[Argentina] Operations against France

[Joe]

(Roleplaying as France, in a Seperate Operation, similar to what Argentina did at the beginning of the campaign.)

In a third and final operation, secretly titled Operation: Soundwave, the General Directorate of External Security would raid the Argentinian Embassy in Paris that was never closed down. In Hanoi, however, the remaining team with the Office of South American Affairs would conduct Phase One of Operation: Soundwave, targetting the Argentinian Embassy in Hanoi. Located at 6 Rue Cimarosa, GDSE Agents COMINT Team would make their way over to the building in an unmarked van from the DGSE Office in Paris at approximately noon. Despite the Argentinian Embassy only occupying a small multi-story building, the team would take no chances. They would be assisted by the 40 GIGN Operatives also following in unmarked van. They would park a block away from the building, blending into the massive amounts of street traffic that was common around that time. With the hefty amounts of traffic on the footpaths as well as the roads, the team would easily blend into the amount of professionals walking to and from places to work.

Exiting the vehicles, the teams would instantly storm the Embassy quickly, outnumbering and subduing the guards outside. They would overcome them quickly as to prevent the Argentinians from destroying any data. From there, they'd break into the embassy and begin to arrest individuals, sending them into the unmarked vehicles to be extradited to Argentina after hostilities had ended. While the GIGN would secure the building, the French GDSE would begin to raid the Embassy and pillage it of all the data. As Argentinian military capabilities were stored in paper files, those would be stolen from the safe in the Ambassador's room. Computer servers and encrypted databanks would be stolen and sent to the DGSE Field Office to undergo decryption and analysis by GDSE codebreakers. In effect, the French military would very soon have access to Argentinian communication networks.

@Naio90

 

[Naio90]

With no route indications for the SEPECAT on what the flight path would be from Paris to Alexandria, it would be assumed that said flight would be done avoiding any foreign airspace, which would stretch the total distance from the 3032km shortest possible route up to 3.471km, which would take to avoid any neutral or foreign airspace and only use international airspace.

None of the aircraft were given flight altitude, which would be assumed to be, for most of the route, not to be the most fuel efficient one, due to operational needs, but high enough to be easily picked up by the Alexandria Radars.

In a full combat-load (air and ground) the SEPECAT Jaguar has a Combat Range of 575km. Given it was not specifically indicated what the load out would be, it would be assumed that the aircraft was up to its weight limit, even more considering it departed with full tanks (but no external tank).

The SEPECAT Jaguars employed by France in this occasion are the standard version. Its production post doesn’t specify any model, so it would be assumed it was the Jaguar A, from the early 70s. With no update or system upgrade, it would be a fact that the aircraft carried systems and equipment from that decade. This would most possibly also affect the operation of more modern Missiles, as it was not indicated that the onboard computer software was capable of reliably launching all of its loadout, consisting apparently of missiles decades ahead of the systems configuration.

Considering the aforementioned information, each SEPECAT Jaguar would have to refuel at least 6 times (considering the 7th, would be the one fueled before taking off) to cover the near 3500km which separates the indicated point of departure and target. Additional refueling would possibly be necessary if we take into account that the flight altitude was not the most fuel-efficient one, elevating the total number of refueling to at least 7 per aircraft. If we multiply that number times the amount of SEPECAT Jaguars (100), that would elevate the total number of refuelings required to even reach the target to 700. Considering that there were only 20 C-160s participating, this would mean that each individual Tanker would have to conduct 35 refuelings. Noting that the configuration of the Tanker version of the C-160 only carries 1 hose, each refueling had to be done individually and one after the other.

In average, refueling a small fighter in mid-air takes 3 to 4 minutes, which would mean that each “turn” to refuel once every SEPECAT Jaguar in air would take 122,5 minutes, or just above 2 hours. (Besides, according to the internet, the C-160 is a “small tanker”, which would even put in doubt that capacity to carry enough fuel for this mission at all)

The max. speed of the SEPECAT Jaguar is of 1,350 km/h, this would mean that, even a max speed, without considering take off and positioning, it wouldaround 2,5 hours for the aircraft to cover the near 3,500km which separate departure point and target. This would mean that each Jaguar, if done in order (not indicated, so, assumed), would have around 2 hours between each refueling, only being able to refuel once.

All this considerations are done calculating the most favorable conditions for the French aircraft, in reality, this would not be the case and the ranges and times would be much less.

If we add to all this the fact that no French pilot conducted any type of aerial refueling training EVER, it would add delays, failures and other types of incidents, complicating this logistical nightmare even more.

All this considered, and noting that the aircraft would be in already in the air, somewhere above the Mediterranean Sea, the whole procedure would be a total disaster, as mathematically proven, it would be impossible to refuel all aircraft in time. The SEPECAT Jaguars would begin running out of fuel one after the other.

As the slowly progressed, the dwindling number of French aircraft would be detected by the argentine Voronezh Radar long range radar installed in Alexandria at at least 1000km distance, if not more. The targets would be tracked and SAM defence systems linked. Even this way, it was to the whole operation was no surprise to the argentine defending forces, considering that the whole group of 121 aircraft flew straight over the argentine fleet in Corsica, which had their radars on and picked up the huge group of aircraft and informed it in time.

Argentine Navy docked ships would activate their systems and SAM for the case they were needed, all military personnel was set to battle stations.

For the time the few remaining French aircraft reached the max. range of the argentine anti-air defence systems in Alexandria, they would be fired (after being tracked and locked by the linked systems) upon by the 3x S-300PS and 2x S-400, with 9M83ME (200km range) and 40N6E (400km range) respectively. Each of the 5 systems would safely and according to protocol, launch its 4 loaded missiles, when the remaining French aircraft got within reach. First the 40N6E would launch their 8 missiles, reloading before launching another salvo if any of the aircraft was still in the air. If any of the aircraft would reach the 200km mark, the S-300PS would launch their missiles as well, reloading when necessary.

Considering that the French did not state to have any systems or radars active, it would be assumed they had no Radar Warning Receiver active, nor any other defensive measure (flares ro chaffs) or ECM (was not stated in the loadout). This would effectively mean that the French pilots had no way to detect or see the missiles coming (it was night), which would significantly affect their capacity to avoid being hit and downed.

As if this would not be enough, the Argentine Air Force Quick Reaction units in Alexandria (all stations on alert due to the state of war, and alerted of the incoming French forces), consisting of 24x Su-30MKI would take off fully manned and fueled safely one after the other, being fully supplied and with all their systems on (including ECM). They would be carrying air-to-air loadouts consisting of 6 safely attached K-77M AAM each, and ammo for their autocannons. They would also carry Litening Targeting Pods and Chaff/flares and They had orders to conduct patrols in argentine airspace in Alexandria and be ready to engage any of the tracked targets if they were to avoid the SAM defenses (not probable), before they got into attack reach of Alexandria (100km). The Sukhois would safely fly in trained 2 or 3 aircraft formations, at different medium and high altitudes, in constant encrypted communications with each other and HQ. In case of emergency they would be cleared to land 8refuel or anythign related to the safety of its operations)

As a result of all this, Alexandria and all its holdings would be safe and intact, and all French aircraft would have crashed due to lack of fuel, got hit by argentine SAMs or engaged in combat by the Argentine Air Force before reaching attack range.


All information regarding argentine defenses and operations are secret, and France has no way of knowing that type of missiles and systems Argentina is employing. No foreign airspace, waters or territory was breached by argentine operations. All argentien units would be in constant communication through encrypted channels.

@Joe

 

[Joe]

(Roleplaying as France in Operation: Payback)

It is quite inherent that modern warfare, training is inherent, which is why aerial refueling is not part of a training exercise, but rather part of the Basic Combat Training done for French pilots. Utilizing code words, the refueling would not be a logistical nightmare as the Argentinians had described, as each squadron of five SEPECAT Jaguars were delegated one Transall C-160 flight plane, allowing squadrons to easily and efficiently delegate fuel needs throughout the duration of the operation as airborne refueling only takes around 2-5 minutes, making it a total of 10-25 minutes for each turn for every Transall C-160 escorting the squadron of 5 SEPECAT Jaguars, much less than the combat range that the Argentinians had attempted to counter with. This would only be sped by the presence of an AWACs plane commanding and delegating fuel priorities and monitoring the vitals of every plane, acting as a mobile Air Control Tower, something that the Argentinians did not, in fact, have. The French Air Force would also have taken the age of the SEPECAT Jaguars into account, having used guided bombs instead of missiles, similar to the way that the Argentinian Navy was destroyed.

As a result, the small force of French aircraft would have safely reached Alexandria on time and on schedule given the unit tactics that had taken place. However, they would still reach Alexandria and take it by complete surprise due to the absence of radar systems. Nowhere in Navy productions does it claim that the Navy has use of Voronezh radar.

Argentinian Navy Radar productions
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Defering to the list in the Argentinian Air Force, the contradictory descriptions would say that the Voronezh Radar is in fact in use in mainland Argentina, not in Alexandria as the structure dictates, unless radars are able to teleport and apparate in different locations around the world at will. In fact, the productions of the Voronezh radar only list three, which all three are in use in mainland Argentina.

Argentinian Air Force Air Defense Command Productions
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Having no mention of these radars anywhere else other than structures that do not corroborate the actual productions in the second image, the French Air Force, fully fueled, armed, and combat ready, would reach Alexandria undetected and catch them by complete surprise. The entire force, having refueled efficiently from the 20 Transall C-160s (ratio of 5 fighter aircraft to a refueler) would quickly breach the SAM systems due to their undermanning. Stated in Alexandria Naval Base, only personnel of 1,000 worked at the Naval Base, a base that housed Navy assets as well as Marine assets. Many of the personnel, as the Argentinians did not state their role, would be delegated to keeping the combat units combat ready, such as cooking, cleaning, maintaining the base, and manning the control tower (all of which easily surpass a personnel max of 1,000). As a result, the 40 SAM defense systems requiring crews of 5-10 each would be dangerously undermanned and exhausted, having been in a state of readiness for days without any form of rest. The base itself was teetering on the point of collapse due to the constant overwork and exhaustion only decreased their combat efficiency.

The French Air Force would catch them by complete surprise due to the lack of any radar from the Argentinians as well as the Argentinian counter that the French Aircraft were not using their radar warning systems. As a matter of fact, this would only help the French aircraft as it would give them low radar signatures, allowing them to bypass the SAM networks with ease. They would only be detected until it was much too late. By the time the SAMs were able to counter, the French First Wave would release their guided bombs on Alexandria, destroying the runways of the Naval and Airbase, while also destroying SAM with anti-radiation missiles due to the extensive use of radar systems by the SAM networks, making the SEAD mission of the Wild Weasel SEPECAT Jaguars easier. Their guided bombs would also target the naval assets in their docks, their job much easier as they still hadn't been moved, either due to a tactical blunder of lack of warning.

Furthermore, to add more trouble to the Argentinian defense, the jampacked runway would be unable to counter the French assault due to the lack of any early warning radar. Any warning that they did have would be far too late. By the time they got to their planes, their runway would already be destroyed and any assets that did manage to get airborne would be quickly picked off by the second wave.

The French Air Force assets would return home and prep for a second wave after rest and refuel. Operation: Payback would be a resounding success, with the complete destruction of Alexandria Naval and Airbase, destruction of numerous Surface Air Missile Networks, the preventing of their use for the duration of the Campaign, and the destruction of numerous Corvettes and Frigates in the harbor while only taking minimal losses themselves.


Edited: @Naio90

 

[Naio90]

Response to post #19.

The Dassault nEUROn made it through. But…

Considering that it was never stated that any of the aircraft took off with any radar, system or navigational aid, it would be assumed that they were flying “manually” without any assistance. In addition, it was never stated that the aircraft took off in a sequential or orderly manner, assuming therefore that the launch of 60 aircraft happened simultaneously in Lyon (Not, “Lyons” which I could say I don’t understand and void it, just as it happened in the past in MN in cases of misspelled locations).

The first wave of 60 Mirage2000-5 Mk2 would attempt to take off all at the same time, effectively crashing into each other rendering some of them out of combat until reparations were made. Those aircraft who actually made it into the air, would be navigating visually, with instructions to fly towards Corsica, but with no route or flightpath. The same happened with altitude, it was not indicated.

Considering this 2 last facts, it would be assumed that the pilots decided to do a big northeastern loop that would carry them over the swiss and Italian Alps (effectively breaching airspace of other nations). Given no altitude was stated, it would be assumed that they were travelling at low altitude due to the nature of their attack operation. If we add to this that they had no navigation systems on, it would result in most if not all of the Mirage 2000-5 Mk2 who made it into the air in crashing against the snowy mountain sides of the Alps.

Back at Lyon, the second wave of aircraft never departed due to the runway and taxi-paths being blocked with debris from the Mirage’s that never made it into the air. The Lyon airport would be rendered useless for aerial operations until it was cleaned up, which could take several days. No further aircraft were able to take off after the first wave.

As for the second part, regarding the argentine submarine operations, the presence of argentine submarines was secret to France, and the phrase “Due to the proximity of submarines, the fleet based in Toulon would remain in the safety of their docks.”is Metagaming,voiding therefore the related roleplayed.

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With the airport of Ajaccio taken and under control, Argentina would prepare aerial forces to deploy to Corsica. The forces would be drawn from Alexandria, plus later reinforcements. The 22nd and 4th Fighter Squadrons and the 11th and 12th Naval Attack Squadrons were readied to be ferried to Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport. All aircraft would be fueled and manned, and with their radars and sensors on. The fighter aircraft would each be carrying 4x K-77M AAM, and ammo for their autocannons and 3 full fuel tanks, safely attached. The Tupolevs would be carrying each 2x safely attached Kh-32. In addition, 12 chinese Xian Y-20 (recently delivered to Alexandria secretly by the chinese https://modernnations.com/threads/purchase-china-xian-y-20.8002/ , they aren’t listed on my structures because I can’t modify them during war, and I don’t want to give the impression I’m modifying my structures), fully loaded with spare parts, tools, and a variety of additional missiles plus technical crews and personal belongings from the pilots would fly behind the main column transporting everything needed to operate the aircraft from Corsica. All aircraft would be carrying Chaffs/Flares and have their ECM active where available. The Y-20 would be loaded to their full capacities but still allowing a safe flight to Corsica. They would all depart safely and in order from Alexandria, and reach an average cruise altitude of 25,000ft and regular fuel-efficiency travel speed, maintaining it until their final approach, guided by the ATC of Ajaccio Airport. They would safely land and park. All aircrafts would have their systems active and running, scanning for potential threats. The MiG’s would be flying in the front, in triangle formations, followed by the Tu-22Ms and with the Y-20s closing. All at safe distances of one another. They would flight on international and argentine/French airspace in the most direct and shortest route possible. They would maintain encrypted communication between them, Corsica and Alexandria, and also hail the argentine fleet stationed there. All deployments are secret.

@Joe

1 mroe post to go... xD

 

[Joe]

Due to the fact that Alexandria Naval Base was totally destroyed in a daring assault by the French Air Force, the Tupolev Tu-22s, Xian Y-20s, and MiGs would be unable to take off from Alexandria. They would be completely grounded and unable to participate in the campaign for the remainder of the battle, trapped in their burning runways. If they did manage to go down the runway, their large wheels would get promptly stuck in craters, damaging them completely and removing them from the field of battle. In fact, they'd be quite useless on the ground and in their planes while their base is on fire and damage is spreading around them. Unfortunately, such is to be the case in modern warfare. Without the deployment of engineers, the Base would continue to be completely disabled without any form of assistance from the Marines.

Further West in France, it would be quite preposterous to assume that every plane had crashed into each other and in the Swiss Alps. In fact, there was a rule change against things such as this. As the CASA CN-295 AWACs plane had taken off first, it would easily be able to direct squadrons to safe routes and safe take offs (aided by the airport's Air Traffic Control tower, a tower that was absent in Alexandria, resulting in the lack of coordination). As a matter of fact, the planes wouldn't even have to travel far. Due to the range of the Exocet missile, almost as soon as the plane took off, they would be able to engage the fleet almost as soon as they took off. Due to the lack of any response of air defenses of the fleet, it would be quickly destroyed by the combined response of the French Air Force.

Meanwhile, as part of standard Navy doctrine requiring reconassiance first, the Fleet would remain in complete dry dock for seperate reasons other than metagaming. However, the work done by the Atlantiques discovering submarines in the Mediterrenean would be enough warning for the Navy to stay within their harbor. Due to a lack of response on part of the Submarine force, they would be quickly isolated and destroyed by the Atlantiques. After this is done, the Atlantiques would continue to monitor the area where the submarines were operating and would give the go-ahead for the French Navy to deploy from their harbor in Marseilles.

Taking an arrowhead formation, the fleet would deploy off the coast of France near Mariselles, acting as picket ships and preparing for an invasion of Corsica to take it back.

@Naio90

 

[Hollie]

⌈ ROLEPLAY NOTICE ⌋ ⁠— @Naio90 , @Joe

Roleplay Post #21 is VOID
Roleplay Posts #22 is VOID — The Administrative Team have made a Decision on the Payload and Altitude, that impacts this Post.
Roleplay Posts #23, #24 and #25 are VOID — The Content in these Posts seem to try to validate the Actions in earlier Posts.

• Post #17 and #18, Argentine Forces have Successfully taken the Following Territories — Tromelin, Amsterdam and Saint Paul Islands without resistance.
  300 Argentine Marines have Landed on Corsica, Located Southeast of the French Mainland. They secure the Capital City, Ajaccio making the Town Hall the new Argentine HQ
  A further 250 have been Deployed to Ajaccio, and are responsible for taking Various Towns and Cities on Corsica
  5 Helicopters have Launched and Landed at Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport. There's now a total of 600 Marines on Corsica.
  
  
• Post #19, The French Parliament delivers a Vote of No Confidence against President Macron after the Invasion of Corsica. The French Military would now be in direct control of the War.
  5 Dassault nEURON Stealth Jets were Stripped of their Weapons and Deployed to assess the situation over Corsica, before the French Army determined that Argentina had no Air Defence.
  They Deploy 2 Waves of 60 Dassault Mirage Fighter Jets armed with 2 Exocet Missiles Each, with 2 CASA C-295 AWACS to target the Argentine Fleet (8)
  5 Bregeut Atlantique II, Fitted with 12 Depth Charges were launched from Marseilles, conducting Anti-Submarine Warfare in Transit Map JN.
  Another 5 Bregeut Atlantique II, Fitted with Mark 48 Torpedoes would be Fly West, over the Atlantic Ocean near Mainland France. Sonar Active, and hunting for Enemy Submarines.
  5,000 French Foreign Legion are Mobilized to airdrop on Corsica, IF the Mission is a Success using 60 CN-235's stationed in Bordeaux.
  
  
• Post #20, While the French Armed Forces battle to take back Corsica, the Air Force would focus their Efforts on Pacifying Alexandria and securing their Eastern Flanks.
  100 SEPECAT Jaguars, 20 C-150s with Refueling Probes and 1 CASA C-295 AWACS are Launched from Paris.
  There was 2 Waves, both with 50 SEPECAT Jaguars. The First Wave focused on the Air-to-Air Combat, the other a Full Ground Attack.
  
  [ADMIN DECISION] While the Argentine Ships were Docked, these would have Radar ACTIVE considering their Fleet in Southern France had been targeted. This is Reasonable to assume.
  The SAM Systems would have been MANNED, because Constant Encrypted Communication are being maintained. It seems Reasonable to assume they would have heard about the Corsica attack.
  However, the Argentine Forces at Alexandria have been on High Alert. This 1,000 Manned Force may struggle to Actively engage in all Tasks necessary, so the Base may not Function effectively.
  It's Reasonable to assume that the Argentine Force at Alexandria are under Pressure, Tired or Exhausted. Therefore, not all Personnel are Alert or Responsive in a Timely Fashion. However, Many are.
  It's Reasonable to assume Technology for Releasing or Firing Missiles would not have largely changed on Aircraft, therefore the SEPECAT may reliably Launch it's Loadout.
  It's also Reasonable to assume that at War, the French Air Force are Knowledgeable enough to manage Payload, Altitude and Fuel Economy, without these Factors majorly impacting their operation.
  It's Unlikely the Full French Deployment heading to Alexandria are Successful due to Supply and Demand, between the Refueling Tankers and the SEPECAT Jaguars. Only 65 Will arrive.
  The Remaining 35 Jaguars would have Returned to France, having made this Decision so that the Aircraft do not run short of Fuel.
  
  
• NAIO has 48 Hours to Respond to Post #19 and Post #20. Thereafter, the Operation and the 24 Hour Rule will continue as usual.

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The Modern Nations Staff Team,
Hollie — This Decision was Agreed by the Entire Staff Team and will not be Modified

 

[Naio90]

The argentine fleet positioned southwest of Corsica would be in defensive positions and actively monitoring for potential dangers (Post #15: “They would position themselves, static, in a protective layout (LPDs and Replenishment vessel in the center), having all their radars and systems operational and connected to provide enhanced defensive capacities.”

The Exocets carried by the first and second wave of the Mirage’s would be the AM-39 version, which is the only airborne model of the missile. As stated in Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exocet) it has only a maximum range of 70km depending on the altitude of the aircraft at the moment of being launched. Considering the flight altitude was not stated, it would be assumed that it was on the lower end of the spectrum. Considering that France specifically stated that “…once reaching 98 nautical miles of the Argentinian ships […] would launch…” (98nm = 181,5km), they would have not the capacity to reach their targets.

To recap: The AM-39 Exocet Missiles would be launched at a distance of 98nm or 181,5km, as stated in post #19, they would have locked targets thanks to the C-295 AWACs (which would increase the on-board radar ranges of the Mirages from its original 20nm or 40km), but, having been launched over double their maximum operational range they would run out of fuel and simple fall into the sea without exploding, almost 100km away from the argentine fleet’s position.

The same would happen to the second wave given that they would launch at the same distance “Without any sort of reprieve, Wave 2 would arrive with their 60 Dassault Mirage 2000. Once at the same range as the First Wave, they too, would launch their Exocet missiles”.

The Exocets of the second wave would also have the same fate as the ones of the first one, falling into the Mediterranean Sea without exploding.

With all Mirages launching their missiles at such long distance and heading back to their base (as stated by Framce), they would not have been picked up by the air radars of the argentine fleet, but instead by the ATC of the Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport, given the attacking aircraft did not have their transponders turned off and were easily picked up by civilian radars. The fleet and defending forces would then be alerted of potential incoming air strikes, and would tighten its formation and awareness with all defensive systems and ECM active, being ready to conduct anti-aircraft volleys. They would change shifts as to give enough rest to all crews and personnel on Corsica, to have them ready for eventual attacks.

The argentine fleet would therefore remain intact and connected to Ajaccio in case they required any urgent supplies.

In the meantime, the 5 Breguet Atlantique II that had departed Marseille and had instructions of “conducting anti-submarine warfare in sector JN” would indeed have to deal with the presence of the argentine fleet, which was still active due to the failure of all Exocet Missiles.

Considering that the mentioned argentine fleet stationed off Corsica was in sector JN, and that there were no exact instructions for where the 5 Breguet Atlantique’s should operate , and that Marseille was only about 300km from Ajaccio, eventually the 5 Breguet Atlantique’s (having not scanned the area for surface threats) would be picked up with the Furke – E Radar of the Gorshkov-Class Frigate, which having been informed of potential incursions after the failed attack of the Mirages, would launch a volley of 5x of their 9M96 missiles, targeting each of the aircraft. Being slow and big targets, the probability of being hit was very high.

In the meantime, some of the argentine submarines operating in the area might have been detected before the aircraft were downed, and would have started evasive maneuvers to avoid the depth charges, but its important taking into consideration the wide area the submarines were operating in, and how difficult it was to detect them, making it very unlikely for the French to simply stumble upon them in the short time they had before being hit by the argentine air defenses of the fleet.

Back in Alexandria, taking into account the failed aerial attack to Corsica, all units would be on alert, not only the 1,000 base personnel, but also the 3,000 members of the healthy, fit and ready for action 4th Marine Brigade, stationed in Alexandria ( https://modernnations.com/threads/►-infanteria-de-marina-argentina-◄.215/ ), which would obviously also be in alert and helping out with the defences of the territory. With 4,000 to man the defenses (although 1,000 of them would be boarding planes to be transported, reducing the final count of people ready to an the defences to 3,000), the base would be operational and ready to engage any attackers.

Informed of the incoming attack (ATC of the Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport would have reported the movements crossing the vicinity of the Island, but eventually out of range for an attack, given transponders were not shut off and the radars pick up the signal of the large mass of aircraft. By now, the rest of Corsica would have been secure and taken, including all other airports and airfields with ATCMs), the Voronezh Radar located in Alexandria would have picked up the signal from the incoming aircraft from at least 1000km onwards, and fed it to the argentine SAM Systems. The remaining 65 SEPECAT Jaguars would reach firing range of the different argentine defenses.

For the time the 65 remaining French aircraft reached the max. range of the argentine anti-air defenses systems in Alexandria, they would be fired (after being tracked and locked by the linked systems) upon by the 3x S-300PS and 2x S-400, with 9M83ME (200km range) and 40N6E (400km range) respectively. Each of the 5 systems would safely and according to protocol, launch its 4 loaded missiles (totaling 20), when the remaining French aircraft got within reach. First the 40N6E would launch their 8 missiles (totaling, reloading before launching another salvo if any of the aircraft was still in the air. If any of the aircraft would reach the 200km mark, the S-300PS would launch their 12 missiles as well, reloading when necessary. As altitude wasn’t stated, it would be assume they were high enough to be easily detected by all radars and systems.

Considering that the French did not state to have any radars active, it would be assumed they had no Radar Warning Receiver active, nor any other defensive measure (flares or chaffs) or ECM (was not stated in the loadout). This would effectively mean that the French pilots had no way to detect or see the missiles coming (it was night), which would significantly affect their capacity to avoid being hit and downed.

Once the remaining aircraft (if reloading of the S-300s was not done in time) would reach the 120km range, the four Gorshkov-Class Frigates still docked at the port of Alexandria would ready its 9M96 missiles, being each capable of firing 32 of them simultaneously, meaning the total potential count of missiles launched would be of 128 against the remaining French aircraft, 2 missiles would be launched at each surviving french aircraft. They would boot up all targeting systems and await locking target at long range and fire, as soon as they were within reach (targeting all remaining aircraft). The rest of the docked fleet would also be on alert and with all their systems and SAM systems operative and ready. All ships would have their ECM and CIWS active.

Finally, the bases short range 20x Ya Zahra systems would also be manned and firing their missiles to any enemy aircraft.

As if this would not be enough, the Argentine Air Force Quick Reaction units in Alexandria (all stations on alert due to the state of war, and alerted of the incoming French forces), consisting of 24x Su-30MKI would take off fully manned and fueled safely one after the other, being fully supplied and with all their systems on (including ECM). They would be carrying air-to-air loadouts consisting of 6 safely attached K-77M AAM each, and ammo for their autocannons. They would also carry Litening Targeting Pods and Chaff/flares and They had orders to conduct patrols in argentine airspace in Alexandria and be ready to engage any of the tracked targets if they were to avoid the SAM defenses (not probable), before they got into attack reach of Alexandria (100km). The Sukhois would safely fly in trained 2 or 3 aircraft formations, at different medium and high altitudes, in constant encrypted communications with each other and HQ. In case of emergency they would be cleared to land 8refuel or anythign related to the safety of its operations). Al airport and aerial operations would be safely guided by the ATC and airport ground crew, which would had reinforcements to do everything properly and securely.

It is worth mentioning that the SEPECA Jaguar’s were loaded with weapons that required to get closer than 120km from their targets, so, they would have to cross all three argentine ranges of SAMs (400km, 200km and 120km, plust the short range Ya Zahra and the Su-30MIKs patrolling.

As a result of all this, Alexandria and all its holdings would be safe and intact, and all French aircraft would have returned to France due to lack of fuel or got hit by argentine SAMs or engaged in combat by the Argentine Air Force before reaching attack range.

All information regarding argentine defenses and operations are secret, and France has no way of knowing that type of missiles and systems Argentina is employing. No foreign airspace, waters or territory was breached by argentine operations. All argentine units would be in constant communication through encrypted channels.

As a response to the French movements, and with all aerial threats momentarily cleared and with the airport of Ajaccio taken and under control, Argentina would prepare aerial forces to deploy to Corsica. The forces would be drawn from Alexandria, plus later reinforcements. The complete 22nd and 4th Fighter Squadrons and the 11th and 12th Naval Attack Squadrons were readied to be ferried to Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport. All aircraft would be fueled and manned, and with their radars and sensors on. The fighter aircraft would each be carrying 4x K-77M AAM, and ammo for their autocannons and 3 full fuel tanks, safely attached. The Tupolevs would be carrying each 2x safely attached Kh-32. In addition, 12 chinese Xian Y-20 (recently delivered to Alexandria secretly by the chinese https://modernnations.com/threads/purchase-china-xian-y-20.8002/ , they aren’t listed on my structures because I can’t modify them during war, and I don’t want to give the impression I’m modifying my structures), fully loaded with spare parts, tools, and a variety of additional missiles plus technical crews and personal belongings from the pilots, would fly behind the main column transporting everything needed to operate the aircraft from Corsica. All aircraft would be carrying Chaffs/Flares and have their ECM active where available. The Y-20 would be loaded to their full capacities but still allowing a safe flight to Corsica. They would all depart safely and in order from Alexandria, and reach an average cruise altitude of 25,000ft and regular fuel-efficiency travel speed, maintaining it until their final approach, guided by the ATC of Ajaccio Airport. They would safely land and park (the tarmac and related areas would be cleared and prepared to host all aircraft safely and in ready to take off positions). All aircrafts would have their systems active and running, scanning for potential threats. The MiG’s would be flying in the front, in triangle formations, followed by the Tu-22Ms and with the Y-20s closing. All at safe distances of one another. They would flight on international and argentine/French airspace in the most direct and shortest route possible. They would maintain encrypted communication between them, Corsica and Alexandria, and also hail the argentine fleet stationed there. All deployments are secret. The flights would take about 2 hours. Several km behind, another 10 Y-20s would take off from Alexandria, following the same route and flight parameters as the first 12 Y-20s. With a max. capacity of 300 troops, they would be carrying the 4th Amphibious Vehicle and 4th Mechanized Marine Batallions (totaling 1,000 troops), divided equally in 4 groups of 250, each occupying one Y-20. All troops would carry full combat gear, including main and secondary armament and rations. A 5th Y-20 would be carrying supplies, while the other 3 Y-20’s would each be carrying 6 safely secured ZBD2000 Amphibious Tanks, totaling 18, and their corresponding ammunition for the main and secondary gun. All this would be within the loading parameters and capacity of the Xian Y-20. They would safely land at their desitnation and immediately move aside to unload all the troops and vehicles. Finally, 2 additional Y-20’s would transport general supplies to Corsica. Back in Montevideo Naval Base, the Gorshkov-Class Frigates of the 7th Frigate Squadron would be readied, fully manned, supplied, fueled and prepared to set sail for Corsica. Each ship had its flight crew on board. They would sail only on international waters, in the shortest and most direct route possible. Due to range issues, the 4 Frigates would first rendezvous with the argentine fleet from Operation Forced Revolution, which is currently located on international waters in sector GJ. There they would safely fully resupply from the replenishment vessels part of that fleet, before continuing its shortest/direct route to Corsica, to join the argentine ships stationed there. All ships would have their radars and systems active, SAM and Anti-shipping missiles ready.
Gorshkov-Class Frigates
ARA Corrientes (F267)
210x Navy Personnel
x1 Ka-27
ARA Formosa (F268)
210x Navy Personnel
x1 Ka-27
ARA Misiones (F269)
210x Navy Personnel
x1 Ka-27
ARA Entre Rios (F270)
210x Navy Personnel
x1 Ka-27
Their loadout would be, for the Gorshkov-Frigates, 1× 130 mm Amethyst/Arsenal A-192M naval gun and ammo, 16 Kalibr anti-ship/cruise missiles, 24x Oniks missiles, 32x 9M96 surface-to-air missiles, 2 × Kashtan CIWS fully loaded, 8x Paket-NK anti-torpedo/anti-submarine torpedoes, 2 × 14.5 mm MTPU pedestal machine guns and ammo, Chaffs/Flares/Decoys, Torpedos (APR-2 Yastreb)and suonoboys (RGB-NM-1) for the Ka-27. All argentine fleets operating around the world, would continue with their orders, resupplying and conducting measures necessary to guarantee their safe operations if needed. All information regarding argentine defenses and operations are secret, and France has no way of knowing that type of missiles and systems Argentina is employing. No foreign airspace, waters or territory was breached by argentine operations. All argentine units would be in constant communication through encrypted channels. Kerguelen and Crozet and all other remaining Southern and Antarctic french territories would be under argnetine control. Corsica is located in sector JN, MOntevideo in GF, Alexandria in KM.

@Joe

 

[Joe]

With the loss of almost half of his fighting force of SEPECAT Jaguars due to fuel restrictions, the Air Traffic Control Officer on board the AWACs following the remaining raiders would make a quick judgment call. Due to the return of the other 35 aircraft safely to France, it would be assumed that this would take place relatively close to France; far and away from any kind of Argentinian defenses. The Air Traffic Control Officer would determine the flight of aircraft operating in Operation: Payback would be combat ineffective and would use his authority to cancel the operation. Moreover, due to the sheer idea that they were going into combat (similar to how the picket ships in Alexandria were operating their radar and countermeasures due to being in a state of readiness), it'd be absolutely ludicrous to assume that the flight would not be operating any kind of radar or electronics. In fact, the AWACs plane escorting the planes would be the radar. With the element of surprise compromised, the SEPECAT Jaguars would immediately turn and return to France, infact and refueling along the way using the Transall C-160s. Once on the ground in their home airport in Paris, they would refuel but keep their armament. Alexandria was not to be threatened by air attack... for now. The AWACs aircraft would loiter off to the East in the Tyrrhenian Sea, away from the dangerous SAMs of the Argentinian fleet.

Further to the West, the first wave of results would be coming back just as soon as the first wave was returning to Lyon and the second wave of aircraft were arriving on station. The results: the range of the missiles had not reached their targets due to range. This information, looked over by the AWACs aircraft in mainland France, would immediately be transmitted to the second wave of 60 Dassault Mirage 2000C, flying from their home airport of Toulouse (farther than Lyon). The resulting lag in between the two waves would give enough time for the message to get through: get closer. It was here that the Argentinians made an immense tactical blunder: having chosen to engage the not-so-valuable Atlantique far to the fleet's west. As a result, the valuable picket ships of the Gorshkov-class frigates (having just fired them) would be in the process of reloading their anti-aircraft missiles. Moreover, they had not moved their fleet or taken evasive reactions: having just moved them closer together. Even worse, they had not targeted the French aircraft.

Almost as soon as the first wave ended, the second wave would arrive over the horizon operating in a cone shape. Carefully managed by the AWACs aircraft to spread the targets, the second wave would target the Frigates first. Firing their missiles once in an optimal range of 50-60 kilometers, the Exocets would immediately assume sea-skimming procedures. Over 60 missiles, dedicated to merely four ships would come over the horizon traveling at Mach 0.92 (over 15 missiles per ship). Any attempt at CIWS or countermeasures would be futile. The sheer amount of Exocet missiles would create a metaphorical wall of anti-ship missiles. This was exacerbated by the pattern taken by the aircraft, where the cone would cause missiles to come in different directions over a 180-degree angle, resulting in difficult countermeasures for the CIWS pattern. Moreso, even with the sea-skimming function, the missiles would avoid radar and infrared detecting on the way to the ship.

Some missiles may have been stopped, but the majority would make it past the air defenses and measures. Such is the fact of saturation bombing. The Exocet missile, designed to require only one per frigate, would be sheer overkill in this amount. The resulting explosions of the ARA Independencia, ARA Gran Malvina, ARA Soledad, and ARA Bahia Agradable would damage their associated LPDs due to the close proximity of warships (as they had clustered together). All four frigates, subject to the saturation bombing, would be lost with all hands on deck. Immediately upon launch, the second wave of Dassault Mirage 2000Cs would return safely back home to refuel and rearm, to prepare for another wave for the remaining ships, guided by air traffic controllers and the AWACs to ensure safe traffic and no congestion. The Argentinian Navy would be given a brief reprieve, but only for a tiny moment.

As stated in the original Operation: Brittle Edge, the first wave of 60 Dassault Mirage 2000-5s would return back to base and go into the configuration of the second wave (now to be the fourth wave). Carrying an Exocet missile as well as 2 Matra Super 530Ds, the Mirages would refuel and rearm quickly on the ground in Lyon and safely return to the skies, guided by their ATCs as well as the AWACs. The third wave of aircraft would fly directly towards the stricken Argentine fleet, guided to optimal firing solutions by the AWACs aircraft. As soon as they were within an optimal range of 50-60 kilometers, the third wave would fire on the Argentinian LPDs and Replenishment ships. Like before, it would be horribly effective. Left exposed due to the destruction of the frigates, the ships would be sitting ducks in the water. Subject to a wall of over 60 Exocet missiles, to almost 20 per ship, countermeasures would be null. The LPDs, taking multiple hits from the Exocets, would explode in a ball of scrap and fire, sinking deep into the ocean.

In the span of an hour, the Argentinan Navy would have lost their entire fleet, leaving over 700 sailors dead. If, by some miracle, any kind of ship managed to make it through the hell-fire, it would be subjected to the continuous hammer-and-anvil attack that had been so effective against the fleet. It would only take moments for the Argentinian fleet to be completely destroyed and once that was done, the French Air Force would return back to their home base to refuel, repair, and re-arm in their same configuration. Their pilots would be maintained on a state of alert, allowed to rest in their cockpits, ready to go at a moment’s notice.

Further to the West, while the Atlantiques were big and slow, they would be operating close to the detected submarines due to the nature of anti-submarine warfare and homing in on them. By the sheer nature of submarine warfare and the fact that they were operating individually and not as a pack, independent of the main Argentinian fleet, they would be far away from the fleet and far away from being in range of any kind of Surface Air Missile that the fleet could encounter. Regardless, any form of SAM would be met by the same response, dedicated countermeasures with flares, chaff, and ECM. This was not the saturation bombing that the fleet had been subject to. They would only have to respond to one. These were individual missiles and were thus easier to counter. Even if they were not enough to ward the missiles, any casualties would be immediately replaced by another airborne Atlantique. For the duration of the existence of the Argentinian fleet, the remaining Atlantiques would operate in shifts out of the range of the Argentine fleet until the fleet was completely destroyed (which was not long). They would hunt for submarines and once reaching low fuel or low armament, would return to their airbases to refuel and switch out crews. The slow speed of the submarines and the use of the "find, mark, and destroy" tactic used would only enhance the Atlantique's efficiency. Similar to the shift-tactics used by the Atlantiques, the AWACs would also follow this tactic to keep being in the air.

Moreso, they'd be dangerously effective against the submarines. Operating individually with radio silence, they'd be unable to coordinate any kind of escape. Sound travels extremely efficient under the water. Loud and panicky evasive maneuvers, in tandem with the loud pings of the active sonars that the Argentinian submarines had not turned off, would reveal their location to the Atlantiques' detection systems. By the nature of submarines, the purpose of depth charges was to prevent any kind of "evasive" maneuver from benefiting the submarine. The depth charges would not even need to "touch" the submarine to damage or destroy it. They would merely need to explode in relative proximity and the mere violent vibrations rocking through the submarine would be enough to crack the hull, damage gauges, destroy ballast tanks, and either force it to surface or send it to the bottom of the ocean. By using evasive maneuvers, they would only reveal their position more to the Atlantiques and would thus be destroyed much easier. By the end of the first day of combat, all the submarines would either be disabled to the point of requiring an emergency retreat, or destroyed, all at the cost of a handful of Atlantiques.

French casualties would be heavily dwarfed by the destruction of the Argentinian Navy threatening Corsica.

From the canceled Operation: Payback, the AWACs aircraft associated with the operation as well as the AWACs operating over mainland France would detect on it's ELW-2090 radar dome radar signatures coming in towards Corsica. Strangely enough, it would only detect large signatures, that of the Tu-22Ms, the MiG-35s, and the Y-20s. These would be sent to intelligence and verified, much to the excitement of the French Navy. It was here that the Argentinians had made a strategic blunder. By choosing to take international airspace and avoid crossing over Italy and other sovereign countries, they had forsaken the MiG aircraft to losing all their fuel, at the max range of 1,490 miles, 26 miles less than their destination. Even with the drop tanks, it would do very little for the MiG-35 as the equipment they brought (their weaponry, primarily) would cancel out any effect that the fuel tanks could have. Moreover, as the Argentine fighters had used fuel tanks and not drop tanks that could be shedded for less weight, it would increase the weight even more and reduce the range (for a full example, view the combat radius on the fighter).

However, due to their height and ability to glide, they would have been able to maneuver into the airport unopposed had they not been detected.

The problem was that they were. The Argentinians had overextended.

The decision to take out the Argentinian Air Force while they were on the edge of their seat was too much to pass. Immediately, a team of crack Navy aces operating out of Naval Air Station Hyeres would board their planes of 30 Dassault Rafale Ms. Likewise, 50 Dassault Rafale Cs operating out of Toulouse would have their pilots man their planes. They would be fueled up and armed with 6 Magic IIs, 5 MICAs, and full autocannons each. Guided by the Air Traffic Controllers the AWACS aircraft, they would safely time their take-offs to engage with the MiG-35 at their height just as their engines sputtered out of fuel and they were forced to glide in.

By the time the MiGs had prepped for landing, they would not even have enough fuel nor time to loiter; the French Dassault Rafales, outnumbering the MiGs, were fast on their way to intercept. Even if warned by the ATC at Ajaccio, no factors would be on their side. Lacking the systems associated with an AEW&C aircraft allowing aircraft to be guided towards engaging their targets, they would lack any kind of coordination from the Air Traffic Control in Ajaccio what-so-ever. Even worse, just as soon as they were engaged, their fuel would be completely empty, unable to power anything except vital electronics to steer the plane. The auxiliary power unit associated with the MiG would not be enough to power the weapons systems, navigation, or even the countermeasures. MiG-35s did that have a modicum of fuel left would find that they would be unable to accomplish evasive maneuvers for very long. Any attempt to have MiGs conduct a “last stand” to protect a few to get on the ground and refuel would be met by those MiGs doing the “last stand” being completely overwhelmed, only for the last few on the ground to be picked off as they went back into the air.

Once in range, a single message would be sent to the pilots:

“Tallyho.”​

What was once a peaceful preparation for a “glide-in” landing would be interrupted by a hailstorm of MICA missiles. Launched from over 70 kilometers away and closing in fast, they would home in on the MiGs, destroying nearly half of them in a series of fireballs before they could even adequately respond. Before they realized what was happening, the second wave of missiles would already be upon them. Forced to be sitting ducks by the lack of fuel, they would repeatedly be picked off by the Dassault Rafales until they were completely destroyed. The Rafale and MiG-35 were equals in combat, but the Rafales were fresh, fully fueled, and had their countermeasures activated, the MiG-35s were coming off a journey and exhausted of fuel, unable to evade or jink due to their gliding. The Rafales would forsake the Tu-22 Backfires and the Y-20s to engage solely with the outnumbered MiGs, not that the Tu-22s could do anything but watch in horror as their escorts were completely eviscerated by a French meat grinder.

The answer for the Tu-22s and the Y-20s would be solved extraordinarily quickly. With the destruction of the Argentinian Navy to the Northwest, the Dassault Mirages acting as waves would have been immediately scrambled in their home airports of Lyon and Toulouse. The 60 Dassault Mirage 2000-5s would arm themselves with 6 MICA AA missiles and autocannon. Likewise, the 60 Dassault Mirage 2000Cs would arm themselves with two Matra R550 Magic IIs and two Matra Super 530Ds. They would also carry a GBU-12 laser-guided bomb. All the aircraft would have all their drop tanks. Guided by the ATC as well as the AWACs, they would time their takeoffs to follow the Dassault Rafales and intercept the MiGs just as their fuel began to run out.

Again, the message would be sent around the wave of fighters.

“Tallyho.”​

The first wave of 60 Dassault Mirage 2000-5s would immediately come to assist the Dassault Rafales, further skewing the already slim odds against the MiGs to the French. Meanwhile, the second wave of 60 Dassault Mirage 2000Cs would arrive on station, flying past the dogfighting happening between the French aircraft and the MiGs. The MiGs would be unable to respond, due to already being fully engaged by the French aircraft. Instead, they would target the Y-20s, leaving the Tu-22s. The lumbering and slow transport craft carrying their full-loads. Outnumbering the aircraft by a margin of 2-1, they would be picked out of the sky with the short range AA missiles and autocannon, killing their precious cargo within. The saturation techniques that had so efficiently countered the countermeasures of the Argentiian Navy were very much effective here.

Due to the skewed balance of power between a Y-20 and a nimble French fighter aircraft, it wouldn’t take long before the fighting would be over, the Y-20s would be complete destroyed, along with the deaths of 1,000 Argentine marines, and the Dassault Mirage 2000Cs would turn and fly towards the main dogfight to mop up, further ending any chance of the Argentine MiGs able to get out of this alive.

They were outnumbered and outgunned and it wouldn’t take long for the 4th and the 22nd Fighter Squadron to be completely destroyed under a flurry of French fighters. Victorious, the fighters would return back to base (the Navy Rafales switching from Naval Air Station Hyeres to the Clemenceau-class carrier and the first wave of fighters quickly relocating to Nantes Atlantique Airport) However, they would have one last answer for the Tu-22s that had just landed and were taxiing their final points. What was left of the sixty fighters would do one final bombing run with their GBUs. Lasering and homing in on their targets, they would release their GBUs onto the airport. Falling at altitude, the bombs would be deadly accurate, able to aerodynamically adjust in the air. They would impact the Tu-22s just as they were taxiing, destroying the entirety of the 12 aircraft that the Argentinians had brought. With a margin of 4-1, their destruction would be guaranteed.

Having executed their targets with ease, the final sixty fighters would return back to base to refuel, re-arm, repair, and rest.

Meanwhile, in Paris, the 35 SEPECAT Jaguars that had returned from the canceled Operation: Payback would be transferred to Naval Air Station Hyeres. Once there, they would be refueled and given permission to attack Argentinian Marines on Corsica. The Dassault nEUROns, stealthily surveying the Argentines on Corsica and taking time to land, refuel, and get back up in the air, would identify numerous targets on Corsica that the Argentinians were prevalent in. It would be found that they were primarily based in targets in Ajaccio. Identifying the airport as a main hub of operations, the SEPECAT Jaguars, once refueled and re-armed with two AIM-9 Sidewinders, laser-guided bombs and autocannon, would take off towards Ajaccio airport and begin to bomb Argentinian installations. Due to the Argentinians having cleared out French personnel, it would be very easy to identify and bomb out the Marines. Likewise, the Jaguars would target the Argentinian helicopters, taking them out as well and preventing them from being used in the field of battle. They would continue these strikes, being given to them on the go by the Dassault nEUROns with devastating accuracy, landing at Hyeres and returning to bomb strikes, taking care to avoid civilian targets.

Back in Bordeaux, with the seas and the skies clear, the French Foreign Legion would be given the green-light to make the jump onto Corsica in Operation: Fire Magic. Operating in three waves, with 30 C-295s carrying 4204 troops in the first two waves and 796 in the final. The first wave would assume the following targets:

• Afa (6 C-295s and 402 French Foreign Legionnaires)
• Alata (6 C-295s and 400 French Foreign Legionnaires)
• Calcatoggio (6 C-295s and 400 French Foreign Legionnaires)
• Grosseto-Prugna (6 C-295s and 400 French Foreign Legionnaires)
• Pietrosella (6 C-295s and 400 French Foreign Legionnaires)
• Albitreccia (6 C-295s and 400 French Foreign Legionnaires)

The first wave of Legionnaires, armed to the teeth in combat and jump gear would board their planes. Jumping thirty minutes earlier than the second wave, they would taxi out to the runway and take off safely. Taking to the skies, they would fly at 5,500 feet over the ground while taking care to make sure their countermeasures were active. However, once they were 10 miles away from their target, they would descend to 1,250 feet in altitude.

Once over their target, the Legionnaires would quickly make their static line jumps into targets marked as safe by the Dassault nEUROns. Descending quickly to the ground using parachutes, they would ditch their parachutes and immediately begin to coordinate with their companies to encircle Ajaccio. Immediately, the Argentine Marines would find themselves under a scale of small-arms fire, horribly outmanned and outgunned, already suppressed by the SEPECAT Jaguars conducting perpetual bomb raids on Argentine positions. Furthermore, Legionnaires on the ground with a better view of combat would be allowed to radio into their commands to call in airstrikes on Argentinian positions for more accuracy. Heavy street-to-street fighting would ensue. The Argentine Military Commander on duty would face a horrible judgment call: Surrender or Die for the sake of honor.

Once returning, the C-295s would return to Bordeaux to refuel and bring on the second wave of Legionnaires, this time targeting Bastia (402), Furiani (400), Saint Florent (400), Sisco (400), and Brando (400). The French Foreign Legion, once dropped onto these targets, would immediately secure the area and work to finding embedded Argentinian Marines. However, due to a lack of deployment of Marines to the area, they would be unopposed The final jump would use 10 C-295s would target Porto Vecchio, where they would also be unopposed.

The writing would be on the wall: no air support, no naval support, and outnumbered. The time of Argentina control of Corsica was numbered in the hours. In the span of a single day of combat, the Argentine military had lost more soldiers than in two months of the Falklands War.

With the submarine fleet sunk or driven out of French waters, the Argentine Naval Fleet completely destroyed, and the Air Force reinforcements annihilated in a massive attack, the French Navy, operating out of Toulon, would finally mobilize. The fleet, with the carrier in the center and attended to by 10 PR-72P-class corvettes, 10 Combattante BR71 MkIIs, and 5 Al Madinah-class frigates, along with a Marine contingent of 1 Mistral-class amphibious assault ships (carrying 10 NH90 NFH Attack helicopters) would immediately deploy to Corsica to aid in the invasion by taking anchor approximately 2 kilometers off the Southeast Coast. All the ships would be fully supplied, fueled, and armed, and supported by two Durance-class tanks running a supply chain from Toulon to the fleet.

Underway, the fleet would activate their countermeasures by preparing their smoke launchers, flares, electronic countermeasures. Their sonar buoys would be cocked and ready to be towed behind every single ship. The fleet would remain on high alert, staying in general quarters with three shifts (one active, one resting but ready to go at a moment’s notice, one asleep). France’s east flank was very much secure against an air raid or navy attack.

To the West, the French Navy would secretly deploy it’s submarine fleet in a wolfpack. Three Rubis-class submarines and two Scorpene-classes would leave their base in Toulon to head to the Strait of Gibraltar with full torpedo armament, full fuel, and full crew and supply, cautiously proceeding in silence. The submarines would remain in brief, coded communication with each other. Silent ship protocol would be on at all cost. Their passive sonar would be on and running, silently listening for any of the few Argentine submarines operating in the area. The use of the snorkel to recharge the battery would only be done in the dead of night after being completely assured that no Argentines were in sight.

@Naio90

 

[Hollie]

⌈ ROLEPLAY NOTICE ⌋ ⁠— @Naio90 , @Joe

Roleplay Post #28 is VOID — Joe will have 48 Hours to Respond to Post #27. Thereafter, the Operation and the 24 Hour Rule will continue as normal.
A lot of the Roleplay used in Post #28 may be Reused. However, Certain Changes will need to be made to accommodate the Decisions of the Staff Team.

• The 65 SEPECAT Jaguars will have arrived in Alexandria, to carry out their Assault (Bombing) against the Argentinians. There cannot be a Reverse of Tactics.
  These Jaguars would already be nearing Alexandria, because of the Time that's passed between being Deployed from France, to now. It is reasonable to assume this Attack will continue as planned.
  It's also Reasonable to assume that 45% of the 65 SEPECAT Jaguars were SUCCESSFULLY Fired down. This would mean only 36 have managed to return to base.
  We, the Admins thought this was a Reasonable Loss, when you compare the Technology being used at Alexandria to the SEPECAT Jaguars.
  
  
• It's Reasonable to assume the French Armed Forces would have adjusted the Range, when firing their Missiles in the Second Wave. (Corsica) Especially after, their First Wave failed.
  We feel the French Armed Forces would have reasonable time to make these Adjustments, before or during Deployment. Therefore, Naio should take this into Consideration in his next Counter Post.

The Modern Nations Staff Team,
Hollie — This Decision was Agreed by the Entire Staff Team and will not be Modified

 

[Joe]

The Alexandria raid was over. With the loss of almost half his fighting force due to SAMs, the Air Traffic Control Officer on board the AWACs following the remaining raiders would make a quick judgment call. Due to the return of the other 35 aircraft safely to France and with the element of surprise compromised, the SEPECAT Jaguars would immediately turn and return to France without releasing their payloads, refueling along the way using the Transall C-160s. Once on the ground in their home airport in Paris, they would refuel but keep their armament. Alexandria was not to be threatened by air attack... for now. The AWACs aircraft would loiter off to the East in the Tyrrhenian Sea, away from the dangerous SAMs of the Argentinian fleet.

Further to the West, the first wave of results would be coming back just as soon as the first wave was returning to Lyon and the second wave of aircraft were arriving on station. The results: the range of the missiles had not reached their targets due to range. This information, looked over by the AWACs aircraft in mainland France, would immediately be transmitted to the second wave of 60 Dassault Mirage 2000C, flying from their home airport of Toulouse (farther than Lyon). The resulting lag in between the two waves would give enough time for the message to get through: get closer. It was here that the Argentinians made an immense tactical blunder: having chosen to engage the not-so-valuable Atlantique far to the fleet's west. As a result, the valuable picket ships of the Gorshkov-class frigates (having just fired them) would be in the process of reloading their anti-aircraft missiles. Moreover, they had not moved their fleet or taken evasive reactions: having just moved them closer together. Even worse, they had not targeted the French aircraft.

Almost as soon as the first wave ended, the second wave would arrive over the horizon operating in a cone shape. Carefully managed by the AWACs aircraft to spread the targets, the second wave would target the Frigates first. Firing their missiles once in an optimal range of 50-60 kilometers, the Exocets would immediately assume sea-skimming procedures. Over 60 missiles, dedicated to merely four ships would come over the horizon traveling at Mach 0.92 (over 15 missiles per ship). Any attempt at CIWS or countermeasures would be futile. The sheer amount of Exocet missiles would create a metaphorical wall of anti-ship missiles. This was exacerbated by the pattern taken by the aircraft, where the cone would cause missiles to come in different directions over a 180-degree angle, resulting in difficult countermeasures for the CIWS pattern. Moreso, even with the sea-skimming function, the missiles would avoid radar and infrared detecting on the way to the ship.

Some missiles may have been stopped, but the majority would make it past the air defenses and measures. Such is the fact of saturation bombing. The Exocet missile, designed to require only one per frigate, would be sheer overkill in this amount. The resulting explosions of the ARA Independencia, ARA Gran Malvina, ARA Soledad, and ARA Bahia Agradable would damage their associated LPDs due to the close proximity of warships (as they had clustered together). All four frigates, subject to the saturation bombing, would be lost with all hands on deck. Immediately upon launch, the second wave of Dassault Mirage 2000Cs would return safely back home to refuel and rearm, to prepare for another wave for the remaining ships, guided by air traffic controllers and the AWACs to ensure safe traffic and no congestion. The Argentinian Navy would be given a brief reprieve, but only for a tiny moment.

As stated in the original Operation: Brittle Edge, the first wave of 60 Dassault Mirage 2000-5s would return back to base and go into the configuration of the second wave (now to be the fourth wave). Carrying an Exocet missile as well as 2 Matra Super 530Ds, the Mirages would refuel and rearm quickly on the ground in Lyon and safely return to the skies, guided by their ATCs as well as the AWACs. The third wave of aircraft would fly directly towards the stricken Argentine fleet, guided to optimal firing solutions by the AWACs aircraft. As soon as they were within an optimal range of 50-60 kilometers, the third wave would fire on the Argentinian LPDs and Replenishment ships. Like before, it would be horribly effective. Left exposed due to the destruction of the frigates, the ships would be sitting ducks in the water. Subject to a wall of over 60 Exocet missiles, to almost 20 per ship, countermeasures would be null. The LPDs, taking multiple hits from the Exocets, would explode in a ball of scrap and fire, sinking deep into the ocean.

In the span of an hour, the Argentinan Navy would have lost their entire fleet, leaving over 700 sailors dead. If, by some miracle, any kind of ship managed to make it through the hell-fire, it would be subjected to the continuous hammer-and-anvil attack that had been so effective against the fleet. It would only take moments for the Argentinian fleet to be completely destroyed and once that was done, the French Air Force would return back to their home base to refuel, repair, and re-arm in their same configuration. Their pilots would be maintained on a state of alert, allowed to rest in their cockpits, ready to go at a moment’s notice.

Further to the West, while the Atlantiques were big and slow, they would be operating close to the detected submarines due to the nature of anti-submarine warfare and homing in on them. By the sheer nature of submarine warfare and the fact that they were operating individually and not as a pack, independent of the main Argentinian fleet, they would be far away from the fleet and far away from being in range of any kind of Surface Air Missile that the fleet could encounter. Regardless, any form of SAM would be met by the same response, dedicated countermeasures with flares, chaff, and ECM. This was not the saturation bombing that the fleet had been subject to. They would only have to respond to one. These were individual missiles and were thus easier to counter. Even if they were not enough to ward the missiles, any casualties would be immediately replaced by another airborne Atlantique. For the duration of the existence of the Argentinian fleet, the remaining Atlantiques would operate in shifts out of the range of the Argentine fleet until the fleet was completely destroyed (which was not long). They would hunt for submarines and once reaching low fuel or low armament, would return to their airbases to refuel and switch out crews. The slow speed of the submarines and the use of the "find, mark, and destroy" tactic used would only enhance the Atlantique's efficiency. Similar to the shift-tactics used by the Atlantiques, the AWACs would also follow this tactic to keep being in the air.

Moreso, they'd be dangerously effective against the submarines. Operating individually with radio silence, they'd be unable to coordinate any kind of escape. Sound travels extremely efficient under the water. Loud and panicky evasive maneuvers, in tandem with the loud pings of the active sonars that the Argentinian submarines had not turned off, would reveal their location to the Atlantiques' detection systems. By the nature of submarines, the purpose of depth charges was to prevent any kind of "evasive" maneuver from benefiting the submarine. The depth charges would not even need to "touch" the submarine to damage or destroy it. They would merely need to explode in relative proximity and the mere violent vibrations rocking through the submarine would be enough to crack the hull, damage gauges, destroy ballast tanks, and either force it to surface or send it to the bottom of the ocean. By using evasive maneuvers, they would only reveal their position more to the Atlantiques and would thus be destroyed much easier. By the end of the first day of combat, all the submarines would either be disabled to the point of requiring an emergency retreat, or destroyed, all at the cost of a handful of Atlantiques.

French casualties would be heavily dwarfed by the destruction of the Argentinian Navy threatening Corsica.

From the canceled Operation: Payback, the AWACs aircraft associated with the operation as well as the AWACs operating over mainland France would detect on it's ELW-2090 radar dome radar signatures coming in towards Corsica. Strangely enough, it would only detect large signatures, that of the Tu-22Ms, the MiG-35s, and the Y-20s. These would be sent to intelligence and verified, much to the excitement of the French Navy. It was here that the Argentinians had made a strategic blunder. By choosing to take international airspace and avoid crossing over Italy and other sovereign countries, they had forsaken the MiG aircraft to losing all their fuel, at the max range of 1,490 miles, 26 miles less than their destination. Even with the drop tanks, it would do very little for the MiG-35 as the equipment they brought (their weaponry, primarily) would cancel out any effect that the fuel tanks could have. Moreover, as the Argentine fighters had used fuel tanks and not drop tanks that could be shedded for less weight, it would increase the weight even more and reduce the range (for a full example, view the combat radius on the fighter).

However, due to their height and ability to glide, they would have been able to maneuver into the airport unopposed had they not been detected.

The problem was that they were. The Argentinians had overextended.

The decision to take out the Argentinian Air Force while they were on the edge of their seat was too much to pass. Immediately, a team of crack Navy aces operating out of Naval Air Station Hyeres would board their planes of 30 Dassault Rafale Ms. Likewise, 50 Dassault Rafale Cs operating out of Toulouse would have their pilots man their planes. They would be fueled up and armed with 6 Magic IIs, 5 MICAs, and full autocannons each. Guided by the Air Traffic Controllers the AWACS aircraft, they would safely time their take-offs to engage with the MiG-35 at their height just as their engines sputtered out of fuel and they were forced to glide in.

By the time the MiGs had prepped for landing, they would not even have enough fuel nor time to loiter; the French Dassault Rafales, outnumbering the MiGs, were fast on their way to intercept. Even if warned by the ATC at Ajaccio, no factors would be on their side. Lacking the systems associated with an AEW&C aircraft allowing aircraft to be guided towards engaging their targets, they would lack any kind of coordination from the Air Traffic Control in Ajaccio what-so-ever. Even worse, just as soon as they were engaged, their fuel would be completely empty, unable to power anything except vital electronics to steer the plane. The auxiliary power unit associated with the MiG would not be enough to power the weapons systems, navigation, or even the countermeasures. MiG-35s did that have a modicum of fuel left would find that they would be unable to accomplish evasive maneuvers for very long. Any attempt to have MiGs conduct a “last stand” to protect a few to get on the ground and refuel would be met by those MiGs doing the “last stand” being completely overwhelmed, only for the last few on the ground to be picked off as they went back into the air.

Once in range, a single message would be sent to the pilots:

“Tallyho.”​

What was once a peaceful preparation for a “glide-in” landing would be interrupted by a hailstorm of MICA missiles. Launched from over 70 kilometers away and closing in fast, they would home in on the MiGs, destroying nearly half of them in a series of fireballs before they could even adequately respond. Before they realized what was happening, the second wave of missiles would already be upon them. Forced to be sitting ducks by the lack of fuel, they would repeatedly be picked off by the Dassault Rafales until they were completely destroyed. The Rafale and MiG-35 were equals in combat, but the Rafales were fresh, fully fueled, and had their countermeasures activated, the MiG-35s were coming off a journey and exhausted of fuel, unable to evade or jink due to their gliding. The Rafales would forsake the Tu-22 Backfires and the Y-20s to engage solely with the outnumbered MiGs, not that the Tu-22s could do anything but watch in horror as their escorts were completely eviscerated by a French meat grinder.

The answer for the Tu-22s and the Y-20s would be solved extraordinarily quickly. With the destruction of the Argentinian Navy to the Northwest, the Dassault Mirages acting as waves would have been immediately scrambled in their home airports of Lyon and Toulouse. The 60 Dassault Mirage 2000-5s would arm themselves with 6 MICA AA missiles and autocannon. Likewise, the 60 Dassault Mirage 2000Cs would arm themselves with two Matra R550 Magic IIs and two Matra Super 530Ds. They would also carry a GBU-12 laser-guided bomb. All the aircraft would have all their drop tanks. Guided by the ATC as well as the AWACs, they would time their takeoffs to follow the Dassault Rafales and intercept the MiGs just as their fuel began to run out.

Again, the message would be sent around the wave of fighters.

“Tallyho.”​

The first wave of 60 Dassault Mirage 2000-5s would immediately come to assist the Dassault Rafales, further skewing the already slim odds against the MiGs to the French. Meanwhile, the second wave of 60 Dassault Mirage 2000Cs would arrive on station, flying past the dogfighting happening between the French aircraft and the MiGs. The MiGs would be unable to respond, due to already being fully engaged by the French aircraft. Instead, they would target the Y-20s, leaving the Tu-22s. The lumbering and slow transport craft carrying their full-loads. Outnumbering the aircraft by a margin of 2-1, they would be picked out of the sky with the short range AA missiles and autocannon, killing their precious cargo within. The saturation techniques that had so efficiently countered the countermeasures of the Argentiian Navy were very much effective here.

Due to the skewed balance of power between a Y-20 and a nimble French fighter aircraft, it wouldn’t take long before the fighting would be over, the Y-20s would be complete destroyed, along with the deaths of 1,000 Argentine marines, and the Dassault Mirage 2000Cs would turn and fly towards the main dogfight to mop up, further ending any chance of the Argentine MiGs able to get out of this alive.

They were outnumbered and outgunned and it wouldn’t take long for the 4th and the 22nd Fighter Squadron to be completely destroyed under a flurry of French fighters. Victorious, the fighters would return back to base (the Navy Rafales switching from Naval Air Station Hyeres to the Clemenceau-class carrier and the first wave of fighters quickly relocating to Nantes Atlantique Airport) However, they would have one last answer for the Tu-22s that had just landed and were taxiing their final points. What was left of the sixty fighters would do one final bombing run with their GBUs. Lasering and homing in on their targets, they would release their GBUs onto the airport. Falling at altitude, the bombs would be deadly accurate, able to aerodynamically adjust in the air. They would impact the Tu-22s just as they were taxiing, destroying the entirety of the 12 aircraft that the Argentinians had brought. With a margin of 4-1, their destruction would be guaranteed.

Having executed their targets with ease, the final sixty fighters would return back to base to refuel, re-arm, repair, and rest.

Meanwhile, in Paris, the 35 SEPECAT Jaguars that had returned from the canceled Operation: Payback would be transferred to Naval Air Station Hyeres. Once there, they would be refueled and given permission to attack Argentinian Marines on Corsica. The Dassault nEUROns, stealthily surveying the Argentines on Corsica and taking time to land, refuel, and get back up in the air, would identify numerous targets on Corsica that the Argentinians were prevalent in. It would be found that they were primarily based on targets in Ajaccio. Identifying the airport as a main hub of operations, the SEPECAT Jaguars, once refueled and re-armed with two AIM-9 Sidewinders, laser-guided bombs and autocannon, would take off towards Ajaccio airport and begin to bomb Argentinian installations. Due to the Argentinians having cleared out French personnel, it would be very easy to identify and bomb out the Marines. Likewise, the Jaguars would target the Argentinian helicopters, taking them out as well and preventing them from being used in the field of battle. They would continue these strikes, being given to them on the go by the Dassault nEUROns with devastating accuracy, landing at Hyeres and returning to bomb strikes, taking care to avoid civilian targets.

Back in Bordeaux, with the seas and the skies clear, the French Foreign Legion would be given the green-light to make the jump onto Corsica in Operation: Fire Magic. Operating in three waves, with 30 C-295s carrying 4204 troops in the first two waves and 796 in the final. The first wave would assume the following targets:

• Afa (6 C-295s and 402 French Foreign Legionnaires)
• Alata (6 C-295s and 400 French Foreign Legionnaires)
• Calcatoggio (6 C-295s and 400 French Foreign Legionnaires)
• Grosseto-Prugna (6 C-295s and 400 French Foreign Legionnaires)
• Pietrosella (6 C-295s and 400 French Foreign Legionnaires)
• Albitreccia (6 C-295s and 400 French Foreign Legionnaires)

The first wave of Legionnaires, armed to the teeth in combat and jump gear would board their planes. Jumping thirty minutes earlier than the second wave, they would taxi out to the runway and take off safely. Taking to the skies, they would fly at 5,500 feet over the ground while taking care to make sure their countermeasures were active. However, once they were 10 miles away from their target, they would descend to 1,250 feet in altitude.

Once over their target, the Legionnaires would quickly make their static line jumps into targets marked as safe to land by the Dassault nEUROns. Descending quickly to the ground using parachutes, they would ditch their parachutes and immediately begin to coordinate with their companies to encircle Ajaccio, advancing and tightening the noose on the Argentine Marines. Immediately, the Argentine Marines would find themselves under a scale of small-arms fire, horribly outmanned and outgunned, already suppressed by the SEPECAT Jaguars conducting perpetual bomb raids on Argentine positions. Furthermore, Legionnaires on the ground with a better view of combat would be allowed to radio into their commands to call in airstrikes on Argentinian positions for more accuracy. Heavy street-to-street fighting would ensue. Using the tactics that were very popular in the Battle of Hue, the FFL would advance on Argentine positions by blowing holes in adjacent houses, moving with ease through manmade tunnels and avoiding streets, using this to flank Argentine military positions. The Argentine Military Commander on duty would face a horrible judgment call: Surrender or Die for the sake of honor.

Once returning, the C-295s would return to Bordeaux to refuel and bring on the second wave of Legionnaires, this time targeting Bastia (402), Furiani (400), Saint Florent (400), Sisco (400), and Brando (400). The French Foreign Legion, once dropped onto these targets, would immediately secure the area and work to finding embedded Argentinian Marines. However, due to a lack of deployment of Marines to the area, they would be unopposed The final jump would use 10 C-295s would target Porto Vecchio, where they would also be unopposed.

The writing would be on the wall: no air support, no naval support, and outnumbered. The time of Argentina control of Corsica was numbered in the hours. In the span of a single day of combat, the Argentine military had lost more soldiers than in two months of the Falklands War.

With the submarine fleet sunk or driven out of French waters, the Argentine Naval Fleet completely destroyed, and the Air Force reinforcements annihilated in a massive attack, the French Navy, operating out of Toulon, would finally mobilize. The fleet, with the carrier in the center and attended to by 10 PR-72P-class corvettes, 10 Combattante BR71 MkIIs, and 5 Al Madinah-class frigates, along with a Marine contingent of 1 Mistral-class amphibious assault ships (carrying 10 NH90 NFH Attack helicopters) would immediately deploy to Corsica to aid in the invasion by taking anchor approximately 2 kilometers off the Southeast Coast. All the ships would be fully supplied, fueled, and armed, and supported by two Durance-class tanks running a supply chain from Toulon to the fleet.

Underway, the fleet would activate their countermeasures by preparing their smoke launchers, flares, electronic countermeasures. Their sonar buoys would be cocked and ready to be towed behind every single ship. The fleet would remain on high alert, staying in general quarters with three shifts (one active, one resting but ready to go at a moment’s notice, one asleep). France’s east flank was very much secure against an air raid or navy attack.

To the West, the French Navy would secretly deploy it’s submarine fleet in a wolfpack. Three Rubis-class submarines and two Scorpene-classes would leave their base in Toulon to head to the Strait of Gibraltar with full torpedo armament, full fuel, and full crew and supply, cautiously proceeding in silence. The submarines would remain in brief, coded communication with each other. Silent ship protocol would be on at all cost. Their passive sonar would be on and running, silently listening for any of the few Argentine submarines operating in the area. The use of the snorkel to recharge the battery would only be done in the dead of night after being completely assured that no Argentines were in sight.

 

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In the middle of the engagement, a high ranking officer from the argentine navy would enter the combat control room located in a bunker within the Alexandria Naval Base and, paper in hand, formally instruct and inform all controller and unit leaders of the just signed Peace Treaty between Argentina and France. All offensive actions have to be immediately halted and all forces have to immediately desist from engaging any french force. The same would happen in all other Argentine Armed Forces Commands, effectively halting all aggressions against french targets around the globe.


The different SAM and radar systems located in Alexandria would pick up the shooting down of the 24 SEPECAT Jaguars and mark their approximate location. In the air above Alexandria the Su-30MKI’s launched to intercept the Jaguars that survived the wave of SAM defenses would be ordered to disengage and desist from following the French Aircraft and let them return safely to France, before landing themselves in an orderly fashion. Once the french aircraft were out of the radar range of Alexandria, coast guard units would rush to the coordinate reported by the radars to perform SAR duties and attempt to save at least some of the french pilots lives, if there were able to bail out of the aircrafts before crashing.


Meanwhile, in Corsica, the column consisting of MiG-35s, Tu-22Ms and Y-20s would effectively have arrived to Corsica intact. The MiGs were indeed able to reach Corsica with enough fuel, given it was stated that they used “in the most direct and shortest route possible” on international airspace, which would be possible to be done below the Max. Ferry range (See image). Also, as stated, each of the MiG’s would have 3 full fuel tanks at the moment of their takeoff, effectively extending their operational range to 3,100 km or 1,930 mi, far beyond the requirements to reach their destinations safely. They were also loaded with 4x AAM, which per se have a low weight (175kg each), which in return would make only a small difference in the max. Range calculations.





With all their scanners of active and seeking, they would be able to pick up the attack on the argentine fleet, if it would happen. They would pick up the targets of the incoming Mirages at long range, but within the R-77-1 missiles, and target lock just in case. They were just informed of the peace agreement and were instructed not to engage unless the french did effectively attack the argentine fleet. The rest of the column would safely land, while the MiG's would remain flying, if fuel permited, just to be sure the french did turn around, then they would land. The ATC of the Ajaccio airport would broadcast a radio message to the french incoming aircraft, warning them of the signed peace agreement and calling it to be honored, as it will be by Argentina.


Back on the surface, the Gorshkov-Class would pick the incoming second wave of Mirage´s with its long range Furke-E radar, being capable of detecting them far before the point of launch of the Exocets, and informed of the recent peace agreement between Argentina and France, they would publicly broadcast that the Argentine Armed Forces will be honoring the peace deal, and as soon as all french forces are gone, they would begin preparations to evacuate the french area.


Nevertheless, and as a precaution, the Gorshkov- Frigate would ready the remaining 27x 9M96 Surface-to-Air Missiles (This class of ships have VLS Cells with capacity for 32 of those missiles, 5 of which were launched against the Atlantique Breguet earlier) and target each one of the incoming Mirage’s. With a max range of 120km, and having detected the incoming Mirage’s, they would target lock and await for them to retreat. If they would indeed turn around and fly back stand down, if the french did not acknowledge the Peace Agreement and continued racing towards the 80km limit they would be launched. Obviously there were not enough missiles to hit all Mirages, but a good chunk would be hit. In the meantime, chaff/flares and ECM would be prepared on all ships of the argentine fleet in Corsica in case of the worst, but hoping the french would honor their word.


With the Atlantiques out of combat (it would be assumed they returned damaged to their base), as they were targeted earlier by the 5 SAM of the Gorshkov-Class Frigate, as stated “the 5 Breguet Atlantique’s would be picked up with the Furke – E Radar of the Gorshkov-Class Frigate, which having been informed of potential incursions after the failed attack of the Mirages, would launch a volley of 5x of their 9M96 missiles, targeting each of the aircraft.”, the submarines would climb just below surface and extend their VHF radios, receiving the information on the peace deal and be ordered to retreat from the area of conflict.


If the french would respect the peace agreement, all argentine forces would begin preparing their retreat, calculating the shortest route towards their port of origins, always on international or argentine waters, and make calculations to know if they needed to resupply before or during the journey.

 

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[Naio90]

Having passed the estipulated time, all argentine units and troops would have safely arrived back at their bases and ports in mainland Argentina and Alexandria, reassuming their routine duties. As one of the consequences of the conflict and the corresponding operations, all involved units would have gained experience related to the tasks they had to carry out during the weeks the dispute lasted. This would include all surface, submarine, aerial and land units. Information regarding the geographic areas of the operations and data about foreign hardware capabilities would also have been privately recorded.

All personnel that participated in the Argentine-French conflict would receive badges and insignia marking them as veterans of the conflict.

All missions and operations complete and terminated.

Secret.