The US Navy Bombs Libya - Prairie Fire 86 - Animated

Подписаться 1,3 млн

Просмотров 540 тыс.

50% 1

Compare news coverage. Spot media bias. Avoid algorithms. Be well informed. Download the free Ground News app at ground.news/op...
The US Navy is back in the Gulf of Sidra to challenge Muammar Gaddafi's "Line of Death" in a Freedom of Navigation Exercise. When a pair of F-14 Tomcats are fired on by Libyan surface to air missiles, Operation Prairie Fire is launched - an air assault against Libyan SAM batteries. The Libyan Navy moves out to challenge the US Surface Action Group.
My "Group Captain" tier Patreons vote on my next video subject. If you'd like to have your say on my next video, please check out my Patreon at the link below:
/ theoperationsroom
/ the_ops_room
Special thanks to my Patreons: Mike Alverson, Grumpy Guy, Madm4nmaX, Warfare Mastery Institute, Basically Scorpedeo, Striker, Ian Malik, Matthew Brenner, Brian Johnson, ares, Christian Paffhausen, andrew verhulst, SpartacusDMR , Halldar Friarik, Giovanrus, Thomas Mulhern, jiminyhopkins, Alexey Guzey, Alan St (LowKeyTrickster), Kyle Hill, Daniel Ohlsen, Nick S, Heavy Cruiser Takao, Joe Nobody, Daniel Masovic, Carlos Andino, Mike Wass, William Sherlock, Bartosz Milewski, Allan D, Floyd Rocker, Jeffrey Yen, Tristan Sarles, Nicolai E. G, Nate Graham, Douglas Foulds, WeatherRaptor58, Tommy Truong, Eric Gagnon, Sean Bao-Han Rogers, Tadwinks , PBRstreetgang, Tactical_Jackal , Shawn Heidrich, Alistair Jones, Colin Stachowski, Loyd Enochs, Koko Sabre, Steven Leach, Casey Ross, Thomas Wang, Travis Metzger, Eric Bolks, big mike, Tim Storey, Doug Poland, carmakazi, Luis Martinez, Sami Koivuluoma, Muj Rahman, John Smith, Lasse Pedersen, Arthur Morgan, scott carson, Christopher Vance, Grant McFarland, ned hulton, Eddy Gurge, Andrew Rodman, Will Coward, Mark D, Aaron M Love, Dean Winger, Micah Falcon, lokiju , Blair Bunke, SkytechCEO , Tom Cho, Siddharth Ahuwalia, dan, Gregory DeMaria, Fredrick Wilson Nordby, TopiaSR, Jeffery Barnes, Aaron Roberts, Bryant Miano, Dave Lombard, Luke Graham, Leo Maltoni, Thomas Burton, Richard Woodard, John Harrison Herndon, Nicole Johnson, Abusemtex , zintho9 , Jackie Carson, Blitz the Durr, Connor Kunihiro, Kurt Fox, Darius Cosby, Matt Gonzales, Warren Rudkin, Hunter Thor, Hanne Kortegaard StÃ¸chkel, Geir Morten Soerensen, bascommander , Richard Bejtlich, Innominate , Olufemi Adediwura, Jack Mermod, e , UnicornStampede, Michael C, Marcelo Avila, HT, Aaron, Bodo Nuber, Alexander K Leach, Gaute , Kristian Klibo, Manfred Breuner, Wolfgang Seitz, Bill Luster, JONATHAN Vallett, Christopher Cardona, Mark L., Johan West, The Man They Call Asher, Flavio Ribeiro, Kelson Ball, omega21 , Alex Pickworth, Robby Gottesman, imfromthe808 , John Smaha, Chris Roybal,
Music: www.purple-pla...

Опубликовано:

23 сен 2024

Ссылка:

Скачать:

Готовим ссылку...

Добавить в:

Мой плейлист

Посмотреть позже

Комментарии : 1 тыс.

@thorguff 2 года назад

"Top Gun" just happened to open right after this, so the public was familiar with F-14 fighters and aircraft carriers in the news. It surely helped the movie's popularity.

@scallywag1716 2 года назад

The volleyball scene in Top Gun is what really helped the movie’s popularity.

@DokturProfesur 2 года назад

@@scallywag1716 Everyone loves playing with the boys.

@Plavushan 2 года назад

CIA trying to bolster popularity while they bomb children and a nation into the Stone Age for money

@JamieBainbridge 2 года назад

tfw the USN risk war with Libya just to improve box office ratings of a Tom Cruise movie

@scallywag1716 2 года назад

@@JamieBainbridge yup…that Muammar Gaddafi was a good dude. Tragic he was assassinated. Pol Pot even looked up to him.

@x3wildcard 2 года назад

It's kind of insane how much of US military doctrine--from Naval navigation to infantry operations--boils down to "We're just gonna move around in this area and see if you feel like tryin shit."

@TheModelGuy 2 года назад

I was just thinking that. "We're going to fly bomb-laden aircraft on patrol just outside your international waters limit. Just fuck around and find-out boys."

@chaosXP3RT 2 года назад

It's like fishing! "Oh, they took the bait!"

@MarcosElMalo2 2 года назад

That’s not military doctrine, that’s policy set from the civilian leaders. The reason that there is a thing called “Freedom of Movement Operations” is because countries think that they can supersede international agreements about territorial waters by proclaiming “kill lines” and what-not. What is insane is how many tin pot dictators think that they can unilaterally declare something is theirs.

@huntclanhunt9697 2 года назад

I mean, if it works, it works.

@contrapasta2454 2 года назад

"I'm not touching you. I'm not touching you. Does this bug you?"

@lteht6919 2 года назад

The animations are getting better and better, love the banking airplanes.

@GeneralThargor 2 года назад

I liked how the radar flickered before it finally died, agreed, this was another great video.

@davidty2006 2 года назад

Yeah them details are neat.

@jonslg240 2 года назад

*GAADAAFIIIII* 😂😂 *punches you in the taint

@VivaCityVideos Год назад

0000

@mustang1912 Год назад

So the navy spent all day hammering ships and barely sank 1 patrol boat

@spacewalrus999 2 года назад

When I saw the title, for whatever reason I was reminded of Back to the Future when Doc shouts "The Libyans!"

@mullahgaming9446 2 года назад

I get reminded of Hillary laughing on video as she laughs at Libya burning

@54032Zepol 2 года назад

It's true though

@johnronald6115 2 года назад

Operation attain documents...definitely not a Clinton mission

@robertsees25 2 года назад

Reddit moment

@JackAsh2081 2 года назад

"holy shit"

@Del_S 2 года назад

Americans: Blow up the radar. Libyans: Fix it Americans: *Sorry, did we stutter?*

@NATO32Nations 2 года назад

Reading about a battle is one thing. But being able to see how it actually went down is another. Always appreciate your videos for my research. Keep up the good work. Gaddafi was not wrong. It was definitely the Line of Death. Only more so for the Libyans than for the Americans.

@dylandarnell3657 2 года назад

Gaddafi: "This is the Line of Death!" America: "Thank you for clearly marking the space where we get a free excuse to kill you. That's going to be very helpful."

@RossOneEyed 2 года назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qDE9KNHr3x0.html

@fortusvictus8297 2 года назад

The USA paid for this dearly. There was a lot of pecker measuring in all of this, but the end result is Gadaffi doubled down and formed financial connections with groups advocating terrorist tactics to circumvent these military showdowns. For further information, check out the 'Lockerbie Bombing' and later 'Benghazi'. These flexing exercises on both sides did cost American lives, for no demonstrable gain.

@pspsppsps8660 2 года назад

I mean surrendering a fight you know you can't win isn't exactly the worse option in the world

@RCAvhstape 2 года назад

@@Niclaas1999 BS. America was not going to invade Libya, all the Libyans had to do was obey international law regarding the Gulf of Sidra. That would've been the sensible course of action. For extra points they could've gotten rid of their dictator and constituted a legitimate government, wouldn't that have been nice for the average Libyan citizen?

@kennykreitz538 2 года назад

I was on the Saratoga when this took place. Launched all most of the air craft for the strikes

@michaelhall8943 Год назад

I was on the Saratoga as well. I remember the pilots being very excited about getting to use the Harpoons.

@pontiacGXPfan 10 месяцев назад

back then they had the A7 Corsair then in 90 they got the F18 Legacy

@jasonanalco542 2 года назад

In '86 I was deployed to an Engineer Battalion in Germany. When this happened, we were ordered to harden gate security. So, like any good Combat Engineers, we took our M728 CEVs (basically a M60 tank with a bulldozer blade) and parked them in the gates entrance. Dropped the blade and locked and loaded the Ma Deuce. A German national turned in fast, saw a 60 ton roadblock and promptly reversed. It was funny as hell in a tense moment

@huntclanhunt9697 2 года назад

I met a cavalryman who used a CEV's main gun to score a kill on an Apache in a wargame. He showed us pictures of his tank and ever since me and my friends have called it the "Beachball Gun" because of how big it is.

@jasonanalco542 2 года назад

That 165mm Demo gun was fun though. The rounds were short range and so slow you could watch them go down range like a wobbly football.

@bretspencer 2 года назад

I was stationed in southern Germany (Neu Ulm) when this took place. We were restricted to our base for a couple of days for fear of reprisals against service members. Roughly a month later the Chernobyl incident occurred. Definitely a crazy time for an 18 year old.

@ground_news 2 года назад

It was great working with you! Well done on the rest of the video as well - once again, you’ve turned a seemingly niche issue into something we’ll be googling in the weeks to come.

@PoorlyPlaying Год назад

My favorite sponsor of LazerPig

@ground_news Год назад

@@PoorlyPlaying One of our favorite ads as well

@PoorlyPlaying Год назад

@@ground_news Did not expect a response to that, but nice... I see Ground News has good taste.

@DecidedlyNinja 2 года назад

The sheer balls it must take to attack three aircraft carriers with a lone corvette.

@UselessFodder 2 года назад

Another amazing video, Ops Room! I'm a bit perplexed by the Libyan strategic thinking in this operation, especially on the water. It seems likely to me that sending individual small ships one at a time against the group is in no way playing to the strengths of Libya and is just destined to allow the CSG to devastate each one with their aircraft. Why not strike from multiple angles simultaneously? Bizarre actions.

@p0xus 2 года назад

I was wondering this myself. I guess thats what happens when the strong man is the one making the tactical decisions, and not well educated and trained military professionals.

@padorupadoru4477 2 года назад

Gaddafi was advised (wrongly) that the single sorties had great success, so of course he'd send out another and another.

@JakeCWolf 2 года назад

@@padorupadoru4477 I wonder, how many people lost their heads when he found out said sorties where anything *but* successful?

@padorupadoru4477 2 года назад

@@JakeCWolf idk you ask him

@lecygnenoir4313 2 года назад

Khadafi has never been accused of excessive military competence...His staff might have had better ideas, but he would never have allowed anyone to take charge of operations beside him. You can't have two commanders in a military dictatorship, in case people start having interesting ideas about making it a single commander again...

@DrSmallarms 2 года назад

Are we getting a part 2 for the 2 weeks later? This was really good and I’d like to know what happened later

@webby2275 2 года назад

2 months later.

@ASR84922 2 года назад

Definitely. See “Operation El Dorado Canyon”

@bobtank6318 2 года назад

Look up Operation El Dorado Canyon. The US flew in F-111s from Britain in one of the largest refueling operations conducted

@icefamily1 2 года назад

They all lived happily ever after.

@fortusvictus8297 2 года назад

@@icefamily1 Except those folks over Lockerbie...and Benghazi... and some others I am probably forgetting. These flexes led ole Gadafi to switch tactics and begin funding groups advocating for strikes on soft targets. Terrorists we call them. The group affiliated with Benghazi was such a group with ties and some bitter loose ends they were apparently trying to tie up. TL;DR of it is Americans DID die as a result of all of this. It is not our greatest moment.

@scottgoens7575 2 года назад

I was aboard the USS Puget Sound during this incident. Vice Admiral Kelso (Comsixthflt) was embarked on our ship. (We were ComSixthFlt flagship.) I can remember vividly the preparation leading up to this day. Vice Admiral Kelso was a very likeable officer to all of us enlisted.

@andyvalenzuela9763 2 года назад

It’s so refreshing to see these labor of love videos getting better with higher quality without sacrificing historical information! Bravo sir.

@ryabow 2 года назад

I have never been made so happy from an in-video ad. "Four of Five Navy Officers Convicted in Long-Running 'Fat Leonard' Bribery Case." it finally happened! Capt. David Lausman made life on my ship miserable for my entire department. he destroyed the careers of hundreds of sailors, including my own. I cannot tell you how happy seeing that headline made me. Too-Tall is finally getting his.

@fortusvictus8297 2 года назад

A 250k fine? As a 67-year-old retired captain he came out ahead I'd say. Such is the way of 'justice' in the US military.

@jeffreythomas7499 2 года назад

I was 14 years old on the 15th of April 1986 and I remember being woken in the middle of the night by the thundering sound of about 30 refuelling tankers and 30 F1-11's flying overhead on their way to bomb Libya. They were not given permission to fly over France, Spain or Portugal, so they had to fly west over Wales from their base in England, before flying down the Atlantic around Southern Europe into the Med before attacking Libya. It was called Operation El Dorado Canyon.

@a8495turtle 2 года назад

he’s made a video on your sleep deprivation now

@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 2 года назад

"Colonel, there is an American armada off shore!" _Good, send out our war canoes -- ONE at a time_

@coolersmoke 2 года назад

Yes! Another Op Room vid. My evening is complete :)

@TheOperationsRoom 2 года назад

Enjoy!

@tamarakepreyeomgbuayakimi.1379 2 года назад

@@TheOperationsRoom pls operations room I will like to learn and also , know how you do your animations and what software thnks...

@Silo-Ren 2 года назад

Let me tell you, I absolutely love this channel. The demonstrations are just detailed till the last shot. This must be so much work for one person if that's the case, Anyway's , take it from me, I'm one guy that really appreciates what you do. Thank you a hundered times. P.S. Desert Storm was like watching a movie. Just ton's of action every where, couldn't take my eyes off the screen. 🙏

@Dr300K 2 года назад

“I love watching war propaganda “hahaha funny when America does bomb dropping hahaha” so perfect and accurate “ stfu you incel go outside and get some vitamin D 🤡🤡🤡🤡👎

@InchFab 2 года назад

It's a team of writers and animators, not just one guy.

@Silo-Ren 2 года назад

@@InchFab I did say " if that's the case " wasn't sure, but thank you.

@Silo-Ren Год назад

@@g.w.5410 W. . . T.

@Chrischi4598 2 года назад

Would love to see Operation El Dorado canyon next in this series on Libyan-American confrontations

@absoluteunit3885 2 года назад

@@grapefruitsimmons Gadaffi sponsored terrorism

@Orangefan77 2 года назад

@@grapefruitsimmons You're right, Gaddafi was unjustified in closing off international waters.

@cm275 2 года назад

@@grapefruitsimmons Imagine thinking Gaddafi is a victim of anything but his own hubris.

@MarcosElMalo2 2 года назад

@@Orangefan77 Gape-fruit loves his terrorism, his dictators, and his communists.

@Timelost_Techpriest 2 года назад

"How many times do we have to teach you this lesson, old man?" vibes from this series of operations.

@vyros.3234 2 года назад

"Old man let me just destroy all your military installations " vibes

@A407RAC 2 года назад

001100100100

@benm2072 2 года назад

Nice, an Operations Room video just in time for my lunch break!

@jerichoamielpabalatelafuen9918 2 года назад

I noticed that the Coral Sea uses the Midway's model If I remember, the extreme modifications that made the USS Midway so top-heavy were not done on Coral Sea due to being so expensive, so the Coral Sea would have looked more like a much larger modified Essex-Class Aircraft Carrier with a quiet small angle deck Awesome video either way

@mtbjim 2 года назад

Coral Sea had a 3 degree list to port from the weight of the angle deck. Couldn’t swear to it, but at sea it seemed to stay downhill that way longer.

@egutierrez3961 Год назад

Yes, she had a port side list, most likely because she had a third catapult unlike her sister ship midway having only two. Wayne Newton was doing a uSO show while ported in Cannes. He says “ is it just me? Or is this ship leaning?” The place roared with laughter..

@daniellucas1494 2 года назад

Another job well done sir! I anxiously await your next posting! I recall this time very well - 19 and considering joining the Navy - had been for about two years. Never signed the papers as I felt military life was just not for me as I was enjoying my time in college - biggest mistake of my life! Sometimes our regrets are at the center of out lives. I did major in History - and still teach it to this day and I think I do a good job. I just wish I had your technical skills - you do such a wonderful and meaningful job at bringing history back to the limelight! Again - well done sir!

@bdwillis8284 2 года назад

Jeez, in the 80s, being a 17 year old kid. Getting told that you are now part of CAG arm dearm was alot. I was in VA83. For a few years on Forrestal, then Saratoga. Our fleet defense was F 4s, then F14s. Miss those days.

@Bootneck-RMC 2 года назад

Yet again, we receive another well documented and produced video from The Operations Room. 👍

@siyacer 2 года назад

When people bring up Libya they tend to not understand the sheer antagonism that Gadaffi caused during the cold war. He undoubtedlywould have done the same thing if he was in NATO's position. He sent the IRA semtex, shot down a plane, blew up a bar in Berlin, tried to invade Chad, sent massive amounts of military aid to Cuba and was in general a massive problem for the west. Leaving people like that in power would cause even more problems for the west, as he'd probably use the ukraine war to launch more insurgency campaigns within the west to weaken our resolve. NATO didn't depose Gadaffi out of revenge or spite. He would have caused problems in the future and NATO knew this.

@ianmcdonald3053 2 года назад

Which alphabet agency helped The IRA get contact with him? Starts with a C, ends with an A

@thenotrealgn2738 2 года назад

“but the free housing guys”

@cristitanase6130 2 года назад

Still not a single proof that he personally did ordered any of these... Also NATO entered in a civil war... on the side of the murderous terrorists. Then left the country in ruin to be ripped apart by them. Good choice NATO, so proud of you.,... not!

@mullahgaming9446 2 года назад

loving my daily lose of U.S army propaganda, lets forget the 500,000+ killed in Iraq, 200,00+ killed in Afghanistan and how Libya is now permanently a civil war shithol today

@hiteshadhikari 2 года назад

Absolute bs, they got rid of gaddafi and saddam for their gains, US destabilized multiple nations and regions

@timf2279 2 года назад

Outstanding thank you for another quality video. Looking forward to part 2.

@TheOperationsRoom 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it

@eliteofthe9136 2 года назад

YAAAAY another video☺️ I love watching your animations! Let alone the cool history thats not mainstream and that few know about, I've never heard of this so I'm READAAAAY

@BarcelPL 2 года назад

It's very interesting that US uses cluster bombs on ships - I'd think that they were made stricly for bombing large swathes of light armor or infantry. Wonder how effecttive would those be on bigger ships (eg Udaloys or La Fayettes)

@MapleShrimp 2 года назад

Pretty sure the use of cluster bombs on land violates the Geneva Convention

@justsomemainer1384 2 года назад

Wild Weasels love them for killing SAMs

@ndx6779 2 года назад

@@justsomemainer1384 Although, wouldn't a wild weasel just be redundant if an attack plane gets close enough to drop bombs anyways? not to mention that it would also do the wild weasel's job for them (it doesn't just take out the SAMs but also the radar dishes/antennas/other sensors).

@justsomemainer1384 2 года назад

@@ndx6779 When Weasels drop CBUs on SAMs they aren’t always inactive. Depending on the system itself and how quickly it can acquire and launch, less maneuverable attackers won’t always be able to kill it with bombs. It’s easier to have a dedicated fighter that is faster and can more reliably dodge SAMs than attackers that might carry more ordnance.

@ReptilianLepton 2 года назад

Something to remember is that most modern ships have very limited armor, perhaps some splinter protection but not much more. Rockeyes were top-attack anti-tank cluster bombs, so I can certainly see their bomblets penetrating the superstructure, bridge, and deck of small surface combatants (to say nothing of our aluminium-wonder LCSs). I would be unsurprised if more modern guided anti-armor CBUs are easily capable of, for example, penetrating VLS cell doors with their bomblets' explosively-formed penetrators.

@scottharris5714 Год назад

Those EA-6 prowlers were very helpful.

@williamlydon2554 2 года назад

I'd never heard of this incident, odd considering how interesting I've found reading up on the Tanker War. I'd give credit to the skipper of the Ean Mara, forcing the A6s to disengage by being close to that container carrier saved his ship, and made him the sole surface combatant to survive engagement with the American Navy.

@LordRambo 2 года назад

Id give points for unconventional tactics, but id take points for committing a war crime in the process.

@williamlydon2554 2 года назад

@@LordRambo Considering the alternative the Ean Mara faced, it was use the ship as a shield or a long swim back to Tripoli.

@Regolith86 2 года назад

@@williamlydon2554 Surrendering was also an option.

@LordRambo 2 года назад

@@williamlydon2554 Many would consider it very dishonorable to use civilians as cover, but that appears to be SOP for Arab militaries going by modern history.

@fortusvictus8297 2 года назад

@@LordRambo like dropping cluster bombs on a corvette that was just hit by 4 harpoons and burning down fast...at night? Make no mistake, those clusters had nothing to do with warfare, that was just killing the crew before they could abandon ship.

@theirishhammer9108 2 года назад

Operation Eldorado Canyon included these actions, yes? Or was this after? I remember it well. My photo is the aircraft that I flew in while in the Air Force. It's the RC-135. I flew into the Gulf of Sidra many times after the initial bombings. I few MIGs tried coming out after us, but the US Navy put a quick end to those foolish thoughts. Gained an Expeditionary Medal from this.

@SideComment24 2 года назад

France isn't spineless, they are pretty much selfish. They don't care about anyone but their own agenda. Sure other countries do as well but not as blatant as the French government does.

@benbaselet2026 2 года назад

@@SideComment24 How does that relate with the comment you responded to?

@timf2279 2 года назад

@@benbaselet2026 just agree and thank him for the useful information.

@XMysticHerox 2 года назад

@@SideComment24 Everyone is selfish on the international stage.

@bryonslatten3147 2 года назад

My grandfather gained an Expeditionary Medal in Africa too but it was for killing Germans in his Sherman tank.

@TheOperationsRoom 2 года назад

Compare news coverage from diverse sources around the world on a transparent platform driven by data. Try Ground News today: ground.news/operationsroom

@f_youuu7848 2 года назад

Hey. Love your videos. Keep it up!

@leanjuha 2 года назад

It's not very common, that I rewind the sponsor information. This was interesting!

@Whitsoxrule1 2 года назад

@@leanjuha agree, actually a cool sponsor!

@ground_news 2 года назад

@@Whitsoxrule1 Thanks to you both! Happy that you find meaning in our mission to fight media bias and build a better future for news 🚀

@exploshin6 2 года назад

Is there a referral code to go along with it? The app says you can enter one

@rockelino 2 года назад

Would love to see PART-2 (what happened 2 weeks later). I'm hooked now...

@Azreal20 2 года назад

Is it just me...or is the entire "Libya can suck it" thing basically the "how many times do we have to teach you this lesson old man"-spongebob meme?

@ChrisGuzmanS 2 года назад

More effective than traditional history classes

@EchosTackyTiki 2 года назад

Gaddafi: *gets his ass kicked so hard he's wearing it as a hat Also Gaddafi: I totally won that fight. 6th Fleet: Are you high? Excellent video. Looking forward to seeing the breakdown of round two. Keep up the good work man.

@jamesharris9816 2 года назад

Qaddafi sent those ships in to be hit. He wanted to show the world American aggression, which he claimed he was the victim, justifying his line of death narrative and he now needed it to protect his coastline. As usual the americans fell right into the trap and helped the dictator out.

@fortusvictus8297 2 года назад

Lockerbie victims don't get to enter the chat. Or countless others from the 80s and 90s. Or Benghazi which was tied to groups that gained support from Gadhafi after all of this mess. There are no winners in this story, that's why we don't ever discuss these events and they are not taught in military training or history classes.

@Bullet-Tooth-Tony- 2 года назад

Operation Compass is worth doing a video about. British Armour working in conjuction with Australian Infantry supported by the RAF advanced some 800km taking over 133,000 Prisoners in 2 months. A future suggestion 😉

@DirtyMikeandTheBoys69 2 года назад

Lots of other Commonwealth forces were involved, and even some free French forces as well. Otherwise, awesome suggestion!

@Bullet-Tooth-Tony- 2 года назад

@@DirtyMikeandTheBoys69 True, it was the North African "blitzkrieg" O Connor was a brilliant commander.

@DirtyMikeandTheBoys69 2 года назад

@@Bullet-Tooth-Tony- indeed he was! Hopefully we'll see it here soon 🤘

@CrayogenicDeath 2 года назад

Always a good day when The Ops Room releases a new video. Great job as usual!

@tamarakepreyeomgbuayakimi.1379 2 года назад

Pls do you have an idea and software on how operations room create their animation's pls , wanna learn.

@TK-fk4po 2 года назад

Excellent video as usual. I remember this happening when I was in high school but I was completely unfamiliar with this kind of detail. I thought we only destroyed the sam battery and damaged a ship. I did not realize there were this many encounters. Not really sure what those Libyan ships were thinking charging straight at the fleet…..

@MotoroidARFC 2 года назад

Get shot by the USN or get shot by their government. At least going up against the USN gets you glory points assuming you survive. The other result will likely include your family as well.

@fortusvictus8297 2 года назад

Remember in every naval story after about 1950 or so there is SIGINT and COMINT that is never discussed. It is unlikely they had any radio communication that was not a US Arab speaker trying to pass as their commander.

@davidt3563 2 года назад

I can't believe he tried military action. It was like watching him just burn 10 million dollars. Excellent video, I look forward to these!

@oldfrend 2 года назад

had no idea this was such a naval battle, nor that harpoons have been fired in anger this much.

@fortusvictus8297 2 года назад

This was their official test. They didn't call it an 'exercise' for nothing.

@hazardgoose2352 2 года назад

random ship: noooo you cant just destroy my ship without a second thought >:( american admiral: haha *smoke em*

@desmondd1984 2 года назад

What on Earth were the Libyans even trying to accomplish? Attacking a carrier battlegroup with inferior corvettes? One at a time???

@ThePilot3332 2 года назад

An idiot in charge usually leads to shit like this.

@anuvisraa5786 2 года назад

They were trying to protect their sovereing territori from their point of view. And don't bring up the sea limit argument because the United States will not accept it.

@desmondd1984 2 года назад

@@anuvisraa5786 I'm not questioning their motives but their tactics.

@ThePilot3332 2 года назад

@@anuvisraa5786 protection means they at least had a chance of success and a somewhat coherent plan. Gaddafi squandered the lives of his men for a petty political gesture.

@tommyscott9085 Год назад

@@ThePilot3332Gaddafi did great things to Liby what are you on about?

@Ragingmaja 2 года назад

Those sailors in the Libyan navy had some gall trying to attack an entire carrier fleet by themselves.

@Ragingmaja 2 года назад

@Z80 For sure, still takes a lot of bravery.. or desperation.

@FULANODETAL 2 года назад

@@Ragingmaja or ignorance

@YouTubeUpdatesKeepGettingWorse 2 года назад

Dude your voice is honestly perfect

@McShaggswell 2 года назад

My dad was aboard the Saratoga during this event. They played "Hair of the Dog" by Nazereth over the 1MC during the raid.

@Italianplayercvu 2 года назад

Thus was a fun time in italy. We kinda had standing agreements with geddafi and we were 'pissed of' of other nations interfering with our sphere of influence, regarless of what lybia was actually doing, even if sometimes they skirmished with us (a crashed lybian mig 23 was found in 1980 in italy for example, a still enigmatic crash also). More or less due to these events and a SCUD launch to lampedusa island (crashed well away from the island and interpreted as informal communications from lybia) when US bombed gheddafi palace gheddafi was apparently informed the strike was imminent by the italian PM which learnt it from US contacts. Also the previus year the sigonella crisis had took place, with some lybian terrorist taken by american military which were surrounded by italian police forces which were surrounded by american special forces which were surrounded by italian army forces. Or something of that lines i'm unsure right now.

@surplusbus9269 2 года назад

Ah Sigonella The good old days when us italians would not accept foreign intervention on our land.

@Italianplayercvu 2 года назад

@@surplusbus9269 copa più duro stavamo letteralmente difendendo dei cazzo di terroristi

@Pwn3dbyth3n00b 2 года назад

The MiG to SAM fog of war reveal is some good stuff.

@Lintary 2 года назад

Amazing how it is always French equipment showing up.

@sledgehammerk35 2 года назад

Give me all of that F-14 Tomcat content 😎

@GeneralThargor 2 года назад

so, this is part one? Excellent video again sir, many thanks and keep 'em coming.

@TheOperationsRoom 2 года назад

Part 2 i guess - Gulf of Sidra 81 is unofficially part 1?

@gmangaming3072 2 года назад

I’m Libyan and i miss gaddafi, although brutal, my country under his rule was a helluva lot better than how it is now. It’s like sadam and iraq in a way.

@Plavushan 2 года назад

Most people do regret his fall, even many westerners. However whatever the military industry wants the military industry gets with our governments, we don’t need any justification as long as economic interests are threatened

@FULANODETAL 2 года назад

he gadaffi could have bring libia with all that oil money ,to tunr into a modern thing like abu dabhi... but instead spend all money in military spending. enfuriating egypth..support a maniac genocidal like IDI AMIN...Invading the azawad region,than ended in a very humillating defeat.. supporting all terror groups in europe cuz URSS said so.... putting bombs in US planes like in lockerville for reason ,,well EGO and URSS said do it... and keeping the country poor as showed in his fall...

@FULANODETAL 2 года назад

@@Plavushan well not ,,gadaffi pissed soo much people in europe with his stupid acts,than he didnt realize he got no friends...

@vyros.3234 2 года назад

Iraqi now that's it beat ISIS is doing better than Saddam Iraq. American companies are starting to invest in it now that ISIS is mainly out of play. But Libya is another story. The lesson to learn from Ghaddafi and Saddam is hope your leader isn't absolute shit at geopolitics and relations. Like Saddam was disliked by every government in the world.

@copter2000 2 года назад

@@vyros.3234 I don't know how he manage to make everyone hate him.

@billrich9722 2 года назад

Oh shit. This is not the bombing of Libya I was expecting.

@angelarch5352 2 года назад

Great video, thank you for making it! I find these mini military history lessons very fascinating!

@mopsymane 2 года назад

I'm usually on my phone but I break out the laptop and appleTV for this channel.

@jamesbednar8625 2 года назад

Awesome video!! Was in US Army stationed in West Germany during this time frame. CAn remember reading about this event in STars & Stripes. THANKS!! for the memories!!

@thehoff1793 2 года назад

I remember this happening… I was in high school and the whole school was called to assembly. The principal made an announcement that the Americans had bombed Libya.. I don’t know why they thought they needed to tell us kids..

@Franfran2424 2 года назад

Kids, you may be going to die there for the next 20 years, better to tell you now.

@pontiacGXPfan 10 месяцев назад

Because this is the kind of world you have to grow up in where bad things can and will happen

@dymazgames2159 25 дней назад

@@Franfran2424Moammar Gadhafi had supported and funded the terrorist attacks in December 1985 in Rome and Vienna, then Moammar Gaddafı followed this up by bombing a discotheque in West Berlin and bombing Pan Am Flight 103 over Scotland.

@dymazgames2159 25 дней назад

@@pontiacGXPfanMoammar Gadhafi had supported and funded the terrorist attacks in December 1985 in Rome and Vienna, then Moammar Gaddafı followed this up by bombing a discotheque in West Berlin and bombing Pan Am Flight 103 over Scotland.

@cm275 2 года назад

The 1980s and the US Navy smacking Gaddafi around, name a more iconic duo.

@scorpio6587 2 года назад

My uncle, Richard Allen, was the captain of the USS America at this time. It was awesome to be able to watch one of your videos about a conflict he was in.

@godgunzndrumz 10 месяцев назад

Your Uncle was my skipper. I was on the America back then.

@scorpio6587 10 месяцев назад

@@godgunzndrumz Very cool. I still have his captain's helmet.

@godgunzndrumz 10 месяцев назад

@@scorpio6587 That is a real treasure. His launch survives to this day and is in private hands in the Virgina Beach area.

@scorpio6587 10 месяцев назад

@@godgunzndrumz I am very glad to hear that. It makes sense, as he and his wife lived in Virginia Beach.

@daveskimmer 10 месяцев назад

Another good post. Thanks

@patrickwolff2727 2 года назад

The “Line of Death” was meant for the Libyan military

@fortusvictus8297 2 года назад

To be fair, 'proving their point' cost us in the USA several hundred civilian lives over the years. Lockerbie, Benghazi, and countless others, they all point to these pecker measuring 'exercises' (weapon tests) both sides were doing in the early 80's.

@Ezraaaaaaaaaaaa Год назад

5:30 "The admiral said to smoke em"

@Whatisthisstupidfinghandle 2 года назад

Little SAM Battery on the Prairie. I must have missed this episode.

@ttrestle 2 года назад

Crazy how your vids tend to come out same day as Liveth Evermore. That’s cool.

@71ARTUS 2 года назад

Another fantastic job Very educational Thank you

@TheOperationsRoom 2 года назад

Thanks again!

@adamatch9624 2 года назад

It’s a good day when livith for evermore and the operation room and yarnhub all upload on the same day

@RookFett 2 года назад

I was stationed aboard the USS Coral Sea when this all went down, CIC was pretty intense during it all.

@thefrustratedtheologian6238 2 года назад

And I was on the Caron. This video has errors.

@FirestormX9 2 года назад

Man that Ground News app is actually supercool. Exactly the kind of news-media browser I would envision!

@johnparsons1573 2 года назад

I absolutely love this channel. It is one of my favorite channels. Fantastic information. Thank you very much for these videos

@Rusty_Gold85 2 года назад

Gaddafi got back at the west with the bomb onboard the Lockerbie Pan -Am 747 in December 1988

@illyrian44 2 года назад

>America bombs a country to oblivion >woah hecking epic bomberino!

@skoniramont 2 года назад

10:00 "I'll try a pro gamer move, that first hit was just a lucky shot!"

@charlescoulon7336 2 года назад

Imagine thinking it's a good idea to square up to The United States Navy

@FrankBUILTperformance 2 года назад

Laughs in Japanese lolol

@DirtyMikeandTheBoys69 2 года назад

@Smoke laughs in USS Constitution.

@DirtyMikeandTheBoys69 2 года назад

@Smoke USS Constitution was a ship...

@DirtyMikeandTheBoys69 2 года назад

@Smoke lmao, all good bud. Laughs in USS Constitution oldest ship still afloat and in active service with a Navy while HMS Victory is in drydock. 💀

@jamiegray6931 Год назад

@@DirtyMikeandTheBoys69 Where's USS President?

@TBrady Год назад

There is no better description of "Smoke Him" than 4 harpoon and 2 rockeyes on a single ship

@valuedhumanoid6574 2 года назад

I joined in 1986 and when I got to the fleet I was assigned the USS Theodore Roosevelt which had just been commissioned (I missed being a Plank Owner by 4 weeks) When we did our first Med cruise, we were still tangling with Libya and then Iran. It was a tense time to be a sailor, that was certain. When visiting Arab countries on port calls, there was always a sense of anxiety. Like "is this bar safe? is this restaurant going to poison me?" It may sound like needless worry, but when you see a cook come out to see that yes, a group of American sailors indeed just walked in and gives you the nastiest look you ever seen, you gonna eat there? lol Sorry, I will get my dinner from a street vendor where I can see my food being prepared!

@steyrproof 2 года назад

Captain, I order you to attack the American Fleet. _with one ship_ ? That's right. _you gotta be shittin' me_ !

@jockbutt3762 2 года назад

i love what u do man

@jmctajmcta 2 года назад

Your content is amazing. Your voice is amazing. Well done sir

@uncreativename826 2 года назад

El Dorado Canyon next? Amazing job on this one by the way!

@28ebdh3udnav 2 года назад

Thank you! I was waiting for this!

@M1America 2 года назад

I laughed that Gaddhafi heard that the SA-3 was successful with kills on all three of its missiles. lmao. of course they said they were successful.

@Mickmooreable 2 года назад

Thanks!

@fatmanoverlanding 2 года назад

If Qaddafi (aka Gaddafi) wasn't such a dictator nor funded terrorist acts, I doubt the US could have cared any less when he declared the "Line of Death" in the Gulf of Sidra. If you look at the geography, the Gulf of Sidra is entirely flanked by Libya. There are no international shipping lanes through it, like the Gulf of Aiden or the Red Sea, nor is it bordering any other country. So ships entering it, are bound only for Libya. There were no economic benefits to be gained for the declaration as most of Gulf is already within their EEZ. IMO Qaddafi was simply showboating domestically to his people and to his neighbouring countries. I doubt they (neighbouring countries), would have cared any less neither.

@thefrustratedtheologian6238 2 года назад

p.s. The "line of death" in January was the Trip FIR, 34.20N. It March it was in the Gulf at 32.30N.

@tripple3473 2 года назад

Thanks for the great content. I havent missed a single video

@TheOperationsRoom 2 года назад

Legend, thanks!

@scrafter1752 2 года назад

Great video as always!

@FlexBeanbag 2 года назад

Agreed! ru-vid.comBmc9NFfhx74?feature=share

@2Links 2 года назад

Nice, another Ops room video!

@LawatheMEid 2 года назад

I expect a video about sixth fleet role in Lebanon war during early 80s.

@Groggers96 2 года назад

Libyan navy doing it's best WW2 Japanese navy impression with the suicidal attack

@augl2702 2 года назад

Look forward to every video.

@moaadtb396 2 года назад

My uncle was ian boat from Benghazi he told the libyan command that he shouldn't go to close to US ship but they told him it's safe He died instantly he left one kid and mother i really miss him he was a great guy

@718Insomniac 2 года назад

Ahh finally! Another one. Thank you sir =]

@TheOperationsRoom 2 года назад

Enjoy!

@alexanderleach3365 2 года назад

ANother awesome video! Well done, can't wait for the next one.

@briantaylor9285 2 года назад

The US Navy is no joke.

@ilikesoccer5799 2 года назад

the change from mig to sam is crazy

@Atlas531 2 года назад

I feel like the ship animations need a big, "Extremely Not to Scale" label on them. It looked like the Libyan ships were about 2 ship lengths from the American carriers, LOL. I know it can't be realistic scales, but this one seemed to stand out from your other videos. I loved the radar visualizations - very intuitive understanding which planes were high/low and being 'painted' by the radar.