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Modification 29 January 2017: Added another updated files for the HCDB2 New Standard DB.

I don't know if pretended or not, but weapon 19060 SM-6MR ERAM Blk I has Surface Hit probability, but lacks the requested "ship attack" flag for surface vessels attack.

Update (from 30 December 2016!): https://www.google.es/amp/s/newsline.com/u-s-carrier-ronald-reagan-targeted-by-several-dozen-chinese-anti-ship-missiles-in-july/amp/

Some sources: USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Air Wing Five Composition: http://gonavy.jp/CV-CVN76-2f.html http://www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnrj/installations/naf_atsugi/about/tenant_commands/cvw_5/vfa_115.html HSM-51 (not included in Carrier Air Wing Five): http://www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnrj/installations/naf_atsugi/about/tenant_commands/hsl_51/command_history.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Corps_Air_Station_Iwakuni https://news.usni.org/2017/01/05/e-2d-advanced-hawkeye-squadron-heading-japan-next-month https://news.usni.org/2017/01/10/first-marine-corps-f-35b-squadron-leaves-japan Liaoning Carrier Air Wing composition took from a August 2014 Shanghai Morning Post, and reflected here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_aircraft_carrier_Liaoning#Aircraft_handling http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2016/december-2016-navy-naval-forces-defense-industry-technology-maritime-security-global-news/4706-plan-z-18f-helicopter-in-asw-configuration-with-two-torpedoes-spotted-for-the-first-time-in-china.html http://gonavy.jp/VP_Deploy04f.html https://www.rt.com/news/371613-china-aircraft-carrier-exercises/ http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1025476.shtml http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1025471.shtml http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1024456.shtml http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-38579559 Liaoning CVBG passage by Bashi Channel on 26 December 2016: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_CHINA_AIRCRAFT_CARRIER?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-12-26-05-45-56 Increase of US forces in the Pacific Theater: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-18305750 http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2014/10/09/1378229/60-us-navy-air-force-deployed-asia-pacific-2020

File Name: Reagan against China, December 2016-early 2017. Hypothetical/Historical Scenario. File Submitter: broncepulido File Submitted: 25 Jan 2017 File Category: WestPac Reagan against China (and F-35B first blood), December 2016-early 2017. Hypothetical/Historical Scenario. A Harpoon Commander's Edition scenario for EC2003 Battle for the Western Pacific BattleSet and the new HCDB2-170401 (Previously 170122) 1980-2025 era Platform Database. This scenario is designed with advanced Scenario Editor and to be run with HCE 2015.008+ or later. Image: Aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 14 perform a diamond formation flyby over the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) during a Tiger Cruise air power demonstration. U.S. Navy photo of 18 October 2009 by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Torrey W. Lee/Released, and took from Wikipedia Commons. This scenario is designed to be played from the US/Blue side or from the Chinese/Red side. To avoid spoilers you should play a few times first the US/Blue side, and only later play the Chinese/Red side. The scenario is based in current historical events, mainly the steaming of the just formed Chinese aircraft carrier CV-16 Liaoning CVBG thought the Bashi Channel in the contested sea area from 26 December 2016. But it was very improbable the political motivation in either side capable to generate an open war. At least President Obama had wanted to leave to posterity and to President-Elect Trump a strange and complicated legacy, to force the new incumbent to keep a very strong and militant posture against China. Also, one of the aims of this scenario is to show how numerous and modernized are the Chinese forces at the current times, forgetting the usual conception about they're obsolete and simple forces (but depicting also his lack of enough naval helicopters, tankers and EW aircrafts). Is showed the more accurate possible Chinese order of battle (December 2016) of his three fleets attack submarine force, his People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) air elements, some very few People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) combat elements, and a few PLAAF strategic elements, as UAVs, AWACS or ELINT aircrafts. Worth of remembering is, after the full of naval, military and security incidents year of 2014 the World was beginning the so-called Second Cold War. Mostly as result of President of Russia Vladimir Putin (ex-KGB lieutenant colonel) actions, 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, March 2016 detection by the French of a Russian submarine near Bay of Biscay, 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. That without counting in other unrelated naval incidents, just as the Iranian seizure of the Maersk Tigris in 28 April 2015 (and neither counting in landlocked actions, as the counter-ISIS operations in Middle East). But 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 Theater of Operations from 2012, move to be completed by 2020. In some places of the South China or East Philippine Sea multiple countries claimed Spratly Islands archipelago (Chinese: Nansha islands, Filipino: Kapuluan ng Kalayaan, Malay: Kepulauan Spratly and Vietnamese: Quan dao Truong Sa), China was for years mongering his plans and established a permanent base at least from 1987, and 1988 included a naval battle against Vietnam, the Johnson South Reef Skirmish. Also at least from 1995, as denounced by Philippines, China was building structures with military capabilities, including from 2012 more relevant structures, as the 3000+ meters long (Very Large Airport in Harpoon parameters) runway in Fiery Cross Reef (finished at March 2016) and other smaller finished in Mischief Reef, and more important, building artificial reefs and islands above previous simple shoals for claiming territory, and equipping them with advanced weapons. At last in an undetermined date late April 2015 China claims as territorial waters the 12 nautical miles circling his "new" islands. As the US official doctrine is Freedom of Navigation (FON) worldwide on international waters, and as in this case with fears about a decision not to send naval vessels into the zone would inadvertently help the Chinese build their own case for sovereignty in the area, some air and surface elements of US Navy begin to orbit near the Chinese claims, but not crossing the 12 nm line. Between the first incidents were a VP-45 Pelicans' P-8A Poseidon in surveillance mission carrying a CNN TV team inside, warned by the Chinese to no flight 12 nm near of Fiery Cross Reef on 20 May 2015, and the trailing for some hours of the USS Fort Worth (LCS-3) by the Chinese frigate Yuncheng (571) on 11 May 2015. Late, from 26 October 2015, USS Lassen (DDG-82) implement the Freedom of Navigation (FON) near the Chinese occupied Subi and Mischief Reefs in the Spratlys, and a clash of destroyers was possible, but avoided with the humble and shy behaviour of the US side, transiting without radars illuminating or the helicopter flying. Other previous very important situation, and after some months without US aircraft carriers in the region, was from 1 to 8 March 2016, when the USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) Carrier Strike Group (JCSCSG or Carrier Strike Group Three) transited the Luzon Strait on the contested area. Other possible incident in our timeline was the sailing of the cruiser USS Chancellorsville between Scarborough Shoal (Bajo de Mansiloc Spanish historical name) and Mischief Reef on late March 2016, when was persistently trailed by Chinese frigate Yueyang (575) but the action was limited to an exchange of weather pleasantries. But perhaps in the December 2016 transit of the Liaoning CVBG another outcome would have been possible ... Enrique Mas, 24 January 2017. Click here to download this file

Replace the medium range HQ-16B missiles in Entry 3991 Kumming Type 052D provisionally with long range HHQ-9 (probably are equipped with improved HHQ-9B), as stated in: http://harpgamer.com/harpforum/index.php?/topic/23387-requests-for-the-hcdb-official-db-of-hce-and-hcdb2/?view=findpost&p=51538

Add H-6K, as stated in: http://harpgamer.com/harpforum/index.php?/topic/23387-requests-for-the-hcdb-official-db-of-hce-and-hcdb2/page-57&do=findComment&comment=52234

Only (painstaking!) verifying the platforms I will probably use on current in development scenarios (or very related). - Entry 10640 F-35B Lighthing II 17 (UK) lacks TCS flag. Is the only F-35 lacking the TCS flag. - Entry 10463 F-35B Lightining II 16 (USMC) has an unique 56135 Precis-LR loadout with 4xDT (and 2xAGM-154C JSOW and 2xAIM-120D and gun) and 1599 nm range, surpassing the 900 nm (based on internal fuel only) ferry range. Is the only F-35 variant with a similar case, a combat loadout exceeding the ferry range and is something incongruent with the "design" in the DB of the other F-35 variants.

Ever very detailed reports on weapons systems and sensors here: https://www.forecastinternational.com/archive/

Installation #52454 Port Facility should be redesignated as Type: Port, as at present times is designated as Type: Base, with the correspondent "square" icon, and not with the correct (and clearer in the map) "anchor" icon.

As is known, I don't discuss radar or weapons ranges or PH/PK of weapons, only in cases what can be typos or manifest incoherences. In this case, APG-63/70 family of radars and ranges. APG-63: employed from 1976 by F-15A/B/C/D. APG-70: employed from 1985 by F-15C Block 39, and from 1985 by F-15E (Israeli and Saudi variants APG-70I and APG-70S have a third less resolution). APG-63U,later designated APG-63(V)1: 180 radars delivered to USAF, hardware improved APG-63 and APG-70, apparently employed by upgraded USAF F-15C from 2001, F-15J from 1997, and F-15K from 2005. APG-63(V)2: AESA, employed in 18xF-15C1 of the Alaska National Guard from 2000. APG-63(V)3: 2010+ AESA, 178 radars requested, employed at least by Florida ANG and Okinawa-based F-15C2 (very similar APG-83(V)1 employed by F-15SA). APG-82(V)1/previously APG-63(V)4: AESA, employed in F-15E RMP from 2014 (APG-79 processor (radar of F/A-18E/F Block II) and APG-63(V)3 antenna). APG-83(V)1: 2017?+ AESA, APG-63(V)3 derivative for F-15SA. In the DB: APG-63, 1976, entry 43231, range=140, PD=60 (Greater range than APG-70 and AESA radars!). APG-70: 1985, entry 43120, range=100, PD=70. APG-70I: 1999, entry 43731, range=100, PD=65. APG-70S: 1996, entry 43484, range=150, PD=60. APG-63U/APG-63(V)1: 1997, entry 43482, range=150, PD=65. APG-63(V)2: 2000, entry 43483, range=138, PD=70. APG-63(V)3: 2010, entry 43670, range=138, PD=75. APG-82(V)1/APG-63(V)4: 2014, entry 43555, range=180, PD=75. APG-83(V)1: 2017, entry X, range=X, PD=X. Proposed values (mainly to avoid older and simpler radars as the original APG-63 of 1976 with longer ranges than newer and AESA radars): In the DB: APG-63, 1976, entry 43231, range=100, PD=60 (in Smarters Radars range is stated as 87). APG-70: 1985, entry 43120, range=138, PD=70 (in Smarters Radars range is stated as 100). APG-70I: 1999, entry 43731, range=138, PD=65. APG-70S: 1996, entry 43484, range=138, PD=60. APG-63U/APG-63(V)1: 1997, entry 43482, range=150, PD=70. APG-63(V)2: 2000, entry 43483, range=224, PD=70. APG-63(V)3: 2010, entry 43670, range=240, PD=75. APG-82(V)1/APG-63(V)4: 2014, entry 43555, range=240, PD=80. APG-83(V)1: 2017, entry X, range=240, PD=65. Some sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/APG-63_radar_family http://wiki.scramble.nl/index.php/Raytheon_(Hughes)_AN/APG-63 http://www.admiraltytrilogy.com/cic/Harpoon/Smarter%20Radars%20for%20Hpn.pdf

Flight Global's World Air Forces 2017 inventory available now (Free registration on the web site): https://www.flightglobal.com/asset/14484

Air Base 52869 Dalian/Tuchengzi NAS, China, should have at least a Large Aircraft runway, as employs Y-8 reconnaissance derivatives: http://www.scramble.nl/orbats/china/navy https://www.world-airport-codes.com/china/tuchengzi-air-base-61018.html Cualified as "Medium Airport" here, no runway lenght data in any site: http://www.greatcirclemapper.net/en/airport/tuchengzi-air-base.html http://www.clockworld.info/airports/44288-tuchengzi-air-base/ Interesting site: http://m3i.nobody.jp/military/satellite/en/plaafmenu.html

South Korean Leonardo (ex AugustaWestland) AW159 Wildcat Mk210 (Data mainly from Air International, December 2016): - Eight purchased, first four delivered at Jinhae Air Base on June 23, 2016 (perhaps more to be purchased, to a grand total of 40). - To be operated from the Korean Aegis frigates/FFX. To be deployed to mid-2017. - Radar: Seaspray 7350E (Export variant of UK Seaspray 7400. AESA with 100 modules. SS/AS/ISAR/Weather/360º. Range probably 200 nm, PH=75?) - Dipping sonar: Thales Compact Flash Sonics. - Same sonobouy dispenser than Wildcat HM2 (UK Wildcat has 2x10 launchers, Wildcat Mk210 only 1x10). - RWR. - ESM. - FLIR. - Link 16 (UK Wildcat has none). - Three-and-a-half hours endurance with auxiliary fuel tanks. - 2xBlue Shark lightweight ASW torpedoes (indigenous development of Mk46. Range 10 nm, speed 45+ knots). - 4x Spike NLOS anti-surface missiles (25 Km/13.5 nm range). - Is possible to load asimetrically 1xBlue Shark+2xSpike.

Some of the Bunker Hill cruiser variants have large helipad, others (with higher hull number) have small helipad. I think it should be a typo.

Type 903A repleshniment ship (or I don't see in on the DB. Also prodigious the tempo of Chinese warship building, see the "in service" dates!): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_903_replenishment_ship

Probable light error in Entry 10654 P-8A Poseidon 14, is included Loadout 53264 with Longshot HAAWC, but that loadout is not included in Entry 8202 P-8A Poseidon 17, when probably Longshot will enter service.

Donald Trump's Dream Fighter Plane is Just That: http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/news/a24482/donald-trumps-f-35-f-18/?src=nl&mag=pop&list=nl_pnl_news&date=122316

H-6K, probably a priority (repeated and updated post from March 2016): Considerations on Xian H-6 Badger (Tupolev Tu-16 derivative) variants, mostly a request to add the current H-6K very improved variant. H-6K (2011+): very improved with new streamlined "solid" nose including search radar (probably the same Type 245 #43384 of previous variants), better Russian engines (D-30KP-2/Chinese version WS-18) and longer range. Employed only by the Chinese Air Force (PLAAF). Probably 24 airplanes in each Regiment. Some 75 in service in three Regiments and test units in March 2016, is now the more numerous H-6 variant in PLAAF. In service from 2011. - At least 3780 nm range. Perhaps 2170 nm range with 6xMissiles. - Higher cruise speed (450 knots?). - Six wing pylons for up to six KD-20/DF-10K/Dong Hai 10 cruise missiles (#18844), or up to only four KD-63/KD-63D) (#18933), or 1xSextuple MER (Multiple Eyector Rack) in each pylon, with 6x250 Kg bombs in each MER=36x250 Kg bombs grand total in external mounts. - Bomb bay restaured (we can use the #56477 loadout). It was not present on previous H-6G/H/M. - No defensive guns, more defensive electronics on tail. - Adds FLIR and laser target designator (RWR, probably all H-6 variants have RWR and not ESM, inflight refuelling). - PESA? radar with SAR and perhaps TF/TA capabilities. H-6G (2004+). Chinese Navy variant, very similat to H-6M (2007+, #10978). Probably Type 245 radar. Replaces H-6D from 2004? (H-6D is not in service). Only in service in PLAN. Some 40 new built from 1999, and a few converted from H-8F. 18 airplanes in each of two Regiments (36 in service in March 2016). - Four wing pylons for up to four YJ-83K (#18860), or up to four YJ-12 (2015?+, also employed in JH-7B) supersonic anti-ship missiles . - No bomb bay. - Some (very few? four?) converted from H-6F retain 23mm defensive guns. - RWR, inflight refuelling. Sources: http://chinese-military-aviation.blogspot.com.es/p/attack-aircraft.html http://www.scramble.nl/orbats/china/airforce http://www.scramble.nl/orbats/china/navy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YJ-12 Chinese Air Force inventory: https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E4%BA%BA%E6%B0%91%E8%A7%A3%E6%94%BE%E5%86%9B%E7%A9%BA%E5%86%9B Chinese Naval Air Force inventory: https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E4%BA%BA%E6%B0%91%E8%A7%A3%E6%94%BE%E5%86%9B%E6%B5%B7%E5%86%9B%E8%88%AA%E7%A9%BA%E5%85%B5 KD-63 missile and variants: http://errymath.blogspot.com/2014/04/kd-63yj-63-and-kd-88yj-83k-air-launched.html#.WGmZG_nhDIU

Great, great, great improvements in the new HCDB2 version! Thanks for this splendid Christmas present Brad!

And don't forget to track NORAD Santa: http://www.noradsanta.org/

To be considered: First upgraded Ka-27M delivered December 2016. A total of 8 to be converted in the first contract, up to 46 to be upgraded in successive contracts. To be equipped with Phazotron "FH-A/Spear-A" AESA radar, RGB-16 sonobuoys, Kh-35 anti-ship missiles and APR-3 ASW weapons (the last three elements came from other sources). http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2016/december-2016-navy-naval-forces-defense-industry-technology-maritime-security-global-news/4707-russian-helicopters-delivers-first-modernized-ka-27-m-to-russian-navy-aviation.html

First upgraded Ka-27M delivered December 2016. A total of 8 to be converted in the first contract, up to 46 to be upgraded in successive contracts. To be equipped with Phazotron "FH-A/Spear-A" AESA radar, RGB-16 sonobuoys, Kh-35 anti-ship missiles and APR-3 ASW weapons (the last three elements came from other sources). http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2016/december-2016-navy-naval-forces-defense-industry-technology-maritime-security-global-news/4707-russian-helicopters-delivers-first-modernized-ka-27-m-to-russian-navy-aviation.html

Interesting data on Z-18F and Liaoning air wing composition: http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2016/december-2016-navy-naval-forces-defense-industry-technology-maritime-security-global-news/4706-plan-z-18f-helicopter-in-asw-configuration-with-two-torpedoes-spotted-for-the-first-time-in-china.html