[BETA] Defend Hormuz

[blu3s]

Hi all, I have a new "quick" scenario for the community, it's based in a wargame I ran for Fight Club International, this time you will not only choose the force deployment but also handle the ATO and Doctrine directly in Command.

Description of the scenario below:


Defend Hormuz (beta)
One night against Iran's missiles and drones. Side US, 11 hours.

Iran is about to strike the Gulf states with ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and one-way attack drones. You are the JFACC and Area Air Defence Commander of CJTF-Gulf Shield. You get 650 Mission Points to buy the air defence force, place it, base its aircraft, and then run the air battle in Command until ENDEX.


How it plays

1. Setup window. It opens one second after you press Start; the clock waits while it is open. Read the OPORD and JIPOE, buy the force, place the ground units on the map, assign the aircraft to airbases, buy enabler cards if you want them, and transmit.
2. In Command. Your force appears on the map. You build the ATO yourself: CAP, AEW and tanker missions. Weapons release, doctrine and EMCON are your call.
3. The battle. 1600Z to 0300Z. Expected time on target 2200Z to 0100Z. No resupply, no repair.
4. Night report. At 0259Z a window gives your score, the Mission Success Index and every loss.

Every night is different
Iran's raid is planned when the clock starts. TEL dispersal around 29 launch complexes, the weapon mix, the targets and the times on target change every time you play. Iran knows the fixed coalition sites from peacetime intelligence. It does not know where you put your mobile units.

Force pool

• Upper-tier BMD: THAAD, AN/TPY-2
• Lower tier: Patriot PAC-3 MSE, PAC-2 GEM+
• Medium and short range, C-UAS: NASAMS, MRIC, IFPC, C-RAM
• Sensors: AN/TPS-77, G/ATOR, Sentinel
• Air: F-15E, F-35A, EF-2000, F/A-18D, E-3, E-2D, KC-135, MQ-9
• Enablers: cyber, GNSS denial, attack operations, SBIRS, HUMINT, quick rearm

Already in place: an AN/FPS-132 early warning radar, THAAD and Patriot batteries, a NASAMS battery and surveillance radars, covering 195 infrastructure targets and 8 airbases.

Score
Losses only.

• Critical infrastructure destroyed: -50
• Other infrastructure destroyed: -20
• Infrastructure or airbase damaged: -10
• Pre-deployed site or purchased ground unit destroyed: -30
• Aircraft lost to any cause, including fuel and losses on the ground: -200

Iran has no fighters, so every aircraft lost is a planning failure. Interceptors cost nothing in the score, only in what is left for the next salvo.

Not modelled (yet)

• Naval strike. There are no BLUE ships, so Iran's anti-ship ballistic missiles stay idle. This comes in the next update.
• Iranian manned aircraft.
• A second night: Iran does not re-plan with what it has left.

Requirements

• Database DB3K_519.
• An internet connection for the setup window's map.
• Nothing to install in the Lua folder: all the scripts are inside the scenario file.

Download

DefendHormuz_001_dist.zip

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Also posted in Steam Workshop: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/ ... 3836925123


Feedback
For a bug, give the time (Zulu), what you expected and what happened, and attach a save/imgs if you can.

[Nikel]

Thanks for the new scenario


v1 Tested on B1900.24. With this result, -130 points.

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Some stuff noticed, much WAD or because it is still an early version I guess, but here it is:


- Cannot read all the info text in the force design tab, 1920x1200

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- ARM precursor, is it a correct name?

- Force design, AIR DCA, 4x ship. Is this correct?

- Deployment, cannot browse map with the cross, you have to cancel and restart.

- Pic missing in the scenario description when you are already playing. But no pic when you load the scenario.

- There are many structures, is it not better to group them by type? Oil, port,...

- ACs already armed and ready, not like Luzon.

- Doctrine is not default, radars are ON, etc.

- Too much time until the attack starts, with nothing to do but wait. First detection was Arash UAVs, by Iron Dome around 19:40 Z.

- SHORADs are not very useful due to short range, there are too many structures to protect, waste of $

- Changed WRA 3 times, one to use the F-35s guns for small UAVs, another one to revert this decision, and the 3rd to allow THAAD to engage everything

- No sats for BM launching detection?

- All points counted at the end, not at the time when they are happening, no useful SL or scoring graph.

- Freezes when apparently not much is going on, at for example some minutes around 43 seconds. Later in the scenario, they are gone. I had a save prepared, but not happening now.

- CTD with this exception. I continued with the previous save.

10-11-2026 11:33:45 -- Bv1.10 - Build 1900.24 -- Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt. -- Scen : Defend Hormuz -- DB : -- Exception: Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt.
Stack Trace: at Command_Core.DAL.DBFunctions.GetFacilityType(ActiveUnit theUnit)
at Command.MainForm.CL_GetUnitIcon(Unit theUnit, Boolean& IconIsDirectional, Boolean& IsCustomIcon, Int32& CustomSize, Boolean& Rotatable)
Call Stack & Error details:
Error at 200178: Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt.

- Lua History File, no errors I guess.

[BlueSetup] 217 targets registered (8 bases), 0 failed
[BlueSetup] 217 targets registered (8 bases), 0 failed
Setup orders received: 9 unit types, 30 deployments, 0 cards
[Spawn] 60 units created on US, 0 failed.
[Spawn] IFPC #3 was placed on water; moved 2 km to land
[RedSetup] seed 1794303974 | 29 bases | TELs OWA 37/37 CM 22/30 BM 25/25 (total 88) | missions 88 (W0 5, W1 27, W2 26, W3 26) | no target 0
[Score] start snapshot: 60 purchased units, 28 air-defence units
[RedSetup] seed 1794304362 | 29 bases | TELs OWA 35/37 CM 21/30 BM 24/25 (total 83) | missions 82 (W0 5, W1 25, W2 25, W3 24) | no target 0
[Score] start snapshot: 60 purchased units, 28 air-defence units
[Score] US score -130 | MSI 99.01 | 4 losses

AS OF: 21-Feb-26 02:59:00

SIDE: UAE
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LOSSES:
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EXPENDITURES:
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SIDE: Kuwait
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LOSSES:
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EXPENDITURES:
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SIDE: US
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LOSSES:
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2x Building (Medium)
4x Patriot M901
2x Patriot M903
6x THAAD C-2
1x Vehicle (AN/MPQ-65)
1x Vehicle (AN/TPY-2 TMD-GBR)


EXPENDITURES:
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33x 25mm GAU-22/A Equalizer Burst [30 rnds]
150x AIM-120D AMRAAM P3I.4
39x AIM-9X-2 Sidewinder Blk II
7x AMRAAM-ER
38x MIM-104E Patriot PAC-2 GEM+
16x MIM-104F Patriot PAC-3 CRI
40x MIM-104F Patriot PAC-3 MSE
4x MIM-9X Sidewinder
7x Tamir
123x THAAD C-2 CEC



SIDE: KSA
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LOSSES:
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EXPENDITURES:
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SIDE: Oman
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LOSSES:
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EXPENDITURES:
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SIDE: Bahrain
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LOSSES:
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EXPENDITURES:
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SIDE: Qatar
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LOSSES:
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EXPENDITURES:
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SIDE: Iran
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LOSSES:
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EXPENDITURES:
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31x Arash-2
6x Dezful [Zolfaghar Mod, 579kg HE]
6x Dezful RV [Zolfaghar Mod, 579kg HE]
40x Emad [Ghadr-1/Shahab-3 Mod, Conventional 750kg HE]
40x Emad [Ghadr-1/Shahab-3 Mod, Conventional 750kg HE] RV
4x Fateh-110D [450kg HE]
8x Fateh-313 [Fateh 110 Mod, 350kg]
42x Hoveyzeh [Soumar Mod]
2x Khorramshahr-2 [Hwasong-10 Mod]
2x Khorramshahr-2 [Hwasong-10 Mod] RV
6x Sejjil-2 [700kg HE]
6x Sejjil-2 [700kg HE] RV
4x Shahab-3B [700kg HE]
4x Shahab-3B [700kg HE] RV
6x Shahed-131
70x Shahed-136
12x Shahed-238

[blu3s]

Thanks for the feedback, and yes most of it WAD, the scenario needs to start early to get time for the launches.

I'll fix the visual issues. You have an enabler to deploy satellites. And I need to add the points threshold

If Radars ON is weird I can change it but for this one I think it just makes sense

[Nikel]

Ah, sorry.

I did not buy any enabler this first test.

But a bunch of F-35s, that were dispersed


It is OK the radars are ON, gun strafing, etc. I posted that in case it was not WAD.

Also the radars have a correct orientation.

However some of the Iran attacks are "off axis", crossing all the Persian Gulf to Kuwait.

[Nikel]

Second test, all the enablers and F-18s instead of F-35s. No SHORADs.

With this result.

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- No pic for the Logistic Enabler.

- When the scenario starts and the HUMINT units are deployed, alarm constantly sounding, annoying.

- HUMINT, only eyes as sensors, and radio as comms. Not very good HUMINT

- The F-18s have more anti-surface and anti-land rockets than anti-air, when they are C-UAS.

- There are no Iranian SAMs, US ACs cannot be taken down?

- Random freezes also happened.

- Complete freeze of the game Z22:01:53. Could not reproduce after loading the save. This exception in the log.

10-11-2026 14:27:42 -- Bv1.10 - Build 1900.24 -- Object reference not set to an instance of an object. -- Scen : Defend Hormuz -- DB : -- Exception: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Stack Trace: at System.Collections.Concurrent.ConcurrentDictionary`2.ReleaseLocks(Int32 fromInclusive, Int32 toExclusive)
at System.Collections.Concurrent.ConcurrentDictionary`2.GrowTable(Tables tables, IEqualityComparer`1 newComparer, Boolean regenerateHashKeys, Int32 rehashCount)
at System.Collections.Concurrent.ConcurrentDictionary`2.TryAddInternal(TKey key, TValue value, Boolean updateIfExists, Boolean acquireLock, TValue& resultingValue)
at System.Collections.Concurrent.ConcurrentDictionary`2.TryAdd(TKey key, TValue value)
at Command_Core.ActiveUnit_Sensory.get_JammerUnitsAreAffectingMe()
Call Stack & Error details:
Error at 100239:

- Too few Shaheds compared with other types of weapons?

AS OF: 21-Feb-26 02:59:00

SIDE: UAE
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LOSSES:
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EXPENDITURES:
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SIDE: Kuwait
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LOSSES:
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EXPENDITURES:
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SIDE: US
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LOSSES:
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1x Building (Medium)
1x Patriot M901
1x Patriot M903
1x Structure (Naval Dock)
3x THAAD C-2
1x Vehicle (AN/TPY-2 TMD-GBR)


EXPENDITURES:
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18x 20mm/85 M61A1 Vulcan Burst [100 rnds]
12x AGR-20A HYDRA APKWS II 70mm Rocket [WGU-59A/B, Fixed Wing Launch]
42x AIM-120D AMRAAM P3I.4
42x AIM-9X Sidewinder
3x AMRAAM-ER
25x MIM-104E Patriot PAC-2 GEM+
4x MIM-104F Patriot PAC-3 CRI
12x MIM-104F Patriot PAC-3 MSE
11x Tamir
83x THAAD C-2 CEC



SIDE: KSA
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LOSSES:
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EXPENDITURES:
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SIDE: Oman
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LOSSES:
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EXPENDITURES:
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SIDE: Bahrain
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LOSSES:
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EXPENDITURES:
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SIDE: Qatar
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LOSSES:
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EXPENDITURES:
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SIDE: Iran
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LOSSES:
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2x Hoveyzeh [Soumar Mod] TEL
2x Khorramshahr-2 [Hwasong-10 Mod] TEL
2x Sejjil-2 TEL
4x Shahab-3B TEL
1x SSM Barrage Silo (Emad [Ghadr-1/Shahab-3 Mod])


EXPENDITURES:
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23x Arash-2
2x Dezful [Zolfaghar Mod, 579kg HE]
2x Dezful RV [Zolfaghar Mod, 579kg HE]
50x Emad [Ghadr-1/Shahab-3 Mod, Conventional 750kg HE]
50x Emad [Ghadr-1/Shahab-3 Mod, Conventional 750kg HE] RV
2x Fateh-110D [450kg HE]
6x Fateh-313 [Fateh 110 Mod, 350kg]
32x Hoveyzeh [Soumar Mod]
10x Sejjil-2 [700kg HE]
10x Sejjil-2 [700kg HE] RV
5x Shahed-131
31x Shahed-136
7x Shahed-238



SIDE: HUMINT
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LOSSES:
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EXPENDITURES:
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[blu3s]

Noted the HUMINT one, the idea is to assign EO sensors only to HUMINT so they can report properly but I wasn't being very lucky with them.

Yeah no SAMs, the idea is to focus on IAMD, I should probably add a No Fly Zone over Iran just in case.

And yes I'm afraid that the APKWS has two variants one for Air targets and other for Surface ones and the only current loadout with them is that one

[Nikel]

Just noticed the date is 20 February, not 28, is it intended?

I was searching for the numbers of drones and ballistic missiles launched by Iran.

The first day, or night, the number of ballistic missiles was higher than the number of drones.

February 28: 353 Missiles, 297 Drones

https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/medi ... ources.pdf

[blu3s]

tbf I didn't check what happened in real life, the intetion is not to mimic it

The lower number of drones is basically one of the enabler cards that diminish the number of drones reaching the targets due the GNSS/EW jamming