Operation: Lezviye

[Alex]

Kilo-class Submarine Leaving Nigeria​

Operation: Lezviye Russo-Chinese Conflict Classified & Encrypted​

Operation Information

As of October 2000, the nations of the Russian Empire and the State of Japan had entered a military alliance where various bases across Okinawa would become accessible to Russian forces. With the situation with China escalating, the Russian government had tasked the Atlantic Fleet to depart from its Nigeria port and sail to White Beach Naval Base. All vessels would be fully fueled, fully supplied, and fully armed and would depart immediately, gathering at JJ just south of their port in Nigeria. They would follow the path of JJ > JI > JH > JG > JF > KF > LG > MH > NI > NJ > OJ > OK > PL to Japan and reach the nation in roughly 13 days.

Deployed Forces

Severomorsk Naval Base 2nd Surface Ship Division​ HIMS Vice Admiral Kulakov (Udaloy II-class Destroyer)​ x300 Sailors​ x12 Pilots​ x1 Twin 130mm AK-130 Naval Gun​ x304 Rounds​ x2 Quadruple Anti-Ship Missile Launchers​ x8 P-270 '3M80MVE' Moskit Cruise Missiles​ x8 Octuple VLS Cells​ x64 SA-N-9 'Gauntlet' 9M330 Missiles​ x2 Kashtan CIWS​ x6,000 Rounds​ x2 Quadruple 553mm Torpedo Tubes​ x8 SS-N-16 'Stallion' Anti-Submarine Missiles​ x2 Udav-1 Anti-Submarine System​ x40 111SG Depth-Charge Rockets​ x40 111SZ Mine-Laying Rockets​ x40 111SO Decoy Rockets​ x2 Kamov Ka-27PL Anti-Submarine Helicopters​ HIMS Vice Admiral Kulakov (Udaloy II-class Destroyer)​ x300 Sailors​ x12 Pilots​ x1 Twin 130mm AK-130 Naval Gun​ x304 Rounds​ x2 Quadruple Anti-Ship Missile Launchers​ x8 P-270 '3M80MVE' Moskit Cruise Missiles​ x8 Octuple VLS Cells​ x64 SA-N-9 'Gauntlet' 9M330 Missiles​ x2 Kashtan CIWS​ x6,000 Rounds​ x2 Quadruple 553mm Torpedo Tubes​ x8 SS-N-16 'Stallion' Anti-Submarine Missiles​ x2 Udav-1 Anti-Submarine System​ x40 111SG Depth-Charge Rockets​ x40 111SZ Mine-Laying Rockets​ x40 111SO Decoy Rockets​ x2 Kamov Ka-27PL Anti-Submarine Helicopters​ Polyarny Naval Base 4th Submarine Division​ HIMS Yaroslavl (Kilo-class Submarine)​ x52 Submariners​ x6 533mm Torpedo Tubes​ x9 VA-111 Shkval Supercavitating Torpedoes​ x9 Type 53-65 Torpedoes​ x8 Strela-2 Man-Portable Air Defense System​ x16 Strela-2 Missiles​ 1st Special Purpose Division​ Intelligence Collection Squadron​ HIMS Kurily (Vishnya-class Intelligence Ship)​ x146 Sailors​ x2 AK-630 CIWS​ x6,000 Rounds​ x2 Twin SA-N-8 Gremlin Air Defense Missile Systems​ x8 9M36 Missiles​ Logistics Squadron​ HIMS Boris Chilikin (Boris Chilikin-class Fleet Oiler)​ x93 Sailors​ x2 57mm AK-725 Naval Guns​ x608 Rounds​ x2 AK-630 CIWS​ x6,000 Rounds​

 

[Alex]

HIMS Boris Chilikin In the Indian Ocean​

Secret Having now reached JF, the now designated Okinawa Fleet would have their ships refueled and resupplied one at a time by the Boris Chilikin-class fleet oiler. Before replenishment occurred, the fleet would make sure that the ocean was at safe sea level state to assure that no supplies were lost or ships damaged. Each ship would take roughly one hour to have their fuel refilled and their provisions restored. Once each of the ships were fully resupplied, the fleet would return to their previous formation and continue sailing at roughly 15kn/hr, the Kilo-class submarine would remain snorkeling to assure the most fuel saved. They would proceed down their path of KF > LG > MH > NI > NJ > OJ > OK > PL to Jpana.

 

[Owen]

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In the tropical island paradise of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, a small but inhabited Australian territory in the eastern Indian Ocean, there would not be much of a hive of activity, life was calm and relaxing. There was quite frequent military movements through the island though as it hosts an RAAF bare base, a crucial component of Australia's military infrastructure in the Indian Ocean. It also hosts the Cocos Islands Receiving Station, an Australian Signals Directorate station located within the RAAF base/airport that provides signals intelligence gathering for the Eastern Indian Ocean and parts of Western Indonesia. As apart of Operation Resolute, Armidale-class patrol boats from the Navy and Border Force vessels would visit the islands frequently as well as patrol waters around it. AP-3C Orion aircraft of the RAAF would also fly in and out of RAAF Cocos Islands as apart of that Operation, patrolling the seas around and near Cocos Islands and Christmas Island, monitoring vessels moving through the strategically important Eastern Indian Ocean. As the Russian vessels moved through NI, where Cocos Islands sits on the border of NI and NH, they would gradually be detected by an AP-3C Orion on patrol as apart of Operation Resolute, which had an extensive air and sea search radar range as well as a suite of signals and electronics intelligence gathering capabilities. They would also begin to have their communications monitored by the Cocos Island Receiving Station. An Australian Signals Directorate operative at ASD HQ in Canberra would listen in and record the communications, which included between the ships and back to their respective command. The operative would notice it was a East or South Slavic-natured language.

"Can I have somebody in here who speaks Russian, Ukrainian or Serbian?" He would ask, being only proficient in Indonesian as that was the most common language filtering through Cocos Islands.

As it became obvious they weren't trade vessels due to the nature of there being multiple vessels moving together as well as their movements not being known prior, the AP-3C's would change their patrol route to investigate the nearby vessels. They had not entered Australian waters, this was simply an intelligence gathering exercise. Once they were near the ships they would keep their distance of at least 5km away but close enough to take pictures and collect intelligence. Operators onboard would begin to take pictures of the vessels with high-resolution cameras through the windows of the aircraft. No doubt the Russians would know the aircraft was there by now, had they not picked it up on their radars the humming of the Allison T56 engines, identical to those on a C-130 Hercules, would give it away. They certainly weren't quiet aircraft.

The photographers would notice the Russian flags and insignia on the vessels.

"Definitely Russian."

The AP-3C's would also gather signals and electronics intelligence from the vessels, complimenting those already gathered by the Cocos Island Receiving Station. This would give them sophisticated information about what types of electronic processors they would have onboard, allowing them to identify the types of vessels they were and what weapons systems they had. All the intelligence gathered by the aircraft would make its way up the chain of command first back to Headquarters, Northern Command at Larrakeyah Barracks in Darwin, onwards to the Office of National Intelligence in Canberra eventually landing on the desk of the Minister for Defence who would read the dossier. It certainly was not in his intention to make anything public, afterall Australia was quietly cautious about movements of certain countries in the region, notably Thailand and China, but Russia was not one of them. He would quietly note what was occurring in the Indian Ocean though and would bring it to the National Security Committee daily meeting.

Once the Russian vessels were sufficiently away from Australian territory the AP-3C would leave them alone.

Alex

 

[Alex]

Secret Considering the Russian fleet was still located somewhere south of the African continent, in-between the nations of South Africa and Madagascar and therefore roughly seven thousand kilometers away from the Australian islands of Cocos, it would be impossible for the Australians to know of the ships let alone spot them with any aircraft or even radar. Therefore, the Russian fleet would continue their journey like before, unknown to the Australians and none of their systems, communications, or other electronical readings would be known to them and no pictures would have been taken of the ships, their compositions, or the crews that operated them. The fleet would continue on its journey of: LG > MH > NI > NJ > OJ > OK > PL to the Japanese archipelago of Okinawa.

Owen

 

[Owen]

​

In the tropical island paradise of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, a small but inhabited Australian territory in the eastern Indian Ocean, there would not be much of a hive of activity, life was calm and relaxing. There was quite frequent military movements through the island though as it hosts an RAAF bare base, a crucial component of Australia's military infrastructure in the Indian Ocean. It also hosts the Cocos Islands Receiving Station, an Australian Signals Directorate station located within the RAAF base/airport that provides signals intelligence gathering for the Eastern Indian Ocean and parts of Western Indonesia. As apart of Operation Resolute, Armidale-class patrol boats from the Navy and Border Force vessels would visit the islands frequently as well as patrol waters around it. AP-3C Orion aircraft of the RAAF would also fly in and out of RAAF Cocos Islands as apart of that Operation, patrolling the seas around and near Cocos Islands and Christmas Island, monitoring vessels moving through the strategically important Eastern Indian Ocean. As the Russian vessels moved through NI, where Cocos Islands sits on the border of NI and NH, they would gradually be detected by an AP-3C Orion on patrol as apart of Operation Resolute, which had an extensive air and sea search radar range as well as a suite of signals and electronics intelligence gathering capabilities. They would also begin to have their communications monitored by the Cocos Island Receiving Station. An Australian Signals Directorate operative at ASD HQ in Canberra would listen in and record the communications, which included between the ships and back to their respective command. The operative would notice it was a East or South Slavic-natured language.

"Can I have somebody in here who speaks Russian, Ukrainian or Serbian?" He would ask, being only proficient in Indonesian as that was the most common language filtering through Cocos Islands.

As it became obvious they weren't trade vessels due to the nature of there being multiple vessels moving together as well as their movements not being known prior, the AP-3C's would change their patrol route to investigate the nearby vessels. They had not entered Australian waters, this was simply an intelligence gathering exercise. Once they were near the ships they would keep their distance of at least 5km away but close enough to take pictures and collect intelligence. Operators onboard would begin to take pictures of the vessels with high-resolution cameras through the windows of the aircraft. No doubt the Russians would know the aircraft was there by now, had they not picked it up on their radars the humming of the Allison T56 engines, identical to those on a C-130 Hercules, would give it away. They certainly weren't quiet aircraft.

The photographers would notice the Russian flags and insignia on the vessels.

"Definitely Russian."

The AP-3C's would also gather signals and electronics intelligence from the vessels, complimenting those already gathered by the Cocos Island Receiving Station. This would give them sophisticated information about what types of electronic processors they would have onboard, allowing them to identify the types of vessels they were and what weapons systems they had. All the intelligence gathered by the aircraft would make its way up the chain of command first back to Headquarters, Northern Command at Larrakeyah Barracks in Darwin, onwards to the Office of National Intelligence in Canberra eventually landing on the desk of the Minister for Defence who would read the dossier. It certainly was not in his intention to make anything public, afterall Australia was quietly cautious about movements of certain countries in the region, notably Thailand and China, but Russia was not one of them. He would quietly note what was occurring in the Indian Ocean though and would bring it to the National Security Committee daily meeting.

Once the Russian vessels were sufficiently away from Australian territory the AP-3C would leave them alone.

Alex

 

[Alex]

Secret Considering the Russian fleet was now located somewhere in the Philippine Sea, closing in on the Okinawa Archipelago, and therefore roughly five thousand five hundred kilometers away from the Australian islands of Cocos, it would be impossible for the Australians to know of the ships let alone spot them with any aircraft or even radar. Therefore, the Russian fleet would continue their journey like before, unknown to the Australians and none of their systems, communications, or other electronical readings would be known to them and no pictures would have been taken of the ships, their compositions, or the crews that operated them. The fleet would reach Okinawa and the White Beach Area port facilities. There they would refuel and resupply before officially docking. All personnel would, upon the safe harbor and caretaking of the ships, head off to the Russian barracks where they would rest and await further orders. With the fleet now having reached its destination without issues, the operation would be considered completed.

Owen