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Ten Sailors from Samuel B. Roberts sustained severe injuries. Four were seriously burned. Commander Paul X. Rinn was hurt as well. The ship should have sunk, but thanks to an extraordinary damage control effort by all hands of an extremely well-trained crew, Samuel B. Roberts was kept afloat.
"They must know that we will protect our ships, and if they threaten us, they will pay a price."
The report goes on to say - in this one day operation - the US Navy destroyed two Iranian surveillance platforms along with sinking two of their ships.
The U.S. response was fierce. Operation Praying Mantis was the largest of five major U.S. Navy surface actions since World War II. It was the first, and so far only, time the U.S. Navy has exchanged surface-to-surface missile fire with an enemy.
US History
In all, Praying Mantis destroyed an Iranian frigate, a gunboat, three speedboats, and damaged another frigate. A Marine Corps helicopter crashed during the operation with two fliers killed in the accident.
originally posted by: scraedtosleep
a reply to: silo13
So the mic have been after iran for a very long time.
Seems trump is just getting in line.
originally posted by: scraedtosleep
a reply to: Jonjonj
Trump is going to make iran great again.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
originally posted by: scraedtosleep
a reply to: Jonjonj
Trump is going to make iran great again.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!