Commonwealth Collision

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UK/India Side:

- on my first playthrough I overvalued my F-35s and sent them to the targets immediately with some Krypton ARM equipped Mig-29s. Without any good plan or intel they were lost, so I restarted and did some better analysis
- the plan - move the ship groups closer together for easier defense, use F-35s as great recon assets and submarines to close and kill enemy ships
- the F-35s were really good recon assets to find enemies, and to kill their maritime recon and AEW planes. In the end the enemy never found my ships and thus never launched a serious strike against them. They also spotted planes on the ground (with antiship missiles) which I killed whith a few Tomahawks
- I killed the ships with ARM Kryptons - they had bad anti air defense so were mostly defensless
- I killed the ground radars with the few Tomahawks I had. This helped my F-35s to be less detectable
- in the end after killing the ships, radars and AEW planes, the F-35s had an easy job of attacking the bridge and refinery.

Result: Triumph - 1000

Lessons:

- do not skip initial planning and analysis
- do not overvalue stealth (kill radars to help them)
- F-35 (5th gen planes in general) are great recon assets

Pakistan side:

- initial analysis - I have very few anti-air equipped planes, so will have to rely more on ships and SAMs for defense. I have recon drones and AEW planes to find the enemy ships. Will attack them mostly with planes. I'll try to move my ships closer to shore as defense.
- enemy launched a quick attack right at the start (similarly to my first playthrough above) - and it failed miserably. I detected and killed the F-35s and Mig-29s with small losses, so it was still in my benefit.
- I found the enemies with AEW plane, confirmed Queen Elisabeth with drone. Launched a big strike with aircraft, which actually failed. The enemy had active-radar guided missiles that surprised me. But simultaneously I launched an attack with Clubs from a sub, and some got through and I sunk the QE

Result: Triumph - 1000

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As the maker of Commonwealth Collision, I say thanks for making this AAR.