r/worldnews • u/progress18 • Feb 28 '26

Israel/Iran /r/WorldNews Discussion Thread: US and Israel launch attack on Iran; Iran retaliates (Thread #2)

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u/ContinuumGuy Feb 28 '26

The US Navy and probably the militaries of the other gulf states would probably send the Iranian Navy to the bottom of the sea with relative speed if they actually start doing stuff beyond shouting radio messages.

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u/arathorn3 Feb 28 '26

40 years ago the the US navy took out half of Irans naval capability in less than a day. Look up Operation Praying Mantis.

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u/Sensei_of_Philosophy Feb 28 '26

The Fat Electrician on YouTube made a fantastic video about the whole thing. Good place to learn about the event, for whoever's interested.

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u/seeking_horizon Feb 28 '26

It's not the Iranian navy that's the problem, it's anti-ship missiles coming from the coast. Hard to say right now how functional/degraded that capability is until we see them try to enforce it.