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Originally Posted by LuftWolf
In the world of LWAMI:
"The year is 2010. A resurgent Russia has aggressively persued a policy of naval modernization based on the doctrine of covert, nuclear and non-nuclear power projection while at the same time arming and equipping nations such as Iran and China with the capability to defend themselves against the projection capabilities of the USN. It is not uncoming for joint regional exercises between the Russian Navy, PLAN, and the Iranians. Israel in particular fears the combination of Russian missile technology in Iran to their east and Russian submarine technology in the Med to their West.
In response, the United States and UK have persued their own program of modernization to counter the latest littoral warfare and open ocean threats with the aim of preserving US and UK power projection capability. The Germans have played in a key role in equipping regional allies with the ability to defend their own coasts without the help of the major powers."
It's not Clancy, but it does provide a guide for me to ensure I don't go too far astray.
You can be your own judge, but this is a lot more interesting than: "The year is 2007 Russia and the US are too broke to keep up their Navies. Russian sailors are selling pieces of their subs as scrap metal and burning their uniforms for fuel. The US has exactly five TLAM's left because they fired them all at Iraq and Afganistan and Cheney ordered 5000000 Haliburton party hats rather than replacing them."
Cheers,
David
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Well personally I've always split the DW timeframe; sometimes cold war scenarios, but sometimes modern day ops. Cold war scenarios are interesting because deep water just feels good to maneuver in and fighting against massive platforms and formations (CGNs and CVNs) is a fun challenge.
However, I've sorta gotten into the littoral battlespace over the last year... it really is an interesting challenge. One could consider the submarine battle in littoral waters a battle of the SSNs vs the SSKs for control of the coastline. Taking on the delimas of how to operate a big SSN in a brown water environment, having maximum impact on land events (strikes, recond, etc), and fighting in a backyard where SSKs are king and ASW helo's are queen... is actually pretty interesting IMHO.
Of course, I don't play multiplayer, so I can get away from the repeated US vs Russia scenarios... US vs coastline (SSKs, helos, and SSMs) is more interesting for us single players IMHO... granted the welcomed blue water op every now and then.