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View File Operation Midnight Hammer, night of 21-22 June 2025. Historical Scenario. Operation Midnight Hammer, night of 21-22 June 2025. Historical Scenario. A Harpoon Commander's Edition scenario for EC2003 Battle for the Middle East Battleset and the HCDB2-170308 new standard 1980-2025 Platform Database. This scenario is designed with advanced Scenario Editor and to be run with HCE 2015.008+ or later. This scenario is designed to be played from the Blue/US-Allied side or from the Red/Iranian side. You should play a few times first the Blue side to avoid spoilers, and only later play the Red side. Image: A B-2A Spirit and two F-15E Strike Eagles fly in formation across the Pacific Ocean Near Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, on July 8, 2005. The deployed fighters and bomber represent Pacific Air Force's projection of Global Strike and resolve for U.S. allies in the Pacific theatre. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo, from Wikipedia, pictured by a serviceperson on duty and in consequence on public domain.) When I started to design this scenario about August 2025 my idea was to represent the turmoil of 2025. From August 2025 to today the turmoil has increased and the scenario and its goals are now apparently almost straight and simple. It represent a high moment of the Twelve-Day War between Iran and Israel (13-24 June 2025), with US forces purposely obliterating the Iranian nuclear program, after previous Israeli strikes softening the Iranian air defences (and most of the Iranian aircrafts were evacuate to Eastern Iran to avoid destruction, doing from three to five single sorties while Midnight Hammer). My idea was to represent the flavour of an almost deserted Iran, but capable to get a moral and propaganda victory if some few US aircraft are destroyed. The scenario is only four hour long, but should be played many times at slow pace to avoid unpredictable loses and outcomes. Could you replicate the US achievement in this apparently simple scenario? Enrique Mas, January 11, 2026. Submitter broncepulido Submitted 01/11/2026 Category Middle East  

Wow Enrique, another extremely thorough job of research. I'll be getting into this asap. Thanks mate. Don. PS, as usual it's not as easy as it looks .

Epirus released video on January 13 showing its Leonidas VehicleKit high-power microwave system disabling a fiber-optic guided unmanned aerial system during a December 2025 live-fire demonstration at a U.S. government testing site. The company said the demonstration represents the first documented instance of weaponized electromagnetic interference defeating a fiber-optic controlled drone. According to Epirus, the […]View the full article

Some sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_strikes_on_Iranian_nuclear_sites https://www.airandspaceforces.com/article/world-operation-midnight-hammer/ https://xxtomcooperxx.substack.com/p/great-television?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&sfnsn=mo&fbclid=IwY2xjawL8YIRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHrfBkDVHUW0KM-uEYzPvqLICXt7zsWuMHYxONDnyrZB-N6kWLCy-guw0fn5M_aem_TbsQ2iYFSdMooREz8tkKZw&triedRedirect=true https://xxtomcooperxx.substack.com/p/operation-endless-wisdom?fbclid=IwY2xjawL8YylleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHpI9H29uomhbJgZ9idZvO44TJvVCeaJZUbjmp8JJgpXvS5xZ0Ue3QhS9EUIH_aem_GWVTbTEK9GFMSMr7oZ-6ng Iranian SA-5 sites (Most elements deleted 2013, but at least radars keep): http://military.ddns.net/Iran_sa5/SA5_Ban.html https://www.scramble.nl/planning/orbats/iran/isl.-rep.-of-iran-air-force Operation Rising Lion, June 2025: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Israel_war https://www.defenseforces.com/2025/06/20/where-is-irans-air-force/#:~:text=Iranian Air Force Remains Inactive,as the Fordow nuclear facility. https://www.key.aero/article/fall-irans-mig-29s (Also by Babak Taghvaee!). https://www.key.aero/article/history-chengdu-f-7n-iranian-service (23x F-7N and 20x FT-7N in existence 2022, equipped with PL-7C, very probably retired as not seen in the 2025 actions, as also in 2022 were in service 4x F-7N and 10 FT-7N in Isfahan. Also by Babak Taghvaee!) https://www.key.aero/article/ship-killers (Some 10x Su-22 in service 2017, perhaps none in 2025, only with dumb bombs and unguided rockets, and without AAMs. Also by Babak Taghvaee!) https://www.armadainternational.com/2025/06/sead-force-tour-de-force-electronic-warfare/ https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-sead-role-f-35s-midnight-hammer/ Air Forces Monthly December 2024: Taking on Iran’s Missile Menace by Babak Taghvaee. https://www.armadainternational.com/2025/12/going-blind-electronic-warfare/ Air Forces Monthly April 2025: A Step Forward Extintion, by Babak Taghvaee (Great article on Iranian RF-4E (Only 4x remain in service from 1/2025, with data numbers on F-4E (56x) and F-4D(8x)). Air Forces Monthly June 2025: Targeting Iran, by Babak Taghvaee. Air Forces Monthly August 2025: Crushing Iran’s Nukes, by Babak Taghvaee. Air Forces Monthly November 2025: Time to Hide, by Babak Taghvaee. Air Forces Monthly January 2026: Revolutionary Fitters of Shiraz, by Babak Taghvaee.