WMD (mission)

"Big Eye 6, this is Kilo 1 requesting tactical recon."

- Kilo 1

"WMD" is a planned mission in Call of Duty: Black Ops based in the Ural Mountains.

Overview
The player will start in an SR-71 Blackbird. They will then guide four other soldiers through a facility from the air, afterwhich the perspective will switch to one of the soldiers on the ground, in a manner similar to an RTS game. It is set in 1968, at the height of the Cold War. In this level the player can obtain a new weapon, the Crossbow. Starting off in this level, you're suited up and ready to pilot the Blackbird which sits on a runway in California. After approaching the vehicle, you're saluted and begin to board the plane. After requesting for takeoff, the player is told "Your aircraft sir". The pilot (the player) is then prompted to press a control to engage the boosters, then must pull back on the thumbstick to begin the ascent. After a short cinematic of Big Eye 6 in orbit, the screen cuts to a first person view of the cockpit.

The view is that of a heatmap screen where the four man team (Kilo 1 - SOG) can be seen prone in the snow. Your job is to assist them past any enemy troops that may be present. After providing them with recon, the screen fades, and you're then put into the boots of Hudson, one of the members of the black ops patrolmen on the ground.

This is where we first got a peek at the modified crossbow. The player lies prone in the snow with his squadmates on his flanks. Power lines can be seen in the distance. Heavy breathing can be heard, provoked by the frigid climate of the Ural Mountains. At that moment, a group of Russian soldiers on patrol slowly creep by to north. Their cold breath can be seen in the air, their boots crunching the snow beneath them. Luckily, SOG is not detected and the troops continue on their path.

The objective is to make way to a substation. The point of interest is that of a weapons manufacturing facility, obviously not a facility that one wishes to inhabit. Making their way down the snowy trails, SOG is met with their first enemies. Shouldering the crossbow, the player picks off any targets while remaining completely silent. Continuing further down, the player is then required to hook up and rappel down the steep face of a mountain. After hooking up your ropes and beginning your descent, several members of the team are required to push off of the mountain and put the brakes on several times before finally making it to the landing below. Shooting through the facility's windows with silenced AUG prototype rifles, SOG is immediately met by a hoard of Russian soldiers. Once the substation is taken, the objective is updated and the player is asked to move to the "com-stat".

Going further down the mountain, SOG soon meet a group of enemies that require a bit more firepower. Switching over to explosive tips on the modified crossbow, the enemy never has a chance. One enemy is shot directly in the leg, in return exploding not only him but a few of his comrades. After taking out the enemy troops and taking the storage shed, the player moves onto the power room.

Alarms are sounding, enemy chatter can be heard. Switching to an assault rifle, you head towards the power room. Moving behind your teammate, he opens a door and is immediately met face to face with an enemy, resulting in the teammate killing the enemy with a throwing knife, in the neck. Making headway through the facility, the opposition is heavy. Chaos ensues, but only shortly as SOG makes short work of the enemies inside the facility. Moving to the objective, the player find the relay and yanks the fuses from the box, rendering the station useless. Objective complete.

Once SOG have cleared the mountain and completed the objective, jumping across opening crevices persues, and the player follows the team to what is hoped to be safety, before a Russian troop fires an RPG at the face of the cliff, resulting in a large avalanche. As the snow rushes behind, SOG have no choice but to jump.

Trivia

 * WMD stands for "Weapons of Mass Destruction," and from what has been released so far, a Soviet facility is being infiltrated. This raises the possibility that a nuclear device may be involved, or something else related to weapons of mass destruction will occur in the level.
 * We can see cinematic cutscene of Big Eye 6 in orbit, cutscenes are unusual for other Call of Duty series.