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Silkworm takedown

Iran has conducted several attacks on Iraqi and Neutral oil tankers in recent months. Whilst little real damage has occured a carrier strike group has been ordered to the area. Orders are to strike the Silkworm missile sites SSE of Bushehr. Air defences are known to be present but beyond that little resistance is expected.

It should be noted that Bushehr houses a major iranian airbase however and the regime can be quite unpredictable, should you come under air attack you may strike this target too. Iranian patrol boats are not expected but can be engaged should they appear. Commercial traffic has begun avoiding the area but some civillian ships and aircraft are still known to be in the area of operations.

There is a high degree of variability in this scenario whilst the most likely outcome is that Iran will accept the strikes and avoid further escalation it has a number of options available to make things tricky for the player instead.