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Interesting considerations in all those points: http://warisboring.com/russias-air-defenses-in-syria-have-some-big-problems/

I don't see nothing strange on Lun in the Platform Editor, is a PTG-ship with standard ship shape. Perhaps is a side efect of her high speed. Perhaps the programm can't fix an attack with anti-ship missiles against a ship travelling at 250 knots.

Thank very much for your feedback. Ok, for years Lun has been a problem. Is modeled as a surface ship and can't be attacked by air-to-air missiles (I think it should actually be, at least by Very Low capable missiles, at least IR-guided against its 8 big turbojets), and perhaps a too fast and variable shape target to be actually attacked by radar-guided anti-ship missiles. My memory says it was on a time capable to be attacked by anti-ship missiles (and not by anti-air target missiles), but I don't remember it clearly now.

Testing a new variant of Il-76 for Special Forces over Black Sea: https://theaviationist.com/2017/10/03/russian-il-76-candid-modified-to-support-special-operations-conducts-flight-test-over-the-black-sea/

The Third World War referenced on this scenario is not any future war, the scenario is build in relation to an alternate history hypothetical war, never fought but very studied and analysed with detail, and depicted in this Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_III

Sources: http://www.ww2.dk/new/pvo/21kpvo.htm http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/iap/941iap.htm http://www.ww2.dk/new/pvo/27kpvo.htm http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/iap/689gviap.htm http://www.ww2.dk/new/pvo/14dpvo.htm Very detailed data about Iceland-based 57th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron "The Black Knights of Keflavik" here: http://www.verslo.is/baldur/Blackknigths.htm Old original scenario here (very few modifications on it): http://harpgamer.com/harpforum/index.php?/topic/24093-file-giuk-harpoon-3-battles-of-the-third-world-war-may-1991/

File Name: Harpoon 3 Battles of the Third World War, May 1991. HCDB2 File Submitter: broncepulido File Submitted: 01 Oct 2017 File Category: GIUK Harpoon 3 Battles of the Third World War, May 1991. HCDB2 version. A Harpoon Commander's Edition scenario for the EC2003 Battle for GIUK Gap Battleset and the HCDB2-170909 (or later) 1980-2025 era Platform Database. Image: Soviet CVH Baku Project 11434 circa 1988 (from 1990 named Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Gorshkov. Decommissioned in 1996, heavily modified in Project 11430, and in service for India from 2013 as INS Vikramaditya), including her distintive and probably never operational massive phased-array radar Mars-Passat/Sky Watch. US Navy photo and in consequence in Public Domain, took from Wikipedia Commons. This scenario is designed to be played from the Blue/Allied side or from the Red/Soviet side. You should play a few times first the Blue side to avoid spoilers, and only later play the Red side. A North Atlantic-GIUK scenario inspired by some good old scenario booklets of the Harpoon 3 series of the late 1980s edited by GDW, of great value for testing generic tactics and weapons. Actually is a mix-up of individual sea-operations centred scenarios on a great sea extension as only the Computer Harpoon can provide. And reflecting all the knowledge acquired the last years in some matters, as about Soviet/Russian platforms, OOBs and Soviet/Russian carrier air wings composition. The scenario is settled at the start of the conventional WWIII as was forecasted in the North Atlantic for circa May 1991 in some of the GDW edited booklets, the opening movements and contacts, and the first days of open combat. Enrique Mas, September 30, 2017. Click here to download this file

Theoreticallly to protect the Bastion placement. Actually to show force, propaganda and support to the Assad regime. And as I suspect from years, only the "big" missile (46N6 I think) is actually deployed in the S-400 complex, and a very scarce number of them. For me only some 4-8 missile by complex, as more or less also described in the Jane's article. No trace of the two others smaller missiles in the launching system (I delete them from my personal DB long time ago).

Very impressive feedbacks, thank you very much John!

SPOILERS ALERT APPLY Theoretically with QE near Portsmouth some 6 hours the Total Victory condition should be fulfilled.

Ship entry #2155 Sovremenny (956/80), the first three units of this class, should have #43063 Top Steer (MR-700), and not the later and longer ranged #43061 Top Plate B (MR-710M2). That change is for refine this type, in concordance with the text description in later Sovrenmenny entries (Text #1911):

Mount #59749 (Employed only by #2263 Baku Pr1143.4 and #2148 Gorshkov Pr1143.4, four mounts each ship) should be increased in capacitiy to Mounts=6 and Rounds=8 (and probably Tubes=1, Targets=4, ROF=8), to get the real target of 192xSA-N-9 in each ship (the current grand total is only 24xSA-N-9 in each ship, with only 6xSA-N-9 per mount). Some sources: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Aircraft_carrier_%22Baku%22_in_1988.jpeg http://russianships.info/eng/warships/project_11434.htm

http://www.c6f.navy.mil/news/allied-forces-begin-inaugural-exercise-formidable-shield-2017

Ship entry #2151 Udaloy (1155/80), representing the two first ships of Udaloy-class, Udaloy (1980) and Vice Admiral Kulakov (1981) should have Country=USSR, and not Country=Russia (if not you can't find the two first ships of the class for USSR building a pre-1992 scenario).

Great work (waiting to revamp an old, big scenario, to do the change to 011).

Dedicated to clarify many fake myths on B-58, created and maintained by an ex B-58 pilot, Colonel George Holt Jr, USAF, retired: https://b58facts.wordpress.com/2017/09/16/first-blog-post/ And ever worth of remembering, B-58 and many more aircrafts official Standard Aircraft Characteristics here: http://www.alternatewars.com/SAC/SAC.htm

Armed operational Iwakumi VMFA-121 F-35B on the drills surrounding North Korea: http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/14416/f-35s-were-carrying-live-aim-120-missiles-during-show-of-force-training-flight-over-korea And also, another caveat on F-35: in warm weathers the loaded weapons bay only can be closed in ground operations by 10 cumulative minutes.

I see #6255 Harushio submarine has probably the 12/20 knots submerged/surfaced speed values inverted.

Great report, thanks Palex80, and glad you enjoyed it. The Russian nuclear blackmail theoretically keeps Danes and others "looking other way", and its airspace can be trespassed by Russian aircrafts. SPOILER ALERT: The last Russian Typhoon SSBN was historically present, as the other units, returning from Russian Naval Parade. Yes, I detected that problem building the scenario; probably some loadouts of modern Russian aircraft should be modified with more modern anti-surface missiles. Not sure, but I've the vague memory of don't deploy Su-34 in this scenario by the same reason (Or don't use Su-34, because Russian Naval Aviation Su-30SM are actually deployed now in Kaliningrad). But my main idea was the Russian player should, at last, sink the carriers employing the submarines.

Subsonic, employed to extend range of one or two guided bomb and ASM/ARM/AAM in each, or simply as extended aircraft pylon if not launched, and to be produced some 500 each month from 2018 (My estimates: speed=516 knots, range=172 nm): http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/news/a28100/darpa-factory-in-a-can-drones/ http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/14161/darpas-flying-missile-rail-seems-to-be-more-about-manufacturing-than-combat

A very minor typo, but generating some confussion in DB editing: - Weapon #18822 SA-19 Grison (9M331M), employed by Tunguska SP AA weapon, should be changed to something similar to 9M311, as 9M331 are missiles in the series employed by SA-15 Gauntlet/Tor.

Weapon entry #34871 ALQ-123 IRCM pod has as sub-type "IR", should be "Flare".

Yes, RAF and Russian forces are intentionally reduced, more or less explained in the scenario orders. This scenario pretends to be historically accurate, showing a limited RAF readiness and response, and also the Russian limitations to covertly deploy air elements to Kaliningrad to prevent an escalate. Also, old variants of AS-4 were apparently retired some years ago, and the new variant (Kh-32) is perhaps not yet deployed.

Many documents: https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/collection/cia-analysis-soviet-navy