidents between the Spanish patrol forces and the Western Saharan Polisario Front and the Moroccan Forces, fighting for the control of the old province of Spanish Sahara. As examples on 1980 Almirante Ferrandiz was apparently strafed by a Moroccan Mirage F1, and on 1985 in other incident the Anaga-class patrol gunboat Tagomago (PVZ-22) was attacked from the shore by unknown origin (Very probably Polisario Front) 12.7mm and 106mm recoilless shots, causing one dead, and Almirante Ferrandiz was called on her help. After the Spain retreat on 26 February 1976, the Western Sahara territory was claimed by the own Saharawis integrated in the Polisario Front, by Morocco, by Algeria and by Mauritania. Both Polisario Front and Morocco were trying to execute maritime actions as vindication of the disputed territory control, basically exerting control of the Spanish and other fishermen traditionally fishing on the Western Sahara bank. Morocco trying it with action as an apparent transnational law enforce, and Polisario Front executing attacks with inflatable boats, shore gunfire and murdering and kidnapping of fishermen and its crews. We must remember Western Sahara economy is bases almost exclusively on fishing which employs two thirds of his labour force, but now they are suspicions about the existence of reasonably exploitable off-shore oil fields, but his exploitation is today dubious because the international law. The European Union fishing agreements with Morocco (EU-Moroccan Fisheries Partnership Agreement, FPA) include Western Sahara. But they are many doubts about if this is adjusted to the international law, as Western Sahara is not part of the territory of Morocco under international law. As legal excuse, according to the legal services of the European Parlament, the agreement does neither include nor exclude the waters of Western Sahara from its geographical scope, and it would thus be up to Morocco to comply with its international obligations. In consequence, in order to remain in compliance with international law, the FPA should be limited to the territorial waters of Morocco proper, excluding Western Sahara. Enrique Mas, January 2012 - November 25, 2017. Click here to download this file