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RED STORM RISING: Convoy Escort

Mod description:
It is the Summer of 1985; the Soviet Union has launched its attack West. The US Navy, our Allies and as many Merchant ships and crews that can be pressed into service are in a race against time and the mighty Soviet Fleet to rush Troops, Equipment and Supplies across the Atlantic to stop the Red Army’s advance. Inspired by Tom Clancy’s masterpiece, RED STORM RISING, this campaign is an interpretation of the sections of the book which describe NATO’s convoys and the Third Battle of the Atlantic in the fictitious Third World War. Use your ships and aircraft to combat threats from the air, on the high seas, and beneath the frigid North Atlantic Ocean in order to get your convoys to their objectives with as few casualties as possible.

Mission 01: Opening Shots
Early Convoy operations prove that even the best plans do not survive first contact with the enemy. The Soviet submarine fleet and Naval Aviation are eager to cut their teeth and score their first kills of the war.

Mission 02: Backfire Blitz
Defend your convoy from heavy Soviet Naval Aviation air raids that are unmolested en-route by NATO aircraft due to the fall of Iceland early in the war.

Mission 03: Infested Waters
The second Convoy for USS Pharris and company sets off into the stormy waters of the Atlantic. Poor weather should keep the Backfires and Badgers off of your convoy for the time being, but the Soviet Submarines have other plans.

Mission 04: Grave-robbers
USS Reuben James enters the war and is immediately met by some of the Soviet Union's finest Submariners off the coast of New York.

Mission 05: Atlantic Ambush
The largest NATO Convoy of the war has departed New York and is headed to Europe to reinforce the allied forces there that are holding back the Soviet advance west. Soviet reconnaissance satellites have been detected in the atmosphere searching for this convoy and it is assessed as likely that they have detected it. Expect heavy submarine and Air attacks operating in coordination for the next 12 hours.

Mission 06: Battle of the Iceland Sea
Convoy CD 2207 has reached safe waters near the British Isles, meanwhile, a large Soviet Surface Action Group (SAG) consisting of several guided missile cruisers, modern destroyers and frigates sortied from Murmansk two days ago. NATO Maritime Command (MARCOM) has requested a SAG be formed from convoy escort ships in the area to contain the Soviet force before it can break into the Atlantic via the Iceland Sea and raid NATO convoys.

**new missions will be added regularly and existing missions will be updated to more accurately replicate scenes from the book when appropriate mods/assets become available.

i.e. HMS Battleaxe added to mission 04 etc.
Please feel free to leave comments and feedback to improve the campaign.

**Please note these missions/this campaign will not mirror the book exactly but instead use the book as a foundation to build from.

Thanks for playing and happy hunting!