Lee_DiSantis

Hi all. Been away from CM for a while. Looking for someone to try out Red Thunder with. Please add me to your buddy list on here (go to User CP> Buddy/Ignore Lists), then send me a message and let's get some games going!

ill play! but id much rather do tcp/ip. feel free to email me leedisantis@hotmail.com

after several years...i'm back baby. if anyone wants to get down on some cmbb tcp ( you have to be able to host), please email me or leave a message here! i'm usually available after 11pm most nights, and most anytime on wednesdays and saturdays.

just wanted to say thank you. was having huge problems, was really frustrated, and just happened to stumble across this thread. you rock

I was just thinking about this exact thing the other day. I really have a hell of a time finding opponents for CM. A single centralized lobby would really, really, really, really help.

Is it me or is the phrase 'anti-iraqi forces' a little outdated? Do we still really believe these are all foreign fighters or regime dead-enders? I've read that at least 90% of the people fighting us are Iraqi. So how can they be anti Iraqi? Wouldn't they call our forces 'anti-iraqi'...since we're killing so many Iraqis? this is not a statement about the war at all, or a political statement. Just one concerning semantics.

another brilliant idea just came to me. how bout the syrians invade new mexico? the only new textures you'll need will be an occassional wal mart.

i just skipped to page 7 here, because i really can't read the whole thread. so i'm sure this has been mentioned already. but what about north korea? just turn all the brown terrain white, maybe some darker browns and greens for summer. add some hills. maybe a tree or two. boom, you've got north korea. the story with a north korea scenario is pretty easy...something pisses them off and they invade the south. or america decides to pre-emptively invade them. and if you're reluctant to do it because of the graphics work that would be involved (i'm unfamiliar with the progress of the syrian infantry textures and such), well...you shouldn't have based this whole game on a story that you would just drop halfway through. no offense. just give the syrian textures some slanty eyes and some rudimentary banter. here's some examples of the NK infantry banter i would record (and feel free to employ me): 'me ruv you rong timeee!!!!!!!!'; 'oh my gaaaa dey shot me...oh it hurt so badddd!!!!'; 'i'm so ronery!' ; 'i give you every-ting you want joe! every-ting...' [ September 18, 2006, 11:20 AM: Message edited by: Lee_DiSantis ]

let's not forget about the 1.5% chance that a giant lobster will attack on turn 1. hope you have some SMAW's!

suckers

AAAAAAAAAA its coming right at us!!!!!!!!

Also, on the topic of S-300s (SA-10s)...Syria has repeatedly attempted to purchase these systems, but was refused by Moscow for a number of reasons. They were also refused the shoulder-launched version of the Igla (SA-18), and apparently had to settle for an APC-mounted version. This was due to pressure from Washington over fears that shoulder mounted Iglas could easily fall into the hands of Iraqi insurgents, or Hezbollah.

Wow, SA-3...even sadder. I had heard the tidbit of using the same ingress routes nightly, but it begs the question: how did they know the ingress routes at all? It seems clear to me they were consistently painting the F-117 on radar. That is probably a big part of the reason that they are being retired right now; they just aren't really that stealthy. I mean, an SA-3? Come on. I don't know if anyone's seen this article, but it's pretty interesting: debkafile

All good points. Imagine being in static defensive positions and having 40 JDAMs dropped on you! Ouch! :eek:

It's true they can use smart bombs up high, but they are still extremely vulnerable to high altitude SAM threats. Kosovo showed us that even after a significant SEAD effort, an SA-6 sight can still be hiding somewhere. I'm not sure of the effective altitude of the SA-6 (I think it's pretty damn high), but I know other SAMs could easily reach the B-52s operating altitudes. Even an SA-2 could still shoot it down, theoretically. So I don't think B-52s would be operating very much directly over Syria a la Afghanistan. B-1s, though, are another story. But those have their vulnerabilities too.

I'd like to take this opportunity to unveil the first mod for CMSF.... Combat Mission: Lobster Force here's the first screenshot:

Well, the Serbians got an F-16 and an F-117 back in '99, both with the SA-6. This is a radar guided system of 1970's vintage. You can bet the Syrians have plenty of them. On the other hand, the USAF learns lessons well, and the loss of two aircraft against an entire (supposedly decently integrated) country's air defense system is not disastrous by any means - except perhaps the loss of the F-117. That incident raises serious questions about the vulnerabilities of our aircraft, including stealth aircraft, to newer air defense radars and missiles. If an F-117 can get hit by an SA-6, is it unreasonable to speculate that perhaps a B-2 could get shot down with an SA-10? It may be, for as I said, the USAF learns its lessons well, and there were supposedly multiple flaws in the planning of the lost F-117 mission over Kosovo. As far as shooting down a B-52...I suspect it would be quite easy. They presumably wouldn't operate at all over Syrian territory in any conflict, but rather launch stand off missiles (cruise or otherwise). One could speculate that the B-52 could move in for low level operations after complete air superiority has been achieved, but the merits of this are few. There's a reason they've added the hundreds of millions of dollars in defensive upgrades to the B-52 over the last 15 years: it's an extremely vulnerable airplane. They now have huge flare stores, towed decoys, and sophisticated ECM equipment...but how well that would all stand up to an unseen 23mm AA gun is another subject. As a side note: the USAF recently made the quiet announcement that it is withdrawing the F-117 stealth fighter from service, and will be completely stood down by 2009. The first F-22 squadron has reached initial operating capability at Langley AFB; they will soon begin participating in east coast homeland air defence missions.

i'm from rhode island...no flooding here...and finallly sunny today!

those delta guys that landed to protect durant and his crew were special cases, i think. they were both awarded the medal of honor.

anyone ever play 'x-wing' for pc back in the day?

combat mission 2: camel jockeys perhaps they should market the game in syria under the title "combat mission: post-assad-infidel-slaughter-party-1.0"

Combat Mission: they DEFINITELY have weapons of mass destruction

you are, because it's spelled 'naive'.

WHAT ABOUT GOLD MINES??? SILVER???!! BAUXITE!???!!

CM: the rats of the new york subway system