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Iran–Iraq War

Operation Morvarid

Friday Nov 28, 1980
Iraq

On 28 November, Iran launched Operation Morvarid (Pearl), a combined air and sea attack which destroyed 80% of Iraq's navy and all of its radar sites in the southern portion of the country.


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