Cold War

cold_war.zip

All scenarios in one zip file (updated 1/10/10)

Baltic1.btl

In the 1980s, apparently Soviet Su-15s or Su-21s intercepted Swedish Viggens over the Baltic Sea on several occasions. Supposedly, the respective pilots tried to maneuver their aircraft onto the tails of their opponents in an attempt to achieve a lockon. Some Soviet aircraft have been reported to be lost during these encounters as a result of violent maneuvering that resulted in their inadvertently plunging into the Baltic Sea.

In this scenario, one Viggen encounters one Su-15 (I used an Su-21 to represent the Su-15). Both aircraft are armed.

Baltic2.btl

In the 1980s, apparently Soviet Su-15s or Su-21s intercepted Swedish Viggens over the Baltic Sea on several occasions. Supposedly, the respective pilots tried to maneuver their aircraft onto the tails of their opponents in an attempt to achieve a lockon. Some Soviet aircraft have been reported to be lost during these encounters as a result of violent maneuvering that resulted in their inadvertently plunging into the Baltic Sea.

In this scenario, one Viggen encounters two Su-15 (I used Su-21s to represent the Su-15s). Both aircraft are fully armed with radar and heat-seeking missiles.

Baltic3.btl

In the 1980s, apparently Soviet Su-15s or Su-21s intercepted Swedish Viggens or Drakens over the Baltic Sea on several occasions. Supposedly, the respective pilots tried to maneuver their aircraft onto the tails of their opponents in an attempt to achieve a lockon. Some Soviet aircraft have been reported to be lost during these encounters as a result of violent maneuvering that resulted in their inadvertently plunging into the Baltic Sea.

In this scenario, one Draken encounters one Su-15 (I used an Su-21 to represent the Su-15). Both aircraft are fully armed with radar and heat-seeking missiles.

Baltic4.btl

In the 1980s, apparently Soviet Su-15s or Su-21s intercepted Swedish Viggens over the Baltic Sea on several occasions. Supposedly, the respective pilots tried to maneuver their aircraft onto the tails of their opponents in an attempt to achieve a lockon. Some Soviet aircraft have been reported to be lost during these encounters as a result of violent maneuvering that resulted in their inadvertently plunging into the Baltic Sea.

In this scenario, one Draken encounters two Su-15 (I used Su-21s to represent the Su-15s). Both aircraft are fully armed with radar and heat-seeking missiles.

F100vm19.btl

In the early 1960s, at the height of the cold war a US Air Force F-100 Super Sabre blundered into Czechoslovakia air space. Two MiG-19s were vectored in to intercept the lost F-100, and the pilot of the Super Sabre was forced to land at the air base Plezen-Line. The plane and the pilot were returned to the United States a few days later.

Since in the real encounter between these very similar aircraft no shots were fired, in this scenario the F-100 and the MiG-19s are free to fire at one another. I have used the Polish Air Force as a substitute for the Czech Air Force.

Florida.btl

On the 20th of February, 1963, during the height of the Cuban missile crisis, two new Phantoms from the US Marine Fighter Attack Squadron VMF-531 were scrambled from the Naval Air Station Key West to intercept aircraft flying into international waters from Cuba. As the Phantoms approached, they identified a MiG-17 and MiG-15 setting up a race-track attack pattern on an unseen opponent. As the Phantoms approached, additional MiGs appeared and maneuvered aggressively against the Marine Phantoms. The Phantoms matched the maneuvers of the MiGs and got themselves into excellent firing position in the first recorded Phantom versus MiG encounter. The Phantoms held their fire, awaiting orders to attack from up the chain of command. The Phantoms never received the order to fire and the situation resolved without any firing by either side. However, the target of the MiG attack was apparently a disabled fishing vessel dead in the water in international seas. This incident was used by the Kennedy administration to ramp up pressure on the Castro regime to stand down during this crisis.

In this version of the scenario, all aircraft are free to fire, although the US player should need to acquire visual identification of targets prior to firing. The fishing vessel is represented by a merchant ship, and two of the MiGs are equipped with bombs with which to sink this vessel.

Information for this scenario is from "History of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 531" by Colonel Charles J. Quilter II, USMCR (Ret) and Captain John C. Chapin, USMCR (Ret).

SUBINTER.BTL

In the summer of 1999, a reservist crew of a United States Navy Lockheed P-3C Orions tracked and intercepted a Chinese submarine located in the South China Sea in an effort to track, photograph and film the vessel. After dropping down to below 180 feet from the surface of the ocean and in a thick fog, the crew of the Orion flew right over the submarine. After they made visual contact with the sub, the crew of the Orion brought their aircraft back up to patrol altitude, only to be approached by a pair of fighters. These aircraft turned out to be Japanese Phantoms sent to escort the Orion and protect it from possible Chinese interception. In fact, less than 2 years later, an United States EP-3 Aries II would be intercepted and collide with a Chinese J-8 interceptor in this area.

In this scenario, the Chinese are making an attempt at an interception, and the Japanese are moving to protect the Orion. Both sides are free to fire their weapons.