Threshold (Part 1 of 5)

Threshold (Part 1 of 5)

A Harpoon Commander's Edition (HCE) scenario for the new Middle East Battleset and the official HCE database (HCDB).

This scenario is designed for play by the BLUE side.

In September 2007, Israel is widely believed to have carried out an air strike that destroyed a partly constructed nuclear reactor in eastern Syria. While much of what really happened remains speculation, the event echoed a previous strike carried out by Israel against Iraq in 1981, when it destroyed a reactor at Osirak. Moreover, it underlines once again that Israel is a nation that feels very much under threat, whether rightly or wrongly, and has shown a willingness to take such action as it feels necessary to defend itself. Continued supposition about whether Israel would carry out a similar strike against long time foe Iran, or if necessary (and it probably would be necessary, to achieve the desired result), a wider military offensive, is alive and well in 2009.

This scenario is the first of what will be a multi part campaign examining the possible result of a single aimed pre-emptive strike, and the resulting ever widening conflagration.