New World Order series
Campaign 4 - The War with UBAN
EC2000 GIUK battleset

The scenarios in this series are designed for play by the BLUE side only.

BACKGROUND

Once it became clear that the NSC would be backing UBAN, tensions in the North Atlantic rose sharply. The NSC began overtly shipping large quantities of arms and war materiel to UBAN nations, a considerable portion of which had to pass through the Greenland-Iceland-UK Gap. NATO threatened a blockade, and the NSC, of course, promised to retaliate if its merchant convoys were disturbed in any way. The stage was therefore set for a return to the traditional stomping grounds of the navies of the East and West blocs.

Scenario 1 (NWUG1) - The Pearly Gates

The threat by NATO forces to impose an economic embargo on NSC arms
shipments to UBAN nations is now a reality. A blockade of NSC shipping in the GIUK Gap has gone into effect. Now comes the hard part - enforcement.

Scenario 2 (NWUG2) - Breakwater Nine

Incidents on the high seas following the imposition of the NATO blockade have underscored the need to strengthen the embargo against arms and strategic materiels shipments to UBAN member states. The NSC has vowed to retaliate for the acts of piracy perpetrated by NATO and its puppets.

Scenario 3 (NWUG3) - Penguins in the Arctic

Following a direct clash of arms between NATO and the NSC in the Gap, a
state of war now exists between these two blocs. The situation has been
greatly exacerbated by the NSC air strikes in Turkey, which serves to underscore the seriousness of the situation. The boundary at Breakwater Nine has now been disposed of, and now all NSC shipping in the North Atlantic is subject to attack. Norway has agreed to do its part in finding and destroying NSC naval elements. This effort comes at a price.

Scenario 4 (NWUG4) - Red Rover, Red Rover

SOSUS reports and satellite recon indicates that a large number of NSC submarines have put to sea. Some of these are believed to be enroute to UBAN states, intending to either directly intervene in operations in the Mediterranean or Middle East, or to deliver components for UBAN ballistic missiles. A team of NATO submarines have been dispatched to the Gap to interdict and destroy the approaching surge of NSC submarines.

Scenario 5 (NWUG5) - Operation Frigid Foray

The heavy bombardment endured by NATO's northern facilities and bases, particularly in southern Norway and the northern UK, pushed the alliance's line of defence further south with each wave of attacking NSC aircraft. The enemy was relentless in its efforts to push out from the Kola Peninsula, with the anticipated goal of freeing up the ocean waters north of Iceland for the eventual transit of the Northern Fleet. Most air attacks involved an initial long-range missile bombardment by Tu-16 Badger bombers armed with AS-4 "Kitchen" missiles, followed by strikes by Fencers and Floggers, some with chemical weapons. Eventually the northern Norwegian airfields and ports were abandoned, and with the exception of special forces and isolated pockets of resistance, NATO forces retreated south. Thus the Northern Fleet was permitted to escape the confining waters of the Barents Sea and move virtually unopposed into Iceland. Newly acquired facilities in northern Norway, Iceland and Jan Mayen have allowed forward basing of Soviet strike aircraft and interceptors to cover the deployment. NATO Task Force 177 was unlucky enough to be caught behind the rapidly-expanding umbrella of enemy forces. In the process of evacuating US Marines and their equipment from Orland, the amphibious ship Saipan suffered a major failure of its propulsion system. The vessel was by now fully loaded with combat-weary troops and their vehicles, and it was too late to transfer this cargo to another ship. Repair efforts led to a critical 7-hour delay of the convoy's escape, and now lead elements of the NSC invasion force were bearing down. NATO was extremely fortunate to have an "ace in the hole" - the newly built Mobile Offshore Base Mitchel, hastily deployed to the Gap.

Scenario 6 (NWUG6) - Operation Feral Chatter

There are reports that the NSC is now stepping up its transport flights into Iran, and may even be transporting high-technology material via submarine as a way of avoiding the blockade. It has been decided that the best way to cut the illegal supply to UBAN is by attacking airbases and ports in NSC territory. The Nimitz has managed to punch through the Gap and proceed into a striking position near the Kola. NSC forces on Iceland are degraded but not neutralized, and the enemy position in Norway can only be described as a fortress.

Scenario 7 (NWUG7) - The Fifth Horseman

As part of our plan to undertake preemptive nuclear strikes on UBAN targets, we are preparing to suppress the NSC capacity to retaliate in kind. The NSC have concentrated their own nuclear arsenal in the area of the Kola Peninsula, largely as a cost-cutting measure. The EU has authorized a preemptive attack on these targets. The attack submarine Connecticut is now moving into position to deliver a SEAL team near the airfield at Arkhangel'sk, which is tasked with the destruction of mobile Topol-M launchers.

