Command: Modern Operations Command:MO - Shifting Sands

Command: Modern Operations Command:MO - Shifting Sands is an add-on campaign about the successive Arab-Israeli conflicts, from the 1956 Suez crisis through the Six-Day War, the War Of Attrition and the Yom Kippur War to the Osirak raid and the air battle over the Bekaa Valley. Its scenarios cover historical battles as well as clashes that did not happen but could have, set against the fragile balance of the Middle East.

Campaign scenarios

The campaign contains 17 scenarios: 14 historical and three hypothetical. They were written by Paul A. Bridge, a former Royal Navy officer and author of the Northern Inferno campaign. The scenarios follow major air and naval conflicts during Israel’s decades-long struggle with its neighbours.

Changing warfare

The scenarios cover changes in warfare, hardware and tactics, including the combat debut of the modern antiship missile and the countermeasures developed against it. They also depict the rise of offensive counter-air operations, the emergence of the surface-to-air missile (SAM), and the development of suppression of enemy air-defences (SEAD) systems and tactics.

Hypothetical clashes

Three scenarios explore possible turns in the conflict: the United States responds forcefully to the attack on the Liberty; Soviet and US fleets clash while supporting their respective allies; and Israel resorts to nuclear weapons as its defensive fronts collapse.