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Category: War, from Wikidata’s class “military operation”

Operation Prime Chance

August 1987 – 1989 · Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE

Part of: Iran–Iraq War

Wikidata classes on our event-class list: military operation (all its classes: Wikidata item)

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Operation Prime Chance (August 1987 – June 1989) was a United States Special Operations Command operation intended to protect U.S.-flagged oil tankers from Iranian attack during the Iran–Iraq War. The operation took place roughly at the same time as Operation Earnest Will (July 1987 – September 1988), the largely naval effort to escort the tankers through the Persian Gulf. The operation was begun after the mining of the U.S.-flagged Kuwaiti oil tanker Bridgeton.

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Operation Prime Chance. (2026, October 9). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation_Prime_Chance&oldid=1379311773

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