Ukrainian Air Force use iPads in Soviet-era jets to control modern Western weaponry

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  • Опубліковано 26 кві 2024
  • The Ukrainian Air Force is using iPads, or similar tablets in the cockpits of its Soviet-era jets to enable rapid integration of modern Western air-to-ground weapons.
    #Ukraine #War #Weapons
    This has been confirmed by Undersecretary of Defence for Acquisition and Sustainment Dr. William LaPlante.
    While many questions remain about the tablet and how it exactly works, there’s now footage showing it fitted in cockpits during combat (or at least live-fire training) missions.

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  • @vsyokhoroshoy
    @vsyokhoroshoy Місяць тому +173

    Imagine mid fight and getting a mandatory software update

  • @park1776
    @park1776 Місяць тому +28

    imagine getting a notification from clash of clans like "russia attacked your village" in combat 💀

  • @galvinstanley3235
    @galvinstanley3235 Місяць тому +42

    If it works it works.

  • @Beavereaver
    @Beavereaver Місяць тому +39

    They custom built a latching system to latch western missiles onto Soviet era planes and they control it using a amplified Bluetooth connection with an iPad.

    • @larsrons7937
      @larsrons7937 Місяць тому +8

      The Ukrainians never cease to amaze me, they're so innovative and full of inspiration.

    • @jeffhouston4365
      @jeffhouston4365 Місяць тому +1

      Anything for a few bucks

    • @tu1469
      @tu1469 Місяць тому +2

      @@larsrons7937you’re a bot

    • @donwyoming1936
      @donwyoming1936 Місяць тому

      ​@@larsrons7937This wasn't Ukrainians. This took western engineers quite a while to develop

    • @larsrons7937
      @larsrons7937 Місяць тому +1

      @@donwyoming1936 Maybe. In that case thanks for the info. And it leaves my comment still standing.

  • @wolfecanada6726
    @wolfecanada6726 Місяць тому +75

    It's the current 'killer app' for the iPad

  • @FuuzBeeen
    @FuuzBeeen Місяць тому +6

    "Damnit, it wants me to sign in again..."

  • @The_ZeroLine
    @The_ZeroLine Місяць тому +8

    Commercial tech has had exponentially more R&D funding, development and testing. So, this is zero surprise.

  • @ChocoLater1
    @ChocoLater1 Місяць тому +14

    Necessity is the mother of invention

  • @Sunshine-sl3kr
    @Sunshine-sl3kr Місяць тому +7

    imagine lagging out during combat ...

  • @CatchUlaterAdvetures
    @CatchUlaterAdvetures Місяць тому +66

    The fact that Ukraine even has an Air Force at all attests to their ingenuity and their fighting spirit.

    • @gdiwolverinemale4th
      @gdiwolverinemale4th Місяць тому +6

      Is there a point in doing something that will obviously not succeed?

    • @lindus9201
      @lindus9201 Місяць тому +30

      @@gdiwolverinemale4th Yea I agree, it makes no sense that russia is still in Ukraine. They were supposed to be the second strongest army in the world, but on their third year they have only taken 15 % of Ukraine.

    • @rwh5350
      @rwh5350 Місяць тому +11

      @@lindus9201yeah and that’s all because of the strength of the Ukrainians not due to the billions in aid they have received? How’d that spring “offensive” go…..when are elections in Ukraine again?

    • @NANI-ms4ws
      @NANI-ms4ws Місяць тому +8

      ​@@lindus9201dont forget about 330+billions of dollars that Nato gave to Ukraine!

    • @ConradAinger
      @ConradAinger Місяць тому +1

      It attests to their losses having been made good by replacements too.

  • @nathanhoffman20000
    @nathanhoffman20000 Місяць тому +10

    I know she is older but the F-16 is so badass. Check your mirrors.

    • @user-McGiver
      @user-McGiver Місяць тому +1

      YEP...THEY'LL FLY SIDE BY SIDE, SUPPORTING EACH OTHER SOON...

    • @galvinstanley3235
      @galvinstanley3235 Місяць тому +1

      ​@@user-McGiverThey need jamming pods on them.

  • @amartinjoe
    @amartinjoe Місяць тому +6

    it went from a landline to a cell phone in one easy swoop.

  • @WhenTheTucker
    @WhenTheTucker Місяць тому +2

    For anyone wondering, in the footage, it looks like they’re using Foreflight, an IPad App mainly used by almost every pilot for flight planning and navigation.
    In General Aviation in USA, almost every pilot I know uses Foreflight (or Garmin for android. They both function practically the same), and I believe it would be the same outside of the US. In terms of aviation as a whole, this is still relatively new tech but that’s because all of aviation is just so old school that it took years for the FAA to recognize the normal usage of IPads in the cockpit.
    I don’t know how they’re using it to control their weapon systems, but this isn’t a new or uncommon thing. It also isn’t “old school” or making use of resources, they’re just doing something the rest of the world already has been doing. What’s weird is that they’re using it for fighter aircraft but I’m not a fighter pilot so idk. A reason I can think of is that using an iPad is better and more cost effective than installing GPS into these fighters.

  • @4DCResinSmoker
    @4DCResinSmoker Місяць тому +4

    Amazon "Fire" Tablet ?

  • @Torontoball
    @Torontoball Місяць тому +2

    Plot twist: they're watching skibidi toilet

  • @joohyunkyoung5905
    @joohyunkyoung5905 Місяць тому

    Lots of civilians with old planes wanting a cheaper alternative to glass cockpit conversions put on IPads all the time.

  • @MaXwellFalstein
    @MaXwellFalstein Місяць тому +9

    It could be a GeTac tablet 🤔

  • @iggvec5769
    @iggvec5769 Місяць тому +17

    Beautiful 💙💛

    • @gdiwolverinemale4th
      @gdiwolverinemale4th Місяць тому

      Yeah, the pastel colors on iPads are so soft and calming

  • @zerotheboxer
    @zerotheboxer Місяць тому +1

    If it aint broken why fix it 🤷‍♂️

  • @zippytrippy3041
    @zippytrippy3041 Місяць тому +1

    I'm waiting for this in War Thunder

  • @humbertomonteiro6742
    @humbertomonteiro6742 Місяць тому +37

    Smart Ukrainians, slava Ukraine

    • @gdiwolverinemale4th
      @gdiwolverinemale4th Місяць тому +2

      That is going to work wonders. Particularly when the screen saver kicks in. Or when it needs a finger press to unlock. Then, there is always the numeric code option ... fast

    • @user-McGiver
      @user-McGiver Місяць тому +5

      @@gdiwolverinemale4th and yet it works!...

    • @jessicaregina1956
      @jessicaregina1956 Місяць тому

      Stupid Ukraines, slave ukraine.

    • @gdiwolverinemale4th
      @gdiwolverinemale4th Місяць тому

      @@user-McGiver they'll say anything. The Ukromaniacs believe they will win by impressing on FYT

    • @aaroncruz9181
      @aaroncruz9181 Місяць тому

      Ghost Gaming

  • @kmm1863
    @kmm1863 Місяць тому +5

    us 60 billion aid to ukraine are these tablets

  • @user-th7gd7ge4p
    @user-th7gd7ge4p Місяць тому +4

    slava BRICS!

    • @Codename_Horizon
      @Codename_Horizon Місяць тому

      Brazil is a shithole, Russia is a shithole, India doesn’t want to do anything with y’all because of the war, China is a shithole, and idk even know what the S is doing rn.

  • @uku4171
    @uku4171 Місяць тому

    Let's all welcome Apple into the MIC

  • @weler2491
    @weler2491 Місяць тому +1

    I've seen an apple sticker inside an artillary system as well, ukranians are really funny lol

  • @brucestafford1813
    @brucestafford1813 Місяць тому

    With modern bluetooth and wifi tech this is not in concept so hard to implement.

  • @Lombardo.diVino.-sd2iv
    @Lombardo.diVino.-sd2iv Місяць тому +1

    Da TeliGraf is always on good splif

  • @Robert-fs1pb
    @Robert-fs1pb Місяць тому

    I got one of those to play a video game.

  • @gdiwolverinemale4th
    @gdiwolverinemale4th Місяць тому +4

    Do they fly or just play DCS on the ground?

  • @patlecat
    @patlecat Місяць тому +3

    Did Apple sponsor this video?

  • @adriannn1180
    @adriannn1180 Місяць тому +9

    I love how when Russia was seen doing sorta the same thing then everyone booed on them but now Ukraine is soooo smart... lmfao

    • @uku4171
      @uku4171 Місяць тому +2

      When were they doing the same sort of thing?

    • @Juzevs
      @Juzevs 23 дні тому

      @@uku4171they used phones on the cockpits to use GPS and everyone was laughing at them for doing so

    • @uku4171
      @uku4171 18 днів тому

      @@Juzevs yeah, to use basic GPS, not to control modern weaponry that otherwise wouldn't fit your vehicle.

  • @larsrons7937
    @larsrons7937 Місяць тому +6

    The Ukrainians are so innovative, so full of *inspiration.*

    • @julianpetkov8320
      @julianpetkov8320 Місяць тому +1

      PMC Predatel is getting wreaked. Check the front line.

    • @jeffhouston4365
      @jeffhouston4365 Місяць тому

      Yes, Zelebsky is very inspired by every million bucks he gets for himself... for doing what he's told to do... But I don't think he'll live too long after sacrificing nearly half a million of ukrainians

    • @Codename_Horizon
      @Codename_Horizon Місяць тому

      @@julianpetkov8320where Wagner 😢

  • @farang_lao
    @farang_lao Місяць тому +3

    USB-C to Arduino type I/O controller like the one seen on the right side of the tablet. Cable trailing off into the guts of the ancient Russian weapons mgmt system. Very nice piece of monkey patching 👍 🇺🇦🇬🇧

  • @3800TURBO
    @3800TURBO Місяць тому +1

    Clever chaps. The ability to adapt will win them this war.

  • @newjsdavid1
    @newjsdavid1 Місяць тому

    US uses iPads too

  • @philipharris-smith5889
    @philipharris-smith5889 Місяць тому +2

    It also allows for some good gaming not just sov style hearts inflight.

  • @centriccashew6473
    @centriccashew6473 Місяць тому

    I thought the ukrainians were getting Western Jets

  • @karlwalther
    @karlwalther Місяць тому

    F-16 Fighter Jet Crashes Near Holloman Air Force Base; Pilot Safely Ejects and Taken to a Hospital

  • @02suraditpengsaeng41
    @02suraditpengsaeng41 Місяць тому

    > TANTO

  • @Tatoy471
    @Tatoy471 Місяць тому

    Nice story

  • @FGCH03
    @FGCH03 Місяць тому

    So?

  • @dougaltolan3017
    @dougaltolan3017 Місяць тому

    "or similar" JUST DROP THE IPAD BS!

  • @theon2769
    @theon2769 Місяць тому

    Ukraine using ipads: Ingenious, smart, modern, crafty
    Russians using a simmilar thing: stupid, outdated, rag tag mad max,
    Double standards.

  • @dret74
    @dret74 Місяць тому

    I get it.

  • @jessicaregina1956
    @jessicaregina1956 Місяць тому +2

    Game changer?😂

  • @williewillie7717
    @williewillie7717 Місяць тому +2

    Slava Ukraine💛💙

  • @bananaok6194
    @bananaok6194 Місяць тому

    Mig 29 and su 27

  • @Aaron-rw3lv
    @Aaron-rw3lv Місяць тому +2

    Cool helmet

  • @indrahaseo
    @indrahaseo Місяць тому +3

    because they're ghost of kyiv after all 💙💛

  • @dfui.
    @dfui. Місяць тому +6

    Ghost of Kiev 😂😂😂😂

    • @user-McGiver
      @user-McGiver Місяць тому +2

      they're all ''Ghosts of Kyiv''... it's a title... not a name!

    • @robertsteele474
      @robertsteele474 Місяць тому

      @@user-McGiver . Nay, "Ghosts of Kyiv" was the name of the failed UA videogame propaganda footage in 2022.

  • @dfui.
    @dfui. Місяць тому +2

    🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @Optimistic7718
    @Optimistic7718 Місяць тому

    😂😂😂😂

  • @bradlygbsndeandre6366
    @bradlygbsndeandre6366 Місяць тому

    I wonder if all of these MIGs have a back door that allows Russia to regain access

    • @jordanmacconnell97
      @jordanmacconnell97 Місяць тому +5

      bavck doors wernt a thing when this aircraft launched. Its mostly analoge.

    • @maartilium
      @maartilium Місяць тому

      Russians arent that smart pr forward thinking

    • @farang_lao
      @farang_lao Місяць тому +3

      Backdoor into what? There's nothing to backdoor into, we are not talking F22 tech here. Analogue hw for the most part AFAIK

    • @robertsteele474
      @robertsteele474 Місяць тому +1

      @@farang_lao ...to the iPads, genius, and whatever they supposedly "control".

  • @edharma1069
    @edharma1069 Місяць тому

    Those would -not- be "iPads".

  • @pratikmohite6202
    @pratikmohite6202 Місяць тому

    just a stunt

  • @hippityhoppitydayum
    @hippityhoppitydayum Місяць тому +1

    Getting tired of footing the bill for this war....

  • @nathanielnachtigall7074
    @nathanielnachtigall7074 Місяць тому

    whole 29 planes? :>

  • @teddy-liker3058
    @teddy-liker3058 Місяць тому +4

    Ukraine 🇺🇦 is already several steps ahead of Russia and now they will be given what they need to defeat the aggressors

    • @gdiwolverinemale4th
      @gdiwolverinemale4th Місяць тому +3

      It is several steps ahead of Russia retreating. By the end of the year, it will be at the Polish border

    • @user-McGiver
      @user-McGiver Місяць тому

      @@gdiwolverinemale4th THE WAR IS OUT THERE TROLL... GO AND FIGHT IT!... BECOME A STATISTIC!

  • @1589chicago
    @1589chicago Місяць тому

    Looks like nothing more than foreflight app used by most pilots airline military or general aviation....

  • @bilelsk9000
    @bilelsk9000 Місяць тому

    and this makes them what ? top guns ? fucffing propaganda

  • @acoustic5738
    @acoustic5738 Місяць тому

    Is for navigation...your report is very unacurate.

    • @galvinstanley3235
      @galvinstanley3235 Місяць тому

      If it's for navigation,that helps them with western made weapons.

  • @davidcolley7714
    @davidcolley7714 Місяць тому +2

    So the fascists don't need F16s after all

  • @PauloRLustosa
    @PauloRLustosa Місяць тому +2

    Zelensky's Ucraina does'not exist anymore.

    • @user-McGiver
      @user-McGiver Місяць тому +1

      LET ME GUESS... FLATEARTHER RIGHT?.... RIGHT!...

  • @Trader98V
    @Trader98V Місяць тому +1

    Hmm pr is nice but frontline is saying somthing else

    • @user-McGiver
      @user-McGiver Місяць тому

      IT SAYS THAT RUZZIA HAS STUCK IN UKRAINE.... AND NOW HELP IS COMMING!

    • @Trader98V
      @Trader98V Місяць тому

      @@user-McGiver ya about help no airdefence and that help money is invested in usa usa is not giving it from their stok....rusia is not stuk they are leading economy greater then whole west...and succefully destroyed Europe see what macron said

  • @trevorsutherland5263
    @trevorsutherland5263 Місяць тому +2

    So cute. So irrelevant.

    • @luciussander8217
      @luciussander8217 Місяць тому +2

      Unlike your comment then...

    • @galvinstanley3235
      @galvinstanley3235 Місяць тому

      If it's irrelevant,then why are they using them?

    • @robertsteele474
      @robertsteele474 Місяць тому

      @@galvinstanley3235 Timmy Cook needs a bigger bonus check?

  • @billb3673
    @billb3673 Місяць тому +1

    Let Europe help the Ukraine.. The US needs to leave in all respects!

  • @naughtyboy1500
    @naughtyboy1500 Місяць тому

    By experience Ukrainians have much to teach the world. The adaptation and use of foreign equipments at short time is staggering