Special Forces Assault on Iran Embassy - Operation Nimrod
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- The Elite (or special forces aka SAS) Forces Assault on Iran Embassy
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That's quite an intense story, right. Related to this topic I'd like to know of the best hostage situation movie you've ever watched?
6 Days, which is actually about the Iranian Embassy
Please do a video on USS Liberty incident!
Konrad von Hötzendorf yes plss
Not sure if it's the best but the Dutch movie "De Punt" is the best one I have seen about the train hijacking in Holland in 1977. But then I'm Dutch.
6 Days, ironically about this
Imagine getting kicked out of being a hostage because your just that annoying
Just escape a kidnapping by singing tik tok songs to annoy the kidnapper
So Im safe.
Forever alone 😔
*you’re
Wow, your too smart. Want to decide on the next disaster?
*Reporter : Why were you released first by the terrorists?*
*Zafar : Well, it's kinda complicated*
@Brupcat I agree 100.01%
@Brupcat so this dude tries to make you're day better tries to make you smile and you go full on 13 year old white girl "ugh this joke is literally like the worst thing ever"
Then the idiot replying to you is doing the "ya toats" that's what you morons sound like
*your @@jitzera1122
@@jitzera1122 it was a bad joke
@@jitzera1122 kinda cringe lol
If theres one thing I know, is that a 6 inch blade doesn’t lose reception
FOOKING LAZA SAGHTS
SNUDOO the harda is hurts when they get kicked out from unda ya
@@plasmamusic8402 GPS satalites, unmanned drones
footie dude11 the more crutches you have
Venom Snake how to enter a girls heart
*a six inch blade*
The SAS soldier who tried dragging in the last gunman to shoot him was definitely Thatcher
Fooling lasar soights
@@brennanschafer5860 laser sights are pretty hard to fool, you'd have to be pretty sneaky. /s
Nah. Definitely mute cause mute is the quietest
@@usn7579 but thatcher is the angriest
@@vergilsmotivation5126 I think sledge is the most brutal. He goes around bashing sculls open with a sledge hammer
But u get a 30 minute ban for shooting the hostage
Rainbow six siege?
@@javadahmed7663 yes
Church Bacon why don’t they just use breach charges
Hey finally somebody talked about rainbow six siege
The only way to siege it properly you use fuze
Takes hostages
Heard noises
Puts ear next to wall
Hears “FoOkInG lAsEr SiGhTs”
Cries
W1LL 2004 I was about to comment this😂😂😂
How do you here a laser sight
right pocket gang it's a game meme
@@jeffrey380 oh, thank you
right pocket gang Reference to Thatcher, a SAS operator from Rainbow Six Siege
:There are 26 hostages.*
Fuze: Did SoMeOnE SaY HosTaGe.
We need a jager now
How bout a wamai
B-) did you say fuze
I used fuze's cluster in hostage once
Killed 3 people and I was just 10m away from the hostage
Did so m done say boom
“Police turned up”
*American-style police cars and handguns*
Hmm, ah yes, Britain.
We do have armed response units but they have rifles and armoured vans
@@joeboom0697 They have these wiered sub machine guns that are like a truncheon and smg in one.
It was the SAS not the police
@@ca1444 the SAS didn’t arrive in american marked police card they arrived in unmarked vans disguised as plumbers
SAS wielding American m16’s and American uniforms.
BRITAIN
So, How did you got out of the embassy alive?
*My snoring*
SAS: *storms embassy filled with hostages and almost no hostages die*
Media: "tHEy WErE tOo RouGh. ReEeEeEeEeEeEe"
England is a failed state.
If you've been naughty enough to get the SAS on your case then the time for not dying is pretty much passed :)
Dude I’m American but I don’t think they deserve any heat. Idk why people got so upset.
This is a too complicated R6 match
They also, in my opinion, take a bit too long in formulating a plan. I thought they were trained for this kind of stuff
"end of the day, someone has to make the enemy scared of the dark". Price.
"1 OpFor Operator remaining."
OpFor are attackers ;)
Viper Gamez OpFor is Opposing force, they are the enemy of whatever side you are on
Isn't it OPFOR last operator standing
@@wlweavski Ahhh Alright
fOoKiN lAsEr SiGhTs
Thatcher: decides that british rules will be applied to the embassy
Another Thatcher: "fookin laser sights"
Mist_Unit AKA Dut Phoenix GPS SATTELITES? UNMANNED DRONES? FOOKING LASER SOIGHTS?!
The SAS are absolute badasses, but man, that first entry attempt was about as smooth as sandpaper.
It comes at a cost man, the way the SAS are trained it turns men into machines, they undergo torture training, and are almost brainwashed into hating terrorists (I'm ok with that) so the media shouldnt be surprised when when an SAS solider tried to execute a defenceless terrorist. The SAS are one of best known about anti-terrorist units, but it comes at the cost of their empathy.
A fellow warframe player?
@@rustykettle123 didnt they blow the charge and thats how the guy got his leg burnt
@@rustykettle123 What is the important information?
oiDOMINATEo J Aka Captain Price
"Remember our objectives."
*CLUSTER CHARGE ACTIVATED*
Vote to kick initiated
Mood
Fuze been real quiet
Thunk thunk thunk thunk
@DJG *Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom*
I like how they call it excessive use of force when they’re just doing their job, what even is this world anymore
yeah there designed to protect people like you dont ask hi can you stop this and give us the hostages no you charge in
Honestly man, the terrorists even killed a hostage so in my opinion they were just asking for it
It shouldn’t matter about “excessive force” when they are hostage killing terrorists.
I know right like I dont understand. They had just killed 1 high profile hostage and allegedly wounded at least 1 more. The raid was a last resort and they sent the SAS troopers in. Then people are mad cause they allegedly waived a white flag out a window? Come on man they tried blending in as hostages too and when that failed they tried to throw grenades into the hostages. How can they blindly trust a waving of a white flag when so many innocent lives are on the line?
Ikr
*"...Excessive use of force..."*
Tell that to the dead hostage. ffs
The media can stick it up their bums.
Their bums are not on the brink of death fighting for someone else's lives. They can baste in lava for all I care.
Respect for the SAS.
Justice is not vengeance.
@ just saying they were in there to save hostages not surrendering enemies and it was probably really confusing
@ how bout when they are reaching for their guns and are doing this lower the soldiers guard.
Matheus Dedeco sometimes it’s both
Reporter: What did you feel when you shot that hostage taker dead?
SAS Trooper: Recoil.
Fooking lazer sights
C Lads unmanned drones
Satellites
Pleasure
Aokawa Aokawa that’s what white death said
Iranians planning to bomb the building: "We have to..."
Some SAS boi:"Tossing EMP Grenade."
FOKING LASER SIGHTS
THATCHER
@BullWithInternetAccess is that a 6 inch blade never loses reception
*hears cluster charge being deployed*
Oh no
Are u slow? It was arabs who were trying to bomb an IRANIAN embassy
Fun fact: this event was responsible for revealing the long kept secret that a "special forces" unit even existed within the British Military, or even within any Military for that matter. The British Military, rich in history, were so advanced that a specialized unit of this kind - ever adapting and evolving - actually existed for many years... in complete secrecy. The British Special Forces, much like the entire structure of their Military in general, provided the foundation and set the benchmark for all modern Military's. Amazing for such a small country.
Worth it
**Fuze Has Entered The Chat*
Thatcher has joined the game.
*HEAVY BREATHING IN RUSSIAN*
*Hostage has left the chat
Hostage has been killed
Hostage KIA
Everyone: SAS
The Infographics Show: Sass
Le Pepp they are actually often referred to as “Sass” or “Sass cats” within military circles....
@@operation4wheelz: That's right.....throughout the British army they're known as the "sass".
I’m close to a small number of SAS Members (real ones, not the ones you meet down the Pub Lol) & they’ve always been referred to as ‘Sass’ by people close to them.
@@operation4wheelz also known as "nandos" or "the reg"
Le Pepp lol the muppet who called Thatcher, Hatcher. Yep.
They should proof check it before upload.
It's all fun and games until they hear...
FOOKIN LAZER SIGHTS
This is how intense I feel when I raid the cookie jar at midnight
'Overuse of force' against individuals armed with hand grenades? Let's be realistic.
Well the they surrendered, you don't just shoot them. That's what people meant by overuse of force.
@@neurofiedyamato8763 terrorists have no right of surrendering
Neurofied Yamato Surrendering is not in the list of things a terrorist would do. They'd better blow themselves.
@@gasjer1130 Wroooooong!
@@canderson7776 wriiiight
And the gun the SAS was using:
The MP5.
(Reference to Ahoy.)
Retro ahoy
Reference understood
@@malluriders3069
Actually is from the episode MP5,from Iconic Arms: Season 2.
@@RedTsarOldChannel-INACTIVE i know i just mentioned another series of his
@@RedTsarOldChannel-INACTIVE i mean that dude is cool i watched all his videos about guns
Info: “The SAS operate in groups of 4”
Me: SmoKe, MUte, ThAtcHer, SlEdGe
Edit: spelling
Mute were not born yet.
its Sledge Thatcher Smonk and yaboi Recruuiittt
Mute was a big brain teen
@@GIFan-ht4xs smoke wasnt born either,hes 35 so born in 1986
fooking LAZA SOIGHTS
thatcher legend
4:37 The SAS famously used MP5s, not M4s.
Yup
he used a default soldier modle that's why
That’s the model he uses for special forces a lot because he did a video on American special forces
Did they use black ice
According to Call of Duty, true!
Love how there's American police cars in what's supposed to be London
Also m4s and not l85s or mp5s
World Police Intensifies
I know right, where's the "attention to detail" here
Also in the part where he said "SAS got roots from WW2" they are in american uniforms and using the German Gewehr - 43
Most likely reusing assets from other animations aka being lazy and not creating new animations
Didn't know that SAS operators had access to T-45 power armour
???
Lol
Lol I was thinking the same thing
There decades on front of everyone else in terms of technology. If the government need to know what they've done it's been a very bad day xD
@@dacrazysoldier3473 Do your question marks mean you don't understand?
If so, and for anyone else who doesn't, I'll explain.
T-45 Power Armour is a fully articulated, mechanical armour system which appears in the Fallout game series which effectively makes you a walking tank.
“Use of excessive force?”
Hello? We are dealing with terrorists here, not some random civilian gone bad criminal. What kind of stupidity brings a idea of “we are being too harsh on them”
What's most annoying creature ever lived? News reporter
Thats not how it works kid, ur too detached from reality bud get off reddit
Rainbow Six: Siege operator named Thatcher brought me here
That's why at least 75% of the commenters are here
I've never played Siege and I feel like it's too late to start now.
@@sam8404 No I first started playing in Janurary 2020 it's okay if you're new... just have fun unless you like to try and be a competitive player
@@sam8404 I have played for a year now and I hit Gold Rank, time and practice will help you get better.
Why did it bring you here though, does it mention it in a game or something.
*My Rainbow Six Siege senses are tingling*
I wanna shoot surveillance cameras whenever I see them In real life
@@vikasb2618 Dude same
YasirRiot your not funny
@@xsniperwolf9457 I wasn't trying to be funny, but oh well
I saw sledge but he didn’t have his mallet
Hostage situation?
Fuze: *Heavy Breathing*
Fuze: *heavy breathing*
Thatcher & Capitao: *DARTH VADER BREATHING SOUND*
Lol
You can't save the hostage if there is no hostage
@@donovanduarte1786 you can't play hockey if there's no hockey pucks ;)
*cLuStEr ChArGe DePlOyEd*
There is a movie called 6 days on netflix about this event.
Master Pingu yes and rainbow six siege is also based on this event
That was an amazing movie
Yeah, I love it because some details were extremely accurate
It was an epic film
“The date is Wednesday”
>UK wants to help, Iran refuses and accuses the UK.
>UK helps, Iran thanks.
WUT?
Iran has one of the most dumbest goverments in the world
The Iranian gov thought that it was staged by the UK to blackmail them but after freeing the hostages they knew the brits were genuine
@@maskettaman1488 Iran isn't Saudi you blind fool.
Masketta Man this is racist
@@PizzaKot ironic.
7:39 did you just say Margaret Hatcher instead of Thatcher?
Jack Shenton yes yes they did
Jack Shenton fookin laaazer soights
Jack Shenton - Ha! I heard that too! 😂🙈
How else is she supposed to incubate her lizard-person eggs?
Margaret Thatcher loo
I’m proud to say, my Dads uncle was one of the SAS members that raided the Embassy.
That is soooooo cool!!!!
Cool
Tell him to say "vowgen loaysa sayhtss"
Wow!
He should be awarded a medal
Constable Locke was the true hero, his due diligence paid a huge role in the mission.
The controversy about the SAS is simple, you send them in, doesn't matter how the argument started, they will finish it.
thas the british way innit mate
@Yackitysmackity blahblahblah I think your user name pretty much sums up who you are
@@1996BulletProof I wonder which country hes from...? hmmm maybe AMERICA ??
@@JohnSmith-li5pj I'm guessing Ireland aha
@@1996BulletProof Yeah lol, he thinks because hes read a few articles on Wikipedia he instantly knows everything about English ways.
Smoke, mute, sledge, and thatcher, anyone else??
Shima Henson yeah, siege
Yep
Hes not from sas but he is useful GLAZ
Soap price roach ghost and gaz
Fuze
Who Dares Wins.
Who said that?
@@lackofboringstuf2347 Its on the logo of the SAS bro
@@ernomakra4524 badass
@@ernomakra4524 *motto
It's also the name of a 80s movie based on this incident.
Unleashing the SAS in the embassy was like releasing 20 hungry hounds into a chicken coop.
This makes me want to play rainbow 6 siege
Fax
As the SAS
Same
One of the maps was based after this
Jovanni Gaming Which, consulate?
Thatcher, not Hatcher!
He said thatcher
I -win- lose
He said thatcher
@@mason23206 At 7:37 he says Hatcher
He blatantly got it wrong on purpose. He managed to get it right the other times.
Hostage: hears fuze
Well rip
*foomp foomp foomp foomp*
(Muffeled) cluster charge deployed
This is a terrorist hunt in consulate
oh and it is in difficulty simulation
17:59
Terrorist with grenade: *Exists*
SAS Operator: *Kicks down entire flight of stairs*
What a way to go
Working class: *Exists*
Margaret Thatcher: *Kicks down stairs into recession*
Armon Leetham - She was strong and powerful and Brexit would be sorted by now if we had her leading as opposed to Teresa May(be), she didn’t get everything right but she commanded respect and authority internationally.
Kaleb Cedroni - to then be shot dead by two other SAS. troopers at the bottom of the stairs 😂
@@InfernoJimmy83 I appreciate that as someone from Newcastle i have a great deal of bias but if anything it just proves her negative impact due to the fact that a large number of my family was left claiming benefits for a generation before gradually recovering financially- many families have failed to be as fortunate. There is still a massive resentment for Thatcher from pretty much everyone living anywhere near the north of England and rightly so in my opinion. The lives of the people are more important than her reputation.
*THIS. IS. LONDON!*
* spartan kicks the guy down the stairs *
Rainbow Six Siege: Thatcher Backstory DLC
Yes that would be awesome before he got his EMP grenades and FOCKIN LASER SITES
@@wompagompa I know autocorrect got in the way but I couldn't be bothered to change it
Wompa Gompa SOIGHTS*
Definitely not The Phantom of the Opera lol
9:41
*_Hibana and Thermite Have Entered The Chat_*
12:33
*_Valkyrie Has Entered The Chat_*
Reiekc
“If there’s one thing I know for sure, it’s that a six inch blade never loses reception”
You got a fact wrong actually.
The SAS soldiers used a few MP5s and had identical masks.
Theres endless things wrong with this vid
@@jackb8997 ikr
Yeah, but they're lazy.
I'M A NOT-SEE facts are facts
Getting them wrong should be unacceptable for any documentary channel
@@fangk.7367 It isnt really a documentary, its really for entertainment and it was a small channel, so they havent got many reaserchers so cut them some slack
I guess loud snoring is advantageous in life.
5:28
Smoke on the left
Mute on the right
My home boys
That’s my boys: Sledge, Mute, Thatcher, and Smoke 😂
All im gonna say is
FOOKING LAZER SIGHTS
A six inch blade never loses reception.
*laser
Another one
@@Turk3yFilms and that's a whoosh.
Six inch blades never loose reception
"6 Days" Is the name of the 2017 movie about this.
I love that movie
THIS IS REAL...
Much better for learning about this than this video
@@kentuckyace1068 EXACTLY!
you can watch it in a badly animated 20 minute video....
Can we just take a moment to acknowledge how awesome the name 'COBRA' is for the British response force!
That’s the name for the crisis meetings -- when they happen --- and also the name of the room for the meeting. It stands for “Cabinent Office Breifing Room A.” In case of a problem, there’s a backup facility called COBRA 2. None of this is classified.
Excellent infographics
Rainbow 6 siege : Tactical realism mode
Nice
Except you get fired if you shoot a terrorist
Fuze will be the hostage night mare
Subby for Nubby xd
Ahahahah😂
That was an amazing diplay by the SAS I fail to see how "overuse of force " was a problem.
I totally agree with your sentiments! 💯
Infographics is becoming alarmingly more and more liberal with their interpretation of events that don’t fit their unrealistic utopian narrative. The SAS and Trevor Locke were both hero’s here
@@mattlpfeiffer Everything in the Universe doesn't have to fit into the imaginary "conservative vs. liberal" categories.
I fail to comprehend how excessive use of force was used too...
I mean not that those people were *TERRORISTS*
Yeh, their job is to over use force I don't get why people have a problem with that either
Siege players: “Now you’re speaking my language”
Don't make me get Thatcher on you
FOOOKING LAZA SOIIIGHTS
🤓
Thanks so much this is really helpful
Please upload more of these. They are amazing.
TheDarkRaptor plsss
This video is 20:19 long
EgDroneMind your point?
You're amazing 😉
TheDarkRaptor one more like then 500
The SAS is meant for sheer professionalism. If an SAS Operative thinks an enemy is drawing a weapon, they most certainly are.
thats not how the hostages tell the story.
John Doe OOOOOOOOF
@@JohnDoe-kv3cm Well they are no proffesionals now are they?
@@JohnDoe-kv3cm I don't know anyone who's a professional hostage tho, that's why there's rarely a person that's a hostage twice
John Doe you really can’t trust them because you know distress because being KIDNAPPED
I love how the narration and videos abruptly ends everytime
Intense topic but great video!
The seige: I am the best at killing hostages
Fuze:hold my beer
Trueee 🤣
So moral of the story, if you are going against SAS just surrender...😅
You mean dont surrender lol?
No I think means just that because the SAS are awsome
Even laser should surrendered too
Balcombe Street siege
Look that up. They did surrender
Bruh, if you surrender you get shot
Thank you Wikipedia.👍
Where would Infographics be without you
👍
Respect to the hostage that scarified himself ✊🏾✊🏾
There is a movie about this siege on Netflix called Six Days👌🏼
Brand7on is it worth a watch?
@@zarabee2880 yes
Zara Wimperis yes
Zara Wimperis yes
did they picturing the loud-snore hostage? lol
Rainbow six players:
"Some may say I'm some sort of a scientist you know."
im a SAS veteran since i played cod4...veteran difficulty
Thatcher.exe has stopped working
NaMeIs WiLL smoke 💨
"Bravo Six, going dark"
The fact that a conversation regarding over use of force is crazy
OPFOR eliminated, mission successful
Nah fuze got that rui- handled like a pro
When you find out that you’re the hostage being released = 🥳
When you find out that you’re being released because nobody wants you there = 🥺
RubiksFaQ actually i would be happy that nobody wants me there
This comment deserves more likes😂😂
@@potatoesgonnapotate6267 INSTAGRAM NORMIE REEEEE
But then you find out fuze is rescuing you
@@scaz5000 Your comment BLEW me out of the window.
Nice one I don't remember to do this clean house on MW. John Mcaleese real Captain Price, Bravo six, going dark.
The fact that R6 Siege ties one of their operators into this is awesome.
Mission failed, OPFOR has secured the hostage.
*ROUND 1 LOST*
“round 1”
Hmmmmmm..
Justin Kong it's a game reference
Your Fate lol
R6 reference, Fun fact Thatcher was actually in that operation.
At least fuze didn't get any bright ideas
6 days is one of my favourite films and it’s all about the raid
Would love to see a video on the West German GSG-9 raid of the hijacked airplane!
How can he be "a devout supporter of the iranian revolution" and a "staunch supporter of the Shah".
The revolution overthrew the Shah and installed an islamic republican dictatorship.
He's both pro shah, and pro-anti Shah???
It probably means he liked the shah but recognized fully his nation needed reform
@@Ryanfinder226 No the video is filled with many other mistakes, who ever researched and wrote the video did a bad job.
He was only pro-revolution. The writer probably got mistaken with the leaders at the time, the hostage was pro-Khomeini
This video is full of errors. They refer to the political order in Iran at that time as "the Shah" a few times, as well as legal errors (embassies are not sovereign soil of the hosted country, and "the Vienna Convention", without qualification, doesn't exist).
He was bi polar
"The date is Wednesday the 30th of April 1980".... and Ireland is somehow still apart of the UK..
EDIT: Yes, I understand that the border is shown, but while the UK was being highlighted in red to make it seen more clearly, ROI was also highlighted that colour as if it was still in the UK (The rest of the countries were all a blue colour). It was a small mistake that the creator has owned up to so it's not the end of the world.
I wondered about that myself
Nobody if you look closely there’s a border between Northern Ireland and Ireland, but the colouring makes it look like it’s part of the UK still
@@smiffulon8246 see above errors for further giggles...
Dang. Sorry. Such a dumb mistake. Rewatched the video 10000 times and then missed the first frame. Selected too many layers to color :/
**cough** The way it should be **cough**
Your animation is so cheap looking yet somehow still entertaining. Bravo.
Person: takes hostages and threatens to blow up
Sas: *drinks invisible potion,* bravo 6, going dark *night vision noise*
“4-man squads”
Shows three
The fourth was vote kicked
@@nab5999 bruh
One of the squads had smoke, mute, sledge, and thatcher in it
@@nab5999 that ones
must be Fuze
4th one was holding the camera
You know how every video game that's ever featured the SAS always show them wearing gas masks? It's because they were seen wearing it when they got famous thanks to this operation.
It wasn't just this mission also the Peterhead prison operation
No I think it's just because it looks badass
@@suspiciouschicken How does that contradict what I said at all? Besides, it doesn't even explain why game developers think it only "looks badass" on SAS but no one else.
@@nelsonw.9483 I know I'm just one of those people who reads one part of the comment and then posts my opinion about that particular part
I never knew that. I thought is was a symbol of being British because they probably have tea leaves in their gas masks.
That one SAS member sure loves to crouch at any given moment.
Man if only the defenders had a doc they could won before time expired
7:37 Margaret Hatcher 😂
There was so much things that were incorrect about this.
Tesco thatcher memories intensify
@@tuipabst6861 I was in religious studies in school and the teacher said "today we are going to learn about our Lord and saviour" and I said "Margaret Thatcher!"
Tesco Thatcher.exe has stopped working
@@gabrielmarquise5682 Thatcher.exe has committed an illegal action and will now be shut down
*ARA General Belgrano has left the chat*
There was a SAS Officer involved in this, he used emp grenades to surprise the enemy, His name is Mike "Thatcher" Baker and he works for Rainbow six
Systematic_ finally someone mentions it
A joke or....
was thatcher actually real? or this is just a r6s reference
@@balashibuyeeter2704 wasnt real
@@jacuriosity3566 oh ok
10 million subs! Congratulations!
the SAS passed the vibe check with those grenades
Subscribed for the military comparison videos, slept through the 'you vs spiderman' videos and have now awoken.
Anyone else?
Hahahah same
Looks like they saw this comment. XD
same
@@philthethotdestroyer4194 relatable
Except the military comparison videos are quite inaccurate and full of misinformation.
"He was a true believer of the Iranian Revolution, and staunch supporter of the Shah."
Those two don't mix bro
Gavin Fryer - that’s what I thought as well. Makes no sense.
Kinda like how Mussolini has changed his mind about war mod-wartime
Kinda like how Mussolini has changed his mind about war mod-wartime
the shah was a revolutionary. after world war 2 the U.S. put his father in control of iran. skip to the 1950s dude ovethrows the shah when he goes to eroupe for a meeting with some oil excutives. then the U.S. overthrowes that guy and puts the shah back in control. then the shah leaves for medical treatment in mexico and then the U.S.
in revenge for president carter letting the Shah into the U.S. several students overun the U.S. embassy in tehran. triggering the second iranian revolution
Maybe he was hedging his bets.
The mental image of the police sending the phone to the hostage takers is great. Just an old rotary phone suddenly smashing through the window, which then rings. And then they'd have to awkwardly answer it with a "Hello?"
Woah, they really named a real Siege operation after Thatchers elite skin.