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Miniatures Adventure => The Conflicts that came in from the Cold => Topic started by: Viper4Dan on 19 February 2014, 02:34:18 AM
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I'm planning on running some mid 1980's "Cold War Goes Hot" scenarios in the near future, all based around a Soviet diversionary attack on northern Canada. Being Canadian and loving the winter terrain (ok, maybe not this winter!), all my games will be set in the Arctic, the edge of the treeline, or just in....you guessed it...the winter. Here are my first group of Soviet Scouts. Half are from Regiment Games Ice Station Zebra range (I'd love to get some more of these), and half are Old Glory WWII Soviet Scouts. All have a bit of green stuff added to them, and their original weapons replaced by AK's from RAFM. I'll be converting some Warlord Games WWII Soviet Scouts to round out the unit and provide a bit more variety of poses. All are 25/28 mm.
My next project is to convert some British SAS and Argentine Marines from the Gripping Beast Falklands War range to be the Canadian forces.
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Pretty cool! Way to re-use all of those Christmas village trees. :D
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Don't tell me the Russians need cheap prescription medication too?
Very nice work. I pondered for a long time as to whether those Regiment Games Russians would be suitable for conversions and you have answered my question. Alas, too late, they are OOP now. Maybe someone will buy the range.
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Very cool, will be watching this with interest. Nice conversions.
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Haha awesome.
Although those Russians best be prepared to travel over miles of some seriously pretty F**k all to get to where the people are at lol.
Guess it'd be like Siberia mind.
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Needs more moose. Otherwise, fine.
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Well done!
Finally Ivan can play on his kind of terrain without losing half the country to the aggressor :D
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Of course, if they are anything like their ice hockey team, they might get lost and just give up without fighting...... ;)
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Ouch!!!
Kick 'em when they're down.
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Haha awesome.
Although those Russians best be prepared to travel over miles of some seriously pretty F**k all to get to where the people are at lol.
Guess it'd be like Siberia mind.
Maybe they want to punch a hole in the DEW line? lol
Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distant_Early_Warning_Line
The DEW Line was a significant achievement among Cold War initiatives in the Arctic. A successful combination of scientific design and logistical planning of the late 1950s, the DEW Line consisted of a string of continental defence radar installations, ultimately stretching from Alaska to Greenland. In addition to the secondary Mid-Canada Line and the tertiary Pinetree Line, the DEW Line marked the edge of an electronic grid controlled by the new SAGE (Semi Automatic Ground Environment) computer system and was ultimately centred on the Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado, command hub of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).[1]
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The Early Warning provided was useless against ICBMs and submarine-launched attacks. These were countered and tempered by the MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) philosophy. However, the scenario of a coordinated airborne invasion coupled with a limited nuclear strike was the real threat that this line protected against. It did so by providing Distant Early Warning of an inbound aerial invasion force, which would have to appear at the far north hours ahead of any warhead launches in order to be coordinated well enough to prevent MAD. A number of intermediate stations were decommissioned, since their effectiveness was judged to be less than desired and required. The manned stations were retained to monitor potential Soviet air activities and to allow Canada to assert sovereignty in the Arctic. International law requires a country that claims territory to actively occupy and defend such territory.
Because the advent of ICBMs created another attack scenario that the DEW Line could not defend against, in 1958 the U.S. Federal Government authorized construction of the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS), at a reported cost of $28 billion.[1]
In 1985, it was decided that the more capable of the DEW Line stations were to be upgraded with the GE AN/FPS-117 radar systems and merged with newly built stations into the North Warning System. Their automation was increased and a number of additional stations were closed. This upgrading was completed in 1990, and with the end of the Cold War and dissolution of the Soviet Union, the US withdrew all of its personnel and relinquished full operation of the Canadian stations to Canada. Costs for the Canadian sector were still subsidized by the US. However, the American flags were lowered at the Canadian stations and only the Canadian flag remained. The US retained responsibility and all operational costs for North Warning System stations located in Alaska and Greenland.[1]
Bolding/Italics mine.
Gracias,
Glenn