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36 new aircraft, ships, submarines, facilities, classes, countries, and weapons have been added to the Harpoon3 PlayersDB.
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Mirage IIIO(F) AUS 63
Mirage IIIO(A) AUS 63
LPD Austin IND 06
LCAC Zubr [Pomornik] PRC 07
FF Ibn Khaldoum IRQ
DDG Kongo JP 93
CVN Ulyanovsk RUS 94
COLD WAR concept: Project 1143.7 class. 12 deg ski-jump, angled flight deck with two catapults. First unit Ulyanovsk cancelled in 1991 with work 40-45 percent complete. Broken up and sold for scrap in 1992. Above in-service date assumes ship was completed. Second unit never laid down, but possibly could have entered service in about 1997. Estimated air wing: 27 Su-33 Flanker D, 10 Su-25 Frogfoot, 4 Yak-44 AEW (under construction), 18 Ka-29PL Helix A, 2 Ka-27PS Helix C (three deck-edge elevators and two catapults)
BB Wisconsin USN 08
Hypothetical platform: The US Marines are continually screaming for more shore bombardment capabilities. Congress finally listened and gave the Navy a mandate to bring back one of the Iowa-class ships. With the noises currently being made by Iran and N. Korea, the threat of another mid-intensity conflict was too great to ignore. Both nations had long coastlines.
The Navy decided to use the Wisconsin because of her burnt-out B turret. It was too expensive to modify the superstructure for AEgis. And, with the perceived need, the range given by SM-2's was not warranted. B turret was pulled to install a 32 cell MK41 VLS with a loadout of 16 cells for ESSM Quad Packs, giving 64 missiles total, and the remaining 16 cells for TLAM-E's to the support of Marines ashore. These were in addition to the TLAM already in the box launchers. With ESSM, all that was needed were a few illumination radars.
For short range, 2x 21 shot RAM launchers were added on the fantail where the old 40mm tubs were. The Mk-15's were upgraded to Blk 1B for close range and use against small manouvering surface craft. Since the ships went into reserve in '92, senior ratings are still available to train a new crew. (Hypothetical platform for Eric [Accuracy13])
- countless changes and improvements guaranteed not to crash any earlier scenario built with the PlayersDB