Category:Operation Praying Mantis
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English: Operation Praying Mantis was attack on 18 April 1988 by U.S. naval forces in retaliation for the Iranian mining of the Persian Gulf and the subsequent damage to an American warship.
1988 U.S. naval offensive against Iran during the Iran-Iraq War    | |||||
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Media in category "Operation Praying Mantis"
The following 12 files are in this category, out of 12 total.
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A-6E Intruder in Operation Praying Mantis DN-SN-89-03126.jpg 2,523 × 1,839; 1.74 MB
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A-6E of VA-85 drops CBU-59 cluster bomb on Iranian target 1988.jpg 2,605 × 1,909; 826 KB
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A-7E VA-94 on cat of USS Enterprise (CVN-65) 1988.jpeg 1,344 × 892; 533 KB
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Bild-Prayingmantis5sahand.jpg 2,561 × 1,869; 1.08 MB
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Map Praying Mantis.png 517 × 378; 152 KB
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Navy News This Week - 30 April 1988 - Operation Praying Mantis.webm 4 min 44 s, 1,280 × 720; 23.17 MB
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OperationPrayingMantis-IS Alvand.jpg 2,550 × 1,890; 1.7 MB
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Praying Mantis operation map-fr.svg 755 × 598; 1.04 MB
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PrayingMantis.png 480 × 529; 114 KB
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Sassan Oil Platform Burns 1988.jpeg 2,283 × 1,766; 1.03 MB
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Categories:
- 1980s naval battles
- Tankers War
- Conflicts in 1988
- Naval battles involving the United States
- April 1988 events
- 1988-04-18
- Relations of Iran and the United States in the 1980s
- Events of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy in 1988
- United States Navy in 1988
- Naval battles involving Iran
- Military engagements between Iran and the United States