Northern Fury 7 - Keflavick Capers

Northern Fury 7 - Keflavik Capers 15 February 1994, 1500 Zulu, 1200 Local It is early afternoon and you as the Commander US forces Iceland at Keflavik Air Station, are receiving ominous reports! War started Sunday and Keflavik was one of the first targets, a surprise missile attack which closed the two main runways and destroyed seven aircraft on the ground, and only 5 missiles got through our defences! Last night Jan Mayen Island, 500nm NE of here, was captured in a quick and dirty airborne assault. This morning, Trondheim Norway was under assault from the sea. STANAVFORLANT was in heavy contact and that situation is unresolved. The enemy needs to open a portion of the GIUK gap to allow his subs, long range aviation and surface units access to the North Atlantic. The move on Trondheim may mean that they will go for the Southern gap between Scotland and Iceland, putting you in a supporting role with the weight of the attack landing on the Brits. If not, it could get very messy here in the next 24 hours or so. You need time to reinforce and get the base onto a real war-footing. The GIUK (Greenland – Iceland – United Kingdom) Gap is the 1000 mile wide entrance into the North Atlantic; if the Soviets control this area, NATO reinforcement and supply convoys to Europe are threatened. In peacetime a string of radars and SOSUS network provide early warning, backed up by fighter and maritime patrol aircraft in Keflavik Iceland and bases Scotland. In reality this serves as nothing more than a trip-wire to allow NATO forces to rapidly deploy and reinforce the outpost of Keflavik. This scenario is playable by NATO only: You must inflict damage and slow Soviet progress. Critical to success is the evacuation of non essential personnel and civilians. ------------------------------------------- Designer’s Notes: This is the seventh scenario of a 58 scenario campaign. See the Northern Fury background document for further insight on the happenings so far. The key nuggets · Cold War