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apologize? no offense taken. No problem. mine was just a suggestion that if you post the terrain, the Falklands team might like to look at it. Of course, I cannot and do not speak for them. Just an observation. If its really, really good, they might incorporate it. I think they are very close to releasing the update though.

and of course the Ballistic Missile Defense version............. 'Twas The Night Before LDO! 'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the skies, Missile defenses were up, with electronic eyes. MDA staffers were nestled in ready-room beds, As successful IFTs danced in their heads. Every GBI in its hole, each PAC-3 in its tube, Was doubly-redundant, linked to the Blue Cube, And UEWR and COBRA DANE gave coverage so dense That nothing that flew could slip through our defense! When out of the klaxon arose such a clatter I dashed to the screen to see what was the matter; I increased the gain and then, quick as a flash, Fine-adjusted the filters to damp out the hash. And there found the source of the warning we'd heeded: An incoming blip, by eight escorts preceded. "Alert status red!" went the word down the wire, As we gave every system the codes that meant "FIRE!" On Aegis! Up Patriot, use GMD, and the full 04 Block, And scramble our fighters--let's send the whole flock! Launch decoys and missiles, use chaff by the yard! Get the ABL up! Call out the National Guard! They turned toward the target, moved toward it, converged. Till the tracks on the radar all finally merged, And the sky was lit up with a demonic light, As the foe met his fate in that high arctic night. So we sent out some recon to look for debris, Yet all that they found, using SATCOM and C2BMC, Were some toys, a red hat, a charred left leather boot, Broken sleigh bells, white hair, and a deer's parachute! Now it isn't quite Christmas, with Saint Nick shot down. There are unhappy kids in each village and town. For the Spirit of Christmas can't hope to evade All the web of defenses we've carefully made. But a crash program's on: Working hard, night and day, All the elves are constructing a radar-proof sleigh. So let's wait for next Christmas, in cheer and in health, For the future has hope: Santa's coming by stealth!!! NOTE: Many years ago, in some radar Ops room far away, an "Air Defense" version of "'Twas The Night Before Christmas" was penned by an air defender whose name has been lost to history. This is the somewhat modified poem to a Missile Defense version (with apologies to Clement Moore).

Watch out Santa........ Have A Stealthy Christmas Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the skies, Air defenses were up, with electronic eyes. Combat pilots were nestled in ready-room beds, As enemy silhouettes danced in their heads. Every jet on the apron, each SAM in its tube, Was triply-redundant linked to the Blue Cube, And ELINT and AWACS gave coverage so dense, That nothing that flew could slip through our defense. When out of the klaxon arose such a clatter, I dashed to the screen to see what was the matter, I dialed up the gain and then quick as a flash, Fine-adjusted the filters to damp out the hash. And there found the source of the warning we'd heeded, An incoming blip, by eight escorts preceded. "Alert status red!" went the word down the wire, As we gave every system the codes that meant "FIRE"! On Aegis! Up Patriot, Phalanx and Hawk! And scramble our fighters -- let's send the whole flock! Launch decoys and missiles! Use chaff by the yard! Get the kitchen sink up! Call the National Guard! They turned toward the target, moved toward it, converged, Till the tracks on the radar all finally merged, And the sky was lit up with a demonic light, As the foe met his fate in the high arctic night. So we sent out some recon to look for debris, Yet all that they found, both on land and on sea, Were some toys, a red hat, a charred left leather boot, Broken sleighbells, white hair, and a deer's parachute. Now it isn't quite Christmas, with Saint Nick shot down. There are unhappy kids in each village and town. For the Spirit of Christmas can't hope to evade, All the web of defenses we've carefully made. Just look how the gadgets we use to protect us, In other ways alter, transform, and affect us. They keep us from things that make life more worth living, Like love for each other, and thoughts of just giving. But a crash program's on: Working hard, night and day, All the elves are constructing a radar-proof sleigh. So let's wait for next Christmas, in cheer and in health, For the future has hope: Santa's coming by stealth!

another classic P-51 Christmas Ride 'Twas the night before Christmas all over the place, When we were confronted by an old flying ace. There was icing reported and turbulent air, He said "File me a flight plan, I gotta get there." Outside sat his aircraft all ready to run, And the old man walked out to that P-51. "Bad weather's no problem," he silently mumbled, The prop came to life...that big Allison rumbled. He eased in the throttle, the roar shook the ground, He taxied on out and he turned it around. He went through the run-up and seemed satisfied, Then he said to himself "I'm in for a ride." So he lined it up straight as he poured on the coal, The tailwheel came up as he started to roll. Up off the runway, he sucked up the gear, And that mighty V-12 was all y! ou could hear. He screamed overhead with a deafening crack, The blue flames were flying from each shiny stack. He pulled up the nose and started to climb, No ice on that airframe, it didn't have time. On top of the weather with the levers all set, He looked up above him and saw a Lear jet. With jet fuel and turbines there just ain't no class, Gimmee pistons, and props and lots of AVGAS! Now he was approaching where he wanted to go, But the weather had covered the runway with snow. How will he land it? We just have to guess, Because the only way in was a full I-L-S. Then over the marker, he started his run, The ceiling was zero, visibility....none. Still going three hundred and he felt the need, For an overhead break to diminish his speed. Over the numbers he zoomed, along like a flash, Pulled into his break, we just knew he would crash. Oh, why do they do it on these kind of nights??? Then over the threshold,! we saw landing lights. "I'm on short final with three in the green , And I see enough runway to land this machine. Then he tied down that Mustang, and they all heard him say... "Next year, I'm stickin' with my reindeer and sleigh!!" Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all..... From Paul Harvey....Goooood Day!!

oh, I know a great deal about what's in the pipeline. A lot of it, though, is pipedreams. I think this is one of the latter.

by all means. the team that is building the new Falklands campaign might even want to take a look at it, with your permission of course, as a lot of them are here.

agree. unfortuneately, that technology together with the power to drive them is still decades away.

if you don't already know........

Sierra Hotel!! Good job and I know that it means a lot! Best of luck for the next step!

the problem with chemical lasers is that they take a lot of, well, chemicals. So it only gets a few shots before its out of fuel. The BMD Airborne Laser with a 747 airframe can only take a handful of shots before its of business and has to come home. Without a completely impractical fleet of specialized tankers, using this technology for tactical applications doesn't sound to me like it will be practical. The airborne laser's niche is for really high value, limited number of targets. I think this will kill any actual use of this.

not sure what you mean by undetected. That is how it works. Squadron numbers have to match.

sorry. I didn't catch the sarcasm. I see we are very much on the same frequency. I've been reading the reporting on the AF daily ops report. Not good. More F-22's may very well be part of the longer term solution.

VERY nice!

as I (vaguely) remember.....

I will be incorporating portions of this in the next 1.3 version release. Some of the loadouts in this one are closer to the Quick Strike and other planned variants which, unfortuneately, never made it past the View-Graph engineering phase. If you like the Quick Strike version, also check out Land Warrior's version.

sounds like a great trip! this reminds me of an encounter between two ships tied up at the pier in what was for both of us, a foreign port. On one side, a US CV. Down the pier was a Canadian FF which invited a contingent to come over for cocktails. The Canuks did all proud with a full honors for the visiting delegation from the Air Wing and Ship's Company for an evening of fun and frolick with liberal libation using the hangar deck, all decked out, and the wardroom. At the end, all conceeded that the Canucks won that "round" (pun intended) with most of us crawling back along the pier to our own ship with a decidely amused and unsympathetic quarterdeck watch. I am, to this day, still trying to figure out the physics of how the Canadian FF was able to get enough booze to FLOAT the ship INTO the ship and be able to serve it ........ :yes:

your lead-in is missing - but I presume you are referring to Putin's statement on their withdrawal from the CFE treaty. He is referring to our withdrawal from the ABM treaty and the proposed stationing of BMD components in the former Warsaw Pact territory (now NATO territory) which is a sore point with Russia.

no doubt accomplished by putting a bomb into the jet that crashed and hammering away with jack-hammers at the structural spars on the other jets that were found with cracks, all without anyone on the flightline maintenance or security noticing...... (rolls eyes in disgust.....)

must be that Sheriff's dept burn facility upwind.........

yes, but I haven't posted any, yet, because I'm not yet satisfied with the level of complexity and precision that I get between the mission planner and the sim. There is an art to getting the mission planner make the sim do what you want it to. when meshing multiple flights into the scenario, it doesn't always seem to work. as an example, I have a great multi-axis anti-ship strikes against task forces. I tell the wingmen to go attack and they fly off to West Falklands somewhere and bomb troops...... same thing happens when I assign an element to bomb ships, they just casually go fly over and get shot down. :( still working on them.

I'll give $61!!

by waiting for the next version being built........ :yes: if you want to do it sooner, there is a campaign, terrain, etc. in the download section.

like Bering Straights? I've already built some missions using that terrain but I have not been happy yet with how well they run.

cool, thanks. I'll go play with those older systems and see if I can get them to work more realistically. if I can, there will be some "challenging" Fleet Air Defense missions coming!

cameras? on Shemya? HAHAHAHAHA!!!! Surely thou jest! nope! no pictures of Shemya!! Besides - it was too foggy, cold, wet, miserable, etc., to see far enough to take pictures. you might find some good stuff on google earth though.