Operation True Promise III

June 13, 2025: Something is wrong, deeply wrong in Iran. In the early hours of the morning security forces nearby critical air defenses began reporting explosions. Reports streamed in from across Kordestan, Kermanshah, Ilam, Lorestan, and Hamadan that critical military assets were under attack. All at once. Little do they know that this is only the start of what Israel would christen Operation Rising Lion, the most complex and audacious attack on Iranian soil since the days of Alexander the Great and the opening move in the Iran-Israel War. A conflict that would cripple the nuclear prospects of Iran, result in the death of its most senior leadership, and virtually eliminate its airforce as a credible threat. But this does not have to be. Your Mission: Take command of the defense of Iran, become a nuclear power, and force Israel back to the negotiating table. The odds are not in your favor. Any chance of success will require great cunning and luck. Survive the Mauling: Israel will draw blood, and lots of it, as their aerial assets have been designed for this exact scenario and outmatch anything in Iran's inventory. If left unchecked they will quickly destroy your ability to wage war. So play smart. Keep your ground based defenses close to heart and choose your targets carefully. Any air assets that do survive should move between airfields, never returning to the same one. Prioritize striking their stealth assets, as you have some capability left to spot them, but precious few means of scoring kills against these aircraft. Contest the Skies: Master aerial guerrilla warfare. Lure the enemy into SAM range and then pounce, emitting only at the last moment to avoid enemy SEAD aircraft. And get everything you have in the air to quickly ambush incoming aircraft as they approach with overwhelming numbers. Israeli jets only have so many missiles and anything you leave on the ground will be easy pickings for OCA operations. Go Nuclear or Go Home: Delay, Distract, Defend. Do an