What the records say
- When
- 19 Oct 1987
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 26.00° N, 52.00° E
- Description
- US Navy attack on two Iranian oil platforms in 1987
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
2 sources record it
- Wikidata: military operations, raids and air strikesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Operation Earnest Will: US warships destroy two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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