Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Incoming! Achievement & Trophy Guide

In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4’s campaign, Incoming! is an especially uncommon unlock. Find it in Mission 10, Stranded: destroy all vehicle reinforcements at the SAM Site before their occupants get out. The seven vehicles come in a set sequence. Pre-mining their routes lets you finish the encounter in only a few minutes.

Quick answer: Fast travel to The SAM Site in Stranded, clear the infantry, then plant eight Proximity Mines on the approach roads. Save two of them for the final BMP. Every vehicle must explode before anyone disembarks.

Incoming! requirements

The in-game description reads “Destroy every vehicle reinforcement at the SAM Site before they unload in ‘Stranded’.” There are no hidden conditions beyond that.

Mission: Campaign Mission 10, Stranded (North Korea)
Objective: The SAM Site
Difficulty: any setting works, Regular included
No earlier preparation or unlocks are needed for the mine method
Fail state: a single vehicle that unloads its troops ruins the attempt

SAM Site vehicle reinforcement order

The convoy always arrives in the same order, so you can plan your mines around it. There are seven vehicles in total, and they split between a right road and a left road.

Wave	Vehicles	Road	Mines needed
1	2 vehicles	Right	2
2	2 vehicles	Left	2
3	1 vehicle	Right	1
4	1 vehicle	Left	1
5	1 armored BMP	Right	2

The BMP is the only vehicle that takes two hits. That brings the total to eight Proximity Mines. The supply table at the SAM Site lets you carry four at a time, so you will make two trips.

Reach the SAM Site in Stranded

Open the campaign mission select and start Mission 10, Stranded. If you have already beaten the mission, replaying it from this menu is fine.

Mission selection — Start Stranded from mission select. Any difficulty counts toward Incoming! Shown at 00:05 in Perfect Score’s video. Image: Infinity Ward

Grab the parachute inside the shelter, then head upstairs. Kai is waiting there.

Talk to Kai and choose “Let’s go straight to an objective. [FAST TRAVEL]”. This skips the walk across the map.

Select “The SAM Site (Reward: Thermal Sniper Rifle)” from the list of destinations. You will spawn close to the missile launchers.

Kill the enemies guarding the launchers. The vehicle waves start only after this first group of infantry is cleared.

Proximity Mine placement for all seven vehicles

Go to the supply table at the back of the SAM Site and pick up Proximity Mines. You can hold up to four.

Clearing SAM Site u0026 grabbing mines — The supply table at the SAM Site holds the Proximity Mines. Take the first four here. Shown at 00:54 in Perfect Score’s video. Image: Infinity Ward

Run down the right access road and plant two mines on it. Then do the same on the left road with the other two. These four handle the first two waves.

Placing first mine set — Plant two mines on the right road and two on the left before the first convoys arrive. Shown at 01:27 in Perfect Score’s video. Image: Infinity Ward

Go back to the supply table and pick up the remaining four Proximity Mines. Keep them in your inventory for now.

Restocking mines — Restock at the same table for your second set of four mines. Shown at 01:42 in Perfect Score’s video. Image: Infinity Ward

Wait on high ground near the site. The first four vehicles drive into your mines and blow up before anyone can get out.

First wave vehicle destruction — An early-wave vehicle wrecked by a planted mine. No troops escaped, so the attempt is still alive. Shown at 02:20 in Perfect Score’s video. Image: Infinity Ward

Run down each road past the burning wrecks and plant one mine on the right road and one on the left. These catch the two single trucks in waves three and four.

Do not put the new mines right next to the wrecks. Burned-out vehicles cause traffic jams, and a truck stuck behind one may never reach a mine.

Planting remaining mines — Put the follow-up mines further down the road, clear of the wrecks, so the next trucks still roll over them. Shown at 03:00 in Perfect Score’s video. Image: Infinity Ward

Plant your last two Proximity Mines on the main approach the BMP uses on the right side. Both are needed, because the BMP takes two blasts.

Pull back to a safe spot and let the last trucks and the BMP drive into the mines. Once the BMP explodes, the achievement pops.

Bomb Drones and Thermite as alternatives

Mines are not the only option. Bomb Drones work too, and they need the same count of eight: one for each convoy and two for the BMP. You can use them once you get access to the Drone Control Pad during the Disable the Jamming Station objective. After that, you can open the green Drone Chests around Stranded. If you reach the SAM Site without drones, the Drone Chests at the statue you defend have plenty. Bring extras on higher difficulties.

The BMP can also be stopped with Thermite from the supply tables. Run down to it when it arrives and throw the Thermite straight onto the hull before troops get out. Explosive barrels near the roads can help finish off early vehicles as well.

Confirming the Incoming! unlock

The unlock shows up the moment the last vehicle, the BMP, is destroyed. A rare achievement notification for “Incoming!” appears on screen, with the description “Destroy every vehicle reinforcement at the SAM Site before they unload in ‘Stranded’.” On PlayStation it appears as a trophy with the same name and text. If any vehicle drops off its troops first, there will be no notification. Reload your last checkpoint and run the convoy again.