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I've got that book. The main impact of the S-75/SA-2 was causing the US to cancel strikes at the first whiff of them...

You could use Harpoon 4 for that- Bond talks about creating a scenario from the O'Brien sinking. Fox Two Reheat! also springs to mind.

Might be a case for a house rule there, actually.

A ship on fire can be seen from three times as far away up to visual horizon. One would assume that smoke would fall under that.

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LOL! That doesn't happen every day!

As well as the villainous "Excellent". Then again, isn't Red Alert already practically a parody?

USAF F-16s did not have AIM-7 capability until the F-16A/B ADF (Air Defense Fighter) version, and those serving in Korea in the novel were probably earlier models. (No F-16 with early APG-66 can use AIM-7 or AIM-120). My WAG. OK, thanks.

Why do the F-16s in the novel not have AIM-7s then?

Got it and finished today. Great book. When did the F-16 get BVR capability?

I'm sorry, sophomoric in a way that we *mature adults* should find it somewhat childish (but in my case not...yet). Pete Ah, thanks.

Sophmoric? As in second year of high school/college?

I've never seen that particular film.

So warship displacement is measured in long tons?

Is there an easy way to do this?

So, I was sorting out my links and found this amusing little video. Feeling that the Eurofighter should have a chance to hit back, I found this. While I'm a fan of both aircraft, the videos are a tad unrealistic. Who watches these things anyway? Any other suitably bombastic videos out there?

Starting with a combat sequence is standard for these sort of books. Woodward started his account of the Falklands (One Hundred Days) with the loss of Sheffield before relaying his life to that point.

I think he means "do warships have navigation radar?"

The only thing I'll say is that I can see why the A-6 had a bombardier/navigator.

I don't know, although I'd like to do one.

Quite. Like that MiG-23 in Belgium two decades back. The problem is targeting, not intrinsic to the weapon.

War in 2012? Still active, but full.

0043 EDST (0443 GMT) Euan walked into the lobby, a small rucksack slung over one shoulder. Inside the pack were a change of clothes, a toothbrush, and a passport. He had taken a taxi straight from the airport, and his body clock had yet to adjust. It was around 7am GMT when he'd taken the phone call from his superiors at the SIS, and he'd already been up for an hour, showered, breakfasted, and gone for a two mile jog. He smiled. Something had gone right for once. He was still at Oxford when it was first mentioned. They tended to recruit there. A few years down the line, they'd wanted to shift him to behind a desk, rather than out having fun. He was having none of it. When this group had started, it had seemed like a solution to a problem. Now they'd finally finished the red tape, and he had arrived just in time. He headed to the front desk. "Good morning. New transfer, where do I go?" The receptionist, a bored-looking black man with a cap designating his service on USS Hornet during World War Two, gestured to the woman who had just entered. She was a tall, slim woman, with bleached blonde hair that hung over her shoulders. Her skin was slightly tanned and well made up. She wore a pair of large horn-rimmed glasses with black rims. She was also wearing a black suit with long, reasonably tight trousers, a white blouse with a long black tie. The jacket was open and she was holding a black fedora in her hand. You could clearly see she was attractive and didn't mind who knew it. She smiled at him. "Morning, I guess you're Mr. Reid", she said in an accent that resembled that of Scarlett O'Hara from Gone with the Wind, but was distinctly more from Tennessee. She walked over, her hips shaking slightly as she did so. "Hello, my name is Dr. Anna Hamilton-Smith. My code name is Memphis. Follow me to the Briefing Room".

Very interesting. Thanks.