Crisis Simulation

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This weekend in Crisis, we’ll have the option to deploy military units into conflict zones.  Consider this an introduction into the equipment that we will be using.

Air Defense Division

Air defense will be represented by a twin-turreted vehicle.  The primary goal of air defense divisions is to knock enemy aircraft out of the sky.  Real world units include the PL-9 SAM system and the Tunguska defense system.

Armor Division


Armor includes the heavy fighting vehicles of a military, mostly tanks.  Our Armor piece will be a vehicle with a single center cannon.  Armor divisions dominate ground combat, but usually lack air defense capabilities.  Examples are China’s T-99, India’s Arjun Tank, and Pakistan’s Al-Khalid.

Strategic Bomber Division

For our Crisis, Strategic Bomber Divisions will be represented by a large airplane.  Strategic Bombers can carry nuclear weapons, and are designed to deploy them over long ranges.  While ground units generally cannot engage Strategic Bombers, they are slow and vulnerable to Fighter Divisions.  In real life, China fields the aging H-6 bomber.

Fighter Division

Fighter Divisions, represented by a smaller plane, are much more common than Bomber Divisions.  While Fighters may attack ground units, their primary role is to engage other Fighters and Bombers.  Today, China has the J-10, India flies the SU-30MKK, and Pakistan takes to the skies with the F-16.

Mechanized Division

Mechanized Divisions, shown by a vehicle with a single side mounted gun, are groups of soldiers who travel to the front in either Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs) or Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs).  These soldiers are much better protected and supported than their counterparts, and while not so effective against Armor, are much faster and quicker to deploy.  In the real world, China has the WZ551, India uses the Abhay IFV, and Pakistan has the old M-113.

Motorized Division

Motorized Divisions are the most plentiful and cheap, comprising infantry and unarmored vehicles.  In Crisis, both trucks and jeeps will represent Motorized Divisions.  Motorized soldiers are sometimes known as the jack-of-all trades, having only moderate anti-air and anti-armor capacity.

Strategic Missile Division

Strategic Missile Divisions, represented by a twin missile launcher, are the backbone of a nation’s second strike capacity.  Generally, hardened silos will be the first targets during a nuclear exchange, and nuclear-equipped airplanes may be intercepted.  Strategic Missile Divisions are able to reposition themselves to avoid detection, and fire off their payload when ready.

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Good luck!

Hello!

I’m sorry to let you know that office hours today, Thursday March 6th, will not be taking place at the regularly scheduled time.  This is because it is Richard Hill, the Head Chair of the Security Council’s 21st birthday, and to better facilitate Crisis-SC cooperation we are throwing a celebration of sorts.

Please feel free to wish him a happy birthday, as well as suggest a time that I can best make up my office hours.

Thank you!

My Vice Chairs and I have decided that the reality cut-off date, will be March 1st, 2008. This means that anything that occurs after March 1st will not be taken into account for the purposes of our Crisis Simulation.

So for example, if on March 5th Pakistan announces that it has decided to launch a space program, then we will ignore this fact for the duration of our Crisis Simulations.

Please check regularly for “news articles” that will appear on this blog from now on. The articles should be considered to have happened, and will be referenced in the Crisis Simulations.

Thank you!

In Crisis, maps are an invaluable tool for our Ministers. Firstly, maps are useful for locating the area where a certain event occurred. For example, it would be difficult to respond to a terrorist incident that happened in Chin-men Tao if you didn’t know what country Chin-men Tao is in. Secondly, maps will show you terrain features, which are important to consider when making decisions. In this way, you might want to reconsider your plan of attack after finding out that the world’s tallest mountain stands between you and the enemy.

Here are several of the maps that we’ll be using in Crisis this year. These maps will be reproduced for you by the time of the conference, so please don’t feel pressured to print them out yourselves. Right now they may appear a bit tiny, simply click on the map to view the larger image.

One final note: don’t read too much into the maps. Simply because you were provided a map of Aksai Chin doesn’t necessarily mean that anything important will happen there. On the other hand, events might happen in areas where you are not provided a map (right now that is).

Map of China

Map of India

Map of Pakistan

Map of Kashmir

Map of Sino-Indian Border

Map of Taiwan

In college, it is a common practice for Graduate Student Instructors (GSIs, pretty much university Teaching Assistants) and Professors to hold “office hours”. These are times when the instructor makes him or herself available to students in order to answer questions about anything. As college students we are highly encouraged to attend office hours, as we get individual attention.

BMUN this year is offering a similar service to delegates, in the form of virtual office hours. Every Tuesday and Thursday, from 6:00PM to 7:00PM, I will be available online through the AIM screen name “bmuncrisisoh”. Please feel free to message me at this time with any questions you have on Crisis, or to just say hello!