Command: Modern Operations - Shifting Sands

Command: Modern Operations - Shifting Sands is a standalone expansion that can be played as a separate game or added to your collection of Command: Modern Air/Naval Operations scenarios. Its campaign covers Arab-Israeli conflicts and hypothetical clashes, tracing a fragile balance of power from the 1956 Suez crisis through the Six-Day War, War Of Attrition and Yom Kippur War to the Osirak raid and the air battle over the Bekaa Valley.

Campaign scenarios

The campaign contains 17 scenarios: 14 historical and three hypothetical. It covers conflicts between Israel and its neighbours, including the 1956 Suez crisis, the 1967 Six-Day War, the 1967–70 War Of Attrition, the 1973 Yom Kippur War, the Osirak raid and the air battle over the Bekaa Valley. It includes both events that took place and clashes that could have happened.

Changing warfare

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

Hypothetical conflicts

The campaign explores three possible events in the Middle East theatre: the US responds forcefully to the attack on the Liberty; Soviet and US fleets clash while supporting their allies; and Israel uses nuclear weapons as its defensive fronts collapse.