Indian Fury 5, Hormuz Hoedown, 1994

Indian Fury 5 – Hormuz Hoedown 18 Feb 1994, 1900 Zulu, 2300 Local This is the fifth scenario of an 8-10 scenario campaign, and is linked to the Northern Fury Campaign. (The scenario starts 9 hours before Indian Fury 4, but lasts a couple days beyond) You may wish to refer to the background documents to get a broader picture of the geopolitical setting. While Hormuz Hoedown is set in the Indian Ocean/Persian Gulf area, it is happening simultaneously to several others occurring around the globe, in particular the opening of the Red Sea and USS Nimitz’s strikes on Syria. It is not essential to play any of these scenarios prior to taking your place as Commander of CTF 154, but it will be useful to understand the global context. See the Indian Fury background document for further insight on the background and specific issues in this region. The key nuggets are The Cold War continued, no thaw in relations. Germany is reunified but causing friction between East & West. WP still alive and doing very well. On the 12 Feb 1994, the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, opened with ominous indications of trouble brewing. Soviet and Eastern Bloc countries were represented at the opening ceremonies but many of their athletes were not present at the start of the actual events the next morning. The Russian Olympic village was empty and initial investigation found that many of the athletes had simply disappeared, while only a few had flown home. Norway ordered the IOC to cancel the games and evacuate the Olympic Village. Norway called up its reserves, requested support from NATO and has been under significant attack since about noon on the 13th. Attacks have occurred around the globe to include significant conventional strikes against costal cities and interior infrastructure in North America. Concurrent with this scenario the USS Enterprise is attempting to stem the Soviet push into the North Atlantic from its new base in Iceland (NF 9) while the Eisenhower and Carl Vinson charge north t