America Obliterates Half Of Iran's Navy In 8 Hours! Operation Praying Mantis British Army Vet Reacts

[@broodhunter21]

Iran: " We screwed up one of America's boats!" Japan: "No, No, No, Don't do that, you'll just make them mad. We did that once, and they dropped the sun on us. Twice."

[@fenrir6002]

We created the Navy and Marine Force solely BECAUSE someone messed with our boats. 1st and 2nd war (1812) after the Revolution was because someone messed with our boats, we entered WW1 because of a boat (the Lusitania) being sunk and we entered WW2 because of Japan messing with our boats. Benjamin Franklin approved civilians owning CANONS to defend their private boats. Never mess with US boats.

[@deejnutz2068]

And that was back when their museums weren't the second largest navy in the world.

[@andi5262]

Not the sun.🤭

[@Oxley016]

@@andi5262 Yes the sun, stars are powered by nuclear reactions

[@The_Stranger1986]

​@@andi5262Ever hear of a joke lad?

[@nadjasunflower1387]

25:32 You're right...we wouldn't have let it go. This whole engagement is only 8 years removed from getting our embassy hostages back. we were still nursing a grudge even then. That's why Nick says if the people found out about those silkworms being used, it would have gotten real ugly, real quick.

[@JKM395]

"Do not eff with America's boats," has got to be one of the most sound pieces of advice ever uttered by man. Though I will admit, 'Try not to raise gas prices,' is almost as good.

[@noodlelynoodle.]

Raising oil prices does fuck with the boats though cause it makes them more expensive to run cause while they aren't using gas and are basically using the leftovers of oil it still gets affected

[@michaelk6685]

"Americans like to blow things up..." As an American, truer words have never been said. I heard that and instantly started laughing and said "Yes... We... Do..."

[@kathigreen1479]

SAAAAAAAAAME 😂 💪🇺🇸❤️

[@kevinashley478]

After i got out of the Army, i got a contract job in Iraq. As part of training, we had to know how IED's work, so they taught us how to make IED's .. i told one instructor during a break, " i was in the army and im from the south. You do realize im gonna find a stump that needs relocating, right?"

[@gigid5116]

Straight up fact!

[@pc8863]

Oh yeah!

[@screwylooygaming]

The amount of times I've googled tannerite targets. Can't use them at any local outdoor ranges though.

[@danij5055]

Iran found out first-hand America's definition of "proportional." 👍🇺🇸

[@CombatReadyHQ]

They sure did!

[@bambamsmom7289]

Absolutely

[@kumasenlac5504]

Yes, half _is_ a proportion - what's the problem ?

[@theghostofthomasjenkins9643]

and this was with america holding back and making sure they stay "proportional." had they wanted the whole cake, it wouldn't have been 8 hours. probably 4.

[@saplingthrasher23]

​@@theghostofthomasjenkins9643And the other frigate would have gotten more than "engine damage".😊

[@n3v3rforgott3n9]

No you cannot use mines in international water / shipping lines. Although not everyone has signed those treaties or cares about them. It is an easy way to give many people a reason to go after you though.

[@CombatReadyHQ]

I did not think you could but it surprised that some will try and get away with it

[@captin3149]

Sea mines are not banned by international agreements, unlike landmines. However, international humanitarian law prescribes certain rules. For example, states can place them in their territorial waters to defend their coasts from external attacks.

[@BryanW-bp3le]

No such thing as overkill in America.

[@prodigalbrock]

Nope it’s all proportional

[@Iamthelolrus]

Overkill is underrated.

[@CantTakeTheSkysFromME]

May be said after but followed with a shrug. " that may have been op, uh oh well. So what's your plan for...." ya what's done is done and you can't undo it somight as well move one and keep going.😂

[@DanteGaia]

Yes, try asking Japan........

[@morbidone88]

​@@DanteGaiasorry, but no.. absolute ignorance on your part to even post something like that 🤮

[@SunTzuSeeYou]

8:25 My veteran friends have always said they love working with the British because you guys are some of the most professional and capable soldiers in the world. They also told me you guys love working with them because of the ungodly amounts of firepower they had at a snap of the finger, in the form of air and artillery support. Handy in a firefight. 😂

[@brigidtheirish]

The Brits provide the professionalism, Americans provide the weapons designed by five-year-olds.

[@brigidtheirish]

@majorjared21 Yeah. It's up there with when Canadians stop saying sorry.

[@brigidtheirish]

@majorjared21 I sure have! Hilarious.

[@gallendugall8913]

You learn to appreciate the Brits once you've had to work with the other NATO members... who routinely show up to major multination exercises drunk or hungover and unwilling to work beyond a bare minimum.

[@Hethan_Kyle]

America: I mean, they touched our boat. Rest of the world: *Collective gasp, get the cameras out*

[@alyssat7809]

Russia was basically yelling world star

[@Hethan_Kyle]

@@alyssat7809 Bahaha. So true. First occurrence?

[@sandrad9695]

@@alyssat7809 Russia was also doing a little recon.

[@cameroncox2739]

​@sandrad9695 Back then, Ivan could do two things. Now? Not so much.

[@Hethan_Kyle]

@@cameroncox2739 Yeah, Ivan has kinda gone the way of the Berlin Wall.

[@KaoretheHalfDemon]

Just did a search on the name Samuel B roberts and found the guy who it was named for. He was a Coxswain who volunteered to help rescue a company sized group of Marines who had been surrounded on Guadalcanal. The rescue boats came under heavy fire and Roberts volunteered to distract the Japanese by driving his Higgins boat directly in front of their lines drawing their fire. After the Marines were evacuated and as he was leaving his boat was hit and he was mortally wounded. He was awarded the Navy Cross for it and had three destroyers named after him. A legend that went down in WW2. Another ship that had a rather dull career and this one.

[@Calamity5]

in case youre still wondering. it is and was 100% illegal to place mines in peaceful INTERNATIONAL waters. in a war zone, they probably couldve gotten away with it because no one in their right minds would go through the waters of an active war zone. here those mines couldve caught any civilian ship. so yeah, major no no

[@buckeyegirl16]

Another reactor said that Iran is the moody teenager of the Middle East. I thought that was funny

[@kathigreen1479]

I just watched that one!! 😂

[@Cynahmon-pl2ng]

True though. I saw that reactor also😂

[@bestbuddz4349]

@@kathigreen1479do you happen to remember who the reactor was?

[@davidbelcher5419]

That's pretty funny because I've always said they were like bipolar teens

[@derekschovanec7365]

Nick/The Fat Electrician is the history teacher we all needed in school.

[@GuukanKitsune]

Just remember everyone. People forget. Unequal porportions are a thing. 2-1 is a porportion. _Do not touch our boats._ It makes us _very porportional._

[@wishwise0]

porpoisinall?

[@christianvalentin5344]

The damaged USS Samuel B Roberts wasn’t towed back to the US mainland. It was actually carried on a heavy lift ship. Kinda like when a car gets picked up by a flatbed tow truck, just on a massive scale.

[@77marioland]

On 27 June 1988, Samuel B. Roberts was loaded onto Mighty Servant 2 and carried back to Newport. The frigate arrived at BIW's Portland, Maine, yard on 6 October 1988.

[@Bluecatte]

@@77marioland well hell, that wasn't a very long trip at all. a nice casual 2 or 3 months at sea.

[@StephenCole1916]

@@Bluecatte The Mighty Servant 2's top speed was 15 knots, and I bet they went a bit slower as the SBR was pretty badly damaged. It barely fit on the lift ship, they had to cut holes in the deck to accommodate the sonar dome and stabilizing fins. Some gaps were measured in mere centimeters.

[@StephenCole1916]

@@Bluecatte The Mighty Servant 2's top speed was 15 knots, and I bet they went a bit slower as the SBR was pretty badly damaged. It barely fit on the lift ship, they had to cut holes in the deck to accommodate the sonar dome and stabilizing fins. Some gaps were measured in mere centimeters.

[@JonathanH1253]

While the ship did get towed back to mainland US, that's not what he meant. He meant it was towed back to Maine, as in the state of Maine on the US east coast. I've lived in Maine for my entire 30 years on this earth. We have two shipyards in Maine, General Dynamics Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery Maine, where they build submarines for the US Navy. The second shipyard is General Dynamics Bath Iron Works in Bath Maine, where they build destroyers for the US Navy and is where the ship was taken to be repaired. I grew up in woolwich, which is the next town over from Bath. My late grandfather was a metal bender at Bath Iron Works, so there's a very good chance my grandfather worked on that ship both before and after it hit the mine. Sadly my grandfather passed away in 2005 and my dad passed away in 2021, so I can't ask either of them if he worked on it. I could ask my grandmother though, she's still around thankfully.

[@CombatReadyHQ]

Ah sorry yes that makes more sense now sorry for your loss but some great stories you have. Could you ask your grandmother, it would be amazing to know if they did. Thank you for watching and your comment

[@JonathanH1253]

@CombatReadyHQ next time I make the 4 hour trip to see my grandmother I'll ask her. I don't live in woolwich anymore, I still live in Maine, just a different part, I actually live on an island. If you've ever played Fallout 4 and played the Far Harbor DLC, I live on the island that that DLC is based on. A little back story on my grandfather, he was an Air Force veteran that served from 1955-1959 and was a B52 bomber crewman for most of that time. He was a volunteer firefighter and as you already know, he was a metal bender at Bath Iron Works. He was also a professional welder for a construction company. Funny story about something he built. My grandfather was the kind of guy that could fix anything mechanical, he also loved cars, so he decided he wanted to build a rat rod, which is a car made from pieces from multiple different models of cars. So he got permission from BIW to use the metal bending equipment to make the body panels for his rat rod, all of which he designed himself. He then used parts from Ford cars, Chevy cars, and dodge cars to build his rat rod. When it was done, he always joked that his home built rat rod was part ford, part dodge, part Chevy, and part BIW. And part horse carriage because he used the foot holds from an old horse carriage to make the side steps on it.

[@JonathanH1253]

@CombatReadyHQ when I say he could fix anything mechanical, I mean he could really fix anything, even if that meant he had to semi re engineer how the damn thing worked by rigging things up, but he'd get them working again, even if he was the only one who could figure out how to make his new contraption work, but he'd always be able to make it work.

[@Maeshalanadae]

@@JonathanH1253Can only imagine what he might have accomplished aboard a space ship…

[@JonathanH1253]

@Maeshalanadae kind of a scary thought, lol, because he would have rigged something up and no one else would have known how to work on it. Like I said, he could always make what he rigged up work, but no one else could figure out how to make it work. A perfect example of that is, my grandparents house is a big old farm house that was built in 1817, so heating the whole house is a nightmare. So my grandfather took the big water tank from an old water heater and turned it into a wood burning furnace and put in his cellar and he somehow rigged it up to work in tandem with an old oil furnace, it always worked because he knew how to make it work and it worked perfectly that way, until shortly after he died, so my grandmother called a furnace repairman, the repairman said to her and I quote "your husband was a God damn genius for coming up with this thing and being able to make it work, but I have no idea how to even begin working on it" so my poor grandmother had to pay a crap load of money to have my grandfathers entire heating system he built ripped out and have a new furnace put in.

[@kevinashley478]

"crazy, isnt it, what American can do." As an American veteran, I can assure you that no one, not even the avg American citizen, has the slightest clue as to what our military is ACTUALLY capable of. Think of the most amazing military standard you can imagine, and i promise you, that is old tech for our military.

[@glorygloryholeallelujah]

Exactly. The active personnel don’t even fully grasp what the USA’s military is fully capable of doing and the extent of the tech they have at their disposal. Even if you have the highest security clearance, you will still only know a portion of the new tech, in certain divisions-not across all branches (because obviously that would be extremely stupid and dangerous to have people with access to ALL the secrets). A typical rule of thumb is; *”If it’s cleared for you to look at pictures/videos of online-it’s already near obsolete.”* The other rule of thumb is; *”If military technology/research becomes available for citizens to utilize-the government/contractors are already about 20-50 years ahead with new advances.”*

[@kevinashley478]

@@glorygloryholeallelujah When i was in Iraq, me and a Col had a conversation about the R&D programs of the military. It started because I had seen a show about a full biomechanical suit, complete with a helmet with a HUD, that had been developed for the soldiers, but it was deemed too expensive. It would allow the user to carry nearly 50% more than their maximum capacity, the HUD would have maps showing their location and the location of friendlies, and the suit was covered with sensors so that if the user were injured, it would send all you vitals and injury assessment to the nearest medical unit so they would know how to treat you before they ever got to you. So, in this conversation (we both held top secret security clearances), he told me that if we consider what the avg citizen knows we have as the "market", then private companies R&D are about 10-15 years ahead of the market and the military is about 30+ years ahead of the market. My statement in the OP is a quote from him: "If you can think of the most advanced tech, it is almost a guarantee to be old tech to the military R&D."

[@montrelouisebohon-harris7023]

As a former US Marine and even a woman I am very well aware of what the US military can do... I'm a Navy brat and when I was born my daddy was in the Navy for 4 years active duty and then stayed in the reserves for 22 years thereafter and retired in 1992 but stayed on with the VA hospital between 1970 to 2000 when he finally retired. We moved around more with Dad working for the veterans administration then when he was in the military because mom wouldn't leave Roanoke Virginia when Dad was stationed at Norfolk. Thankfully dad enlisted and went to boot camp in November 1965 in Great lakes Illinois and had to be cold as crap but rather than getting sent to Vietnam dad was sent over to the MEDITERRANEAN!!! They were really stationed in Turkey, but they also spent a lot of time working in Italy and Greece. Dad's favorite place with Spain and he went to go see bull fights.. I'm a lover of animals and I just couldn't do that but dad enjoyed it but I would like to see the running of the bulls. The Spaniards love it but I think it's absolutely crazy. 😂😂 Is tradition for them so I totally get it and it's just like Americans like to blow things up on the 4th of July and for the week before and the week after.. I don't care accept it sometimes scares the dogs. I was so glad even though I wasn't born until 1967 but Dad had to take a Mac flight to fly back to Virginia from Turkey.. I was due to December 5th but I didn't come into the world for 10 more days and it was a good thing because Dad's mack flight took long enough. He got home right before I was born and he left turkey sometime around the first of December and he didn't get home until December 9-10. He said it probably would have been longer had it not been right after Thanksgiving and before Christmas. What I like about the military is that when Ronald Reagan became president he did a lot for the US military and the VA hospital got better even though they definitely need some more work. When Trump was President the veterans didn't have the problems going to see another doctor if they weren't available at the VA hospital and since then my daughter is a social worker and she hears all about it.. I'm already aware but if you see a specialist and there's none available at the Veterans administration since Joe took office you're just screwed. Nothing political but it's just that I've noticed that Ronald Reagan and George Bush and Trump and for some reason the Republicans seem to pay the freaking military better and have done more about the Veterans administration. Thank God because when I was watching" born on the 4th of July" & being a kid growing up in the early to mid 70s and seeing Vietnam War veterans not being treated right by the VA hospital and my dad worked for them but he worked as a management in engineering and supply. When I went into the Marine Corps IN THE EARLY TO MID 1980S, people couldn't list but they could also be eligible to apply to officer's candidate school with an associate's degree and then they change that. I wanted to work for JAG, & hand and associates degree practically by the time I went in because of taking AP classes in high school. So I went to hell at Parris Island in June and I can take classes on base depending on which base at which university and I finished my associate's degree in no time with only a couple classes I could take for about 50 bucks a class. I still did 4 years after having that and I was working on my bachelors and applied for OCS. I liked it at Quantico! It was a hell of a lot better than Parris Island!!! 🔥 I wanted to work in the legal field, but I didn't want to go to law school. Yuk. I was a paralegal and ended up spending most of my time on Navy bases with JAG. Stationed over in Hawaii I loved going over to Pearl Harbor at night and sitting out there at the dock watching the ships and the nuclear subs. I was stationed over at Kaneohe Marine Corps Air Station... Half the time I was over there and then a good majority of the time I was over at Pearl Harbor working with JAG. The military police over at the air station kept me busy but the heartbreaking thing that happened aside from domestic assault but the heartbreaking thing is were the suicides. My husband was a graphic illustrator and combat photographer and he worked directly across from the hangers. Google she had duty in one night he had a fly like a bat out of hell to go take pictures and this Pomeranian drove a van into one of the aircraft. I went with him because of my job but it was just horrific and heartbreaking. You never really realize the type of stress these guys go through or know what's going on in their life.

[@xslickrickx2103]

While true the opposite is also true, I was running around the Middle East with Vietnam era hand me downs

[@saplingthrasher23]

​@@glorygloryholeallelujah I can attest to this. I was active duty 88-92. Had never heard of the Mark 19, F-117 or some of the different guided missles until we deployed for 1st gulf war.

[@demonicangel31]

Proportional: making you no longer a threat.

[@pauljanetzke]

"if an injury has to be done to a man, it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared"

[@maingate7672]

''Don't get ''Proportional'' with us, we're bigger than you, and our ''Proportional'' is bigger than yours.''

[@daniellooney8878]

The Houthi's in Yemen are probably about to figure out the same thing. We the US and UK are trillions of dollars in debt for a reason.

[@Milleniumlance]

"unhealthcare"

[@maingate7672]

I'm not a Navy veteran, but I'd imagine what properly go through their minds is, ''Save the ship, save ourselves.''

[@billmarshall5040]

Exactly!

[@tasatort9778]

One thing the Iranians should have been thankful for is that there were Officers in command; because if there were only grunts (enlisted personnel) making decisions, Iran would either be the 51st state or just gone.

[@buddystewart2020]

You should do his video on the US Navy against the corsairs (pirates) in north Africa.

[@CombatReadyHQ]

Yeah I can look into this

[@pribilovian4709]

The sonic boom alone from the fly by probably had them shittin their pants thinking they were getting shot at sooo yeah lol

[@unknownrider3071]

The A-6 is not supersonic.

[@saplingthrasher23]

​​@@unknownrider3071No.... but for anybody that isn't on deck to see them coming. The sound of an A-6 passing that close at full burn is enough to make shit rattle and you jump out of your skin. I speak from experience watching the Thunderbirds and Blue Angles. They are capable of Supersonic but usually stay just under 700 mph which would be very similar to an A-6 maxed out at 640 mph. The first time I was caught off guard by the two solo jets made me think I had shit myself.😂😂

[@ExUSSailor]

Seems to me like Iran may need a reminder of this...

[@Stevarooni]

Thats why they developed their subsidiary groups for "plausible deniability".

[@Zero_Maximus]

Hey, I know this is an older video but I just wanted to say I appreciate your perspective on the story, and your commentary. Cheers from America!

[@OmegaMTG]

I've said it many times, Nick is the best storyteller of our times. I wish I had teachers like him back when I was in school.

[@jeffreystanley7884]

I live near the Naval Contractor Ship Yard where the Roberts was fixed (BIW). I know many people who worked on it and even some who built it when it was new. US Navy sailors love Bath Iron Works built ships due to they have a tremendous reputation for being well built since WWII and before. (Maine has been building US ships since the 1700's) It took about a month to get the ship back to Maine to fix it.

[@kemic3945]

3 months 9 days.

[@Ironhead251]

About 6 to 8 weeks. In the Gulf War 91’, one of our supply ships ran aground and damaged its screws. We had to escort it back to the states. It took 6 weeks from Israel to South Carolina. This was in the Spring of 1991.

[@craidiefin]

Seems like they took this one a bit slower. 101 days from loading the frigate on to a heavy lift-ship and arrival to port in Maine

[@Ironhead251]

@@craidiefinReally! Were they moving at 5 knots or less? Damn! The San Diego was only moving at 10 knots and made it in 6 weeks in 91’.

[@melissaeckel6311]

As we say here in America "Thank You for Your Service".

[@mimiv3088]

Glad you're reacting to The Fat Electrician. He's hilarious and ya learn history. Thanks. Great reaction today. I watch a lot of the Fat Electrician and your channel showed up on the reactions. Ya got a new subscriber. Blessings to you and your family. ❤ from the Great State of Texas 🇺🇸

[@CombatReadyHQ]

Thank you for the comment and sub. Great to have you part of the team and family. Yes, I’ve just recently found his videos and I think they are great. Glad to hear you liked them reaction.

[@johngillespie3409]

@@CombatReadyHQ same here. If you want to know why we act like that, check out his video military officers. It kinda explains everything. 🤣11C Lightfighter.

[@Fleet_of_fog]

You should watch his Operation Paul Bunyan video. We take proportional to a whole new level in that one.

[@hazardousroo]

I do believe that was North Korea's first experience with America's modern version of 'F*** around and find out!'

[@CindyJoGorman-bt9ro]

Please do a reaction to his Sgt. Reckless, lol, this one PROVES that American Marines Do have Hearts and really live by Not leaving a Soldier Behind, you'll Love it!

[@MRxMADHATTER]

A-6 bombardier sits next to the pilot not behind him. The Samuel B. Roberts was loaded on a FLO-FLO ship on 27th of June, 1988 and arrived in Portland, Maine on 6th of October, 1988. 102 days.

[@delord1619]

I enjoyed your commentary on Nick's narration of the story. The Tow to Maine is the state of Maine, Northern most end of the Atlantic shore just shy of Canada, and the boat shop that did the work was more than likely The Bath Ironworks, a well established BoatYard dealing with the US Navy for the past few decades.

[@revgurley]

Thanks to the Fat Electrician, from now on, I'll use air quotes around "proportional". Nice reaction from the British perspective.

[@pauld6967]

Two things: First, stick around past the images of merchandise because he has started adding a little bit of commentary at the end of thr videos. Not all of them but it seems to be his new habit. Second, take a look at his United States versus the Barbary Pirates for the origin story of "don't mess with our boats."

[@herrzimm]

Placing naval mines in INTERNATIONAL WATERS has NEVER been "legal". You can place all you want in your own waters, but once you get far enough out to be considered "international waters" (ESPECIALLY in a narrow passage) should be considered a "war crime" the second you put the first one out.

[@chadthompson3604]

“Overkill, what’s that?” Every American ever

[@vladyvhv9579]

(mine explodes) Iran: Where's that ominous Latin chanting music coming from?

[@JNJ1983]

And the Eagle sound...where's that coming from? (Yes, I know it's not really an eagle)

[@billmarshall5040]

You don’t mess with our ships! They were warned! 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅

[@LegionSPONDY]

"Overkill is underrated " -Sun tzu... probably

[@endoraismygma]

I love his videos and enjoyed your experienced commentary. I'm a US Navy Gulf War veteran (89-93) and I'm still learning! ✌️⚓️

[@TommyTeabone]

I remember that day very well, i was aboard the USS Simpson (FFG-56) A Sistership to the SBR. Are ahip was involved in the proportional war.

[@scottbmedic]

One thing that people who weren’t around or don’t know much about President Reagan is he lived by and probably is the reason for the phrase F about and find out

[@frankfedison5203]

God bless Neutron Ron! 😇

[@syvajarvi2289]

Ronny Ray Gun

[@williamlangford9118]

The CO of the Robert's realized they had entered a mine field because the lookouts spotted a few bobbing in the water. He ordered all below decks engineering spaces evacuated and locked down. Then reversed course trying to follow his own wake back out of the minefield. Almost made it out but a mine contacted the hull and detonated. Incredible damage control by all hands and the order to evacuate the engineering spaces and seal them ( material condition Z) saved lives and saved the ship.

[@Nkloud]

Thing is, us Americans as a whole don'nt like being messed with. We just wanna be left alone. Drag us in to something, best believe we gonna fight like hell.

[@arcticbanana66]

27:57 - According to the USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-57) page on Wikipedia: ""On 27 June 1988, Samuel B. Roberts was loaded onto Mighty Servant 2, a semi-submersible heavy lift ship owned by Dutch shipping firm Wijsmuller Transport and carried back to Newport for $1.3 million. The frigate arrived at BIW's Portland, Maine, yard on 6 October 1988 for repairs.""

[@stischer47]

The comment about going to get ice cream is a reference to WWII when the US provided ice cream to the military. In fact, the destroyers were given ice cream for every pilot they rescued so it because a race to find them and get ice cream. The Samuel B. Roberts is names after a VERY famous WWII Navy Captain from the Battle of Samara.

[@kitkun7669]

15 miles is about the normal range for naval engagements... in WWI. So yeah, practically melee by that point. A thousand pound bomb is still pretty big. A hit like that probably would have sunk a WWII era ship, but progress marches on. The tow is actually a mistake, the frigate was carried by heavy cargo ship across the Atlantic.

[@Gapines23]

You still call it a tow on a roll back though

[@hawaiiantitmouse]

Took 6 weeks and two days as had to tow shit back a little slower because of kneel damage was temporary patched before towing and went thru the Suez canal to The Mediterranean, and came out that way to cross over Atlantic Ocean northern route to Mainland

[@Yun-yd1im]

On the question of what a 1000 lb bomb can do, the father of the US Air Force and his team created the first ones in the period between WWI and WWII and used them to sink obsolete hulks from WWI in a test of aerial weaponry. Up to that point, the US military had stated that it was impossible to sink major warships from the air and that bombs of those size were not practical or able to be properly used. They court-martialed him for making the bombs in secret (and for making them look bad when he proved the point). So, that size weapon is actually really old and not necessarily effective against modern designs, unless landing exactly right.

[@Laughingmonkeyvideos]

The boat that was towed to Maine probably ended up at Bath Iron Works (BIW as it's known here in Maine) in Bath Maine.

[@Zabiru-]

For anyone that didn't want to google it - 50 feet above the water comes out to 15.24 meters. Yeah.. Flying a fighter-jet roughly 15 meters and 24 centimeters above the water while taking AAA fire ^^ I swear to God, fighter pilots are a different breed xD

[@maevelogan6069]

AMEN

[@greggwilliamson]

The tow took a couple months prolly. From Norfolk (Va) Naval Station to Beirut Lebanon took about 3.5 weeks but my ship wasn't towing.

[@johndeeregreen4592]

Yeah, you're pretty spot-on. Good friend of mine was in the Navy as a sub radio man and ended up doing one of those shit tow missions a few time, where a sub would be helping to escort a towed vessel to another port. They go so slow, depending on the distance, yep, 2-3 months is pretty normal.

[@CombatReadyHQ]

That is some time isn’t it, knew it would take long but not that long. Thanks for the information

[@nadjasunflower1387]

naa...this wasn't a tow job. They used a ' drydock ' ship (Mighty Servant 2) and floated it back. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mighty_Servant_2

[@emstorm73]

@@nadjasunflower1387 True, but it still took nearly 3 1/2 months.

[@nadjasunflower1387]

@@emstorm73 yeah...wasn't discounting that. was just adding some context as to what was used at the time...

[@ryanhampson673]

The Samuel B Roberts is the namesake of one of the destroyer escorts that fought back an entire Japanese fleet in the battle of Samar in the Philippines. Absolutely the most lopsided naval battle that ever happened and they ended up making the entire a Japanese fleet turn around. That ships name had a lot to live up to and she pulled it off.

[@Global_News_UK]

thanks for the video, as always good stuff

[@Ezewright]

We just take care of our own. Thank you for service.

[@CJFromGroveSt09]

I served 6 years and I was almost deployed 3 times, but never deployed. I worked to find the IED’s they use to blow our convoys up. I was always disappointed at the time because it is definitely what we train for, but looking back it was definitely for the better I never deployed.

[@frednone]

If you want to read a really want a wild story, check out Sammuel B. Roberts' namesake and the Battle Off Samar. Don't forget that the first frigate also took a Harpoon for another 221 kg warhead. As far as the second frigate goes, it depends on how high in the ship the bomb detonated. Remember. IJN Akagi at the Battle of Midway was sunk by one, 1,000-pound bomb, it just landed somewhere tender.

[@ericellerbrock9350]

To be fair this kinda established the "dont fuck with americas oil" rule

[@patrioticz2858]

7:36 "The most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'" -Reagan. Because the government screws up anything it touches.

[@peaceoutbruh7085]

the government only screws everything up because people like you elect people who want to do everything in their power to ensure the government does NOT function.

[@Rizzbulla]

Nice reactions man, I'll have to subscribe.

[@LindaLittle-m7j]

The Fat Electrition is great, Thank you for sharing this video!!❤❤

[@withacy]

Just discovered you - just recently discovered the Fat Electrician., and he’s great. Check out Get Off My Lawn ( from our Revolution): stealing the Uboat in WWII; the unluckiest boat with the most untouchable crew in WWII, and the Paul Bunyan Korean Peninsula situation. Also the one about the Barbary Pirates. And then watch everything else. 😂

[@mattdegrange4335]

I like his video on Jake mcnasty mcniese

[@testfire3000]

That was an interesting history lesson!

[@damonortiz95]

You need to see his video on the US verses pirates

[@bryanBurnsDBOAU]

From Cast off to Arrival, Towing a frigate will take approximately 9 days

[@ninjabearpress2574]

The USS O'Bannon is my favorite video from The Fat Electrician, more proof the U.S. Navy will fight you hard with whatever they have at hand.

[@patrioticz2858]

American proportions are always bigger 😁

[@toddnesbitt3113]

Yeah, don’t…Desert Storm veteran, seen that, highly suggest you just go home. Sidenote: a-6 dedicated bringer of hate

[@OmegaMTG]

I've watched every one of Nick's videos and probably over a dozen reactions to this one in particular.

[@oldad6207]

It wasn't towed home. It was picked up and rode the deck of the Mighty Servent 2, a semi-submersible heavy lift ship. It was carried back to the U.S. and refloated long enough to get into dry dock.

[@unknownrider3071]

Really liked your reaction - thanks.

[@CombatReadyHQ]

Thank you

[@mindyrolston3915]

We don't come to lose so either help or get out of our way

[@patrioticz2858]

8:04 You know operation Anaconda? A Delta Force guy that was on the Unsubscribe Podcast talks about being there and other stuff, I will put the video in the reply

[@patrioticz2858]

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[@donaldstewart8342]

No they are not supposed to mine in international waters,that's the point.

[@joeparker9516]

Just to make a small correction regarding the A-6 Intruder... the crew would have been side by side if the aircraft pictured in the video, is what it's supposed to be, but I have a sneaking suspicion that the wrong plane was in the video... and those were S-3A's, which is a anti-submarine hunter killer... that means the A-6 would in fact be a tandem seat arrangement, my bad.

[@alyssat7809]

Usually that's an editor mistake. But I know Nick's editor is also in the military. But that doesn't mean he's not prone to making some mistakes like that so

[@unknownrider3071]

Those were A-6s in the video. The S-3's engines hang on pods under the wings, the A-6's are fuselage mounted where the wing connects.

[@VB81]

On June 27th the Samuel B. Roberts was loaded onto Mighty Servant 2, a semi-submersible heavy lift ship owned by Dutch shipping firm Wijsmuller Transport, and carried back to Newport. The frigate arrived at BIW's Portland, Maine, yard on 6 October 1988.

[@jakewalter9323]

You are correct it was against the Geneva Convention to put mines in international waters

[@damienburroughs2119]

US Navy: 'proportional response' (the rest of the world) "You Keep Using That Word, I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means"

[@Tackleboxandfishingpoles]

“Thems the rules.”

[@narcisosalas1180]

American military philosophy = f@$k around and find out…and we are all like that 😂

[@PaulM-d7k]

Were they "allowed" to lay the mines? Nope. That's why this video exists...

[@bhight100]

The Geneva conventions banned mining international water after WW1

[@joshdasmiter3]

In regards to mines. Both Iraq and Iran hadn’t signed off on banning mines till they found out that they don’t work against modern warfare fleets…then they instantly were against them…go fig right?

[@JShelsby]

It's amazing listening to the British perspective on violence.

[@ghomerhust]

depending on the level of the hull repair, i'd say the tow back to the US would take something around a month or so. if they were able to get it patched up pretty solid, they could speed up the tow, and maybe a couple of weeks. the titanic could cross in about a week from the UK to new york, at 30-ish knots, so if you went half that due to drag or safety, plus a little greater distance from the middle east, i'd say a month was probably a safe estimate.

[@wyattguilliams5325]

We wanted a proportional response, we never said it was going to be Equal proportions

[@stunick1573]

The ship wasn't actually towed back. It was lifted by one of the floating semi submersible lift ships and taken to Maine Bath Iron Works where an engine room section from another starting to be assembled frigate was used to repair the one cut out of the Sammy B. Fat Electrician glossed over a few points, the Bombardier doesn't sit behind the pilot in an A6 but next to. Only the radar jamming variant of the A6 had crew behind the pilots. Also in what world does a 2000 lb bomb not obliterate a smaller frigate sized ship. A harpoon is designed with the warhead to disable a ship a 2000 lb bomb would blow the crap out of a ship.

[@JohnnyMalkav]

Good sir, with all respect... Don't mess with our boats. We do *not* like that!

[@catlady443]

This was with no American lives lost in incident with the mine. Imagine how bad it would be if they had had American lives lost. Proportions would be different. Just ask the Hourhis

[@evanirvana500]

I always tell people who complains about our proportional responses: whos gonna tell us to stop and second, its always overkill until its that country that needs and wants your protection. Then suddenly they want our most proportional response proportionately.

[@TheDylls]

New Canadian sub: I love hearing the letter "haitch" 😅❤

[@CombatReadyHQ]

Thank you 🙏

[@MGower4465]

Only nitpick, in the A-6 Intruder, the bombardier/naviguesser sits beside the pilot, not behind.

[@vladtheimpaler7878]

Do not fuck with American boats. We really don’t like it.

[@zacharyharwell351]

American Military prefers to operate under an "Overmatch" doctrine from what I understand. If they have 2 tanks, we'll field 20. If they have 10,000 infiantry, we'll field 100,000. Do they have advanced fighters? Well we'll send multiple carrier groups to establish air superiority. Compared to many nations we have better tech, but it's also generally pretty well distributed across our forces, so there's a question of necessity in regards to Overmatch, but the idea is that short of a nuclear weapons strike, we won't need to worry about IF we win, only HOW

[@joshuapfeifer642]

Not being allowed is funny. It doesnt matter if your allowed or not if you dont care about consequences.

[@jasonrideout6786]

You may consider turning your mic sensitivity down. Breathing sounds without James Earl Jones voice kinda sucks.

[@SamGray]

I mean, "Half of Iran's navy," sounds cooler than, "three ships." Both are true, but Operation Gangster-Gangster-Gangster needs more hype.