April 7, 200719 yr File Name: Operation Wizard (NWCM8) File Submitter: CV32 File Submitted: 7 Apr 2007 File Updated: 7 Apr 2007 File Category: MEDC Operation Wizard (Part 8 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. Though numerically plentiful, NSC ground forces are relatively poorly trained. The operation to retake Turkey is going well, although it is considerably bloodier than was Desert Storm. Cyprus has already been reclaimed. The US learned valuable lessons from Operation Desert Storm, including the following rule: it makes no sense not to finish the job. Task Force Scarecrow has moved into the Aegean, and more aircraft are being ferried in to newly rebuilt airbases in Turkey for the upcoming operation. The mission - destroy the NSC Black Sea Fleet and neutralize neighboring military facilities. (Released August 2000). Click here to download this file
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