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Command: Modern Operations Command:MO LIVE - Don of a New Era is a modern military scenario set in November 2016, amid escalating conflict around Ukraine, Moldova and Transnistria. A violent demonstration in Tiraspol, Russian force movements and a series of crises across Europe bring NATO and Russia into a confrontation centered on the Black Sea region.

The road to war

The scenario’s background begins with the annexation of Crimea in March 2014 and the subsequent fighting in the Donbas, where separatists receive Russian support. A ceasefire pauses the fighting in August 2014, but Russian troop movements and the occupation of the Donbas continue, with separatists in Donetsk and Lugansk receiving material and military support through 2016. The setting also covers Moldova’s political divisions and the unresolved status of Transnistria, where competing movements seek independence, union with Ukraine or reunion with Russia.

On 5 November 2016, almost 20,000 people demonstrate violently against the Moldovan government in Tiraspol after deadly clashes with police and army forces. An estimated 27 people are dead, and the city is under martial law. The EU backs Moldova’s government, while Russia supports the region’s ethnic Russian population and condemns the government in Chișinău.

On 6 November, the United States responds to Russian force movements in Rostov and redeployments from Syria by sending the 95th Fighter Squadron’s F-22s and the 34th Fighter Squadron’s F-35As to Bezmer, Bulgaria, along with other precautionary measures. Russia calls the deployment a provocation, and some NATO forces move to higher readiness. The following day, a skirmish in a Greek refugee camp leaves several hundred dead, including at least 35 aid workers and three journalists. Explosions in Istanbul and Ankara coincide with a major cross-border attack by Syrian-based Kurdish rebels, prompting a Turkish counterattack.

On 8 November, US election day, a video appears to show hundreds of civilians being executed in Moldova. RT reports it as a massacre; some experts question its authenticity, but calls for justice grow, and Russia acts.

NATO and Russia

You command one of two playable sides: NATO or Russia. Both sides have conflicting objectives, forcing rapid replanning as the situation develops and creating tactical dilemmas. The scenario features a close naval engagement involving capable ships, submarines and aircraft, with cruise-missile-equipped strategic bombers available to both sides.

Forces and equipment

Russian forces include the T-50 and Su-30, Su-34 and Su-35 aircraft; SS-26, S-400, SA-20 and SA-23 systems; Improved Kilo submarines; and Grigorovich-class frigates. NATO forces include F-22s, F-35s, Eurofighter Typhoons, P-8s, P-3s with LRMP, E-737 Wedgetails, Sentinel R.1 ASTOR aircraft, Type 45 destroyers, AEGIS Ashore, Ohio SSGNs and Type 214TN submarines.

Other aircraft include Hungarian JAS-39 fighters, Italian Tornado IDS MLU aircraft, and Greek, Romanian, Turkish and American F-16s ranging from Block 30 to Block 52+. The scenario also includes the experimental RGM-109I Multi Mission TLAM.