First Time Watching America Obliterates Half Of Iran's Navy In 8 Hours! - Operation Praying Mantis

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[@NeoGen1987]

Ronald Reagan is known for being headstrong, and not afraid to threaten enemies of the United States with extreme force nobody wanted to mess with him

[@kausi-ok3mr]

You two actually think that Russia has a Navy 😂. Do you actually do any research, Naval Warfare alone without Nukes Australia’s Navy would defeat Russia.

[@NeoGen1987]

@@kausi-ok3mr ok where did that come from No one said anything about Russian navy

[@kausi-ok3mr]

@@NeoGen1987 at the start of the video you said the Russian Navy was the most powerful in the world. Take a look at the comments section and replay your video.

[@kausi-ok3mr]

@@NeoGen1987 don’t you read your comments section 😂

[@theamericanadventure]

The US has the largest and strongest navy. The second largest navy, is America's fleet of museum ships. Not even kidding.

[@28dirtj]

Not only that, the largest air force in the world is actually our Navy, then our own Air Force comes in 2nd😂

[@De_Vegi]

@@28dirtjpretty sure that’s the other way around, but yeah. Either way it’s fucking ridiculous, and I love it

[@28dirtj]

@@De_Vegi nope it isn't. I served in the Army myself, I have buddies in all branches and its true. We have the top 2 most powerful air forces, our Navy being the best Air Force. Our navy has 11 nuclear aircraft carriers each carrying 70 air craft, not to mention their older smaller aircraft carriers and other vessels that can carry air craft as well. Even the Marines, Army and Coast gaurd have their own Aviation units.

[@rmartinson19]

@@28dirtj Incorrect. The US Air Force is the world's largest, with 5,189 aircraft in active service. The US Army comes in second, with 4,409 aircraft. The US Navy comes in third with 4,012 aircraft. Then the Russian Air Force comes in at number four, with 3,864 aircraft. Though given their utter failure to take air superiority in the face of the Ukrainian Air Force's staggering 40 or so warplanes, I suspect that most of the Russian Air Force only exists on paper.

[@77marioland]

@@rmartinson19 Russia is famous for their "paper" equipment, mostly they just throw people at a situation... hence WWII. Propaganda, still to this day, China is following their mold.

[@mikearroyo3961]

When they mentioned that they believed Russia had the strongest navy, I knew I had to read the comments. I was not disappointed

[@Timmycoo]

I don't think he knows Russia is not covered by oceans. The comments are great though. I immediately scrolled down to see I was not alone.

[@ronbusby4596]

Russia doesn't Evan have an aircraft carrier.

[@ronbusby4596]

I think this cute couple needs a history lesson

[@UncleFexxer]

@@ronbusby4596 At last evaluation, I believe they have 2. But the US has 11, so there's that.

[@LordKryos]

@@UncleFexxerthe two they have are not operational. I believe one always catches on fire and the other has to essentially be permanently attached to a dock or it’ll roll over.

[@givepaddytheemmy4535]

“Iran did a power play though” If by power play you mean sending all your boats and men to their death, then yeah you’re right

[@dalehammers4425]

In a fight they had literally zero chance of winning.

[@billywiginton3497]

Iran must admire the Japanese from WW2 lol

[@fluffylittlebear]

They were pretty brave. Unfortunately bravery and stupidity often go hand in hand.

[@jameshirata5242]

Bravery and suicidal stupidity are completely different 😂

[@jameshirata5242]

Also, the US has the largest Navy in the world. It is larger than the next 5 largest navy's put together. Fun fact, the 2nd largest navy is the US retired ship fleet. We don't fuck around when it comes to the navy 😂

[@chthulu27]

Thought to be fair, suicidal stupidity and bravery _can_ often be confused.

[@reaganlee6706]

Don't touch our boats

[@Sho81]

@@reaganlee6706 Yeah just ask Japan what happens when you touch our boats. We dropped 2 miniature stars on them.

[@reaganlee6706]

@@Sho81 Proportional

[@rudymarmaro]

You keep calling the Iranians brave. The word I would use is stupid.

[@Stevarooni]

They're not mutually exclusive. Brave idiots around.

[@JonathanH1253]

Oh they were brave, but they were extremely stupid at the same time. Bravery isn't very useful if you're dumb.

[@rudymarmaro]

@@JonathanH1253 I concur

[@Stevarooni]

What's that saying? "Beauty and courage are both valueless characteristics.". Someone can be beautiful or courageous without being good or intelligent.

[@andriansyah1430]

Actually they are right, Iran is very brave but at the same time Iran is also very stupid. I mean yeah what Iran does is the same as you accidentally removing the key on a grenade and 'oh it's off, well it looks like it'll be fine' and putting it in the pocket

[@dark.cheshire.1065]

Laughing my ass off at "I wonder who actually has the strongest Navy...?...I think Russia." 🤣🤣🤣

[@joycebrown1567]

Wrong!!!! USA has the largest and strongest!!!

[@kevinb314]

Seriously. You’d think he was being sarcastic. But you can tell they’re serious

[@joycebrown1567]

Oookay!! Children. Behave. The U. S. Has the the best and strongest Navy!!! I'm a few days from being 68 with a 162 IQ. NEVER doubt the U.S. NAVY!!!!

[@katherinedinwiddie4526]

😂 yeah Russia I think not.

[@SilverShinotora]

a lot of russian boats have become submarines in recent history thanks to ukranian water drones Lol

[@Badger77722]

02:56 "Iran are brave." I think the phrase you're looking for is "seriously lacking in common sense." But "stupid" would also be acceptable.

[@notchworldorder]

“I wonder Who has the largest navy?” Me- *Laughs in American”

[@fluffylittlebear]

China has a larger navy on paper, the problem is they count every inflatable raft and canoe as a naval vessel. Another "paper tiger" like Russia. The US Navy is much larger in terms of tonnage and firepower.

[@NeoGen1987]

The main difference is that the United States doesn’t count every canoe in their water as a naval vessel

[@Guildelin]

​@@fluffylittlebearnot by tonnage... and because we have different standards for what gets counted as a ship.

[@fluffylittlebear]

@@Guildelin That's what I said.

[@Archer7b]

It seems as though you are confusing the word "brave" with "blooming idiot".

[@Skeezle1986]

You actually mean F$cking STUPID

[@judywelch1044]

R U nuts saying russia is the biggest??? USA has dominated all areas of military for years, I'm a 76 yr old Canadian.

[@garywaterman814]

On the question of "Who has the best Navy?".. the undeniable answer is America. This is a result/consequence of WWII. Prior to WWII not only had a small Navy but we had a smaller overall Military. Basically WWII made America realize we should take advantage of the distance between us and the rest of the world. Its tough and expensive to cross those oceans and we saw the damage going on in Europe. It became our policy to address problems (as we see them) on the other side of the world to keep those problems from getting to us. An added factor in this is that Europe was largly broke as a result of WWII. Lots of dead men. Industry in a shambles. Whereas America was largly untouched during WWII and our wartime production was in place and running at high speed. We were also not crippled financially. This is what started America become such a huge and expensive Military. Our Navy is unmatched. Not really even close. Strip away factors like nukes and countries helping eachother fight and no other country even comes close in size or capabilities. Almost all OTHER Navies struggle to fight more than 1000 miles from home for anything more than a couple weeks. Supply is critical. No other country has the global supply chain in place that is required to keep our several large fleets able to circle the globe or loiter around most regions of the world for extended periods of time. That is probably the most underrated part of our entire Military. Mobility and Supply. All branches are highly mobile with a lot of effort put into maintaining a secure supply chain. We broke Russia financially (on purpose) to end the Cold War. Basically we out spent them. We spent more over a long period of time than Russia could keep up with and that broke them. China? For all the talk about Chinas Military, they arent strong enough to figure out Taiwan yet and they are a small island 1000 miles away. Several western countries have top notch capapbilities and train regularly with America.. but they are small by comparison. Head to head, none of our oen allies would last long. Americas biggest weakness is probably in how many Military commitments we have around the world. Deals to defend other nations or agreements to come to their aide if they get attacked by the bad guys. We need to be careful to make sure we dont have too many conflicts to manage at the same time. 1 big conflict and 2 or 3 smaller conflicts or 2 big conflicts stretches our abilities. Having said that, the "average country" struggles to manage what we would consider a smaller conflict. Conflicts we simply send rapid reaction task forces to handle. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines all have well trained forces ready to deploy or already deployed at all times. They cross train and can come together to work as 1 combined force when needed. They do this all the time. No other country can really accomplish this on a large scale. We are big enough to do this on several fronts at the same time while our industrial war machine would shift into high gear as we would then inflate the size of our military to reinforce or rotate or add to the amount of soldiers already involved. Sorry so wordy. Lol

[@Sarge80]

"This is a result/consequence of WWII. Prior to WWII not only had a small Navy" Dont agree with this sentence Gary, Usa had quiete a significant Navy going into ww2, the actions at pearl harbor where however catastrophic, but before that happened Usa had a fleet to be reckoned with.

[@ethansenter5298]

I was going to say the US navy has been pretty sizable since the Spanish American War and per the Washington naval treaty (which was intended to stop a naval arms race post ww1 by creating ratios of allowed ships above certain tonnage for different countries) the U.S. was tied with the British Empire.

[@tylery7881]

If y’all think Russia has the strongest navy then you should see what happened to their flagship

[@chandlerwhite8302]

You can visit it at the bottom of the Black Sea.

[@dirkbester9050]

@@chandlerwhite8302 Its a submarine now, in stealth mode on the sea floor.

[@Smoking_Joe]

As a matter of fact, Russia"s Navy is piss poor. Before it snatched Crimea off Ukraine its only major ports were cold sea ports on the Baltic and the Arctic which were frozen for months at a time. This was why they felt the need to invade. Even still, if they have issues with NATO, Turkey wouldn't allow them access through the Bosphorus or the Dardanelles into the Mediterranean. Therefore not only have they very limited access, they are also so shite a Navy as they have lost several warships to a country who hasn't even got a Navy, and now has decided to hide their ships to save losing any more of them to small drones. As a Brit myself from an Island Nation with a great history of Naval warfare, I'm disgusted at the lack of Naval knowledge a fellow Brit has. The US Navy is by far the most powerful. Don't go by the number of ships since Countries like China and Russia count all of their ships owned by the Navy, whereas the US only counts it's Warships. It's best to go by water displacement tonnage by which it's very clear who has the most powerful Navy.

[@CaddyJim]

I'm not going to bash them for not knowing because my Fellow Americans are just as ill-informed. But you did make a good point not going off numbers because if we went off numbers North Korea has the biggest submarine fleet in the world but they're shit

[@JohnElizondo]

Amen!

[@dinhnguyen2110]

These two need to be haunted by the ghost of Admiral Nelson.

[@nixtux2003]

And the Navy has Marines to properly say, FAFO. Fuck around and find out.

[@grumblesa10]

Thanks to MORE Putin stupidity. The Baltic Fleet is now bottled up by Sweden-alone. Not even counting Finland, Baltic States, Denmark, Poland and Germany helping them out.

[@colleenmonfross4283]

LOLL Russia??? You don't watch the news, do you?

[@darthsauron7727]

i was gonna say this too lol Russia is weak cant even break Ukraine lol

[@MotoroidARFC]

🤣

[@bmorg5190]

Yeah, there was no hope for this world anymore.. these young people and I’m 34 by the way they don’t know anything

[@VoidWalker2047]

I’m 20 and even I’m not that naive about each world powers military

[@maximparamonov1266]

Ха ха. Побольше смотрите новости и делайте тупые выводы. Пустые головы. Не было бы наших родственников на той стороне мы бы действовали по серьезнее и глубже. Смейся дальше. С тобой мы не будем действовать также. пустая голова. Житель новостей...Дадим тебе почувствовать всю глубину и боль твоего бытия. Ха ха. Пустоголовая и бездушная голова!!! Смеётся хорошо тот кто смеётся последним.

[@dohcsmr1175]

I am astonished these 2 are this clueless.

[@scouncil2028]

Truth. Why am I wasting time watching these absolutely clueless people watch someone else talk about something someone else did? I need to get a life, after I ship these two a history book.

[@wtgardner6914]

@@scouncil2028 In all honesty, not everyone has spent time watching/researching history and military stories. I think the fact that they are watching this unaware of a lot of things makes it a refreshing video. Sometimes, it is nice to see people who are totally unaware react to things. I liked the video for it's freshness. (I understand where you are coming from and like you, I also need to get a life.)

[@MortonBartlett-yy3cn]

They wouldn't know if their arse was 0n fire

[@leefischer5814]

The new youth of the world is scary isn't it, just when I think the USA has morons that make me hang my head, the fact that other countries are yet worse in that regard brings me to my knees.

[@mikem2778]

@@wtgardner6914 It's not just being uninformed though. These two are downright morons. Dumbest couple I've seen on YT

[@iBeReaper]

2 rules. 1. Dont touch our boats 2. Dont fuck with our oil. Japan learned 1 the hard way

[@jenniferfox6300]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@benolofson9732]

When it comes to the US military just assume we take the 1st 2nd 3rd and probably 4th spot in every single category in everything.

[@deathninja16]

except education.

[@Provoses]

@@deathninja16 you don’t need to be the smartest when you’re already the best. Gotta give the rest of the world time to catch up

[@dalehammers4425]

Only thing we dont take top at is troop numbers, but with our tech we really dont need to. Ground wars for the most part are a thing of the past.

[@angrygrim1394]

@@deathninja16 That's why the world wants to go to Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, Duke. just to name a few.

[@spuds416]

The U S Military is the third largest behind China, India ( in Military personnel )

[@akhali2517]

Russia ain’t got noooooo navy

[@rmartinson19]

I mean, they do, but their most powerful surface warship (the sister-ship to the Moskva, which was suddenly converted to a submarine by the Ukrainians a while back) is almost 50 years old. Their submarine force is a bit more modern and threatening, but even it is mostly made up of badly outdated submarines that NATO has been able to detect and track since the Cold War was still a thing.

[@bmorg5190]

I know I can’t believe that these people are this oblivious.. Russia has a terrible navy, and it always has been for the most part

[@Tjrissi96]

@@rmartinson19 They still got one Kirov class battlecruiser floating around in service I think.

[@rmartinson19]

@@Tjrissi96 Which is almost certainly a barely sea-worthy wreck. They also have an aircraft carrier, but it keeps randomly catching fire every few years, and hasn't been considered a relevant part of their fleet in decades. Their actual most powerful surface warships are their Slava-class Cruisers, the Marshal Ustinov and the Varyag, the two surviving sister-ships to the Moskva (the one the Ukrainians sank in 2022). They were overhauled in 2016 and 2008 respectively, so theoretically should have the most powerful and advanced systems available to the Russian Navy. The Moskva had similar upgrades, which apparently didn't do much for it since corruption, shoddy maintenance and poor discipline left it with most of its detection systems and air defenses offline when the Ukrainians started firing missiles at it.

[@PiousSlayer]

The sad thing is that Russia SHOULD be on the same level as the USA militarily. However, due to the sheer amount of corruption and incompetence, they are basically a paper tiger.

[@brucekey1983]

Sorry hun America has more usable ships in museums then Russia has all together

[@christophermckinney3924]

The US for all our flaws does try to fight wars within international law. We avoid civilian targets, focus on military or industrial targets that achieve a mission and where possible prefer to destroy things rather than people. But when fired upon we will eliminate the threat without apology. Our goal is not world domination but peace through diplomacy backed by strength. Since WWII we have e tried to establish and follow an international order based on the rule of law. In each case reflected here all Iran had to do was nothing.

[@Navybrat64]

As the daughter of a soldier who was a sailor and was born on a naval base during the Vietnam War. I can tell you Russia does not have the strongest navy in the world. They dont even have a damn aircraft carrier. 😂😂. This chick has no clue about the military. I am giving this a thumbs down for the ignorance.

[@dalehammers4425]

Well... technically they have 1. But it usually doesnt work. And its not even nuclear powered.

[@mfree80286]

@@dalehammers4425 Occasionally they have a functioning aircraft carrier with a built-in smoke screen (because someone had the bright idea to fire it's boilers with something akin to asphalt).

[@4Kandlez]

That's really dumb reasoning, no one knows everything about everything. Just because you grew up around the military and she didn't, why would you expect her to know what you know

[@jacobcustard146]

The United States is not a signatory to the treaty that established the International Criminal Court (ICC), so even if the US had been found guilty of a war crime they have no obligation to cooperate with the court. Basically there would be some finger wagging, but nothing of consequence would happen.

[@cameron4562]

That is because the United States Constitution is the Supreme Law of the land and international law does not override it.

[@scotthill1600]

@@cameron4562I fckin love that, we make our own rules, not an international court

[@dalehammers4425]

Even if we were signees to it, who would enforce it against us?

[@Souledex]

@@scotthill1600I mean that’s fine until literally we are the ones trying to establish and respect an international order so we don’t have to waste all of our money and power on being so strong as to enforce massive national threats and flouting of law ourselves (but only when we bother to) instead of on prosperity. It’s the natural eventual consequence of returning to a multipolar world and at least playing ball in the world we expect Russia and China to join is really damn important to that sort of thing. Just look at how civil conventions, money and political fiction has brought the EU together so effectively, even despite problems. The world can’t do the same when we have people like Trump in our political system that threaten to blow up the international systems of reliability and trust, or bail on the Paris accord to… own the left? That world is far cheaper and most of the time more effective to get buy in on than “let’s just trust that America will be good and spend its power wisely forever” cause especially now- it’s hard to see that argument having universal appeal.

[@Chris-fn4df]

It is the might of the USA that allows courts like that to exist. The rest of the world can just say "thanks" and carry on with their lives.

[@christypriest30]

The Russian ship taking pictures…that has to be the ultimate definition of rubber neckers in history!

[@RLAjabs]

watched a brit military guy react and he said they're def scouting american weaponry and tech. makes a lot of sense to me

[@Estranged180]

"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" "Brave"... Let me explain this, as quickly as possible. The US Navy was created for one reason. To deal with pirates. Not the Disney version, but real "I'll kill you for your stuff if you don't pay me not to" pirates. It's in the Navy charter, and it's also the reason the US Marines don't require Congressional approval to be deployed. Fat Electrician has another video about it. I suggest you watch it. The thumbnail on it says "Potential".

[@herrzimm]

I've heard people asking "Why nobody was named with group Alpha".... Because "Alpha" would have been used to indicate the ENTIRE USA navy group in the operation. Which means that "Group Alpha" would be everyone, while the Group B-C-D portion were simply a set number of ships assigned to specific targets ONLY.

[@nadjasunflower1387]

not completely disagreeing with you, because that could happen. However in most cases it's a psychological strategy. If Iran is monitoring radio traffic, and they keep hearing about Bravo, Charlie, and Delta...that begs the question....where's Alpha, and what are they doing ??? creates strategic uncertainty, which causes the strategy makers to over think, and try an encompass every scenario at once. With limited resources, of a smaller military that can be extremely taxing.

[@jakeseward9035]

I just assumed that Alpha group was the aircraft carrier. They would be the most powerful part of the fleet that was involved in the operation even though it was just supposed to be insurance.

[@nadjasunflower1387]

@@jakeseward9035 yeah, that's what logic would dictate. military doesn't run on logic a lot of the times. lol Since Enterprise wasn't part of the operation, she'd have just maintained her own designation, apart from the operational designations handed out to the groups taking part. That way, operational people who are monitoring the comms. can easily differentiate between radio chatter between who's taking part, and who's not. That way they know what's priority in cases that need to be relayed. Like the dispatch sent to Reagan to let him know a fast attack boat was heading right for group C.

[@MoreTeaPorFavor]

It’s a psychological thing… if there’s Bravo, Charlie, & Delta here - Where’s Alpha?!? Are there more strike groups?!? It’s the same reason SEAL Team 6 (DEVGRU) was named “6” because JSOC didn’t want the enemy to know how many teams there were. By starting with “6” it left the enemy wondering where the other five teams were.

[@user-kg7co9vi5r]

The US Navy has the second largest Air Force in the world the largest is the USAF.

[@travisbrown1949]

Actually the Navy has more planes than the actual Air Force. So technically the US Navy is the largest Air Force in the world too

[@lostpunk12]

The 1000lb bombs don’t weigh 1000lbs. They contain the equivalent of 1000 lbs of tnt

[@angelviloria4966]

I was hoping someone would point that out. I was laughing at his mansplaining “… 1,000 lbs + gravity…” lol

[@itsamericancountryboy]

The ice cream reference is due to the fact that all US navy ships have an ice cream machine, dating back to WWII.

[@JonathanH1253]

The US Navy is the most powerful navy in the world... Russia? Are you kidding me? Their navy is pitiful.

[@kjsalomonsen9299]

Russia has ONE Aircraft Carrier, US has 11 Large nuclear Aircraft Carriers. I don't know how many ships that support one Carrier but for some Nations those ships would constitute their entire Navy.

[@danwells9525]

Russia almost has an aircraft carrier. Last I heard, that thing barely keeps the water on the outside.

[@leefischer5814]

It can vary I think, but normally (and I could be wrong) about 10 various ships directly flank a carrier per strike group.

[@kjsalomonsen9299]

@@leefischer5814 thanks for the info

[@Drunkledore]

@@kjsalomonsen9299 that guy left out the part where the nuclear submarines are also a part of that group :)

[@grumblesa10]

Oh, it isn't capable to sail-that by the RUSSIAN NAVY's own admission.

[@TheTwil1]

There is a big difference between bravery..and stupidity.

[@ZeRandomizor]

that difference being the outcome

[@michaelmarrone8753]

🤨🤔Almost 4 decades ago, I had a drill sergeant who constantly told us the meaning of life. To quote him, "To have your best chance to survive, remember there is a fine line drawn between bravery and stupidity."😵🤕🤔

[@christopherjon1245]

Russia has nothing

[@mattpaonessa]

if you arent fimiliar with military sizes, i would recommend you watch "usa vs the world" to give some idea :)

[@scarymonsterrs]

Russian navy was defeated by a little island nation by the name of Japan back in the day, today they're being picked apart by a country with no navy.

[@RedDeadRogue]

The outstanding mental facilities on display here is why America has been bailing Britain out of almost every conflict they've been in since WW1.

[@baddbabylon]

.....you guys dont know about the U.S. navy, its bigger & better equipped than every other countries navy in the world combined. 😅😅

[@BryanW-bp3le]

If an international court decides you’ve committed a war crime there’s really nothing they can do about it. It’s pretty much a slap on the wrist, like getting a citation in school.

[@caseymiller3540]

And despite what everyone assumes, the US isn’t one of the countries to sign the treaty. But the world expects us to enforce it for them and we do.

[@dalehammers4425]

The only ones of the international court that can enforce their rules is the United States... we arent going to enforce it on ourselves lol.

[@CaptainFrost32]

​@caseymiller3540 and a lot of the items in the treaty were because of Canadians.

[@AbeFroman19861]

The US response would have been very similar to this kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmmXmqV7dralgrM

[@grumblesa10]

Well, the head of state can be declared a "war criminal" which means he/she-WHATEVER is subject to arrest by any nation willing to do so. The International Court at the Hague can sentence you to prison. That's why Putin stopped travelling, actually.

[@seacradev5400]

The U.S. sent a message that the rest of the world already knew. Don't fuck with our boats.

[@1GungGung]

It's the US. China has more ships but less tonnage and most of their ships are limited a range of 1000 miles under ideal conditions. The US Navy outstrips them by order of magnitude.

[@MoreTeaPorFavor]

China is also counting privately owned boats as part of their fleet.

[@ccormx]

@@MoreTeaPorFavorhence “less tonnage” by “less” he means FAR LESS because they are counting every kayak.

[@240pixel]

No credit for the original video. That's not cool.

[@jimmyk4091]

The Fat Electrician

[@burnout_2017]

These two leaches are just grifting off the backs of real content creators....i.e. Real KZbinrs

[@CaptainFrost32]

It would be nice if they watched for the post-credit content.

[@2strokinit527]

The USA has missiles that are called LRASM, these are cruise missiles with 2,000 lb warheads and a range of around 300 miles that will sink many of the worlds warships with a single hit.

[@kayecaban5324]

Sorry, there is no comparison. The US had the largest and most advanced Navy. What most people don't know is that the US Marines are a division of the Navy.

[@shirleyadair9906]

ROFL! "I wonder who has the largest Navy" Bless your hearts

[@dougfurr5217]

The US Navy has HALF the entire worlds tonnage. 20 Carriers.....more than the entire rest of the world. Russia's Navy is WAY down the list, and its not even close. BTW the US does NOT get involved in the middle east to get to the oil.....we are the worlds biggest oil producer, and what we DO need we get from Canada and Mexico, we are self sufficient. We do it to protect YOUR supply(Europe). Maybe we should let u guys deal with your own issues, we getting tired of it.

[@Navybrat64]

For real! The USA needs to let Europe take care of themselves for a change. The USA is the one who paid to rebuild Europe and Japan after WWII. Europeans treat us like crap. At least the Japanese treat us well.

[@Navybrat64]

Yep, we're self-sufficient. We don't need anything from other countries. Ppl who think we're in the Middle East for oil are stupid and need to educate themselves.

[@user-ib8gv6tf6q]

Yes you are right. Oil been taken when us army invade IRAQ

[@m2hmghb]

It's 11 carriers. The other 9 are landing helicopter dock or landing helicopter assault class vessels.

[@caseymiller3540]

@@m2hmghbwrong. We have 11 nuclear power carriers but 20 carriers total.

[@samwilcox620]

The USA tends not to use its most powerful weapons unless pushed too hard

[@hellhound1389]

That's called an attention getter Buford T Justice

[@mannys4036]

@@hellhound1389 good one hellhound1389. Smokey and the Bandit; a fun movie. lol

[@damienrodriguez94]

They couldn't even take a second to do a quick Google search when they're clueless about American military strength.

[@jakemistakeroberts2044]

Their bravery looked a whole lot like poor military decision making.

[@azrielbaz]

So fun fact, one of the A-6 missions during the Vietnam war was to go up and intentionally let the SAMS (surface to air missiles) fire on them and get a lock back to the control site. They had to let the missiles track them long enough to get a solid lock so if they shut off the radar they could still hit the control site. So they would attract the missiles, wait for them to track them long enough, then fire their missiles to take out the control site then try and avoid/escape the missiles that are tracking them. A-6 flight teams have nerves of steel.

[@Tyrannosaurus_STFU_III]

Why we got Prowlers with HARMs. 👍 edit* I was a Prowler mech for 6 years. Right before they went to Growlers.

[@certautoserv]

Close F4s flew in to get sites to lock on to them then A6s would take out the site F4s had better chance to defeat the missile being far faster and more maneuverable these missions was called wild weasels missions

[@taproom113]

@@certautoserv Those missions were called "Wild Weasel" by the the Air Farce. The similar Navy missions were called "Iron Hand". The movie "Flight of the Intruder" has a scene explaining this ... Great movie, BTW! ^v^

[@shawndale7344]

wow! i did not know that!!

[@mfree80286]

@@shawndale7344 Heh, and all this is why Wild Weasel squadron patches carry the acronym "YGBSM". You Gotta Be Sh**tin' Me...

[@kurtbarber2399]

Lol Russia? They can't even afford fuel for their ships 😅

[@robertlombardo8437]

Fanatically suicidal and undisciplined is not equal to brave. Just so we're clear.

[@toddhutchins2492]

The tanker escort mission was called Operation Earnest Will. When we would enter or leave the gulf through the Straits of Hormuz, Iran would light us up with their Silkworm missile radars. I was on the USS Merrill (DD-976), SAG B, during this engagement. We wound up doing all the shooting on the Sassan oil platform because Lynde B. McCormick's gun had dropped sync and was "walking" and they couldn't fix it in time. The Soviet Udaloy destroyer was collecting intel. We had a joke after the engagement: How does the Ayatollah inspect his fleet?... Glass Bottom Boat. 😂😂😂 A few details wrong, but it doesn't detract from the story. I love Nic's presentation. I've seen most of his videos and they are awesome.

[@phildicks4721]

I think the ice cream comment points to another video of his about how America weaponized Ice cream during WWII. Hint...the US Navy had three dedicated floating ice cream factories that could make 500 gallons a day. Submarines and Destroyers would ransom rescued pilots back to their carriers for ice crean(5gallons/pilot)😉

[@kevinwise1997]

I was hoping I would find someone thinking about that other video!😂😂😂

[@boogaloobaloo]

The US has the strongest Navy and has since the end of WWII. The largest air force in the world is the US Air Force, the second largest air force is the United States Navy.

[@KairiPrime]

and the fifth largest air force in the world is also the US Marine Corps.

[@whoisjohngalt11]

You guys don't know who Ronald Reagan is? "Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall"??? Anyone?

[@davidbrittian7340]

The thing about it America wants to conserve life, so they are being easy with them, but deadly at the same time while showing absolute POWER!

[@yankee_tango]

The US Navy is the largest Navy in the world and also has the second largest Air Force as well.

[@KairiPrime]

The US actually has the first AND second largest Air Force in the world. The first being the US Air Force with a total of 5,217 aircraft, The second largest is the US Navy with a total of 4,012 aircraft. The fifth largest Air Force in the world is also the US Marine Corps with a total of 1,211 aircraft.

[@docbradleydc]

The joke whenever soneobe makes a run at the U.S. is, you're about to find out why we don't have government healthcare.

[@Czahn15]

The second he said they "believe" Russia, I instantly came to the comments lmao

[@jono8884]

The International Court has no enforcement capability. Countries just shrug at their rulings.

[@MazerDavid]

12:10 F14 tomcats are fighter jets and are for cover. A6 intruders are bombers and yes they very much can.

[@robertkenney6752]

Not Russia. Their fleets are antiques and very neglected on maintenance . They only have a few new useful ships.

[@keithcharboneau3331]

OK, the F-14 is a FIGHTER PLANE, NO at this time it could not take down a ship on the ocean's surface, BUT it is equipped with 20 mm rotary cannon, and they can strafe the decks of an enemy ship, NOW the A-6, on the other hand is quite capable of sinking enemy ships QUICKLY, so when the Enterprise responded to the Willie Tide's call for help, the A-6's were to deal with the surface targets, the F-14's were there to protect the A-6's.

[@TehShadowDeath]

"15 miles is quite far" - Them *Laughs in Texan* - Me

[@glenfitch6813]

China says they have the largest. But they also count canoes in that number. USA is largest by far. Russia does have some boats, but on the ship that was the flagship in the black sea, only one gun was working. And the radios and the radar was on the same frequency. They couldnt use the radar and the radio at the same time. After that is the UK and India. Depends on whether it is number of ships or number of tons total.

[@oldben6086]

Let me explain the "weight" of bombs...when someone says a "500 pound" bomb, the bomb does not weigh 500 pounds. It just means that bomb has the same explosive power as 500 pounds of dynamite. So a thousand pound bomb has the same explosive power as a thousand pounds of TNT!

[@ronfuqua2117]

nope a 500lb bomb weighs 500lb it contains 296lb of tritonal same thing for the 1000lb bomb it has 445lb of tritonal IYAAYAS

[@jangjangjangjong]

You're confusing it with explosive yield. A Mk82 bomb is a 500lb bomb, and it weighs 500lbs

[@strangerdanger1271]

I am saddened that 26 people like your BS. Go in the corner and think about what you have done!

[@user-tq7ks2xu1c]

The bombs actually are filled with either H-6 or PBNX -109 that's come from Aviation Ordananceman that's used to put these munitions together USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72 06-11, weps, G-3 division, 64 mag night check supervisor IYAOYAS!!!!

[@TheEpicSpire]

16:43 just so you know, it may be lost in translation.. but when he said the planes "buzzed the ship" he doesn't mean they fired at the ship... just flew real close to it. the planes did not attack the ship first.

[@RWB-xp1wu]

There is a huge difference between bravery and stupidity!

[@keirangray902]

If you guys think Russian navy is good may i recommend Lazerpigs: What Sank the Moskva video

[@thomasohanlon1060]

Te reason russia was taking pictures was for intel on what and how the US Navy would engage in surface combat.

[@Fyrebird721]

and to also record what happens when you touch an American Ship, which, iirc, the official policy about doing so for most of the world nowadays (and possibly even back then) is "Fucking Don't"

[@stephanieraebel8160]

Just a little hint for you guys....this was in the 80s. Ronald Reagan was an actor. A western actor..,a cowboy if you will. He was on TV at the opening of Disneyland in 1955. There is video to prove it. He also while in the white house called his wife mommy to the public. Nancy Reagan was responsible for the say no to drugs campaign. He was also the president who help Michael Gorbachev who was the leader of Russia reunify Germany by tearing down the wall between East and West. Biden wasn't in politics then and Trump was cheating on wife number 1 with number 2. Or was it wife 2 with future wife # 3?? Someone tried to assassinate Reagan and it didn't faze him and he was grazed..his secret service wasn't so lucky....one took a bullet to the head and barely lived. The 80s were a wild time.

[@rc7074]

That's not bravery, that's stupidity.

[@Sinvare]

The US aircraft pilots wanting to put their years of training/practice/deployments to use. You don't get to be a jet combat pilot without a bit of bravado. A friend who was a Marine described the itch to be active like this: He was never deployed to active combat and was glad for it. But it is like showing up to every practice and training for 6 months to then spend 3.5 years sitting on the bench at every game. Rainy days, sunny days. Hot days and cold days. "Come on coach, put me in." A large part of you wants it. You want to get into the game. The game in this case being combat, but it is your first years and career as an independent adult, out of high school usually. You just want it. Pilots are older with longer training so probably 20-26 instead of 18-22. Probably have the same urge however. Why the UN has a veto and enforcement of international law: As to what would happen with War Crimes if the ICJ or other international body made some ruling. Who will enforce it. What countries military force would do it. The UN security council is how it is with the 5 vetos for this reason. If a country wanted to enforce something militarily against the British, Chinese, French, Russian(USSR pre-1991) or Americans it would need to be one of the other major powers, especially in 1945 when the UN was set up and those were the remaining great powers. So it is better to give a diplomatic way to say no, than just military posturing or war. The league of Nations failed at the start of World War 2 because no great power wanted to check Japan, and when the nations voted against Japan, Japan just gave the middle finger and left the League in 1933. This closed off paths of diplomatic discussion. The other majors powers didn't want to go to war over the issue and the US was not a part of the League, even though it proposed its creation in the aftermath of WW1. The US had turned isolationist after an election cycle in the time it took for the League to be set up. So when the UN was created, the people setting it up realized that if the major powers weren't willing to use force against each other to enforce a ruling, they gave each of those major powers a veto and the security council permanent seat. This allows the UN to not have it's authority undermined by having it's rulings ignored. The Security council veto keeps diplomacy on the table. It's a flawed system but it has lasted nearly 100 years, the League of nations lasted from 1920-1936, with Japan leaving in 1933.

[@ESUSAMEX]

The US Navy has the largest number of ships in the world. It also has more aircraft than any other navy on the planet. The US military budget is about $850 billion a year, and that number is larger than every other nation combined.

[@ccormx]

And that’s what we know about. So it’s probably double. Just like every “new” weapon we hear about, as a rule, has been around for atleast 30 years.

[@tempest3052]

The World Court can't do shit unless the country the ruled against actually enforces the judgement with their justice system.

[@WarH]

Oh, this is what you call the learning lesson. Everybody needs to have a learning lesson from time to time.

[@Sarge80]

16:58 The 2 planes did not fire on the iranian ship ( buzzing ) a ship is flying extremely close past it going thru the sound barrier which gives out a hell of a sonic boom.

[@Sertoric]

This is one of the US's small responses to an attack. Look up the Barbary War and President Reagan's response to Lebanon. Def Leppard's, Gods of War from their 1987 album Hysteria, even used his quote as a song intro.

[@brigidtheirish]

When running for president, a reporter asked Reagan how he'd solve the Iranian hostage crisis. He said, "Nuke Tehran." When he was elected, Iran decided they didn't want to find out if he was kidding or not.

[@DebiB53]

America has the strongest Navy, no question.

[@elrikard7909]

Guys, international agencies cannot jail anyone. Members can agree to withhold aid, expel ambassadors, etc.

[@billywiginton3497]

people always underestimating us Americans

[@seanbradley5614]

These two seem like nice enough people but holy sh*t the level of ignorance is off the charts!

[@raspycellist]

Russia, was in fact watching how the US conducted itself in war. Seeing what kind of technology we have and how they could potentially counteract it. It wasn't bravery on Iran's part, it was stupidity. They should have known better, and look where I got them.

[@alphadragongamingFTW]

The problem with Russia is their stuff is old and always not in the best working order. The US Navy has the largest number of warships (484) and submarines (67) among all countries. Additionally, the US Navy has a significant military spending budget of $877 billion, which enables it to maintain a large and technologically advanced fleet. Other countries, such as China, Russia, and Japan, have significant naval capabilities, the US Navy’s overall size, technological advancements, and global reach make it the strongest navy in the world.

[@jerrymanderer8464]

The low fly by on the frigate was intentional. They knew the anti aircraft guns couldn't hit them, but they had to draw initial fire in order to be able to engage. And then, they unleashed hell.

[@archersfriend5900]

Russia was taking pictures to learn about American Naval capabilities. Just like Ukraine sent us T-90 Russian tanks.

[@aaronbutler8061]

The American Navy is also the second strongest Air Force in the world. The us navy is so big and powerful if can take on every other navy on earth combined and win. Easily.

[@ademas2211]

US has the strongest Navy and it isn't even close. 1 US carrier strike group has more fire power than most countries in the world, and the US has 11 of these carrier strike groups.

[@Armada762]

America has 11 super carriers. Each supercarrier goes with an escort flotilla plus there's a number of other ships by pure tonnage. America has the largest navy on the planet

[@ccormx]

Additionally, we have carriers, not “super” but yeah, there’s more.

[@RaderizDorret]

Modern naval vessels have rather thin hulls. The main reason for this is because of anti-ship missiles that are designed to penetrate armor (a lot of Soviet-bloc anti-ship missiles were designed to kill Iowa-class battleships that have 30.1 cm of hardened steel armor) and since making a ship carry enough armor to resist modern weapons would make the ship way too large, heavy, and expensive to be useful, everyone pretty much gave up on trying to make ships carry armor and instead focus on trying to decoy, jam, or shoot down incoming missiles (or destroy the vehicles carrying those missiles first).

[@MRluminosity554]

TECHNICALLY China has the most ships as they count every canoe in their waters, but the US has the largest by way of tonnage by a looong shot and still has a massive amount of ships used as museums. The US does have the first and second largest air forces in the world though.

[@dochubbell]

Two interesting comments came out of this reaction video. First off saying Iran was brave for causing an American military ship to suffer damage at their hands. That in all cases of this story did not make them one iota brave. All it did was show the stupidity of their leaders and the actions that followed their aggression. The other comment was about how the Russian navy must be stronger than the U S A's. Just because a country is perceived as larger does not mean it is better or stronger. The Russians have struggled since WW II to catch up with U S technology and have always been behind when it comes to military strength and know how. The only thing they have succeeded in is to bring nuclear power to an impasse of being equally capable of destroying one another. The point of this story is that doing stupid things gets you stupid results, (in Iran;s case).

[@shaynelord8286]

US has the biggest and most powerful naval fleet. Also the largest airforce. Second largest airforce is the US navy’s airforce.

[@stephentaylor9630]

The Iranian government at that time had very little respect for the USA (following the hostage crisis during President Carter in 1979). They perceived the USA to be very weak. However, the Iranians released the hostages as soon as President Regan took office. Afterwards, they still reasoned that the US government was still weak and insisted on testing Regan. After all these decades it still amazes me how much of this part world still "Misunderestimated" (sic) US leadership.

[@2strokinit527]

Russia's navy is very weak their single aircraft carrier burns crude oil for power and has to travel with a tanker for refueling and a huge tugboat to tow it to port because it breaks down that often.

[@trishc3099]

Ronald Reagan was the best president the US has ever had. He did NOT mess around.

[@moeammo7003]

U.S. hands down has the most well trained and powerful navy.

[@TheArthoron]

An African American pilot in WWII destroyed a German Destroyer BY HIMSELF with a P-51 Mustang only using guns.

[@manwithtwoeyes6911]

The US Navy has the second largest airforce in the worlde, Just behind the US Airforce. Absolutely insane