Gulf/Caribbean Naval Activity?

[Olefin]

Aruba and Curacao's refineries would be prime targets

Gateway to the Spanish Main lists Aruba as the target of the pirates once they had their ships ready - as in the oil rich island of Aruba - that implies the storage tanks and refinery may be intact there

but the omission of Curacao may be a real indication that it got nuked when Venezuela got hit - and considering how close it is that refinery (and the city surrounding it) probably got nailed

you could have a situation similiar to what spared Istanbul and Bremerhaven - i.e. the nuke went short or long and landed in the ocean and not on the island itself

[boogiedowndonovan]

Anyone remember the old Harpoon computer game? A few of the convoy escort scenarios, I can't remember which, had the NATO convoys going as far south as the Caribbean.

The US, British and Canada had bases on Bermuda. I could see the personnel "stranded" on Bermuda during T2k.

US had NAS Bermuda, operating P3's and NF Tudor Hill listening post.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Bermuda
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USN_NA...int,_1941-1995
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Facility_Bermuda

According to the wikipedia article, Canadian CP-140 Aurora ASW aircraft periodically operated from NAS Bermuda.

British had HMS Malabar, supply station for the RN ship assigned to the Caribbean

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Ma...t)#HMS_Malabar

Canada also operated CFS Bermuda.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFS_Bermuda

[kalos72]

Don't forget St Croix has a LARGE refinery as well...

With such a rich target environment, I would imagine the navies would keep active to some degree.

Or else there is a port somewhere with 3 OSA class patrol boats just looking for a new home. :P

[Apache6]

I don't think there is any cannon coverage. What do you think happened to the base at Gitmo?

[raketenjagdpanzer]

Originally Posted by Apache6

I don't think there is any cannon coverage. What do you think happened to the base at Gitmo?

Since no strikes are listed, if the Cubans declared neutrality possibly "nothing at all". Of course if the Cubans had an intact military and wanted to take Guantanamo bay back, without a supply lifeline to the US, post '97 there'd be little the detachment left behind could do.

I guess we'd have to consider what assets the Marines would leave there before we could make a judgement call.

[Targan]

Gitmo would be abandoned some time after late '97, surely? The Marines are tough, heroic warriors, no doubt about it, but why hold onto the enclave when being overrun and cut off from resupply and reinforcement would be all but inevitable? I don't think the USMC would throw lives away for essentially nothing.

[Rainbow Six]

I can't be 100% certain about this (don't have access to any of my T2K books at the moment) but going from memory I think it's stated in the V2.X Big Yellow Book that the United States evacuates all its personnel from Guantanamo some time after the 1997 nuclear exchange (can't remember when).

I think it's then stated that the Cuban military move in and take over the base (or what's left of it) although I'm less certain about that.

If anyone has a copy of the BYB to hand check the section towards the back that gives a brief overview of the global situation - that's where I think it's mentioned. Can't recall what else (if anything) that part of the book says about the Caribbean.