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Kawasaki P-1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki_P-1 ANW HUD 4 v1b6

IAI Searcher http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAI_Searcher Looks like a fairly capable recon drone used by many nations ANW HUD 4 v1b6

IAI Westwind http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAI_Westwind Business jet (i.e., target) used by various civil and military air services ANW HUD 4 v1b6

Soko G-4 Super Galeb http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soko_G-4_Super_Galeb ANW HUD 4 v1b6

Soko G-2 Galeb http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soko_G-2 Is this different enough from the Jastreb J-21 to need its own database entry? ANW HUD 4 v1b6

You know, I really cannot get too upset about the Navy studying climate change and thinking about how it might affect them. The climate is always changing. But in recent years, whatever the cause (it might be us...it might be something else...as far as the Navy and Harpoon go, it doesn't really matter), it seems to be changing more quickly than usual. Quite apart from immediate practical concerns like how changes in water temperature, currents, etc. might affect submarine operations, when the admiral in the quote above said it was a matter of geography, that's going to be part of the long term situation. As climate changes, agriculture changes, availability of fresh water changes, coastal flooding changes, etc. Some of the next wars are going to be fought over oil. But some of them are going to be fought over fish and fresh water. And if climate change does increase the number of really big storms, floods, etc., such disasters can easily destabilize some countries...consider what's going on in Europe right now with their economy, what if there a major disaster like some freak monster hurricanes hitting France and Spain, killing hundreds and doing billions in damage, added to the mix? And how would that disaster affect politics around the world? Climate change does not affect the oil supply (although it may make it harder or easier to get the oil out of certain places). It does affect how much people have to eat and drink. Hungry people do desperate things. Anyone who ignores such fundamentals of behavior does so at their own risk; I am glad the Navy seems to be at least thinking about how the problem might affect them.

Thanks for the links. I knew about a few of them, but definitely not all. As an experiment, I decided to see how long it would take to work up a rough order of battle for a region and time period using the information on these sources... Summer, 1981 (more or less, a few of these are a bit iffy, but probably close enough for scenario design) Mediterranean U.S. Forces (probably incomplete, but enough for some scenario building) Time to research: one hour USS Nimitz (CVN 68) USS Mississippi (CGN 40) USS Texas (CGN 39) USS Biddle (CG 34) USS WILLIAM V. PRATT (DL-13 / DLG-13 / DDG-44) USS JOSEPHUS DANIELS (DLG/CG 27) USS PREBLE (DDG-46) <-- passing through to Indian Ocean USS PAUL F. FOSTER (DD-964) <-- in Atlantic, Med, and Indian Ocean USS Elmer Montgomery (DE/FF 1082) <-- a little iffy, but in the Med in late 1980 AND late 1981 USS Archerfish (SSN-678) <-- alternated between New London and Med Air Wing... VF-41 VF-84 VA-82 VA-86 VA-35 VAW-124 VS-24 VMAQ-2 Det.Y HS-9

Does anyone know of a resource for the US Navy (or any other navy, but I'm especially interested in the US navy) that says where ships were deployed, what squadrons they were assigned to, etc. during certain years? I mean, you would think somewhere there should be a year-by-year order of battle, right? Considering how expensive ships are, one would think they would keep track of that sort of thing, and perhaps even write it down somewhere. And especially for something like the 1980s and 1990s, where it hardly matters where the ships were, since it was 20-30 years ago. So it's not like they need to keep it secret. Right? Mind you, while I'm sure it must exist somewhere, I can't find it. That's why I'm asking if anyone knows. Books. URLs. Anything! Thanks! Mark

Okay...I will work one up and post it sometime in the next few days. Mark Okay, here it is... ASROC_Test.zip

Okay...I will work one up and post it sometime in the next few days. Mark

I tried sailing around a sub and then sailing right at it (it says the ASROC is a bow mount) but no joy. Oh well, until I or someone else can figure it out, I'll just have to work around the problem. It's a shame...I was looking forward to firing some NDBs at Russian subs.

Hmmm... The target is a submarine. Other weapons like torpedoes fire without any problem. I haven't checked if it was set to "weapons free," though...maybe that's just a bug or something that it has to be set that way for ASROC to fire? (about five minutes later) Just checked...setting it on Weapons Free made no difference. Weird! Any other ideas? Thanks. Mark

I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or not, but I cannot get the ASROC on my Knox frigates to fire. I tried changing the loadouts, etc. The game sometimes selects the ASROC as the default weapon of choice for an attack, but then never launches the weapon itself...and I know because when I check the magazine later on, it shows the weapons as still being there, even though (if I selected other weapons, too) other weapons have fired without any problem. Any ideas? Mark

Buyan class corvette http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buyan_class_corvette Two subtypes: Project 21631 (missile boat) and Project 21630 (patrol vessel) ANW HUD 4 v1b6

I think these have been altered from the original British version... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Coventry_%28F98%29 ...does it need its own listing in the database? ANW HUD 4 v1b6

Rear-Admiral Eustațiu Sebastian class corvette http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rear-Admiral_..._class_corvette ANW HUD 4 v1b6

Admiral Petre Bărbuneanu class corvette http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiral_Petre..._class_corvette ANW HUD 4 v1b6

Romanian frigate Mărăşeşti http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_frig...%C5%9Fe%C5%9Fti ANW HUD 4 v1b6

Sleipner class corvette http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleipner_class_corvette ANW HUD 4 v1b6

Kamorta class corvette http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamorta_class_corvette ANW HUD 4 v1b6

Kralj class fast attack craft http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kralj_class_fast_attack_craft ANW HUD 4 v1b6

Shaldag class fast patrol boat http://defense-update.com/directory/shaldag-II.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaldag_class_fast_patrol_boat ANW HUD 4 v1b6

Flamant class patrol vessel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamant_class_patrol_vessel ANW HUD 4 v1b6

Kingston class coastal defence vessel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston_clas..._defence_vessel ANW HUD 4 v1b6

File Name: Three Novembers File Submitter: Mgellis File Submitted: 11 Nov 2011 File Updated: 27 Jul 2012 File Category: Scenarios DB Used: HUD-4 v1b6 Authors: Mark Gellis Battleset: No Information A nice simple submarine hunt scenario using some older platforms...I hope people will find it interesting and challenging. Click here to download this file