Space Kablooey posted:I would be grateful for a glossary section as well. I also hope that a glossary gets added itt, it would be useful for many. In the meantime these might help for some things: https://www.airgoons.com/w/Acronyms Common acronyms https://www.airgoons.com/w/Brevity_Codes Commonly used radio brevity codes Also on the mission briefs this will help make sense of some of the labels etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_Joint_Military_Symbology
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Bravo is high risk, but very high reward. Alpha is lower risk and likely an easier way to attrit enemy force through interdiction, but much less reward. Given: Intel posted:We just were briefed that two PLAGF brigades have captured the recently abandoned Punta Arenas airbase. If this intel is accurate, that means the People's Liberation Army (PLA) already controls land several miles north of Punta Arenas the city. So the city has either fallen or is effectively cut off with friendly army troops north of the city. Given the PLA is only attacking at 2:1 ratio (3:1 is the doctrinally sound ratio on even-odds terrain), its supply lines require strait-hopping, and the friendly mech forces can withdraw into terrain. Alpha ground forces can likely fend for themselves more effectively than the mech unit at Franco Bianco, given that the forces at Alpha already lost their key terrain of the urban terrain and airbase. Rabbit Bravo looks pretty risky to aircraft (minimal line of sight cover, exposed to potential naval SAMs off the east coast), but if an enemy delay lets us get the mech forces out in a supported withdrawal, that could preserve a lot of forces. Despite Franco Bianco having an airfield, it's not urban terrain, so the defenders are along a line of hills backed by a bunch of fairly open lowland terrain against water. The local "town" has a population of like 600 people who work in petro-industry. The defenders can occupy hill lines south of the airport, but when the decision is made to withdraw, they're driving on low land (with some dunes and very small hills as cover), overseen by hills to the south and east, giving the attacker good line of sight for indirect fire (IDF) on the airbase and the egress highway. It would require the PLA to either advance or just use rocket artillery to target the chokepoint of ferry loading and unloading points. It's real bad for the defenders at Franco Bianco if they do not hold out or do not have assistance with keeping PLA artillery at bay while they flee the area! The saving grace is that, again, the intel indicates the PLA is attacking with mech forces through a series of hills while only at a 2:1 ratio, which is doctrinally unsound. If the call is for Rabbit, Rabbit Bravo stands to gain us more than Rabbit Alpha. It assumes a lot of risk to air forces in order to try to preserve critical ground force capability. The sole reasons the air forces exist is to support ground operations. BONUS RECOMMENDATION (which no one asked for). Brazil is in the fight and Brazil famously (for people concerned about the financial threat of South American arms development) began indigenous designs of cruise missiles and rocket artillery launchers back in the 90s and early 2000s. Depending on Naval ships alone to secure the Strait of Magellan is folly, and China has some ships that could be a real serious SAM threat for our air forces. Someone should get coastal defense cruise missiles (CDCM) and long-range rockets deployed down to the Strait of Magellan where they can hold the ships large enough to carry serious SAMs at serious risk of cruise missile attack. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astros_II [in DCS, pretty sure this means the Silkworm, as it's pretty limited in what anti-ship missile launchers it simulates. Don't think there's a ground-launched Harpoon asset, though you could use a stationary boat with some kind of anti-ship missile as a stand-in, if you didn't let it move] The only saving grace for anyone trying to withdraw from Franco Bianco is that a lot of that lowland is rolling small hills and dunes that give a modicum of defense against massed artillery and direct fire lines of sight.  Out of Character: Attacking island-hopping ships and stuff along the fjords probably cooler than attacking stuff on a highway.
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Ascot 1 - Op. Guinea Pig after action report: A/C status Ascot1-1, systems fault, aborted, A/C down while maintenance diagnoses fault. Time to resolution should be ok for next mission. Ascot1-2, 1-3, no concerns.  Ascot was to proceed to a specified drop point in the ocean, and deliver SBS with cargo to the waiting submarine before turning back to pick up parts. Pre drop, Ascot 1-1 had a malfunction requiring immediate mission abort and RTB. Due to effective planning, the SBS mission can proceed with 1/2 cargo modules delivered. Mission control passed to Breaky in Ascot 1-2, and proceeded without issue. Since all Hercules were carrying only minimum fuel reserves, excess capacity was available to haul the payload slated for Ascot 1-1. There were no concerns with cruise or landing in IMC.  Communication with ground stations was congested, but effective even with multiple airports on the same frequency. Also, Ascot 1 flight worked out some kinks with the autopilot modes, transitions, and cut out conditions. This assisted navigation, with all planes within visual range when IFR conditions lifted, with 0.7 nm spacing. The drop precision was ok, with AP issues leading to reversion to manual flight, and visual drop. As mentioned, IMC approach procedures were good, with landings at El Calafate and Puerto Santa Cruz performed by the numbers.  Due to the manual drop, it was close enough to be retrieved, but could have been closer; most practice was done to master dropping at parameters on autopilot. Communication of package status was hindered by not having a concise summary of codes in a handy location. AP glitches and unfamiliarity caused manual flight until the system could be engaged again. At points, the package frequency was overloaded, leading to messages being delayed until a gap in traffic could be found.  Going forward, the ABM team should split separate areas of responsibility onto different frequencies at their discretion. Due to Hercules AP concerns, a second waypoint shall be placed >2NM past any precision drops along the same flight path. Radios should be preprogrammed with UHF channels to allow quick switching as they are controlled from the FMC, and require focus inside the cockpit for several seconds to switch frequencies. Frequency transitions should be performed while autopilot can be engaged to avoid flight path deviations. Flight time was also not as planned, due to a slower speed than used in the planning; recommended speeds are approximately 170 KIAS in climb phases, and 230 KIAS in cruise, unless escorts are assigned. Cruise with escorts should be approximately 260 KIAS. Finally, flight control transfer methods should be disabled until investigation of the systems fault on Ascot 1-1 has been concluded.  Screenshots thanks to: Arbitrary, Muhlump, Big Soda and Radintorov Edit: For next mission, Rabbit Bravo, let's keep the pressure off that mech division. Snapshot fucked around with this message at 19:16 on Oct 1, 2023 |
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Venom 1 was completely successful in all objectives, though admittedly, we didn't really have to do much aside from fly near Ascot and look pretty. Since BARCAP didn't gently caress up, we had plenty of opportunity to look real loving pretty.    https://i.imgur.com/HjwkEy1.mp4 There were some adjustments that had to be made to our flight path since the clouds were so thick. Namely, the clouds were so thick that we really didn't care to go below 15000. What went well:
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For the upcoming operation, I am going to vote as follows: Rabbit: With blues in the line of fire, we must assist if able on principle alone. The SAMs will make themselves known in time. Alpha/Bravo: On this point I am torn: the airbase is currently unusable so the question becomes can it be made usable either by ourselves or the enemy? If we can render it operable, then my vote becomes Alpha. If we cannot, then we should bomb/sabotage it so the enemy cannot use it and focus on Bravo. BurntCornMuffin fucked around with this message at 19:08 on Oct 1, 2023 |
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Negostrike posted:Man what the hell, I wouldn't mind being the commander if no one else is interested. I believe we should deny the invaders Punta Arenas, being a relatively major-ish city and I think it'd be a pain in the rear end to take it back. Alpha it is. You are it for now! You may ask about things, direct the movement, argue with me, or even change priorities. Don't artificially paint yourself into corners or imagined constraints, if that makes sense. Also, do not be shy about not knowing something. Ask how something is done, or perhaps when you need to know if, for example, the A-4 can do this or that, you ask the thread and the A-4 nerds will answer. You may choose to have thread readers give you their opinions, but final decision will be made by you. If you think at some point it is too much or taking your time, or you wish to opt out, feel free to say so and we'll assign someone else. Big decisions and questions should be done in the forums post here, but you can also ask about little things in the discord and talk about more airplane specific things. We will soon provide you with certain map planning tools and apps. From this point on, you are General Carlos, Peruvian Air Force, Supreme Commander SCAD.  ---- Mederlock posted:I would be open to trying out the ground* commander role, provided I'd still be allowed to fly in the actual DCS missions. So be it! You are now Brigadier General Humberto of Argentine Army, Ejército Argentino, EA. This shall be a separate persona from your pilot self, no worries. You can absolutely still operate by having opinions in the thread, but I will not count an official tally of votes to make a decision on your behalf. You will soon get the unit previews of Argentine side, but here's a refresher on your bread and butter on the Chilean Army side. You command the combined armies. Chilean Army Preview in this thread: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=4042524#post534825974 What does this mean? Dunno yet! Improvise and suggest. For now, you should think about how do you want these two brigades on these two AOs to prepare, and what road would you like to supply them from? You will, before the IRL gameday of 14 october, get a far more precise view of the ground. In addition, you will get the ability to state where you would like to place Air Defence Assets on the ground. You may write lore and if it involves major plot pieces, just DM me and I can let you know if we go there or not and if we can introduce something to the story or the game.  --- We have a big role available for someone to command the combined armada as the naval commander, so a lurker, please stand up and volunteer! ---- Space Kablooey posted:Rabbit alpha. Denying airbases is critical at any point, even more so when the enemy isn't dug in. BurntCornMuffin posted:
The Punta Arenas airbase is currently within range of not only land fires from both sides, but basically in plinking range of MBTs. As it stands, the airbase is out of action. The runways where blocked with wrecks before the retreat, and even if the PLAGF or PLAN Coastal Engineers are allowed a respite to fix it, it's going to be insanely dangerous to even attempt air operations from by either side. The airbase as such is currently unuseable by fixed wing airplanes, and will be until a major push to one direction or the other. mlmp08 posted:Bravo is high risk, but very high reward. Alpha is lower risk and likely an easier way to attrit enemy force through interdiction, but much less reward. Correct, PLA controls the city of Punta Arenas. The frontline is a few miles north of the airport now, near Terminal Cabo Negro. There are very few roads here, Highway 9 is the principal supply road. The island hopping logistics are handled by ferries and helicopters, and there's a few bigger ships in there. There are possibly only one or two frigates in the Strait of Magellan, but we can soon expect more. The strait can accomodate anything up to a supercarrier, however. Anti-shipping missiles are a possibility. For those, I will require a broad strokes plan, and they will have to be flown in by cargo aircraft from Brazil in MSFS2020. Someone has to step up to do that.
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 A fighting retreat across the narrowest point of the Strait of Magellan is definitely an option, near Puerto Progreso. If that is to happen, we need a plan from the commander of the armies in how that could be achieved with a mechanized brigade, or parts of it, and in what kind of timeline. If no plan is given, and the AO is also not prioritized, the resolution will be the destruction and or surrender of the Argentinian Mech Brigade there. Note the alarmingly low amount of roads here, too. 
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Rabbit Bravo seems like the way to go. The Chinese offensive on Punta Arenas seems completely untenable without first finishing off the Argentinian brigade at Franco Bianco. While encirclement of that damaged brigade would be the worst case scenario, the PLAGF would first need to push through the Chilean brigade and also hold the strait, all while being supplied by sea. This will be difficult to sustain, and the exposed ferries and SAMs will be good targets for recently resupplied SU-25s. Keeping the Argentinian brigade in the fight is also important politically - allowing any one nation to bear the brunt of the fighting is going to risk their participation in the overall coalition. Also, I'd be happy to volunteer for a role but my gaming laptop burned out the video card so I'm just on a MacBook for now.
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If you choose to be the naval commander, you are basically on Google Maps or one of the web-based planning maps directing where you want the three fleets and what they need to prioritize. That's discord-forums-web based gameplay. During gameday you can still spectate on Discord, and for example hover over the shoulder of your A-4 pilots and tell them how they don't fly good enough. Your presence on gameday is however not required.
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Vahakyla posted:If you choose to be the naval commander, you are basically on Google Maps or one of the web-based planning maps directing where you want the three fleets and what they need to prioritize. That's discord-forums-web based gameplay. In that case, I'd be happy to put on my commander's sombrero! «Irse a pique antes que rendir el pabellón!« Go down rather than surrender the flag - the Argentinian Navy motto
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Kaal posted:In that case, I'd be happy to put on my commander's sombrero! «Irse a pique antes que rendir el pabellón!« Go down rather than surrender the flag - the Argentinian Navy motto Welcome Admiral Ileana Maria Sampaio, Argentina's first female admiral and the supreme commander of South American Combined Armada that comprises of the Chilean, Argentinian, and Brazilian Navies. Due to the weight of the conflict being on the eastern seaboard, the Armada de la República Argentina retains the prerogative for overall naval command.  The overall situation right now, on 12th of February, 2010. The picture is huge, so zoom in. You will also get better maps soon.  The Chilean Fleet is in the archipelago between grids WJ and WH, at coordinates: South 51 31, West 74 29 This archipelago offers excellent protection from enemy submarines, radar surveillance, and overall detection. It's this:   Because the ARA Veinticinco de Mayo, the Argentinian Colossus-class carrier was stuck on this side, it is now part of the Chilean fleet. It carries an Air Wing, the 3rd Fighter Bomber Squadron. (Callsign Ford) Right now it is 21x A-4 Skyhawk. This fleet has most of the large surface combatants of the Chilean Navy, and currently it has 1x submarine, the CNS O'Higgins, a Scorpene-class attack submarine. The carrier itself, the ARA Veinticinco de Mayo, is nothing to scoff at. It might be ancient, made originally in WW2, and relatively small, but the ability to bring 21 skyhawks somewhere is a capability that can still hit hard. It only has one catapult and the deck is narrow, so it does not sortie planes very fast, and recovery takes time, too. In addition, it has a few helicopters, and an amphibious assault reinforced-size company of Argentine Marines- ---------- Your second tool is the Argentinian Fleet. Currently getting serviced at San Julian port, at grid EF. It has most of the Argentinian large surface combatants, and once again 1x submarine, the ARA San Juan, S-42. This fleet's capital ship is the ARA La Argentina, an Almirante Brown Class destroyer.  ---  Your third stick, the Brazilian Fleet. Its capital ship is your other carrier, NAeL Minas Gerais, another Colossus-class carrier. It has the airwing, VF-1: A-4 Skyhawk ( callsign Dodge). The MInair Gerais also carries 21 Skyhawks, a few helicopters, and a Brazlian Marine Infantry company of a reinforced size. For your awareness in what the A-4 does in real life and DCS, here's the effort post by Steak on the A-4 in this thread: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?goto=post&postid=534865345 The Brazilian fleet is currently rounding the elbow at Cabo Blanco, near grids KN and LN. It is will need some resupply before it is fully combat capable. This fleet has its own attack submarine, the Tupi-class submarine Tikuna, its name being a tribute to the South American indigenous tribe Tikuna who inhabit the western Amazonas.  --- Besides this, you have two major supply convoys with oilers and refit ships, on both sides of the continent. The harbor situation isn't great because due to the loss of Punta Arenas and Ushuia and Port Williams, there is no western side port for you to use currently. On the eastern side, you have ports at Rio Gallegos, San Julian, and Santa Cruz. They are deep, but not efficient in taking care of this many ships at the same time. You also have two currently operational P-3 Orions from the Argentine Navy for surveillance.  THE REDFOR SITUATION: PLAN has the Falklands, and the ports in Rio Grande, Puerto Williams, Ushuia, to use for their sealift. They have three fleets of unknown size placed on intervals from the Falklands to the southern pole. PLAN submarines operate around some of these waters. ALLIED SITUATION: The Royal Navy, Royal Australian Navy, and the United States Navy all currently operate an unknown amount of submarines here. While they might require some assistance in ocean refit for example at some point, they however are extremely unlikely to tell us about their operations or locations. Consider the range of your A-4 Skyhawks from the locations of the carriers to the combat area. Consider if you wish to sail south at full speed with the Brazilian Fleet or if you wish to stop to refit it, and give two areas to perform P-3 surveillance in this thread to receive intel from those areas. Consider if you wish to send out your submarines, or retain them in fleet defence. Consider the fleet speeds, about 25 knots, in what you do. Hell, consider if you want to move some of your A-4s to ground bases? These should get you started. Good luck! Vahakyla fucked around with this message at 23:03 on Oct 1, 2023 |
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For Mederlock, the Army Commander at Beunos Aires Army General Staff, here is the MTOE for the Argentine Army.  The Brigade you have in the AO near Franco Bianco is the 11th Mechanized Brigade "Rio Gallegos".  ---------------- For the Chilean Army you currently have this as the MTOE:  The Brigade stuck there is the 4th Armored Brigade.  ---- You have multiple divisions at your disposal, as you can see. Currently they are being mobilized and re-organized and it will take a while to call up reservists. The mobilization started already weeks ago, but it's going at the speed of molasses. The first fully functional division you can expect to the south is the 5th Division of Punta Arenas from Chilean Army, and the 3rd Army Division of Bahia Blanca from the Argentine Army. We estimate this to be around 16-17th February 2010. Vahakyla fucked around with this message at 22:50 on Oct 1, 2023 |
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Kaal posted:In that case, I'd be happy to put on my commander's sombrero! «Irse a pique antes que rendir el pabellón!« Go down rather than surrender the flag - the Argentinian Navy motto Come join the Airgoons Discord and join the Campaign chat there so we can all coordinate and discuss our strategy! 
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I do prefer if big decisions and ruminations are here to make it observable by lurkers and those who just prefer to stay on the forums.
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In that case I will change my vote to Rabbit Bravo
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Lord Stimperor posted:January 1. Happy New Year. Man, you thought it was poo poo then. That turned out to be wishful thinking, but what were you supposed to do? Buy a bunch of bitcoin, take one kid under each arm, and hike up to Santiago? You wish you'd done that. This was, as always, excellent.
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Amazing quality as always! Looking forwards to this. As an observer in the thread but not a 'player' is it okay to vote or prefer to leave that to the folks engaged in things?
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I want everyone, including your mother and her five cats, to weigh in!
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errorpost But check out these planes.  Vahakyla fucked around with this message at 23:52 on Oct 1, 2023 |
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errorpost EDIT: But check out these planes? Uzi 7 in formation over Rio Gallegos. 
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What kind of planes would be needed for this in MSFS, and would it require any sort of hot dogging, or just 500ft AGL + autopilot?
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Speaking for the Chilean SU25s, we should provide CAS for ground troops that desperately need it. On the map the terra de Fuego guys might look in a tricky situation. But dislodging a determined defender is not easy, especially when there is a constant threat of air power. If the line holds, we can exert strong control over the coastal regions and make life for PLAN really really hard. This is a vote for Rabbit BRAVO. Lord Stimperor fucked around with this message at 15:59 on Oct 2, 2023 |
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Vahakyla posted:I want everyone, including your mother and her five cats, to weigh in! My 6 cats and I vote Rabbit Bravo Holding and taking ground will be less complicated than crossing a strait and dislodging defenders. It's still early, we'll have time for desperate heroics later.
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Bentai posted:What kind of planes would be needed for this in MSFS, and would it require any sort of hot dogging, or just 500ft AGL + autopilot? We fly DCS. The minimum you need to participate is the South Atlantic map, then grab the free and excellent Hercules, A4E, and SRS. You should also join our discord: https://discord.gg/airgoons As far as landings go, that really depends on the aircraft you favor and weather conditions, but if you can land a small airplane on MSFS, you're a good chunk of the way there.
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BurntCornMuffin posted:We fly DCS. The minimum you need to participate is the South Atlantic map, then grab the free and excellent Hercules, A4E, and SRS. You should also join our discord: https://discord.gg/airgoons Burnt, vaha is asking for msfs people to deliver anti shipping missile batteries from Brazil. Bentai, join the airgoons discord and ask vaha there, you’ll get a quicker answer.
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Arrived at El Calafate late as the special operation was already underway. But I was able to jump aboard a C-130 just before it started rolling and snapped some pics with my new HTC Evo 4G. Was finally able to finally find a usb port at base down here. Had to ask the IT guy how to get the pics off of it. DCIM\                              
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Snapshot posted:Burnt, vaha is asking for msfs people to deliver anti shipping missile batteries from Brazil. Lmao I asked him there to posit his question here so we can all theorycraft. Anyway, Negostrike, would you want anti ship missiles from Brazil via plane?
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Vahakyla posted:Lmao I asked him there to posit his question here so we can all theorycraft. Yeah let's bring them over. I believe a Hercules from SBCO to one of our airfields can do the job.
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Negostrike posted:Yeah let's bring them over. I believe a Hercules from SBCO to one of our airfields can do the job. They likely won’t fit into a C-130. Also we’re gonna need a manifest, and a also a delivery airport.
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Snapshot posted:Burnt, vaha is asking for msfs people to deliver anti shipping missile batteries from Brazil. Oh lmao, missed that. My bad
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Hippocrass posted:My 6 cats and I vote Rabbit Bravo I like this plan because it implies you're intending desperate heroics later, heh.
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Vahakyla posted:I like this plan because it implies you're intending desperate heroics later, heh. The desperate heroics come when the South American countries and the PRC come to an agreement, and then the West becomes overly emotional about it.
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While out on a training and familiarization flight, popped a master caution that necessitated either landing the aircraft rapidly or ejecting. Given that I was still 50nm from the nearest airfield and going to lose the aircraft before I could fly that far, I made do with the nearest thing resembling an airfield while my wingman made not of my position, called it in, and went home. The good news is that there are a lot of very straight and surprisingly well kept roads out here.    With emergency poweroff complete and the radios now dead, at least I happened to land with the sun at my back so I can sit in the shade, just chilling at magnetic bearing 84 degrees for ~48 nautical miles from Natales when I lost LOS to the TACAN...  I look forward to my dignified exit.  But at least on a plus side, these roads are rather forgiving for emergency flight ops and might be useful for road base ops in a pinch.
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Supremo Comandante SCAD General del Aire Carlos - Fuerza Aerea de Peru  Buenos dias. In order to have an edge against our invasores, the Brazilian Army offered one of their Astros-II batteries to support us in our defense of our continent.  Astros II doing its thing More precisely, they will send: 6 AV-LMU launchers 2 AV-RMD ammunition supply vehicles 1 AV-VCC command vehicle 1 AV-UCF fire control vehicle 1 AV-VBA maintenance vehicle 1 AV-CBO radar vehicle That's the Brazilian Army's 3rd Rocket Launcher Battery based in Cruz Alta, in the country's south, the closest to our theater of operations. They'll be embarking on their Navy's landing ship NDCC Almirante Saboia at Rio Grande harbor and we shall be receiving them in Rio Gallegos for deployment.  NDCC Almirante Saboia (formerly RFA Sir Bedivere)  Ship's route To ensure the shipment's safety against possible hostile submarines, we should deploy some submarines and a FAB P-3 Orion in the vicinity of the ship's destination.  That's all for now. Feedback is very welcome. Negostrike fucked around with this message at 06:27 on Oct 2, 2023 |
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I'll cast my vote on Rabbit Bravo, as while we do not know the enemy air defences, waiting is just going to let them set up more, and potentially cost us ground troops. And I feel the units at Bravo require our support more in their defence, as currently they are in a very useful position to tie up forces on that side. They also act as an already excisting bridgehead for any future ground actions there, but reinforcing them, or if needed, pulling them back over the strait, would be risky and a logistics mess, so keeping them alive over there should be prioritized.
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Rabbit BRAVO This is just a section of the Strait of Magellan and it is nasty. You have currents of 5-8 knots, swelling tides, tons of rocks, reefs, nasty weather, and a lack of cover for any invasion forces. If we abandon Tierra del Fuego we have a very difficult to invade island that can be an unsinkable aircraft carrier for the PLANAF. By supporting those forces we can lock up a sizable portion of the PLA Navy as well as use that as an opportunity to interdict them. We've seen how far they have to travel by air to reach us, and that is a huge benefit.
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Oct 2, 2023 14:55
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Early morning, Hunter Army Airfield Two pilots, and a handful of crew pile into the plane. Before they get on, a man in khaki slacks stops them at the door, holding out a pouch. They drop their us flag, unit, and other identifying patches in and he wishes them well. He watches as they start their engines, roll out and and turn south. Just gonna fly some lil sigint missions and maybe soak up some intel around the battlespace.
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Oct 2, 2023 15:44
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Theres something in the name also for Rabbit BRAVO. Something something land of fire hearts of iron someone come up with something clever
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Bravo means mad in Portuguese
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