Gulf Strike - Turns 16 and 17

The "Soviet-Persian War" continues using the Gulf Strike rules.

The Soviets are flooding into Iran like an avalanche of steel. The Americans have brought in the third aircraft carrier into the battle space, USS Nimitz CV-68.

Turn 16 - US brings in the major ground forces into the Indian Ocean. Two Mechanized and one Armor division are loaded on transport ships headed toward the Persian Gulf.

In Air; B-52s bomb the remaining Afghan air base with long range recon provided by special forces. The base is destroyed including a Backfire bomber. More air attacks pound the Soviet Afghan ground units.
On Land; Soviets continue the attack on Hamadan, Mashad, and Qom. Militia units are struggling to hold those cities.
At Sea; American SSNs destroy the Soviet CG guided missile cruiser. Another SSN sinks a Soviet SSN. The most of the Soviet navy is sunk and that allows CV-68 to move north safely.

Turn 17 - Due to the massive damage to the Afghanistan army, the initiative moves to the US/Iran coalition.

At Sea; An old Soviet heavy cruiser, gets within range of Diego Garcia and bombards the supply head. This puts the entire American force out-of-supply! SSN attacks the Soviet CA but fails to sink it.
In Air; P-3 from Diego Garcia fires anti-ship missiles at the CA but fails to sink it.
On Land; Soviets have been assaulting the northeast city of Mashad since turn 1. They finally capture the city. In a major blunder, the US commander moves an important supply depot off the port city of Konark. This breaks the supply chain in southern Iran and several ground units take unnecessary hits.

The Soviets now control six cities; Tabriz, Rasht, Zanjan, Tehran, Qazyin and Mashad.

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