Harpoon 3 scenarios for the PlayersDB

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A new video for Dawn Patrol 1985 [MP] (NATO) has been added to the YouTube Harpoon for Dummies channel to help Harpoon players navigate the complexities of the game and to deliver the best possible playing experience. 

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Dawn Patrol 2015 [MP] (NATO)

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The 14th NEW Harpoon scenario of the year!

9.0 Lock-On

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This scenario is an interpretation of the account from Michael A. Palmer's, "The War that Never Was".

"Responsibility for the defense of western Libya-Tripolitania--rested primarily with the Libyan air arm.  It was, on paper, a substantial force of more than 550 combat aircraft.  But over 400 planes were in storage and many of the rest were flown by Syrian, North Korean, or Russian pilots.  (The Soviets also controlled the extensive Libyan air defense system.)  There were only about 75 fighters--miserable Su-20 Fitters and nearly obsolescent MiG-23 Floggers--combat ready in Tripolitania on the morning of D-Day.  The Soviets promised to supply pilots and to fly in additional aircraft in the event of a crisis.  But in the midst of a global war, neither the Soviet Union nor any of its surrogates could afford to send hundreds of skilled pilots to Libya.

Over 200 NATO fighters and attack aircraft were available to "take on" the Libyans during the 14th.  Rear Admiral Byrnes's Kennedy task group alone carried 86 aircraft including 20 F-14A Tomcats, 20 F/A-18 Hornets, and 20 A-6E Intruders, a force numerically equal, and qualitatively superior to the Libyan forces based around Tripoli.  The dozen AV-8B Harriers on the Italian carrier Garibaldi, and the 16 Super Etendards and 10 Vought F-8E Crusaders of the French carrier Foch would be available to support the Kennedy's operations.  NATO land-based air assets in Sicily included a dozen USMC F/A-18 Hornets at Sigonella, 32 F-16A Falcons of the USAF's 401 Tactical Fighter Wing (TFW), 612th Tactical Fighter Squadron, at Comiso (the wing's 613th and 614th TFSs were scheduled to arrive on the 15th and 16 respectively), 32 Italian F-104G Starfighters of 37 Stormo at Trapani, and 30 G 91Ys of 32 Stormo that had staged from their base at Brindisi to Cantania."

Author: Herman Hum

9.0 Lock-On                         
Blue Water Navy\Lock-On.SCN

Over 503 scenarios in a single package!

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1.0 Mugging the Forrestal Blue Water Navy\Mugging.SCN
2.0 Operation RINOK-CAD Blue Water Navy\RINOKCAD.scn
3.0 Knife-Fight Blue Water Navy\Knife.SCN
4.0 Bagel Station Blue Water Navy\BagelStn.SCN
5.0 Spanish Omelet Blue Water Navy\Omelet.SCN
6.0 A Tale of Two Carriers - Part 1 Blue Water Navy\ATaleOf1.SCN
7.0 A Tale of Two Carriers - Part 2 Blue Water Navy\ATaleOf2.SCN
8.0 Plight of the Moskva Blue Water Navy\Plight.SCN
9.0 Lock-On Blue Water Navy\Lock-On.SCN
10.0 Soviet Indian Ocean Squadron Blue Water Navy\IndRon.SCN
11.0 Turkey Trots to Water Blue Water Navy\TurkeyTr.SCN
12.0 Operations Plan 220-90 Blue Water Navy\OPlan220.SCN
13.0 Hemphill's Ordeal Blue Water Navy\Hemphill.SCN
14.0 Get the Tbilisi Blue Water Navy\Tbilisi.SCN
15.0 Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors Blue Water Navy\TinCan.SCN

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A new video for Shadow: Interpretation of RoE [MP] (ROC) has been added to the YouTube Harpoon for Dummies channel to help Harpoon players navigate the complexities of the game and to deliver the best possible playing experience. 

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In direct response to a request from:

ORIGINAL: gogol1st

Hi i' m looking for players to play HPS Midway

http://www.wargamer.com/forums/posts.asp?t=588512

A new video for [Midway Naval Campaigns] Wake Island has been added the YouTube Harpoon for Dummies channel.

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Over 127 new aircraft, ships, submarines, facilities, classes, countries, and weapons have been added to the Harpoon3 PlayersDB with the official Database editor authorized by AGSI.  The PlayersDB remains the sole functional Harpoon database.

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Additions include:

AAA 35mm Oerlikon GDF Twin CY   
DDG   Arleigh Burke II BMD US 15
DDG   Arleigh Burke TLAM US 15
DDG   Arleigh Burke SAM US 15
DDG   Arleigh Burke IIA TLAM US15
DDG   Arleigh Burke II SAM US 15
DDG   Arleigh Burke II BMD US 08
HQ SA-15 Regiment CY 00   
ManPADS Mistral x4 CY   
SAM SA-15 Battalion x4 CY 00   
SAM SA-5c Regiment x3 PL 87   
SAM Skyguard x 1 CY   

- countless changes and improvements guaranteed not to crash any earlier scenario built with the PlayersDB

Primum non nocere [First, do no harm] - Prime Directive of the PlayersDB.

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A new video for Operation Journeyman [MP] (UK) has been added to the YouTube Harpoon for Dummies channel to help Harpoon players navigate the complexities of the game and to deliver the best possible playing experience. 

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The 18th NEW Harpoon scenario of the year!

10.0 Soviet Indian Ocean Squadron

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This scenario is an interpretation of the account from Michael A. Palmer's, "The War that Never Was".

"The campaign against Libya was but one of several waged within the US Central Command's area of responsibility (AOR).  On the morning of 14 July, all hell broke loose from the Red Sea to the Strait of Malacca.  Four Russian "tankers" began dropping mines in the shipping channels of the Persian Gulf, while Soviet aircraft, surface combatants, and submarines staged dramatic attacks against Allied and neutral ships."

NATO
SSSSSS  150000Z14Jul85  SSSSSS

To: R.Adm Anthony Moore
     Joint Task Force Middle East
     CTF 77.1 Nimitz
    R.Adm Jonas Sommers
     Middle East Force
     LCC La Salle

Fr: Gen George Gilchrist
     CentCom, MacDill

CC: R.Adm Jack Fisher
     CTG 77.4 Hue City
    R.Adm Jacques Roignant
     CTG Jean Bart
    Cmdr Alistair Jones
     CTG 77.2 Hayler
    Cmdr Walter Conway
     CTG 77.3 Jarrett

1.0 SitRep:

030000Z Hostilities between NATO and Warsaw Pact forces initiated.

Warsaw Pact declares unrestricted warfare on all vessels sailing under NATO flags but promises to respect the sovereignty of neutral nations and encourages all vessels not involved in the conflict to seek safe haven in port so that 'unforeseen and accidental incidents' do not occur.  Most commercial vessels heed the call and sit at anchorage.

Most nations within the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean are maintaining their neutrality and state that they intend to defend their borders against all incursions.  Forward deployment of U.S. assets not possible at this time.

101000L Diego Garcia bombed by Tu-95H bombers.  Several shot down, but one B-52H destroyed on the taxiway and the airfield was shut down.

110700L MCM New Orleans and FFG Klakring sunk in the Strait of Hormuz with heavy loss of life by Backfire strike.

140010L FF Cook reported submarine attack near Karachi while escorting two tankers.  Subsequent contact lost.

Author: Herman Hum

10.0 Soviet Indian Ocean Squadron   
Blue Water Navy\IndRon.SCN

Over 504 scenarios in a single package!

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1.0 Mugging the Forrestal Blue Water Navy\Mugging.SCN
2.0 Operation RINOK-CAD Blue Water Navy\RINOKCAD.scn
3.0 Knife-Fight Blue Water Navy\Knife.SCN
4.0 Bagel Station Blue Water Navy\BagelStn.SCN
5.0 Spanish Omelet Blue Water Navy\Omelet.SCN
6.0 A Tale of Two Carriers - Part 1 Blue Water Navy\ATaleOf1.SCN
7.0 A Tale of Two Carriers - Part 2 Blue Water Navy\ATaleOf2.SCN
8.0 Plight of the Moskva Blue Water Navy\Plight.SCN
9.0 Lock-On Blue Water Navy\Lock-On.SCN
10.0 Soviet Indian Ocean Squadron Blue Water Navy\IndRon.SCN
11.0 Turkey Trots to Water Blue Water Navy\TurkeyTr.SCN
12.0 Operations Plan 220-90 Blue Water Navy\OPlan220.SCN
13.0 Hemphill's Ordeal Blue Water Navy\Hemphill.SCN
14.0 Get the Tbilisi Blue Water Navy\Tbilisi.SCN
15.0 Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors Blue Water Navy\TinCan.SCN

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A new video for MatchPlay [MP] (NL) has been added to the YouTube Harpoon for Dummies channel.

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In direct response to a request for assistance from:

ORIGINAL: Aardvarck

Q3. Herman, if you have a chance, I'm kindly asking you to create YouTube video about how to play (and win!) "Hide and Seek" scenario from classic GIUK battleset under USSR side

http://www.harplonkhq.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1826#p1826

A new video for Hide and Seek has been added to the YouTube Harpoon for Dummies channel.

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The 19th NEW Harpoon scenario of the year!

Operation StormCloud

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NATO vs USSR

LOCATION: Arctic Circle
TIME: 5 January 2017, 0400 GMT

Mikhail Gorbachev's removal from power during a coup by the army, and his subsequent execution at the hands of the KGB, led to a Soviet government that became even more insular than it had already been. Protests following Gorbachev's death were swiftly put down, and once elements of the Soviet government that had previously supported him had been forced to re-embrace traditional party values, the government was able to focus on re-establishing the arms programs that Gorbachev had tried to dissolve.
The situation was not received well in Europe or the USA, and continued to escalate over the next few decades. Russia began exerting additional pressure on shipping in the Arctic Circle, claiming sovereignty over waters that had previously been open to all nations. When Soviet vessels fired on Norwegian ships, sinking them with all hands, the matter was suppressed despite the British Special Boat Service (SBS) finding evidence that proved Russian involvement in an incident which was blamed on malfunctioning GPS equipment, engine fires, inclement conditions and any other reason that could be produced in an attempt to prevent an all out war.
To try and prevent any further raids of this type occurring again, NATO ships began moving north and taking up positions around the ice pack. Royal Navy and US Navy submarines began patrolling these waters with renewed awareness. The situation came to an inevitable head when an over-zealous NATO fighter pilot fired on a Soviet sub that was forced to surface after engine trouble, in close proximity to a NATO convoy. The sub was reported as sunk by the pilot, but repercussions from the Soviets were not far behind. NATO agents in Russia reported that a high amount of traffic around the docks in Nenelsia and Yamalia, with all SSSR crews being called back to their vessels. All contact was lost with NATO agents in Russia, and their fate can only be guessed at.

Author: Hugo Richards

Hugo is the 40th author to release a Harpoon scenario.

Operation StormCloud               
Arctic Harpoon\StormCld.SCN

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A new video for Malvinas 2 [MP] has been added to the YouTube Harpoon for Dummies channel to help Harpoon players navigate the complexities of the game and to deliver the best possible playing experience. 

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A new video for Fight to the Death [MP] has been added to the YouTube Harpoon for Dummies channel.

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The 24th NEW Harpoon scenario of the year!

11.0 Turkey Trots to Water

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This scenario is an interpretation of the account from Michael A. Palmer's, "The War that Never Was".

"In response, Seventh Fleet had concentrated formidable amphibious assets in WESTPAC.  A sizable task force had concentrated at Okinawa -- fourteen ships capable of lifting twelve thousand marines of III MEF.  Maritime Prepositioning Ships Squadron 3 lay anchored at Guam, loaded with equipment for 1 MEB, based in Hawaii (the 3rd Marines).  A six-ship convoy carrying additional equipment and supplies for the marines was at sea about 750 miles south of Okinawa.  If the Independence group moved north, only about a dozen frigates, an SSN, and three squadrons of patrol aircraft would remain to protect these assets.

Cooper also worried that the Soviets might move their remaining surface assets from Vladivostok through the Tsushima Strait between Japan and Korea, link up with their KUG already in the East China Sea, and 'devastate our poorly screened amphibious forces as they clear Okinawa.'  On the morning of 13 July, CINCPAC received a report from Japanese intelligence sources that a task force including the carrier Baku, two cruisers, a destroyer, four frigates, and several replenishment vessels would shortly depart Vladivostok.  Unless the Japanese and South Koreans intervened, only limited American forces -- the four marine squadrons at Iwakuni, Japan, the SSN Tunny, and the old diesel boat Barbel -- were positioned to prevent a Soviet move through the Tsushima Strait.

Despite his concerns, CINCPAC deferred to his subordinate's judgement.  To Cooper's mind, Jernigan was responsible for operations in WESTPAC, and the decision was his call.  Either choice involved risks, grave risks.  No one knew what the Russians were going to do, or for that matter the Japanese or Koreans, north or south.  But Cooper was a proponent of what he considered a cherished naval principle -- the initiative of the subordinate, trust and confidence.  Cooper had no wish to overrule a subordinate's decision, especially one of his first decisions of a campaign.  Cooper had known Jernigan for twenty years and had complete faith in him.  So the Indy went north, not south."

"Shortly after 1100 Tokyo time (1500 at Pearl), reports of air battles over the Sea of Japan began to reach LTG James Bridges, Commander Fifth Air Force at his headquarters in Yokota, Japan.  To the north, American F-16 Falcons of the 432nd Tactical Fighter Wing (TFW), based at Misawa in northern Honshu, and to the south, F/A-18 Hornets of Marine Aircraft Group 15, based at Iwakuni, engaged Soviet MiGs and Sukhois in aerial duels to control the air space to the west of the Japanese home islands.  The marine and air force pilots found themselves outnumbered and hard pressed.  At 1355, Bridges called GEN Henry Eustace, Commander, Pacific Air Forces, at Hickam AFB, Hawaii, over a secure telephone line and requested the release of the two squadrons of F-15 Eagles based at Kadena, Okinawa, which had heretofore been restricted to CAP missions between Japan and Taiwan.  Bridges also recommended that Seventh Air Force assets in South Korea be fed into the battle.  Eustace promptly gave Bridges complete authority over the 18th TFW at Kadena, but, fearing a North Korean attack across the DMZ, PACAIRFOR, with CINCPAC's approval, continued to hold the South Korea-based Seventh Air Force's 314th Air Division in reserve."

"Turkey trots to water GG From CinCPac action Com Third Fleet info ComInCh CTF Seventy-Seven X Where is RPT Where is Task Force Thirty-Four RR The world wonders"

Author: Herman Hum

11.0 Turkey Trots to Water         
Blue Water Navy\TurkeyTr.SCN

Over 506 scenarios in a single package!

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1.0 Mugging the Forrestal Blue Water Navy\Mugging.SCN
2.0 Operation RINOK-CAD Blue Water Navy\RINOKCAD.scn
3.0 Knife-Fight Blue Water Navy\Knife.SCN
4.0 Bagel Station Blue Water Navy\BagelStn.SCN
5.0 Spanish Omelet Blue Water Navy\Omelet.SCN
6.0 A Tale of Two Carriers - Part 1 Blue Water Navy\ATaleOf1.SCN
7.0 A Tale of Two Carriers - Part 2 Blue Water Navy\ATaleOf2.SCN
8.0 Plight of the Moskva Blue Water Navy\Plight.SCN
9.0 Lock-On Blue Water Navy\Lock-On.SCN
10.0 Soviet Indian Ocean Squadron Blue Water Navy\IndRon.SCN
11.0 Turkey Trots to Water Blue Water Navy\TurkeyTr.SCN
12.0 Operations Plan 220-90 Blue Water Navy\OPlan220.SCN
13.0 Hemphill's Ordeal Blue Water Navy\Hemphill.SCN
14.0 Get the Tbilisi Blue Water Navy\Tbilisi.SCN
15.0 Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors Blue Water Navy\TinCan.SCN

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A new video for The Experiment [MP] has been added to the YouTube Harpoon for Dummies channel to help Harpoon players navigate the complexities of the game and to deliver the best possible playing experience. 

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A new video for Get the Tbilisi [MP] has been added to the YouTube Harpoon for Dummies channel to help Harpoon players navigate the complexities of the game and to deliver the best possible playing experience. 

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