Location: North Sea, September 1980, 1300 hours local time. HDMS Peder Skram - now a museum at Copenhagen. Environment: Heavy haze with patches of denser fog. Visibility 25%. Sea state 4. Negligible wind (light and variable). Background: World War III is five months old and NATO has fought the Soviets to a standstill. In an attempt to break the stalemate, the Soviets plan to punch out from the Baltic into the North Sea and hit the NATO Atlantic Fleet from behind. The only force NATO can scrape together to meet the Soviet attack as it emerges is the reconstituted STANAVFORLANT frigate squadron. More Red Maelstrom Introduction NATO Soviet German BT Back to The Naval Sitrep #21 Table of Contents Back to Naval Sitrep List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 2001 by Larry Bond and Clash of Arms. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history and related articles are available at http://www.magweb.com