Strait of Hormuz: Cost of War MVP v12

Tankers Escorts Aircraft Drones Fast craft Missiles Interceptors Mines Shipping lanes

Event Timeline

Game Status

Interceptions0

Near Miss / Impact0 / 0

Air Coverage0%

Air Sorties0

Hostile Drones0

Fast Craft0

Recent Spend$0M

Peace Spend$0M

StatusBriefing

Crisis Pulse

1. Mission

Keep energy trade moving through the strait while minimizing escalation, human risk, and global economic cost.

This is an abstract educational game, not a tactical model. Costs are gameplay estimates.

Scenario: Convoy Under Threat

2. Live Situation

Sim DayDay 1 / 7

Throughput100%

Oil Price Index$70/bbl

World Cost$0.0B

War Cost$0M

Escalation 20%

Human Risk 15%

Public Stability 80%

3. Visual Impact Dashboard

Graphic indicators turn the live model into scan-friendly signals: trade flow, war spend, citizen pressure, reputation, realignment pressure, inventory, peace offset, and active threats.

4. Mission Objectives

Objectives on track0 / 0

Command profileBriefing

Scenario-adjusted objectives keep the player focused on trade flow, escalation control, human protection, and balancing war spend with prevention.

5. Trend Monitor

War cost Peace spend World cost Oil price Escalation Throughput Stability

The chart tracks the crisis direction over time. It is normalized so very different units can be compared in one compact view.

6. Advisor Briefing

Advisors react to the live state: inventory, market panic, human risk, escalation, and whether peaceful stabilization is keeping pace with war spend.

7. Inventory & Readiness

Inventory limits force cost-exchange choices. Run out early and later threats may get through.

8. World Impact Breakdown

9. What Else Could This Fund?

Total war spend so far $0M

These are rough public-good equivalents, not charity recommendations. The point is to make the tradeoff visible: every interceptor, sortie, and escalation package has an opportunity cost.

10. U.S. Citizen Impact

War cost / U.S. person$0

War cost / U.S. household$0

Fuel stress proxy$0/mo

Citizen stress index0%

This card translates the war budget into average U.S. citizen burden, household burden, fuel-price pressure, and domestic-use alternatives. These are teaching proxies, not a tax model.

11. Global Citizens & Reputation

U.S. reputation score100%

Realignment pressureLow

Average citizens outside the U.S.

Reputation & alignment pressure

The alignment model is intentionally abstract. It estimates political pressure from the simulated crisis: energy pain, escalation, human risk, visible peace spend, and whether U.S. choices look stabilizing or force-first.

12. Peace Dividend Actions

Peace spend so far$0M

War / peace ratio—

Active stabilizers0

These actions do not buy victory. They buy stability, trust, and human protection. The player can now spend money on preventing harm, not only responding to it.

13. Operations & Cost Log (Recent Turn)

System / ActionUnitUsedCost

Recent Turn Total$0M

Cumulative Operations / Ordnance$0M

14. Threat, Accuracy & ROE Controls

Rules of engagement

Balanced posture keeps defensive response stable with moderate escalation risk.

Hostile missile accuracy 65% Interceptor effectiveness 78% Mine density 52% Drone swarm pressure 55% Drone strike accuracy 58% Counter-UAS effectiveness 68% Fast-boat pressure 48% Fast-boat missile accuracy 62% Surface screen effectiveness 70% Escort readiness 84% Aircraft sortie availability 72% Air intercept effectiveness 70% Insurance panic / market sensitivity 61%