broncepulido

A very good, clever and interesting comparison article, full of data: https://defenseissues.wordpress.com/2015/07/16/f-35-reality-check/

Positively yes. I did a table with (I hope realistic) aircraft turn rates a few years ago, I will go to clean and post it the next days.

Another similar reference: http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=39938:egypt-prepares-to-receive-first-three-rafales&catid=35:Aerospace&Itemid=107

In a French blog, with links saying they will be Rafale standard F3 (no AESA radar?) and equipped with SCALP/Black Shasheen cruise missiles: http://www.defens-aero.com/2015/07/les-premieres-photos-des-rafale-de-la-force-aerienne-egyptienne.html

Interesting site: http://www.bywat.co.uk/canframes.html

11 July 2015: very minor text changes.

Some sources: Very probably a fake news report (from early 2009!), as stated here: http://world.time.com/2009/02/05/china-india-naval-duel-not-quite/ About Chinese SSN presence in Indian Ocean and Horn of Africa: http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/navy-alert-to-chinese-nuclear-submarine-threat-in-indian-ocean-767781 About the Chinese antipiracy flotillas force composition: http://cimsec.org/chinas-anti-piracy-flotillas-by-the-numbers/16117 Some interesting analysis: http://www.jeffhead.com/redseadragon/piracy.htm Indian Naval Air Stations and squadrons: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INS_Hansa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INS_Rajali

File Name: First Chinese antipiracy flotilla in trouble, January 2009. Alternate History Scenario. File Submitter: broncepulido File Submitted: 11 Jul 2015 File Category: IOPG First Chinese antipiracy flotilla in trouble, January 2009. Alternate History Scenario. A Harpoon Commander's Edition scenario for the EC2003 Battle for the IOPG Battleset and the HCDB-150621 1980-2015 era Platform Database. Image: Chinese DDG-171 Haikou (AEGIS equivalent), "A boarding team from the People's Liberation Army (Navy) Haikou (DD 171) makes way toward the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) July, 16, 2014, during a Maritime Interdiction Operations Exercise (MIOEX) as part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014". U.S Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Manda M. Emery, a serviceperson on duty, and as consequence in public domain. Taked from Wikipedia Commons. This scenario is designed to be played from the Blue/India side or from the Red/China side. You should play a few times first the Blue/India side to avoid spoilers, and only later play the Red/China side. The situation is inspired in some fake news reports repeated in the Web every few years, the last apparently in 4 July 2015, about a Chinese antipiracy flotilla in the Horn of Africa shadowed by a Indian Kilo submarine undetected. But analyzing the Chinese flotilla composition, you will discover (as cited in some of the reports) they're the ships composing the first Chinese antipiracy flotilla in January 2009! This scenario is build to reflect the strategic potential of this bizarre situation (and of course a diesel-electric SS as Kilo-class can't trail a nuclear SSN!). As cause of origin of this crisis you could choose between 29 October 2008, when UK recognised Chinese sovereignty over Tibet, the Arunachal Pradesh dispute, Russia shutting off all gas supplies to Europe through Ukraine from 7 January 2009, or a radical and unexpected change in the US foreign policy when Barack Obama in 20 January 2009 succeeds George W. Bush as the 44th President of the United States, and becomes the first African-American President. As a result of one of these or other unexpected events the Chinese flotilla is trapped far home and must return sailing Indian hostile waters. Luckily the Indian forces are unprepared and the transit opposition is light. Enrique Mas, July 11, 2015. Click here to download this file

Yeah Palex80, I think that can be an outcome, but I'm not sure if modify or not the victory conditions on this sense. About the presence of minor and useless Polish air units (helicopters, light transports), one of my aims was to reflect a few the fog of war in the human player side, forcing he to discriminate useless units from the others, and also to show the complete Polish Air Force OOB. This latest extreme was almost a personal compromise, because after my public speech late May 2015 (reflected in this PowerPoint http://harpgamer.com/harpforum/index.php?/topic/24844-how-to-put-harpoon-and-harpgamer-in-a-little-academic-presentation/) a blonde officer of the Polish embassy in Madrid invited me to dinner, and we were all the afternoon debating the Polish fears to Russian, the inconscience of many Western countries (of course including Spain) in front of the Russian menace, and a partly feeling of loneliness and abandon of Poland and the Baltic States by NATO and EU in face of Russia (point a little improved with BALTOPS 2015 and other exercises). In consequence of that, the scenario is in part a personal tribute to Poland and his defence posture.

Modification July 10, 2015: - 790 IAP (based at Borisovsky Khotilovo (ZKa), Russia) full equipped with 24xMiG-31BM (2008+) (previously one of the two squadros was equipped with older MiG-31/B/BS (1982+)), as indicated in an Alexander Mladenov article in July 2015 issue of Air International. Replacement of older MiG-31/B/BS in 790 IAP was completed in December 2014. https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE_(%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0) For the record the other, also historical correct, units flying MiG-31BM in this scenario are: - 98 OSAP (Composite Air Regiment), based at Monchegorsk (ZMa), with 14xMiG-31BM. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monchegorsk_(air_base) - Escadrille/Flight (in Russian literally эскадрилья, same phonetics as "Escadrille") of the 3958th Air Base at Savastleyka/Murom, Russia, with 12xMiG-31BM (this odd unit is not reflected in the Mladenov article). https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%B0_(%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0) Sources: Air International July 2015, "The Foxhound's New Tricks", by Alexander Mladenov. Wikipedia Russian edition MiG-31 entry (for current MiG-31 units): https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%93-31

Command CMANO employed to simulate F-35, another time showing the utility of our simulations: http://aerosociety.com/News/Insight-Blog/3272/Does-the-F35-really-suck-in-air-combat

Another time showing the utility of our simulations: http://aerosociety.com/News/Insight-Blog/3272/Does-the-F35-really-suck-in-air-combat

http://www.defenseone.com/management/2015/07/400-billion-f-35-no-longer-untouchable/117448/

And Daily Mail "unveils" a "great" Russian technical "achivement" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3150228/Russian-air-force-puts-strength-amazing-aerial-stunts-including-helicopters-jets-parachutists-airshow.html

Modification 4 July 2015: added neutral subsurface targets.

Some sources: http://beforeitsnews.com/military/2015/06/u-s-air-force-takes-to-the-skies-for-baltops-2015-2472166.html http://cne-cna-c6f.dodlive.mil/baltops-2015-daily-report/ http://www.janes.com/article/51335/usaf-deploys-combat-aircraft-to-eastern-europe-and-the-baltics http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2015/june/08/150609-baltops-in-poland http://turkishnavy.net/2015/06/06/baltops-2015-naval-components/ http://theaviationist.com/2015/06/13/infographic-allied-shield-series-of-ex/ http://theaviationist.com/2015/06/14/photos-show-b-52s-loaded-with-mines-for-simulated-massive-naval-mine-drop-outside-sweden/

File Name: BALTOPS 2015 going hot, 17-18 June 2015. Alternate History Scenario. File Submitter: broncepulido File Submitted: 04 Jul 2015 File Category: GIUK BALTOPS 2015 going hot, 17-18 June 2015. Alternate History Scenario. A Harpoon Commander's Edition scenario for the EC2003 Battle for GIUK Gap Battleset and the HCDB-150621 1980-2015 era Platform Database. Image: HMS Ocean in BALTOPS 2015, near the landing target of Ustka, Poland. Photo by 1st Lt. Sarah E. Burns, USMC, a US servicewoman in duty, and as consequence in public domain. Taked from Wikipedia Commons. This scenario is designed to be played from the Blue/NATO and partners side or from the Red/Russia side. You should play a few times first the Blue/NATO and Partners side to avoid spoilers, and only later play the Red/Russia side. After the naval and security incidents full year of 2014 and the not less eventful first five months of 2015 and with the World beginning the so-called Second Cold War when President of Russia Vladimir Putin (ex-KGB lieutenant colonel) provoked 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), and constant and multiple overflies with military warplanes entangled in potential incidents with commercial flights (even employing transport types because the shortage of true military types in the Russian forces). That without counting other unrelated naval incidents, just as the Iranian seizure of the Maersk Tigris in 28 April 2015 (and neither counting very prominent landlocked actions, as the counter-DAESH operations in Middl e East). When the big anti-submarine exercise Dynamic Mongoose did begin in 4 May 2015 was interpreted by many journalists as an answer to the latest Russian actions and menacing postures, but it was actually a yearly exercise. But in the current world situation was legit to think otherwise, more with the intervention in the exercise of Swedish Navy elements, probably as consequence of the Russian-attributed Swedish submarine incident of October 2014, as Sweden is not a NATO member, but did participate as partner. Further, when the also yearly BALTOPS 2015 multipurpose and landing exercise did begin from 5 to 20 June 2015 with theoretically neutral Swedish and Finnish partner participation, the Russian State-owned media (Russia Today, Sputnik, Russia Beyond the Headlines and others) and associated Western media did begin a campaign to delegitimize the NATO exercises (BALTOPS 2015 was a complex exercise simultaneous to others as Saber Strike 2015 and Noble Jump 2015), and to justify any Russian military action. At last, in this alternate history path, on 17 June 2015 at BALTOPS 2015 peak, the NATO and partners show of force did go erroneously a few nautical miles East, and the ships for the programmed landing in the small Polish town of Ustka (BNp, a few days previously was another training landing in Sweden, near Ravlunda, BOp) are presented just off the coastline of the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad between Lithuania and Poland (Formerly Konigsberg in East Prussia. What better excuse to request a land bridge from the Russian side, nobody remember the very near Danzig Corridor and the 1939 German Ultimatum to Poland?), and the situation goes to the boiling point very fast. To keep his security promises to the Russian people Putin is forced to an open war and destroy the landing forces near Kaliningrad, employing all the forces in the Baltic theatre, and another very few deployed from others. The state of readiness of the NATO forces is low, the first two days of the open conflict can count only with the forces at disposition of the current exercises, but with the complete Polish Air Force order of battle, in high state of readiness because the international situation (The Finnish Air Force will be limited to protect this homeland). Will be vital for both sides to prevail these two first days of war, for Russia as propaganda and to show his force, for NATO and partners for resist and mobilize all the Western forces the next days, almost guaranteeing the victory against Putin's Russia. Enrique Mas, July 4 2015. Click here to download this file

Day after day more ridiculous explanations: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3148585/Pentagon-say-reason-expensive-fighter-jet-F35-lost-dogfight-F16-40-years-ago-did-not-special-coat-stealth-paint.html

"F-35 can't dogfight", perhaps we did comment this one in January: https://medium.com/war-is-boring/test-pilot-admits-the-f-35-can-t-dogfight-cdb9d11a875

Mostly soft propaganda, but sometimes some data of interest, both news reports and short articles (in English): http://www.ruaviation.com/news/

Country name "Mozambique" is not present (I think is affected only a MIG-17F).

Many difficulty levels for a game to find NATO members, partners and others: http://www.nato.int/multi/mapgame/public/index.html

Add, if possible, Hameenmaa-class Finnish minelayer (perhaps confused with the same name ships of the old Riga-class employed by Finland, ship entry 3853): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A4meenmaa-class_minelayer