Enough is Enough, 2018

The F2 will play a key role in the battle. Enough is a Enough: Byte Battle for Command Location: Kuril Islands (Disputed) Date/Time: May/June 2018 Playable Sides: Japan (elements of the JSDF) Note: Only the Base Game is required. Description: Japan and Russia never signed a peace agreement to end World War II disputing which nation is the true owner of four islands north of Japan’s Hokkaido Island – the Kurils. Soviet forces took the islands in the closing days of the war shortly before Japan’s surrender. The Russian government recently approved a plan to militarize an airfield on one of the four islands allowing their armed forces to use the old civilian strip. The Russia’s have already sent anti-ship and SAMs to the islands and Moscow ultimately plans to build a naval base on the Island chain. Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev approved the deployment of Russian warplanes to the island on February 2, 2018. Russia also announced plans to station unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on the islands as well to upgrading the island’s defences that includes assigning a tank battalion on a permanent basis, positioning Pantsir, Tor, and Buk mobile defense systems, while providing infrastructure for the S-400 system to be deployed there in times of crisis. Overnight, US intelligence informed Japan that elements of an S-400 Division were in route to the islands via Vladivostok. It is not clear if this is by water or air. But what is clear is that Japan’s Defense minister, Itsunori Onodera, called Washington and said “Enough is Enough”. In direct violation of the Japanese Constitution, Japan will conduct its first offensive action since WWII. Kevin M Kinscherf w/ many thanks to RWReese Avoid spoilers: Please send feedback to kevinkin@comcast.net. Thanks. Area of Operations body { background-color:#253529; }