Cold War · 1990 · North Atlantic & Northern Europe

The sea is quiet.
The picture isn't.

Take command of a 1990 NATO task group. Get a convoy through, hunt a submarine in the Iceland–Faroe gap, or keep a carrier alive under Soviet missile pressure.

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The command deck during the carrier watch: two Backfire raids closing on USS Eisenhower's group on a bathymetric chart of the Norwegian Sea, with the task group, track file and command dock around it — The command deck. The chart takes the room; orders, contacts, threats and aircraft sit one click away.

How it plays

A contact is an observation, not a target.

Radar horizons, passive bearings, thermal layers and stale tracks mean the picture has to be built before it can be trusted. Unknown contacts classify with time and manoeuvre; a bearing is not a range until you work it into one.

Your ships defend themselves inside the limits of their fire-control channels and magazines. You decide emissions, station, posture and when a salvo is worth the missiles.

Four operations · four different jobs

01 · Convoy escort

Northern Convoy

Two Perry frigates screen a reinforcement merchant against a missile corvette. The cargo matters more than a pursuit.

Introductory · about 20 min

02 · Submarine barrier

The Iceland–Faroe Barrier

Dallas, Spruance and patrol aviation search for a Victor III at the Atlantic gateway. Work passive bearings and the layer to find it.

Intermediate

03 · Carrier watch

Norwegian Sea

Eisenhower's air detachment and Bunker Hill hold a two-hour watch against a Soviet strike. Keep the carrier afloat.

Advanced

04 · Surface action

Baltic: The Narrow Water

Stop a Sovremennyy before it reaches the exit, and tell it apart from neutral traffic before you commit your missiles.

Advanced

The operations desk, listing the four 1990 operations with the Northern Convoy selected, its first orders, force and a chart of the own-force disposition — The operations desk sets out the task, the first orders and the force before you commit.

The fleet recognition library showing a 3D model with its capability dossier — 94 platforms and 98 weapons, each with an inspectable model and a dossier.

A force that belongs in 1990

Period variants keep their own radars, sonars, aircraft and weapons: Perry's shared Mk 13 magazine, Bunker Hill's SPY-1A, the F-14A+ and E-2C. Modern operations have their own filter.

Information has limits

Passive bearings, uncertain range, stale contacts, thermal layers and convergence zones. The picture is something you build, and it can be wrong.

Orders stay within reach

A searchable Actions palette, a live status rail and a command dock that follows the selection. Pause whenever you need to think.

Take the watch

Choose Cold War 1990, pick the convoy operation, read the briefing, then take command. The clock waits for you.

Space: Pause and resume
1–6: Time compression
G: Plot a course, then click the water
N: Next priority contact
Home: Fit the task group
B: Wide chart
F1: Orders and objectives
F3: Air operations
Ctrl K: Search every command

The convoy sails at 05:30 Zulu.

It runs in your browser. Nothing to install, and the clock doesn't start until you do.

Take command

The sea is quiet.The picture isn't.