April 7, 200719 yr File Name: Lionheart (NWCM7) File Submitter: CV32 File Submitted: 7 Apr 2007 File Category: MEDC Lionheart (Part 7 of 8) Cyprus Affair Campaign New World Order Series HDS3 MEDC Battleset When the NSC made good on its promises to deliver SA-10 Grumble SAM systems to the Greek Cypriots in Spring 1995, despite Turkish protest, the stage was set for another conflict in Cyprus. The presence of the advanced weapons shifted the delicate balance of power, as it put nearly all aircraft operating from the Turkish side of the island at risk. When regular Turkish forces stormed the island a few months later, NATO was embarrassed. It had not been aware of Turkey's intention to reclaim Cyprus once and for all. Hand in hand with the economic boom in the NSC came military modernization and revitalization, funding for which was fuelled at least partly by an unprecedented level of arms exports. The NSC would no longer sit idly by while its national interests were decided by others. It launched a major attack against Turkey in June 1995. The NSC did not believe NATO would intervene in the Cypriot affair after having been snubbed by its Turkish partner and after the beating it had received in the Baltic conflict a year earlier. The NSC was wrong. Pound the enemy as much as you like, you cannot seize and hold territory from ships at sea. You have to put troops on the ground. The amphibious force now approaching Turkish shores, codenamed "Lionheart", must be protected. The amphibious landing will be accompanied by a major airborne assault on Cyprus. It is expected that the NSC will be pulling out all the stops to destroy the assets before they can reach their objective. (Released August 2000). Click here to download this file
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