Command: Modern Operations Command:MO LIVE - Kuril Sunrise

Command: Modern Operations Command:MO LIVE - Kuril Sunrise is a scenario set amid a crisis over the disputed Kuril Islands. After snap elections bring a more nationalist and populist government to power in Japan, the new prime minister repeatedly claims the islands for Tokyo. Japan has moved airborne and amphibious units to Hokkaido, officially for exercises, while Russia grows suspicious. Demonstrators from both sides sail toward the Kuriles and Hokkaido in small boats; several have been killed and dozens detained.

Russia has been moving troops into the area and has prepared an improvised convoy at Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to transport heavier forces to Kunashir and Iturup. If the convoy reaches the islands, Japan's aim of taking them without excessive casualties becomes impossible; if it is sunk, the Kuriles are Japan's for the taking. Both sides field an array of sea-denial weapons, reflecting the Japan Self-Defense Forces' traditional focus on repelling invasions and the Soviet and Russian defensive doctrine at sea.

Play as Russia or Japan

You can take either side in the conflict. Each has a technological or logistical weakness that the opponent can exploit, making careful planning important.

Convoy warfare

Use advanced aircraft, ships and submarines to escort or attack a convoy of civilian ferries. The scenario tests which established tactics remain effective in 21st-century convoy warfare.

Submarines and aircraft

The Russian Yasen and Akula II nuclear submarines face Japan's Soryu and Oyashio diesel-electric submarines, with the strengths and weaknesses of both types in play. The air battle includes upgraded F-15s and Su-27s, as well as F-4s and MiG-29s.