{"id":78943,"date":"2018-04-18T08:45:25","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T12:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=78943"},"modified":"2018-04-18T13:55:31","modified_gmt":"2018-04-18T17:55:31","slug":"iranian-navy-defeating-the-u-s-navy-a-message-from-30-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=78943","title":{"rendered":"Iranian Navy defeating the U.S. Navy? A message from 30 years ago"},"content":{"rendered":"
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U.S. Navy photograph of Iranian frigate, Sahand, burning.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Three years ago, the Iranians demonstrated how they were going to defeat the U.S. Navy. Center to their demonstration was a life-sized mock aircraft carrier. Just sitting there waiting to be punished.<\/p>\n

Their media was there, so where high-ranking Iranian politicians, generals, and admirals.<\/p>\n

Then, their demonstrations began. One wave of war craft after another conducted “complex” military maneuvers before assaulting the “US aircraft carrier”. They approached and reenacted Rambo on water, showing that carrier “who was boss”.<\/p>\n

The Iranians had a message. It went something like this, “Mess with us America and we will send you to the bottom of the Persian Gulf.” <\/p>\n

However, they didn’t just have a message for us. They had a message for their rivals in the region. It was something like this, “Don’t mess with our interests and us, we intend to expand and strengthen our influence.” They also had a message for their own people, something like this, “Glory to the revolution, we are here to stay.” <\/p>\n

We know; however, that they’re going to pretend all they want. A look at history three decades ago, this day, should remind them of a message that we sent them… If they even bothered learning from their own mistakes.<\/p>\n

Our message went something like this, “Mess with us and we will pulverize you, send your ships to the bottom of the Arabian Gulf, sweep them aside, etc, and show you and the Iranian people how terrible your military is.”<\/p>\n

It was priceless when U.S. Navy personnel informed the Iranian Navy personnel that the former intended to hammer the later. <\/p>\n

This was Operation Praying Mantis, a sea battle between the U.S. Navy and the Iranian Navy that took place 30 years ago today:<\/p>\n

From the Navy’s website<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Naval aircraft and the destroyer USS Joseph Strauss (DDG 16) sank the Iranian frigate Sahand (F 74) with harpoon missiles and laser-guided bombs. A laser-guided bomb, dropped from a Navy A-6 Intruder, disabled frigate Sabalan (F 73), and Standard missiles launched from the cruiser USS Wainwright (CG 28) and frigates USS Bagley (FF 1069) and USS Simpson (FFG 56) destroyed the 147-foot missile patrol boat Joshan (P 225). In further combat, A-6s sank one Bodghammer high-speed patrol boats and neutralized four more of the speedboats. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Other branches of the military also participated in this operation. This was part of a larger operation, Operation Earnest Will. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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