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https://chuckhillscgblog.net/2017/09/05/battle-of-the-paracel-islands-16-january-1974/

https://theaviationist.com/2017/09/01/upcoming-sky-hunter-movie-featuring-plaaf-combat-aircraft-exposes-chinese-version-of-the-star-wars-canyon/

http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2015/mdn-dnd/D4-7-5-2015-eng.pdf

FLIR in SH-60B variants apparently only available from 1996 (perhaps other sources say other thing, yet looking for it): https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/sh-60.htm(at the page end, in the specifications part).

Ship #65 Alamgir FFG7 11 is listed as Country=USA, should be Pakistan.

Perhaps a generic A-29 Tucano, widely employed in low numbers, but not a priority, we can use PC-9 or similar. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embraer_EMB_314_Super_Tucano

Loadout #56489 ASW has only 1x#47142 SSQ-947B Ranger, it should be 8xSSQ-947B Ranger, as in the rest of Lynx loadouts with sonobuoys (Loadout employed by some eight Lynx types). As aside consideration, I remember now is very difficult to track in what loadouts is carried a concrete type of sonobuoy, as the Platform Editor gets a blank subwindow without any results when interrogued about any sonobuoy type. You only can track sonobuoy types use by loadout by memory or making a paper list or similar.

After the initial salvo against (now verified) three NK airfields, reduced to near 85% damage each, the Ohio SSGN keeps 32xTomahawks, employed later to round up the damage in two NK missile placements previously damaged by B-2 to some 47% damage (both also not destroyed, but reduced to some 95% damage).

Very vivid scenario. SPOILER ALERTS Apparently total victory achieved remaining 3:41:58, after three airfields (I think they are three airfields, one destroyed target is yet confuse) and 28 fighters destroyed by SSGN-launched Tomahawk cruise missiles, and Nodong Base ZVb damaged at 47% after the first B-2 strike (are other three B-2 arriving, and I employed the scenario original JDAM loadouts). U-2S shoot down at start by SA-5 Gammon. Iwakuni damaged at 8% by multiple North Korean missile impacts (perhaps some 24 missiles received). Fun and fast scenario.

- The initical tickle on "auto-formation air patrols" affects only the human player side. If no tickled, human player side formations on "formation editor" are no launched, even when they're scripted in the scenario. Some players don't want to use "auto-formation air patrols" scripted on their human side, because that this option. - Tickled or not, AI side "auto-formation air patrols", if scripted in the scenario, are ever launched (But it's possible one or many undetected bugs affect "auto-formation air patrols" in both sides, sometimes I think when a "auto-formation air patrol" is shoot down the replacements are not automatically and instantaneous lanched as pretended, but with some delay or never launched in some cases, even with available replacement aircrafts in the base. But not sure if a confirmed bug or not). - Long range air patrols, if scripted, are ever executed by the AI player side, and never by the human player side. Long range air patrols EVER must be launched by the human player side, scripted or not in the scenario. Long range air patrols behaviour are indifferent to the tickle or not of "auto-formation air patrols". - And of course, you do good theorically (bugs aside) placing some 6xF-16 if you want a permanent air patrol of 2xF-16. - No Yankee-class submarines presents (Perhaps "Yasen"?). - Thanks by your feedback!

Perhaps you've not activated auto-formation air patrols at scenario start

Spoiler alert: They're 12xTyphoon at Kinloss, you're fortunate if don't see them!. They're no Russian fighter or strike aircraft present because is a pretended covert operación , the Russian subs should sunk QE mimicking a failing targeting procedure when training with torpedoes and anti-ship missiles. Russia could defend that posture by diplomatic ways, but not a continuous offensive air posture.

http://defence-blog.com/news/new-stealth-bomber-spotted-in-china.html

Sources: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4771692/HMS-Queen-Elizabeth-sails-seas-alongside-ships.html https://www.dvidshub.net/search/?q=Saxon+Warrior+2017&filter%5Btype%5D=image&view=list&sort=publishdate&page=5 https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2017/07/typhoon-sails-surface http://www.gov.scot/Topics/marine/saxonwarrioraug2017 https://rusreality.com/2017/07/30/the-main-naval-parade-on-the-navy-day-will-be-held-in-st-petersburg-on-the-water-and-in-the-air/ https://medium.com/dfrlab/a-guide-to-russias-navy-day-cf3571c4c556?fref=gc http://structure.mil.ru/structure/forces/navy/media/photo/gallery.htm?id=42822@cmsPhotoGallery http://www.businessinsider.com/here-are-15-photos-of-russias-unprecedented-navy-day-show-of-force-2017-7/#a-russian-warship-followed-by-two-chinese-ships-the-guided-missile-destroyer-hefei-and-frigate-yuncheng-are-also-seen-below-sailing-towards-st-petersburg-china-not-only-held-their-own-parade-on-sunday-but-also-sent-two-of-their-ships-to-the-parade-in-st-petersburg-2 (RT video of St. Petersburg and Kronstadt naval parade on 30 July 2017).

File Name: Big Lizzie and Big George, August 2017, Historical/Alternate History Scenario. File Submitter: broncepulido File Submitted: 19 Aug 2017 File Category: GIUK Big Lizzie and Big George, August 2017, Historical/Alternate History Scenario. A Harpoon Commander's Edition scenario for EC2003 Battle for the GIUK Gap Battleset and the HCDB2-170714 new standard 1980-2025 Platform Database. This scenario is designed with Advanced Scenario Editor and to be run with HCE 2015.008+ or later. This scenario is designed to be played from the Blue/NATO side or from the Red/Russia side. You should play a few times first the Blue/NATO side to avoid spoilers, and only later play the Red/Russian side. Image: The Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) transits alongside the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) during exercise Saxon Warrior 2017, Aug. 8. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Daniel Gaither/Released, and in consequence in public domain, took from https://www.dvidshub.net/search/?q=Saxon+Warrior+2017&filter%5Btype%5D=image&view=list&sort=publishdate&page=6 From the eventful year of 2014 the World was beginning the so-called Second Cold War, the President of Russia Vladimir Putin (ex-KGB lieutenant colonel) was showing clearly his plan to recover the Russian Empire and later Soviet territories for reinstitute the greatness of his Russia, and to guarantee his passage on the History as saviour of the Rodina. From May 2014 Putin was provoking in succession the Crimea, Ukraine, Donetsk, Baltic States, October 2014 Swedish submarine incursion, G-20 Brisbane meeting naval crisis, November 2014 Faslane submarine incident, frigate Yaroslav Mudryy February "Channel Dash", April 2015 Finnish submarine incursion (for many observers causing the pre-mobilization of Finland reserve forces), Russian intervention in Syria from 30 September 2015, shoot-down by Turkish F-16 fighters equipped with AIM-120 AMRAAM on 24 November 2015 of a Russian Su-24M as consequence of the repeated unlawful overflights of Turkey by Russian warplanes based in Latakia, and after two months of repeated warning, March 2016 detection by the French of a Russian submarine near Bay of Biscay and its SSBN base, the propaganda stunt of the deployment of the only one Russian aircraft carrier Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov steaming (a lot, literally) from Kola Bay towards Eastern Mediterranean from October 15, 2016, and with constant and multiple Russian overflies with military warplanes entangled in potential incidents with commercial flights in Europe, so far as at the Portuguese shores. That without counting in other unrelated naval incidents aside the upcoming Second Cold War, just as the Iranian seizure of the merchant Maersk Tigris in 28 April 2015, the shore-based anti-ship missile attacks against the catamaran transport ex Swift (HSV-2) and US destroyers on the Red Sea in October 2016 and the ulterior retaliation, the first military operation of the Trump Administration on January 28, 2017, the MV-22B tiltrotor raid of SEAL Team 6 operating from USS Makin Island (LHD-8) against Houthi Yemen, the later January 30 incident, when an Al-Madinah-class Saudi frigate was attacked and damaged probably by a Houthi suicide or drone boat off Al Hudaydah, Houthi Yemen, and the constant and intense naval drills as Sea Shield, Dynamic Manta and Dynamic Mongoose 2017. (And without counting in great landlocked actions, as the complex counter-Daesh operations in Middle East). And meanwhile, more towards Far East a less perceived and growing problem was China, as reflected in the transfer of the 60% of the USN and USAF combat forces to the Pacific Theatre of Operations from 2012, move to be completed by 2020. For many observers the continuous and large NATO and partners military exercises show to Russia the Western will to resist his threats, keeping a tense peace. The Russian were also executing continuous exercises and operations, and showing them without many explanations in propaganda news reports, from the Zapad-17, projected for 14th-20th September 2017 (Incidentally, Russia is planning to transfer its 1st Guards Tank Army for exercises to western Belarus in September 2017), to continuous ASW exercises. Culminating in many simultaneous Naval parades as a great propaganda feast on Navy Day, July 30, in St Petersburg, Kronstadt (including some visiting Chinese warships), Kaliningrad, Novorossiysk, Sevastopol (in the illegally occupied Crimea), Vladivostok and Tartus (Syria). Between all those events, from 26 June to 16 August 2017 the new British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth steamed from Rosyth for six weeks for her first operational sea training cruise (Arriving after in Portsmouth with five Merlin ASW helicopters on desk, as forecasted in the previous HMS Queen Elizabeth scenario). First, UK Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon, writing in "The Telegraph" on 27 June 2017, stated about the "dilapidated" Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, and how "the Russians will look at this ship with a little bit of envy". Two days later, in response, Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Major-General Igor Konashenkov mocked the UK's new ship, saying "The British aircraft carrier is nothing more than just a huge easy naval target". At last, to support his official claims, President Putin decided to clarify the question, ordering the Northern Fleet submarine forces to provoke an "accidental" and "confuse" incident, simulating a training error, to get the result of see HMS Queen Elizabeth in the North Sea bottom. As in the same period the tense situation was depicted in a scenario showed in the harpgamer.com website, NATO decides to escort HMS Queen Elizabeth the rest of her cruise with the forces and with the excuse of the near exercise Saxon Warrior 2017 (July 1 - August 10), centred on the USS George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group (GHWBCSG). In opposite way, President Putin decides to maximize the probabilities of a submarine targeting training "accident" to sink HMS Queen Elizabeth, and send to compromise in this task almost all available Russian resources in the region, both Northern and Baltic Fleets, concentrated to sink the British carrier. But many world parts were in high tension because other causes. Not only the Chinese vindications on "created" territories in the South China Sea and the USN answer with Freedom of Navigation (FON) patrol are forcing the camel back, are contributing to the world turmoil, but also the incredible direct menaces of North Korean President Kim ("Grandson") to launch four ICBM to arrive some 30 Km of Andersen AFB in Guam, with a term finishing on August 15, 2017. As consequence of that instability, and to exploit that window of opportunity, with a probable back-channels Russian nuclear blackmail over Sweden, Poland, Germany and Denmark to neutralize its military forces, Putin decides to act. This scenario is qualified as "historical" because the present forces were the same historically available. Enrique Mas, August 18, 2017. Click here to download this file

Modification 18 August 2018: - Only very little text and Red Orders text changes. Previously Red Orders were confuse, as erronously two many lines large paragraphs from the draft were not deleted, and included in the published version, duplicating orders and mentioning no present in the scenario Russian forces.

Aircraft #8239 Typhoon FGR.4 17 (RAF) should change its introduction date to 2018, Meteor AAM not yet in service, and probably to be inducted in service only towards 2018 (perhaps June 2018 in another private note without reference): https://www.gov.uk/government/news/defence-secretary-announces-539-million-investment-in-new-missiles-systems

Installation #52474 "Airfield secret" unusable again! (Ok, don't worry, I see, waiting for 2017.011: http://harpgamer.com/harpforum/index.php?/tracker/issue-185-failure-editing-airfield-secret/ )

Of course, change Su-50 to Su-57!

Some Russian modern warships have not decoys or ECM (probably all of Generation 3), as now revealed by photo and video evidence: - #2984 Buyan Pr21630. - #3960 Buyan-M (21631). - #3963 Grigorovich (1135.6), has only Generation 2 decoys, and no ECM. Class in service from 2016, some 3620 tons. As comparison, Steregushchiy class is in service from 2008, with only 1800 tons, and has Generation 3 decoys and ECM in the DB. Sources: From 47:34 and 47:50 Serpukhov 563 (Buran-M class) with apparently white/light grey probably square ESM on mainmast and probably hemicylindrical ECM, identical to those present in the same video start of Admiral Makharov 799 (Grigorovich class). And decoys in 563 also visible from 48:22. But if you see photos of Steregushchiy (2008), her ESM/ECM are not so integrated as in later projects, and perhaps the outcome should be something as: - Steregushchiy (2008), Generation 2 decoys and ESM/ECM. https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8B_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%B0_20380#/media/File:Corvette_Steregushchiy.jpg https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8B_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%B0_20380#/media/File:%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B3%D1%83%D1%89%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4.jpg - Buyan (2006), Generation 2 decoys and ESM. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buyan-class_corvette#/media/File:%C2%AB%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%C2%BB.jpg - Buyan-M (2014), Generation 3 decoys and ESM/ECM. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buyan-class_corvette#/media/File:%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D0%A1%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%8F%D0%B6%D1%81%D0%BA.jpg - Grigorovich (2016), Generation 3 decoys and ESM/ECM. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%82_%22%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB_%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%22.png - Gorshkov Pr22350 (2017?, 4500 tns), Generation 3 decoys and ESM/ECM, just as in DB. https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%B0_22350#/media/File:Admiral_Gorshkov-class_frigate.jpg But at last, only informed guesses...

Very minor issue. #Ivan Green Pr1171.1 depicts apparently the initial project. Weapons installed at last were (Google Translate from Russian Wikipedia entry): "According to the project initially approved for construction, the ships were to install one 100 mm AU A-190M, two anti-aircraft artillery systems "Palash" and two launchers of the rocket launcher A-215 "Grad-M". Due to the fact that the concept of using the BDK project 11711 was considered obsolete, as well as to save money and reduce construction time in 2010, the commander in chief of the Russian Navy Admiral V.S. Vysotsky decided to change the composition of weapons. Under the new project, weapons consist of: 1 × AK-630M-2 "Duet"; 2 × AK-630M with the radar fire control system 5P-10-03 "Laska"; 2 × 14.5 mm by the MTPU "Sting"; 1 × complex of fired passive jamming KT-308-04 "Prosvet-M". In consequence: - Replace forward 76mm gun by AK-630M-2 Duet (with superimposed 30mm rotary guns). - Delete 140mm MRL - Add 2x14.5mm MG. - Probably add 2xSA-18 MANPADS. - 2xNavigation Radar. - 1x#43595 Cross Round (MR-352M) "Positiv". - Decoys present, but probably not ECM. Sources: http://www.russiadefence.net/t537p175-project-11711e-ivan-gren-class (images) https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%B0_11711 http://russianships.info/eng/warships/project_11711.htm(initial project weapons)

Perhaps to clarify two Chinese AOR entries: #3063 Fuchi should be named something as Fuchi Type 903. #3961 Type 903 should be named something as Fuchi II Type 903A (And added other four ships names in the class. This research was the result of identification of the Chinese AOR named "Luoma Lake" in news reports, at last was "Luomahu 964" of this same class). Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_903_replenishment_ship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_People%27s_Liberation_Army_Navy_ships#Fleet_replenishment (For the use of Fuchi II designation).

Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Wooden_Leg http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/the-amazing-saga-of-how-israel-turned-its-f-15s-into-mu-1701606283 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammam_Chott

View File Operation Wooden Leg, October 1, 1985. Historical Scenario. Operation Wooden Leg, October 1, 1985. Historical Scenario. A Harpoon Commander's Edition scenario for the EC2003 Battle for the Mediterranean Battleset and the new HCDB2-170714 1980-2025 era Platform Database. This scenario is designed with advanced Scenario Editor and to be run with HCE 2015.008+ or later. Image: 120 "Desert Giants" Squadron Boeing KC-707 refuelling Israeli F-15, at the June 28, 2011, Israeli Air Force Flight Academy ranks ceremony. Took from Wikipedia Commons. This scenario is designed to be played mostly from the Blue/Israeli side, the Red/PLO-Tunisian-Libyan is also fully playable, but perhaps not winnable. Operation Wooden Leg was a historical strategic long-range operation of the Israeli Air Force, aimed to retaliate the PLO headquarters in Tunisia after a series of terrorist attacks the precedent weeks, aimed at Israeli citizens in Israel and Cyprus. Was executed by the new and longer range F-15C/D Eagle/Baz, which carried approximately 2000 lbs of additional internal fuel than the previous F-15A/B. The first new model F-15C/D were received by Israel from the Peace Fox II contract, later increased by others of Peace Fox III, and active from 6 June 1982 in the 106 "Second Baz/Spearhead" Squadron. Were employed GBU-15 TV-guided bombs, one carried by each of six F-15D (106 "Second Baz/Spearhead" Squadron), and Mk82 dumb bombs, six carried by each of two trailing F-15C (133 "Kings of the Twin Tails" Squadron). The F-15, with national and squadron insignia and individual aircrafts names obscured with brownish waterwashed paint, were refuelled over the Mediterranean by a pair of flying-boom equipped Israeli KC-707 tankers. The operation was a complete success, without any Israeli losses. Could you replicate the Israeli achievement in this apparently simple scenario? Enrique Mas, August 12, 2017. Submitter broncepulido Submitted 08/12/2017 Category MEDC