Command: Modern Operations Command:MO - Desert Storm

Command: Modern Operations Command:MO - Desert Storm is an add-on for Command: Modern Operations, with 14 campaign scenarios based on or imagining events around the 1990–91 Gulf War, plus a contemporary standalone scenario. You can play through the coalition build-up after Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, major operations during the conflict and alternative possibilities involving Saudi Arabia, Israel, Iran or the Soviet Union.

The Gulf War

The scenarios cover the Iraqi invasion and occupation of Kuwait, the coalition’s response and the campaign to expel Iraqi forces. They include the first night over Baghdad on January 17, 1991; a strike intended to stop Iraq’s chemical retaliation; Scud hunts across the Iraqi desert; attacks on Iraqi airfields; the destruction of the Iraqi navy at Bubiyan; and the “highway of death” during Iraq’s retreat from Kuwait.

The conflict is presented as a turning point in warfare, involving large-scale use of stealth, standoff and precision-guided weapons, air power against ground forces, and the rapid removal of a nation’s command and control apparatus. The scenarios also explore what might have happened if Iraq had advanced into Saudi Arabia before the coalition assembled, if Israel had retaliated against Scud attacks, or if Iran or the Soviet Union had intervened.

Scenarios

The 14 campaign scenarios are:

• Invasion
• Iraq Rolls South
• First Night
• The Gates of Hell
• Scud Hunt
• Reviving a Giant
• Israel Stands Up
• BUFFed Up
• Alliances
• Reprisals
• Extreme Prejudice
• Bubiyan
• Shooting Gallery
• Liberation

A bonus contemporary standalone scenario, Israeli Counter punch, depicts Israel attacking Iran’s nuclear forces. The add-on also includes a modern-day Israel-versus-Iran scenario.

Forces and simulation

The scenarios use Command: Modern Operations’ continuous real-time simulation engine and cover air, naval and strategic warfare. The available forces include stealth fighters, cruise missiles, tactical air and attack fighters, strike bombers, close-support aircraft, heavy bombers, surface ships and submarines. Hypothetical platforms include the navalized F-117X, the A-12 Avenger II stealth naval bomber and a radically modernized Iowa-class battleship designated BBG-1.