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Author: Dope1   😊 😞
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Subject: Operation Praying Mantis
Date: 08/13/2024 1:54 PM
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The other thread prompted me to read up on it. Here you go:
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/what-happ...

What I didn't know was that a particularly dumb Soviet destroyer captain nearly ate a Harpoon because he wanted to take some pictures.
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Author: Lapsody ⎊🐝  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Operation Praying Mantis
Date: 08/13/2024 4:22 PM
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Yes, I remember that. Please note in your article:

"Following the Roberts mining, President Reagan wanted to launch a more punishing retaliation. Attacks on actual Iranian soil were deemed too escalatory. Instead, for Operation Praying Mantis two Iranian oil platforms—used to surveil commercial shipping with their radars and stage motorboat attacks—were marked for termination. And the Sabalan."

Yes, putting a 21 foot hole in a frigate injuring sailors, would require more punishing retaliation, but they kept it maritime to not be too escalatory - which is exactly what Albaby is talking to you about. Look at it.
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