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The
Cold North
The
North Atlantic |
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The Russian military has been experiencing a loss of discipline
and an increase of desertions and mutinies among its ranks brought
on by little or no pay and loss of morale. Of late, several older
ex-Soviet warships that were laid up prior to decommissioning have
turned up missing. More disturbing is the fact that the ammunition
for these warships stored in a nearby warehouse, prior to their
destruction have also turned up missing. In another development,
Oil has been discovered in and around the coast of northern Greenland
and several oilrigs and a base camp has been set up. Contact has
been lost with the whole operation. It is feared that an unknown
force has seized the facilities. NATO has been tasked to investigate.
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JAPFISH
Sea
of Japan |
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based on an original HC scenario by Mark Gellis
Fish populations around the world have declined due to global
warming, overfishing, and other factors. Japan has responded to
dwindling catches by fishing closer and closer to parts of the
Russian coast where fish are still relatively abundant. It is
not clear whether Japanese fishing boats has actually violated
Russian territorial waters or, if they have, how often it has
happened, but Russia believes its territory is being violated.
The situation has become very tense. Russian fishermen have fired
shots at Japanese fishing boats. Japan has responded by sending
armed escorts to accompany fishing fleets. Russia has declared
this an unacceptable provocation.
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Kurils
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The Kuril Islands is the setting for this dispute between Russia
and Japan. The Russsians invaded the Kurils near the end of World
War II and Japan wants these islands back. Neither side has signed
a formal peace treaty following the war because of the Kurils Islands.
Whenever negotiations take place, Japan brings up the Kurils in
an effort to get them returned. So far, the Russians have not yielded,
despite their inability to support the Islands. The economic situation
of the Kurils and its native, largely Japanese, population is deterioriating
as each day passes. This scenario explores one of the options available
to the Japanese Government, should political efforts and negotiations
continue to fail.
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As the Western economies continued toward collapse, Japan moved
forward in its desire to reassert dominance in the Far East. In
order to force the United States to relinquish its forward bases
in the Pacific, the Japanes military moved into action. A naval
and air blockade was placed around Okinawa Island.
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US government, backed by strong public opinion, decided to respond
with a show of military force. The Japanese, knowing they could
not stand toe-to-toe with the US Navy, decided the best option would
be to operate within range of their land based aircraft. They hoped
that preventing the resupply of Okinawa, and, in the course of maintaining
the blockade, inflicting significant losses on the US Navy, would
cause the US Government to reconsider their claims on Okinawa.
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