How U.S Forces Pulverized Iran’s Navy

That time when US Forces destroyed half Irans Navy in one day. High intensity battles like this play out with incredible speed. With tensions heating up between Iran and the US it’s worth looking at what happened the last time these fought.
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[@Taskandpurpose]

To learn more be sure to check out The Fat Electricians awesome video on Op Praying Mantis which you likely already saw ! kzbin.info/www/bejne/mmbZZ5uih96Yfqcsi=UnIg3bs5W_lqYd5y and The Operations Room did an outstanding animation kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5rLnnyuj9mAeLMsi=rEXVStsPXLJhXmDb

[@Tome275]

Are you trying to get an invite to the unsubscribe podcast 🤣? Because I wouldn't blame you.

[@colinmulcahy3516]

@@Tome275 They’re my favorite brand risk, I’d be surprised if they haven’t already spoke. I’d definitely enjoy that crossover, get HLC on that episode for sure.

[@colinmulcahy3516]

I hope you weren’t worried about creative redundancy. This was a great video. And a textbook example of just how a single topic can be successfully addressed by multiple creators. The chubby electron mover does a good job of making light of the subject, and drawing awareness to the topic. You on the other hand, have done a great job at giving the context and details that he was missing. In summary, great stuff here.

[@MrTmm97]

I learned of Operation Praying Mantis from the Fat Electrician’s channel… it was one of the first video I saw on his channel and was HILARIOUS. It interesting to hear the difference in your guy’s type of explanation. Both education and entertaining! Thanks!

[@MrTmm97]

By the way, the link to the Fat Electricians video is one of his most recent videos…. Not the link to the Operation Praying Mantis (Proportional) video.

[@ai-aniverse]

"I only want to take pictures for history" is the best line ever.

[@docferringer]

More like intelligence gathering. That and the Russians definitely knew there were WAY too many U.S. ships in the area looking for things to blow up. Russia's best-trained troops don't do suicide missions.

[@Scott11078]

I also want to use all my esm gear to figure out the total frequency range you guys are using, max radiated power and if we're really lucky the frequency used for warhead detonation etc..

[@ryashonb7658]

I read it back in my mind with a Russian badass accent.

[@ai-aniverse]

@@Scott11078 also that

[@ariaspes3842]

@@Scott11078 you're senators are warning the congress about how those cannons are too old and obsolete, lol

[@noControl556]

The biggest problem the US navy has during operations is not hurting the enemy too bad and causing other countries to get involved.

[@HinduPAGANcowpissdrinkerRAKESH]

Warmonger? Usa?

[@johnmcm7690]

Not right now...

[@Kstang09]

​@johnmcm7690 lol, yes right now. Who's saying otherwise? Rebels with dud soviet rockets?

[@Meoldson]

@@johnmcm7690 Very much right now. The disparity between the US military and any other in the world is immense. I say that as a Brit, not an American.

[@danhtran6401]

Put it this way...if you had paid your security deposit, you're in the best hands. Imagine 13k jets, 3k satellites parked on top of your enemies, you got boots on the ground, tanks, troops from Taiwan, Sweden, France, Canada, it's a really long list, plus you got Putin's list of unfriendly countries. Don't disturb Godzilla ok....l😅

[@ShadowReaper-pu2hx]

Deliberating how much to destroy your enemy is one of the biggest flexes.

[@etholus1000]

Yeah, kinda crazy how insanely powerful my countries military is. Looking grim these days though

[@charleslord8672]

Intoxicating elixir

[@JanvanDeBoerka]

@@etholus1000american dream

[@mansari7310]

that isn't the flex you think it is 😂😂😂 Americans in these days' humiliations delivered to them by Iran are in needs of coping with the good old days when Iran already was weakened due to 8 years' war under embargo against Iraq who had the support of two superpower USSR and US plus EU and Arabs money, yet despite all that Iran couldn't be intermediated and attacked two super power in same day

[@BegaMetaZone]

@@mansari7310 oof stop , they can't recover from these wise words

[@abqcrutch]

I was on board the USS Enterprise at the time. I was working as an E-2 data processing tech. I'd only been on the boat two weeks when OP PM launched. Every berthing and office had a TV. Two channels, movies or flight deck ops. Watched the A-6s, A-7s and EA6Bs launch loaded for bear. It was badass! After the planes departed the ship, hit the gym, ate dinner, then went to bed. We worked 12-hour shifts, 7-days per week. The aircraft were back on board when we woke up late that afternoon. We watched a recording of aircraft arriving with racks empty. It was an exhilarating experience. I've seen the Operations Room video and will check out the Fat Electricians. Thanks.

[@drumpfisidiot5021]

Semper YUT dude, that's awesome

[@DrownedInExile]

Did the Captain ever say "Make it so"? :)

[@awithaj5968]

🚨505 in the house!🚨

[@bujfvjg7222]

Wow......

[@ProbablyNotAChicken]

I love that Soviet ships response. Probably has an idea of what's about to happen and just casually says "i'm here for history :)"

[@etholus1000]

Yeah, great response for a commie. I know it was half history and half studying it's enemies capabilities in warfare though Lol

[@jedimindtrix2142]

lol...in a really hilarious way he basically told them he was there to observe and report all happenings to the Kremlin. So he didn't lie.

[@zealman79]

Probably half cut on vodka as well like most of the shipmates....

[@jasonjenkinson2049]

Russia being a nosey neighbor XD

[@Dead4ev1]

​​@@jasonjenkinson2049the nosey neighbour is the US. They stick their nose everywhere in the world.

[@briannewton3535]

I'm in the UK, I was 25 when this kicked off, I recall the oil platforms getting hit, though the rest of the events had totally passed me by. A great production, thanks.

[@amireinav9344]

How does it feel being Americas client state ?

[@andrewmarcus1351]

@@amireinav9344 why don’t you move back east if you hate the west? I heard they need more targets for drones

[@briannewton3535]

@@amireinav9344 I am not America's client state. I am a person, and not a state! Though after enough beers I can end up in a messy state, though that happens rarely nowadays.

[@briannewton3535]

@@amireinav9344 How does if feel to have fun made of oneself for the sloppy use of English grammar?

[@tommygun5038]

​@@amireinav9344....How does it feel not having toilet paper??😢😢

[@chuck.reichert83]

The act that saved the Sammy B was drilling a hole in the side of the ship. The person that drilled the hole was told they would be court-martialed if the drilled the hole, but it made it so the pumps could get the water out, instead of all the way topside.

[@alvinbonny1562]

Where did you heard this story ? It is amazing. The guy got court martialed ?

[@chuck.reichert83]

@alvinbonny1562 no court-martial was pursued. My dad knew the man who did it. The act of drilling a hole just above the waterline allowed the pumps to empty the space, because they didn't have the ability to pump the water all the way topside.

[@toober1066]

Good old Yankee ingenuity! But holy crap, what do you use to drill a hole in the side of a warship?!

[@Seadog6543]

Don't sleep on the non-rate FN who performed a vital "suicide start" of a generator so her pumps could even function. Dude was a Cap'n Mast commando but when the chips were down, he had a big hand in saving the ship

[@chuck.reichert83]

@@toober1066 a torch

[@SuiLagadema]

Remember when you were a kid and your parents told you not to poke something because you'll find out that it stings/bites? This is the military equivalent of it.

[@Taskandpurpose]

Best analogy

[@soarabove337]

@@Taskandpurpose "Men! Don't f*#@ with the wildlife!" - Too many Sand Hill DS to count.

[@marsp2691]

maybe the US shouldn't have given saddam weapons so Iran could have finished their Iraq war faster and maybe then the whole shipping thing wouldn't even have happened in the first place. bro is acting like the US was just minding its business and Iran randomly hurt their shipping lanes. the us was an active party in the war.

[@dechchat.fahsang]

Well, US overthrow Iran's democratic gov...... so... Guess this is just damage control....🫠

[@richardfan7157]

Then the USS Vincennes shot down Iran Air Flight 655 mere months later, killing 290 people. Being on a power trip is not a good thing.

[@legionofyuri]

Ah yes, Praying Mantis is a certified hood classic.

[@JulioMo]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@big_bird8597]

certified condemned event by whole world and countless war crimes condemned by entire world

[@fitz2917]

@@big_bird8597 is that why the USA was taken to international court and received no punishment…

[@JulioMo]

@@big_bird8597 So what! They know what they did, and had it coming. The U.S. was proven innocent in the court of international law, so it doesn't matter.

[@big_bird8597]

@@JulioMo uhm no they were not? lmao

[@thomaspinney4020]

Okay, Earnest Will was my time in the Gulf. Although I missed being part of Praying Mantis directly (dang it) I was involved. Cappy, you pretty much got it right, or at least as I remember it. In fact, I had forgotten about shooting down the two Phantoms. It was a busy day. You are spot on about the US wanting to kill the Sabalan, particularly the CO of the ship as he was known to direct fire onto the bridges of merchants to kill as many infidels as possible and then brag about it. There was disappointment that we didn't get him personally. One tiny correction. Your graphics team did a great job on the images of the US warships involved except that you had the old USS O'Brien DD725 - a WWII ship - instead of the new Spruance class O'Brien DD975. Very different ships to an old surface line officer's eye. Still, a very strong and accurate recap of the fight. Well Done

[@jessewhittemore784]

holy shit, thank you for the extra detail. i was 3 when this happened so im sure it made more sense to yall at the time

[@zacshaheen8286]

New Cappy videos are the best part of the day

[@joshbennett376]

I served on the USS. Trenton as a SAR swimmer in that little war. I watched it all from the OPs tower on the big binoculars and it was a slaughter. For the most part the truth is told here with a couple very important key points missing from my view, but this young man did an excellent job covering this and I am so glad to see this to bring it into a fuller prospective for me. That day was a sad day.

[@oh_rhythm]

Sad?

[@Alcsaar0]

@@oh_rhythm Anytime you have to take lives it should be sad. Even if its to protect your own. That doesn't mean you shouldn't do it if you have to, but no one should be happy to kill another person.

[@ApolloTheDerg]

The Fat Electrician has an amazing video covering this, well worth a watch.

[@johngillespie3409]

He knows, gave him a shout out in the first comment 😜

[@jonp8015]

So, in order, they took out tutorial enemies, regular mobs, a gimmick enemy, a mid-boss and a final boss to get a S-rank level clear. They even had an NPC cutscene to deliver an unrelated badass moment.

[@maigepresents5840]

And now some US army NPC's are being flown back stateside in boxes from jordan... could have just used UPS... 😂 guessing it ain't gonna be open caskets...

[@kylewilson3751]

Arent you a little small to be an electrician?

[@martso9288]

Yes, ye- wait. Actually no, no I am not.

[@Stay_at_home_Astronaut81]

6:41 The Alvand frigates were not the largest ships in the Iranian fleet, they still had two American built Allen Sumner class destroyers and a British built Battle class destroyer. However, the Alvands were the most modern, and capable surface combatants.

[@michaelkugler9311]

That’s a good point. I was there on board the Merrill and those ships were small. We did do some significant damage, but if it was a larger ship, then I don’t believe we would have taken them out. The small boat attacks is actually what we feared the most going into OPM. I wonder if Iran had sent a fleet out there, what would we do?

[@Debilinside]

@@michaelkugler9311 Against 9 US ships and an aircraft carrier in range? Iranians were crazy, but not this crazy...

[@Flyinghigh888]

Those ships were rubbish 🚮 now!

[@karlgreene2177]

There is no such ship as a battle class destroyer.

[@michaelkugler9311]

@@karlgreene2177 I’m not familiar or can’t remember what Iranian ship frigate class were called.

[@ebk304]

I love your videos & your intelligence on these matters. You are awesome man. Thank you.

[@kaneo1]

Thorough, detailed vid with lots of graphics and maps. I appreciate!

[@j4s0n39]

The French built Iranian ships carried Exocets, not Harpoons. And the A-7 is the Corsair, not the Crosshair.

[@HubertofLiege]

Potatoe poblano

[@cyrusthegreat1370]

yep, there are may inaccurate information in this video ...

[@Legitpenguins99]

@pedram1374 eh, he always gets the important information correct, but the small insignificant details tend to slip through the cracks. It's frustrating, but not a big deal

[@K55365]

I thought they had British built ships

[@gharretje]

His image shown during talking even mentions exocets. I didn't know they exocets but was wondering what he said didn't line up wih the graphic shown.

[@hotttt28]

Great points as usual. Thanks Cappy

[@MiguelLopez-uy2uu]

Just got to love your channel. So full of info.

[@stevendaugherty7590]

Chris, thanks for this video. It added much to my previous knowledge of this operation by covering many details that I had never heard of before. Great job as usual!

[@omarelorza2201]

Wow, great informational video. Appreciate the hard work put into this.

[@Jaesim877]

"Proportional" - quack bang out

[@Perry2186]

It's not a warcrime the 1st time

[@sandybennett_itsme]

@@Perry2186 Response to a Country laying anti-ship mines in Commercial waters.

[@h.schikhan5850]

its not brave .us didnt decleared war to iran .and this was not every thing .us apache chopper also shot down and 6 americans get killed 2

[@Perry2186]

@@sandybennett_itsme I know I'm telling that fella to watch the Fat Electrician that's one of his lines

[@MP-lx9bn]

Thank you Uncle Cappy for a feel good story before bedtime. (Keep up the good work!)

[@Josh729J]

Extremely well put together video

[@remster5284]

Every video I see on this topic the title proclaims "Half of Irans Navy" like it's some impressive accomplishment when in reality it was like 2 frigates and a couple speed boats

[@Utubesuperstar]

And multiple oil platforms

[@plflaherty1]

And half their navy LOL

[@mobius1504]

@@plflaherty1 lmao ya like its not their fault they got a tiny navy

[@robertryan7204]

Yes a totally exaggerated success. Take into consideration that Iran was fighting the Iran/ Iraq war and did not have parts for their US supplied weaponry

[@danielbeshers1689]

I've always felt that the point was the USN could have destroyed both halves, and didn't.

[@vapoet]

I'm glad that people are finally talking about Operation Praying Mantis. I was on the Wainwright that day, and it was surprising how even I didn;t know the full extent of it, simply because very few bothered to document it as a whole.

[@vapoet]

And yes, you could hear the missile on the starboard side when in the CIC. There were two F-4s on the radar. I was watching over the shoulder of the fire control Technician. Could have been a third as well, but definitely two.

[@joshbennett376]

I was on the Trenton that day to brother.

[@ironworkerfxr7105]

o7 thank you for your service

[@Seadog6543]

On the minesweepers we were rowing as hard as we could to get out of the way

[@mansari7310]

that isn't the flex you think it is 😂😂😂 Americans in these days' humiliations delivered to them by Iran are in needs of coping with the good old days when Iran already was weakened due to 8 years' war under embargo against Iraq who had the support of two superpower USSR and US plus EU and Arabs money, yet despite all that Iran couldn't be intermediated and attacked two super power in same day

[@Dr.Z73]

Good to see you Cap. Great info and insight as usual. And you weren't even wearing sweatpants.

[@Taskandpurpose]

But the sweats are comfortable I gotta go back to that life

[@ogFIEND]

First time watching any of your videos and I’m blown away. I love your style of explanation and flow. Cheers

[@mansari7310]

that isn't the flex you think it is 😂😂😂 Americans in these days' humiliations delivered to them by Iran are in needs of coping with the good old days when Iran already was weakened due to 8 years' war under embargo against Iraq who had the support of two superpower USSR and US plus EU and Arabs money, yet despite all that Iran couldn't be intermediated and attacked two super power in same day

[@ogFIEND]

@@mansari7310 You sure you responded the right comment?

[@scotthazelton519]

Thanks for sharing Cappy

[@aygerty2252]

Iv seen many different videos on this topic but I think this one will be my favorite. Your humor is always a plus Thanks bud

[@Taskandpurpose]

Thanks! Much of the credit goes to Diego Aceituno who did outstanding research and writing on this episode

[@THE-X-Force]

Not to crap on Cappy .. but The Fat Electrician did an amazing episode on this.

[@ExarchGaming]

@@THE-X-Force TFE is awesome, but it seems like he got a few details wrong, this is far more accurate to the actual events. TFE is extremely funny though.

[@tylerzimmerman1091]

Nahhh check out the fat electrician, they’re really good though

[@Sladewinters1]

I served onboard the USS Samuel B. Roberts after they returned from dry dock in 91-94 and the USS Jack Williams before that. The damage control training on our US Navy ships is outstanding to say the least. GITMO prepared those sailors well.

[@yousseph777]

One of my favorite channels . Well done on you guys

[@jamesshellenberger4344]

Again , well done. Thanks for reeducation of this event.

[@proWaffl3]

No plan survives contact with the enemy and no enemy survives contact with the Enterprise 😎

[@gilbertozuniga8063]

No enemy survives contact with the US Navy

[@Ajcav763]

@@darkodonnie2729 Ever heard of a little war called the Second World War? I remember hearing about a few small naval skirmishes between two small countries and the US, Germany and Japan, ring any bells?

[@Ajcav763]

@@darkodonnie2729 I don't know what war you're thinking about.

[@ninjacatgaming7453]

@@darkodonnie2729who helped in the pacific campaign? It was literally just the US bullying japan, idk what you’re talking about

[@mansari7310]

that isn't the flex you think it is 😂😂😂 Americans in these days' humiliations delivered to them by Iran are in needs of coping with the good old days when Iran already was weakened due to 8 years' war under embargo against Iraq who had the support of two superpower USSR and US plus EU and Arabs money, yet despite all that Iran couldn't be intermediated and attacked two super power in same day

[@PeteDetails]

Idc how many times people make videos about this story. I’ll listen every time

[@brianemrich2177]

These vids are outstanding. Great reporting.

[@NijahPlays]

Thanks for the video!

[@lanceulrich9570]

Jesus, I never knew even a quarter of the story. Great stuff Cappy!

[@josephpiskac2781]

I remember this combat there was little information given to the United States public as to what happened. Fantastic presentation and all these years later I now understand what took place.

[@Seadog6543]

Yes, I remember the day well. Reagan wanted to minimize the conflict because of promises to keep the reprisal limited and proportional, thus it was downplayed to the press a bit. The Iranian silkworm launches weren't publicly known for years, and the total number of Iranian speedboats that were sunk/damaged was (still?) underreported

[@zanptrainer]

well researched mate..I love it

[@paulhogan1143]

Excellent work my man

[@michaelarensman4000]

You had me on the edge of my seat with this one!

[@joshuaradick5679]

"Proportional" response

[@davidgarcia2016]

Exactly everything was *"Proportional"*

[@freeassange5667]

Proportional my fucking arse! They slaughtered half of Iran's navy cuz one U.S. ship got damaged unintentionally by Iranian mine... This is akin to when they massacred the Wagners in Syria unnecessarily.

[@joshuaradick5679]

@@freeassange5667 You missed my sarcastic quotations. But I also don't loose any sleep over it. Iran discovered that when you play stupid games, you win stupid prizes

[@ariaspes3842]

@@freeassange5667 cough cough uss stark, uss roberts , 2 corvettes, recon chopper flight deaths vs 3 iranian speed boats, and conveniently leaving out the fact that iran wasn’t even fighting us, but 86 nations behind iraq including uk germany france sweden. another 50 year old vietnam failure coverup is lame, lol

[@ariaspes3842]

@@joshuaradick5679 if this channel were to stop erasing my comments and let me list the vessels iran destroyed, you'd be looking for a twinkie. a good start is the non-propaganda version of uss roberts, lol

[@cb2291]

Thanks for this

[@my2moneypits]

well put together video 👍🏻 good job

[@KaseyAtkins]

awesome retelling of the story. This would be a GREAT mini series or documentary

[@gilbertozuniga8063]

Or a movie

[@besearchingforwisdom6267]

I, for one, am very thankful for the success of our military campaigns and love these war stories. Thank you for them and an even greater thank you for all of our warriors

[@stymied3506]

I absolutely loved ur graphics great work 👍 👏 👌

[@jasonn6306]

Wow, was not expecting an entire walkthrough. Good job!

[@mikitadou]

Iran had a navy? Well...I guess we wouldn't know now.

[@jessejordache1869]

Last I heard it's got millions of aquatic drones. That's for situations when it's outgunned, as in the last time it had to fight the United States. They've been wargaming the battle ever since. My information is about ten years old, so it may be out of date, but I think the first Iraq War was the last symmetrical war the US is likely to see.

[@yevgeni10]

@@jessejordache1869 Millions of aquatic drones 🤣🤣?? No army has million drones.

[@DeezzzzzzNuts12]

​@@jessejordache1869 are you high

[@mansari7310]

that isn't the flex you think it is 😂😂😂 Americans in these days' humiliations delivered to them by Iran are in needs of coping with the good old days when Iran already was weakened due to 8 years' war under embargo against Iraq who had the support of two superpower USSR and US plus EU and Arabs money, yet despite all that Iran couldn't be intermediated and attacked two super power in same day

[@freddiemercury2075]

2 men were fighting, they were trying to slash each other with swords. Suddenly a Russian man showed up. One of the men who is fighting turned to the Russian and said "what do you want ?" The Russian replied "I just want to take some photos".

[@angushogg3667]

Great video - many thanks.

[@GregConquest]

Fantastic, historical overview. Thank you.

[@gallendugall8913]

I had to go aboard the Sammy B back when I was in the service, her sonar crew had borrowed some test equipment and didn't return it, there was nothing to indicate what she had been through.

[@seanwoods647]

You wouldn't have seen the damage in the bow. She actually backed up over the mine. I work on an expert system that models human crew response to shipboard casualties. That event has so many confounding conditions that we straight up had to tell the Navy; "No, we couldn't model that." There was a guy who crawled into a disabled generator and operated it by hand. They actually had to stop fighting the fire for a bit to dump seawater overboard. Nobody died because the helo had been pulled out onto the deck, and was on standby at the time the mine went off. (The initial explosion basically would have shredded the chopper it it was still parked in the hanger.) If I someone had written a survival story with all of the coincidences, heroic acts, and counter-intuitive (but correct for the situation) leadership that carried the day they would be called out as an utter hack of a writer.

[@gallendugall8913]

@@seanwoods647 I had them give me a tour of the engineering space - it looked just like ours

[@HE-pu3nt]

Great video Cappy!

[@ky-effect2717]

wow I had no Idea obout this, thank you foe sharing this history. It explains a lot about whats going on today.

[@pabcu2507]

Obviously, Luxembourg can beat America’s full might military

[@aga7299]

Nah , my money is on the Philippines 🇵🇭

[@pabcu2507]

@@aga7299 how about Vatican City?

[@publiusventidiusbassus1232]

​@@pabcu2507 if they blast The Last Stand, no one has a chance against the Swiss Guard

[@arx3516]

​@@pabcu2507 you joke about it, but the Pope could actually bankrupt the USA with just a signature.

[@ryanm7832]

😂😂😂

[@themc.kennyshow6585]

(I'm not exactly sure what) But could you guys do a video on the British military, and how it could say affect America's battle (by Gods grace that won't come) against China in the pacific? Or compare British military readiness to other allies like Germany or Poland? We need more mainstream military channels branching a little away from America sometimes ;) (please).

[@avarion9538]

As a German, sadly you can't compare Germany and Poland. Germany's military isn't ready to fight. Most of our stuff , 2/3, istn't operational. We have ammunition for just around 3 days of war. Our jets don't fly, our tanks don't drive or shoot and even if you look at things like our Taurus cruise missles: Out of 600, just around 150 work. The rest is useless for now. Poland, on the other side, just bought over 1.000 modern tanks and over 500 HIMARS. Germany has something like 250 tanks in total, max 80 - 90 are combat ready. Poland is, by far, the strongest forcein europe right now, and on land, they are stronger than Germany, France and the UK combined. Germany is just in a bad shape. We have the money, but our politicians ruin it. Burocracy also. France probably is in better shape, it's not possible to be worse than Germany. The UK usually cares for it's military, but Poland just added more tanks, than the others have combined. Also they bought, like mentioned, 500 HIMARS, but also over 600 howitzers, around 50 jets, and they will buy close to 100 Apache helicopter. They will nearly double their number of soldiers, and will have around 300k, and they will nearly double their military spending to 4% of their GDP. As a German, it's very frustrating to see our politicians fail, because we decided to spend at least 80+ billion per year on our military, and 100 billion extra to make the Bundeswehr combat ready, but while all others buy weapons, we don't buy anything, and inflation and burocracy eats up the 100 billion we wanted to spend. Atm just about 80% is left, and we bought nothing. 😭

[@dakotareid1566]

@@avarion9538sounds like Canada right now 😢

[@Blackhawks87]

I doubt you truly want to know about the state of the UK military … even Germany. Poland is far more prepared and more powerful than both the UK and Germany IMO. Thankfully we’re all allies but these EU countries need to step it up if they want to have any chance of defending their land in case of a war with Russia …. Shit, even Belarus would cause Germany issues.

[@GrsArt42]

@@avarion9538You still have more working stuff than Russia (by percent).

[@azkrouzreimertz9784]

​@@avarion9538as a swede i feel your pain

[@doc5568]

Excellent work TP crew!

[@dongentile6473]

really great content thank you

[@Horsefingerandthetaintwrights]

Between you and Fat Electrician, the best Hour of history on an event possible.

[@mansari7310]

that isn't the flex you think it is 😂😂😂 Americans in these days' humiliations delivered to them by Iran are in needs of coping with the good old days when Iran already was weakened due to 8 years' war under embargo against Iraq who had the support of two superpower USSR and US plus EU and Arabs money, yet despite all that Iran couldn't be intermediated and attacked two super power in same day

[@byronharano2391]

CMD (06) Bud Langston was my Commanding Officer of VA-145 Swordsmen A6 Intruder Squadron out of NAS Whidbey Island, WA. As a ADAN (E3) i had no idea he was involved in Operation Praying Mantis. Commander Langston never mentioned his heroics that day. He did talk a lot about his service while in Vietnam. GOD of Daniel bless our United States of America 🇺🇸. My understanding is now Admiral Langston, Bud. Bravo Zulu.

[@persiusonime1509]

Lots of history here. Thanks Chris

[@xylem3996]

The visuals made it easy and fun way to understand good job

[@jocopowell]

Title Suggestion: That Time US had Strong Leadership.

[@seanwoods647]

In 1988 they were actively trying to keep Reagan's Alzheimer's under wraps. The oval office was basically run by Nancy and his cabinet. I should also point out that the Democrats controlled both houses of Congress.

[@robertryan7204]

Iran was pretty weak, fighting the Iran/ Iraq war as well as the US

[@ariaspes3842]

the time iran destroyed uss stark, uss roberts , 2 corvettes, recon chopper flight deaths vs 3 iranian speed boats, and conveniently leaving out the fact that iran wasn’t even fighting us, but 86 nations behind iraq including uk germany france sweden. another 50 year old vietnam failure coverup is lame, lol

[@bholdr----0]

I remember this pretty clearly, even though I was a kid. It was a huge deal at the time, and all three (THREE!) news networks at the time reported on it all night... When the news of the battles (if they can be called that) came into the news, the local rock&roll (99.9, I think?) radio station I was listening to played 'Rock the Casbah' by The Clash a couple of times n a row. Same goes for the '86 'Operation El Dorado Canyon' strikes on Quadaffi's Lybia, and again when Lybia was bombed during the Clinton administration in thw late 90's.

[@user-nx8pe6pc3h]

Excellent video. Great info on what happened. Would love to see you do something with The Fat Electrician.

[@jraymond6062]

Great job on this interesting video

[@PETER7700S]

A friend of mine was there. He was a seal (dead now). He said they had been clearing mines and were stationed on a barge. They were strafed by an old propeller plane and a large number of seals were killed. This was never disclosed to the public. He survived by diving below the barge between strafing runs.

[@xylem3996]

Rip to your friend, 🫡

[@ernst91]

You should do the U.S.S Liberty next. Remember when they were attacked?

[@sandybennett_itsme]

Friendly fire and unintentional incidents happen all the time. Remember when Iran shot down that civilian airliner in 2020? Do you think they meant to do that as well?

[@kipchorngwonektiroto457]

I like the way you report. It is precise!

[@jonathangibson9098]

Shout out to Operations Room. Great channel.

[@Beldingbrettm_]

The fat electrician did an awesome video on this- THIS video here was much more data packed🇺🇸 great stuff as always

[@ElamiteFreeMan]

US Dollar Vs Iranian Rial 1988 1 USD = 140 IRR 2024 1 USD = 4,700,000 IRR

[@MrMarimero1234]

Excellent video!!❤❤

[@stevenwelp7165]

Superb research and production values.

[@maxbryant5828]

Having been onboard the Big E at the time of Praying Mantis, I am curious as to why the A7s that were involved are never mentioned in any of the recent KZbin videos?

[@youngdenard264]

It’s not like Iran was already struggling against Iraq for years

[@robertryan7204]

Yes with US parts denied to them by the US

[@OSTemli]

The American supplied chemical weapons to iraq did posed problem for iran

[@robertryan7204]

@@OSTemli Also they backed Saddam against Iram in the Iran/ Iraq war

[@ariaspes3842]

cough uss stark, uss roberts , 2 corvettes, recon chopper flight deaths vs 3 iranian speed boats, and conveniently leaving out the fact that iran wasn’t even fighting us, but 86 nations behind iraq including uk germany france sweden. another 50 year old vietnam failure coverup is lame, lol

[@stefthorman8548]

lmao, dirt farmers stood no chance

[@danielm81]

What a GREAT episode!

[@dr.michaellittle5611]

Outstanding video! 👏👏👏👏👏

[@ivanstepanovic1327]

Funny how you avoided mentioning that the US forces shot down an Iranian civil airliner when mentioning "check your fire" and causing hundreds of civilian deaths leaving no survivors... As it turned out during the investigation, firstly it was misidentified as Iranian F-14, then the radar operator gave wrong data to cowboy captain; the plane was climbing, but the operator sad it was diving towards the ship... Look it up, on KZbin or wherever...

[@boothroid71]

Why? They shouldn’t have been in the airspace. They hide behind civilians and then blame the deaths on others. Cowards. They notified in both languages and he mentioned fog of war multiple times.

[@maemilev]

Can you cover how the 2 navy seals perish during the houthi deterrence mission?

[@LethalJizzle]

There isn't much to the story. They were boarding a ship suspected of moving weapons between Iran & Yemen, in stormy seas. One was washed off the ladder and the other jumped in to try to save him.

[@user-rx5cf8xd9k]

Still unknown? One fell in the water, and one jumped in after him. But likely dead if they didn’t have something to cling on to

[@pauli311]

Fantastic video!

[@briansilva6160]

I can appreciate the shout to other context creators. Real recognizing real

[@theslayer309]

"The US wanted a quick proportional response" these fractions aren't reducing to the right numbers!

[@JeMangeLaPoubelle]

Please do something on the USS Liberty! Would love to hear your take!

[@thetickler8531]

He never would EVER This guy cares more about israel (prob jevv himself) then his American Vets who were fed up with lies surround USS Liberty

[@PatriotOfPersia]

It was God's chosen Mistake

[@mayurmanudhanya934]

Another great video

[@scottofford3061]

Great history lesson! I remember some of this but I was busy with a young family and business.

[@capnsalt7102]

You and the fat electrician should do a collab

[@weeb_disappointment_8917]

This is what happens when the US tries to convert imperial to metric system

[@johnnycaps1]

Thanks for a this great coverage from an historical perspective. At the time I remember "rumblings" about this war. Clearly I wasn't paying close attention to the situation. Seems like it's deja vu all over again about 35 years later.

[@thomasstephan2486]

I was a teenager and had no idea the extent of all this. Thx!

[@gerrya4818]

Iran is acting like they want a repeat

[@robertryan7204]

Not the same Iran this was 42 yes ago. Now Iran is launching Spy Satellites

[@notafishstick8667]

lol Iran uses proxy 😂 Ukraine enters chat

[@peyton_uwu]

Love the shoutout for The Fat Electritian and The Operations Room, both are great channels.

[@pickle4422]

America and Iran: Almost start a major war USSR: I am here for photography

[@AbdullahAlrahbi]

The US never supported Iraq militarily Iraq didn’t have a single US made weapon except unarmed bell helicopters, they provided intel to both parties because they didn’t want any to come out of the war stronger, if they sided with Iraq, iran would have never reached the heights that they’ve reached today and possibly Kuwait would’ve never been invaded