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MW4 DMZ Story Mission · Mirae General Hospital

Operation Critical Extraction Walkthrough (MW4 DMZ)

Operation Critical Extraction is a Story Mission at Mirae General Hospital with 5 objectives, all listed below in order. It pays Mirae Electrical Room key, Defibrillator and 25,000 DMZ Cash.

Last updated Game version: DMZ Early Access, day 2

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◆ Fortress · L Lieutenant Tower · U UAV Tower · A Ammo Armor Cache · P Police Station · F Fire Station · C Clinic · G Gas Station. Rings show the highest threat level (Low, Medium, High, Critical, Extreme); the white ring is Mirae General Hospital. Smaller markers from Activision's official Hajin Tac Map. Screenshot: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 © Activision (enhanced)

Objectives

  1. Approach the Hospital
  2. Find General Kang
  3. Move Gen. Kang to Safety
  4. Wait for the Elevators to Open
  5. Secure Gen. Kang in the Exfil Chopper

Confirmed by 6 sources, including video 1 at 3:14, video 2 at 3:20, video 3 at 0:01, video 4 at 0:40, video 5 at 4:57. Checked 2026-10-21 (DMZ Early Access, day 2).

Before you go

Threat assessment Medium; recommended gear: a 2-Plate Armor Vest and a Medkit. The steps are the objectives shown on screen during the mission (the mission screen sums them up as locate the HVT, eliminate any resistance, extract the HVT). General Kang rides a hospital bed: push it from elevator to elevator up to the roof. He cannot die.

Rewards

Where Operation Critical Extraction takes place

Operation Critical Extraction runs at Mirae General Hospital, where the highest threat level listed is Low. See it on the interactive Hajin map; our Mirae General Hospital location guide has the threat level of each area and the keys whose doors are there.

When it unlocks

It is open from the start: it is one of the first 3 Story Missions, with Operation Silent Ledger and Operation Shopping Hacks, which you can play in any order. Only one squad in a match can run a given Story Mission, but other squads can still come after you there. You can replay Story Missions.

Questions

Where is Operation Critical Extraction in MW4 DMZ?

At Mirae General Hospital, where the highest threat level listed is Low.

How do you complete Operation Critical Extraction?

Finish its 5 objectives in order: Approach the Hospital; Find General Kang; Move Gen. Kang to Safety; Wait for the Elevators to Open; Secure Gen. Kang in the Exfil Chopper.

What does Operation Critical Extraction reward?

Mirae Electrical Room key, Defibrillator and 25,000 DMZ Cash.

When does Operation Critical Extraction unlock?

It is open from the start: it is one of the first 3 Story Missions, with Operation Silent Ledger and Operation Shopping Hacks, which you can play in any order.

The other Story Missions

Tick off every objective, and the DMZ Orders at the FOB, in the MW4 DMZ missions checklist.

Sources

Checked against the official posts on October 21, 2026. The objectives and rewards come from players' videos of the mission, linked above at the moment they show them; a mission gets its own page once two different sources agree.

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