Operation NO KNOCK

Here’s another mission I made from my deployment. Always wondered what a strait transit would look like while under fire. Again like last time let me know if something doesn’t work. Some things are on spawn chances so if you want the full experience play it a couple times.

Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2)
Operation NO KNOCK

MISSION BRIEFING

From: SNMG2 Maritime Command
To: Commanding Officer, USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81)
Area of Operations: Strait of Gibraltar
Weather: Clear skies
Sea State: 2 (smooth to slight)
Wind: Easterly, light to moderate

1. SITUATION OVERVIEW

The strategic environment has fully escalated.

Russian naval and aerospace forces have established a layered anti-access / area denial (A2/AD) posture covering the Strait of Gibraltar, seeking to interdict NATO high-value units transiting between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean.

Their intent is unambiguous:
deny passage, degrade NATO power projection, and if possible, destroy a capital asset.

That capital asset is the French aircraft carrier
Charles de Gaulle (R91).

Her survival is non-negotiable.

2. FRIENDLY FORCES

You are the designated Surface Action Group Commander, operating forward of the carrier strike element.

Supporting task force units include:

USS Stout (DDG-55) – AAW / BMD / strike support

Chevalier Paul (D621) – Area air defense for the carrier

Augsburg (F268) – ASW and surface screening

Polish Oliver Hazard Perry–class frigate – Escort and maritime security operations

Air wing assets from Charles de Gaulle are on strip alert and prepared for immediate launch.

3. ENEMY FORCES

Russian forces are assessed to include:

Long-range maritime strike aircraft

Surface combatants with anti-ship cruise missiles

Subsurface assets positioned to exploit chokepoint geometry

Land-based sensors and missile batteries covering the strait

They expect hesitation.
They expect diplomacy.
They will not receive it.

4. MISSION

Primary Mission:
Punch a secure maritime corridor through Russian defenses in the Strait of Gibraltar, enabling safe passage of Charles de Gaulle (R91) and her escorts.

Secondary Mission:
Destroy or neutralize all Russian naval, subsurface, and air threats encountered within the AO.

Tertiary Mission:
Maintain momentum. Do not allow the enemy time to reconstitute or reposition.

5. RULES OF ENGAGEMENT

⚠️ WEAPONS FREE ⚠️

All confirmed Russian forces are declared hostile

No requirement for hostile intent beyond identification

Preemptive fires are authorized

Coordinated multi-domain strikes approved

This is no longer a tracking operation.
This is maritime combat in a confined battlespace.

6. EXECUTION CONCEPT

USS Winston S. Churchill will lead the penetration, acting as:

Primary air-defense commander forward

Strike coordinator against surface and subsurface threats

USS Stout reinforces AAW coverage and missile defense

Chevalier Paul remains tight with the carrier, providing layered air defense

Augsburg and the Polish frigate prosecute submarine and surface contacts along the flanks

Clear skies and Sea State 2 provide excellent sensor performance—for both sides.

Speed, coordination, and decisive fires will determine who owns the strait.

7. COMMANDER’S INTENT

This operation is about breaking the door down before it can be slammed shut.

You are authorized—and expected—to:

Strike first

Strike hard

Strike decisively

The carrier must survive. Everything else is expendable.

The Strait of Gibraltar is narrow, watched, and unforgiving.
Control it quickly—or be crushed inside it.

FINAL NOTE

History will not remember how carefully this was done.
It will remember who made it through.

The fleet is behind you.
The carrier is depending on you.

Take the strait.