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I think there's a lot we can learn from Ukraine. Americans are used to overwhelming firepower and lightning maneuver. That's great when we have it. But if we're talking about a multi-front war, that may not be an option. But what if we could deploy quickly to the less critical areas and use our forces to tie up the enemy for a year or two? We could rely heavily on trenches and drones. If we do that, we can use overwhelming force on one or two fronts, and then tie up the enemies on all other fronts. We defeat one enemy good enough, and then shuffle the workload and move the overwhelming force to the other fronts. For the first front, we switch to a Ukraine-style long-term defense meant to grind down the enemy's resolve and make victory for them impossible.
A2/AD only worked because the United States was party to some treaties of Russia, of which China wasn’t. China is now begging Biden administration to enter into some new treaties so that it can salvage its A2/AD strategy.
Maybe we're forgetting Iraq 1 We go big when we have big help. If this scenario looks like WW3 you can bet countries will want to be neutral at there peril 😢
TBH, I was little surprised that Multi-Domain doctrine wasn't already in Combined Forces doctrine papers. We have 3500 special forces in Poland not attached to any units and directly commanded by Polish Pentagon in American way. Though we miss nuclear deterrent, Poland built up WOT (territorial defense deterrent) to cover in a Polish defense war concept all Combined Forces actions taken by Polish Army, which seemed natural and really obvious to us in Poland. This is why from 2014 Poland is so obsessed with building up Polish A2/AD and putting pressure on American Industry to provide Poland with modern radars to Polish Patriots and anti-air combat system (IBCS) on level with already existing Polish artillery system Topaz.
When I was active duty we worked with some UK counterparts. They were great soldiers. One of them quipped about how American combat doctrine scares them. When asked why they replied “In the absence of orders we hunker down and wait for reinforcements. In the absence of orders you guys advance. It’s crazy.” The fact that America puts so much trust in its NCOs is huge. The US military rewards thinking outside the box and taking initiative.
@@OSTemlistrong enough to run away from coalition forces, put a mine somewhere, hoot when it goes off, and can only beat a badly organized Afghani military in open combat. And?
Except if the enemy have slightly better order - and that's what they're trained for over almost any other aspect of their doctrine - they'll storm through.
"The reason Americans are good in combat is because war is chaos! And the American Army practices chaos on a daily basis!" A German Generals critique of the U.S. Army (Brought this before the host here did)
@@southboundaustral "one of the serious problems in planning against American doctrine is that Americans do not read their manuals nor do they feel any obligation to follow their doctrine." - USSR
Born too late to land on Normandy, born too early for spaceship battles. Born just in time for a DJI drone to drop a grenade on me while I take a dump.
whats horrifying about this video is that the word drone is not mentioned a single time, lol. our buddies that are training for war in Ukraine here on US bases have been quoted as saying that they are baffled as to how and why were not preparing for the drone future of warfare, as it will make all this obsolete and its been proven to.
@@aspectratiosYTthe US is though, drones are becoming part of many units even down to the squad level. The US was head and shoulders above everyone at military drones from the end of WW2 through to VERY recently and still do a ton of R&D, it's just that the rest of the planet started to catch up. You might also might wonder _why_ the Ukraine war now has so many drones. In 2014 the Donbas war drones were almost unheard of in the Ukrainian military but the US had just spent a decade in the middle east using Predator drones to blow up Soviet armed Iraqis for the second time. Then after the Donbas war the US sends trainers and equipment to Ukraine and when Russia invaded the second time suddenly the Ukrainian military dusts off a bunch of drones and goes to war against Russia. Sure, consumer drones became more common between 2014 and 2022 but that doesn't mean they'd just suddenly integrate them into the military overnight from scratch but it would be way easier if you'd just spent 8 years being trained in similar systems by a bunch of USAF operators Also you may want to actually wait until your more then halfway through a video to draw conclusions, especially when that video starts in the Cold War and you're talking about the 2020s, he spends the last quarter of the video going "drone drone drone UAV automatic kill system drone drone UAV drone pilot drone".
Multi domain warfare is risky, but war is risky. This is why preventing war from ever occurring should be the primary focus, but preparing for war is also absolutely necessary.
What isn't discussed in the video is how much MDO is involved in preventing conflicts through deterrence. It's all-encompassing before, during, and after conflict as a constant mission that doesn't just start or end at the shooting part.
Everything is about deterrence. The constant updates and changes are to tell others we can change to respond to their actions, this includes international alliances and our political decisions as well as direct investment in weapons procurement and development
We are way past the stage of preventing war. Russia started the war on their own(greed). China is "mad at" Taiwan on their own(they want the chip fabs).
Deterrence only works against opponents that don't rule with an iron fist. Hybrid warfare is already being used by them, and it has had enormous impact on the civilian and political sectors in the first world countries over the years. Meanwhile, the autocratic states of Russia, China, and North Korea, are growing increasingly more menacing, and they show clear intent to overthrow the current world order in its entirety (although North Korea is just a puppet state under Chinese influence). Everything can be blamed on Kissinger, who came up with the idea when he was working under Nixon, that by using economic persuasion then these states will see the allure of a non-oppressed populace and its inherent economic growth. Kissinger's plan has still not worked, at all, in any nation. So while the West has continued to feed money into lawless states in the global scene, and gained high profits because of slave labor and criminally cheap manufacturing, they've habitually been stealing intellectual properties in those states. And because their political narrative has always been to conquer their surroundings and to become the strongest on the planet and spread the greatness of communism, of which Russia isn't fooling anyone, it has made them into adversaries that can threaten not just NATO, but also the world. If they do gain world control, then it'll be the end of democracy for real. It's why deterrence and persuasion isn't working, and will never work; becausd their populations are too afraid to pay the ultimate cost en masse in order to bring down their military dictatorships.
@@jacobp8294deterrence only works against opponents that don't rule with an iron hand. Also, Kissinger's plan hasn't worked at all, and has in fact only exacerbated the problem to a catastrophic level.
As a Viet Nam veteran I can tell you that NCO's make or break any combat unit. How well this new concept will work will depend on how well future NCO's are trained and if they are retained after their training. Generals plan, officers order, NCOs implement and us lowly trooper die and are injured to make it happen. I hope these generals know what they are doing because no amount of orders, implementing, or injured and dying can overcome a stupid plan!
In contrast, indian army focuses on training officers the most, and have very high officer casualty rates. They need to really think on it, it's high time.
We have an amazing NCO core in the US military. Other armies that don't invest in their Non-coms ultimately suffer. Look at the Russian and Ukraine conflict for reference 🧐
Your videos have become so much more professional and you've really become a fantastic communicator. Your script reading has become much more natural and conversational in tone. I'm so impressed by the way you cover such heavy topics in a way that is informative and engaging. You've become one of the worlds best at being funny without being disrespectful. Which is something that's so difficult when covering topics as complex as weapon systems, and painful as war and death.
It's something to be said that among the major powers throughout history, wars are won by changing tactics to adapt to new technology, as opposed to holding to what used to work. The Franco-Prussian War was a prime example of this.
It is exactly why the US shouldn't be providing security for all these countries. Don't want to be a Chinese slave? Get off your asses & defend yourselves!
I had the opportunity to go to General Starry's home around 2012, shortly after he had died. (I did not meet him personally) His basement looked like a library, and he was known for being an avid reader. The relative who knew him and let me see the home said he was sharp till the day he died.
That’s an incredible story . Would be fascinating to know what he was reading. The guy had a major hand in developing one of histories most successful war strategies/ weapon systems
Funny enough it's been commented that it's very difficult to figure out American tactics. Mainly because half of the time even we don't know wtf we are doing.
As Secretary Rumsfeld once said, you go to war with the army you’ve got. We found out Humvee’s with canvas doors don’t provide a lot of protection from IED’s and snipers. Armor for Humvees was paid for in blood. I saw that as a soldier in Iraq first hand.
I will hate W forever for what he did to NATO veterans and the NATO militaries. Iraq should never have been on the radar. Now NATO has to fight Iran ourselves...
Great run down, Chris. I’m an Air-Land Battle vet which was so much better than active defense. Multiple Domain is a good start. No doubt it will mature and involve additional changes.
Resources has always been the reason for war. Gaining new territory, resources within(both human and natural). Also, you're leaving out the possibility of skynet.
I worked in LA during the early 1980s. Chris was right; the Reagan buildup was wild. In fairness, it started during the Carter administration. My clients were building everything-from valves for the space shuttle's main fuel tank to jet fighters. They were the most intelligent people this country has ever produced. I still miss the old Hughes aircraft. Rumour had it that they would tell the DOD what to buy. As a funny note, at Hughes, the older secretaries still told stories about Howard Hughes (1982). - they called him "Uncle Howie." God, it was a wild, good time. But the thing is, everyone in the defense industry was working towards something. Back then, the Cold War was not an abstract concept. It was real! And through the 70's, we were f........ loosing. God, I can talk for hours about those days.
Idk why but i feel happy for you, my dad was born in 71 but he always seemed to get happy when remembering growing up in the 80’s. People behaved differently, objects and everyday activities were different, The world was different. Every year I understand it more and more while I look back and realize the world i spent my childhood on dosnt exist anymore and the globalized world college told me to prepare for is now turning into a multipolar one lmao. Every time I think about my childhood I see it in a 480p less color debt with banding issues just like the videos of the time. I bet it happens to you too with the 70’s characteristic palette of colors and resolutions. Good wishes to you sir.
What are we ready 2sacrifice r soldiers, sailors and airmen for? 2 be #1? China makes or is absolutely irreplaceable as yet for the making of American's prescription medicine. Mitigate that please. For Blinkin, Sullivan, Biden not to get catastrophically humiliated and defeated in another unnecessary war? For American leaders, usually old mfers to pound their chests and threaten the whole world unless they let us loot? Or because we're stupid?
@@texasray5237 Most of that doesn't come from defence spending and government deficits were proportionally smaller back then despite spending significantly more money on defence then they do now.
Bro, you have a YT channel. Microphones are dirt cheap. Get your stories out there. It might just be beer money, but I bet there's an audience for this sort of thing. One of my favorite channels on YT does anecdotes and 'I swear, this happened to a buddy of mine' campfire stories about life in the US Army during the 80s-90s. 'Tank Rodeo' and 'The Werewolf NCOs of Wildflecken' were classic.
He's more confident...comes with age, no need to appear imposing or battle ready if you have little fear as you live. Many younger guys (not all) bulk up or work out as a deterrent or protection subconsciously. Health takes priority as one matures and discards these concerns/fears. Natural progression, he looks good.
@@MikeMcMulholland-d5f You know what the axiom of Cognitive Psycholgy is? .... *We see things as we are, not as they are* You're just hoping too hard it bluring your vision
I was assigned to TRADOC and used to fly Depuy who was a 4 star. He was short and would climb up the air-stairs (C-12) to look some commander in the eye to chew him out.. He was always great with us but a real terror on those he considered dead wood. I liked him.
Technically, it's "Typhon" not "Typhoon". From Copilot: "Typhon is a figure from Greek mythology, known as one of the most fearsome and powerful creatures. He is often described as a monstrous serpentine giant and is considered the deadliest being in Greek mythology"
According to those old myths, Typhon was defeated when he picked up a MOUNTAIN to throw at Zeus and Zeus hit him with a lightning bolt that made Typhon drop the mountain on himself, imprisoning him. Which mountain, you ask? According to myth, Mount Etna.
@@Taistelukalkkuna Pagan gods are often part Looney Toons and part Avengers. After all, no matter how hard or high Thor lifted, the back of giant's cat just arched higher.
A famous and popular business book, "The Fifth Discipline" talks in detail about the benefits of the "learning organization". It appears that the US Army and maybe all branches are using this philosophy better than any top-down adversary. I'm sure that our team is studying the Ukraine War in detail.
It's also a reflection of the country itself. Saudi Arabia for example does not allow their military to think for itself afraid of a coup. They (government or royal family) lose their power without a top-down approach. That is why they have been so ineffective against the Houti's, despite a ton of advanced American weaponry.
The US military has always had a multi tier approach to evolution of doctrine 1. Every mission of every type has an After Action Review where everyone involved has to give 3 goods and 3 bads. This is at the lowest level this is happening. The mission leader(for us as MPs it was the squad leader) then briefed the commander. The commander took what adaptations we were doing on the ground and shared them with other company commanders. This all effected local SOPs. 2. This would eventually get pushed up the CoC. At the theater level when people are deploying in they usually receive an updated fresh TTP training over about 2 weeks. 3. This all gets pushed up to various MOS centers of excellence where training is standardized job wide so every MP unit is getting updates from down range roughly everyb6 months training is slightly modified. 4. Eventually TRADOC updates basic training and MOS school training curriculums. Not to mention service academies have a center for lessons learned where cadets as part of course projects take extensive deep dives into major things and publish it like a student would publish a doctoral science experiment study in a journal. The Army has always been this way. Long before any business book was written. It's most evident I think in WW2 with how the Army evolved following initial combat in Africa.
The Ukraine war should never have happened, no one has benefitted, not Ukraine, not Russia, not UK, not USA, only corrupt politicians and the military-industrial complex Eisenhower warned us about.
Great Summary. One minor point: 19:00, the Mid-Range Capability (MRC), or Typhon, is a US Army transporter erector launcher for Standard SM-6 and Tomahawk missiles. The Standard 6 or RIM-174 Standard Extended Range Active Missile (ERAM) is a missile in current production for the United States Navy (USN). It was designed for extended-range anti-air warfare purposes, providing capability against fixed and rotary-wing aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, anti-ship cruise missiles in flight, both over sea and land, and terminal ballistic missile defense. It has a classified range that is estimated to be up to 250 miles. It is not the 1700 mile range missile you are suggesting. That would be the BGM-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) is a long-range, all-weather, jet-powered, subsonic cruise missile that is primarily used by the United States Navy. It has a range up to 1,550 miles depending on what variety is being utilized.
This is another great post from Cappy and the Task/Purpose platform. I've enjoyed watching this channel grow from just another run-of-the-mill military UA-cam channel to a source that is, imho, very decent and objective in its style and presentation... (It provides good information to laypersons and serious followers/consumers of modern military issues, while still being entertaining, too, imho. Anyway, Cappy, keep it up- the viewers appreciate your journalistic approach to the issues that you cover. (Non ironic Ho-rah! (?)
WW2 German Auftragstaktiks (mission style tactics) heavily influenced the US Army's 1980's doctrine revamp to maximize the flexibility of its new Airland Battle Doctrine.
Actually that goes well before WW2 in Germany, it was a mindset already present in Prussia. What is ironic is that in WW2, Germany started well with this doctrine of the "indepence of the lower commander" and steadily began to be micromanaged by Hitler himself, while the USSR was going the exactly opposite way.
@@eliasmiguelfreire8965 Well, that's ...simplifying. First, German Generals like to blame Hitler for their failures; there's lot of truth to it, but not all. Hitler has been pushing things his way from very beginning, as he initially promised that germany will be ready around 1944. This fake it till you make it worked.... against Poland or France, but caused problems already in battle of Britain. Also Stalin relaxed his iron grip, true and considerably - but while he allowed breathing space and learned to delegate, he remained very much top down.
@@piotrd.4850 I'm giving the general picture, of course there was exceptions. Hitler pushed his way more on a strategic scale in the beginning of the war, of course, he was pushing his agenda, his vision of the future. After the debacle of moscow and the retreat of the germans in 1941, he issued his "halt" order, which actually worked and it must had given him the confidence of meddling on operational and tactical questions reserved for the commanders in the field, since he issued an order that, in his view at least, saved the germans in USSR. This meddling grew steadily as the war went on, especially after the summer of 1943 when Germany began his overall defensive standing.
The Army had an "Air Sea Battle" concept to follow on to the 1980s 'Airland Battle". It disturbingly required very early strikes on China's mainland to pre empt Area denial operations
ill have to check that out. I know there were several doctrines I left out to keep things moving and focused on the main major changes. there was one after fullspectrum before multi-domain too but it wasn't a huge change. I'll have to check that one out though
I love that we keep having MIG-29 syndrome. Where opponents build new things and claim how awesome they are, and then the US realizes just how big the defense budget is. Next thing you know the ground equivalent of the F-22 appears and everyone shits themselves.
@@gow1044 Reminds me of the story of why the CIA was formed. Army intelligence would say that the enemy had way more capable tanks and way more of them so that we would increase the army budget. The Air Force would say the enemy air forces were growing too fast and they had new technology, and that would increase the Air Force budget… and so on. The CIA had to be formed to get an independent opinion from the services.
Better being ahead than behind. I'm from a third-world country and our oceans are being claimed by China and the most we can do is whine at the UN. I envy the US military. China's spine would jump right out of their body if the US ever decided to take them seriously. I think Americans should be more appreciative of the fact they have a military feared by the world versus an armed force that gets participation trophies like the one my country has.
I'm right there with you about the term 'game changer'. By now it only triggers an eye rolling and, at least for me, it tears my attention from the point of the conversation.
Poor Kim, you left him out from your worst case scenario. Dude launches missiles left and right, small notebooks his apostles carry around are full of his wisdoms and yet hes left out.
Kim sounds like the US. Launching and invading everywhere. They lost every war in the 20th century and now they can't even take on cave dwellers. PS: The US showed up to WW I when everyone was bankrupt already and claimed victory. The Russians fought 80% of the German army in WW II. They won the war against Hitler.
I think this is my favorite episode of your channel. Nicely done, and the later episode refinements (typhoon/typhon, etc) go deeper. I love this mix of weaponry and strategy, enwined with world politics. I would LOVE seeing someone like Sally Paine doing a guest spot. Not sure how you'd work something like that. But thanks for your work on this channel.
I just want to say that America would be nothing without friends in the world. Over the last 200 to 300 years this country was made by almost everyone in the world And it is still being made by all of us, I am a proud German who lives in America.
The European mindset is so fascinating to me, always an outsider and never fully comprehending that Americans are American because we our home is a melting pot, not because we all originally came from the same place. So simple, it’s cute.
Not true, Russia makes a fancy new gun.... Shows off photos of it and then quietly puts it away because somehow that single one cost 35 billion rubles??
I was hoping I'd see more comments like this but na. The sheep are really out today. Like do people realize that ww3 could end all life on earth? Plus all the people rooting for this won't go fight.
@@Patson20 I wouldnt say that The USMC has made some smart calls recently as well no so smart ones but they are getting there The F-35B needs an cruise missiles with 300 mile and 500lbs warhead that can be carried internally The ACV needs 105mm heavy guns variant The Corps needs to adopt the Spike NLOS for the Cobra as well as Tomcar 8 pack launcher that can be carried internally by the CH-53K Lastly, they need to sit down with the Army and agree on either the Archer or RCH 155s as Ukraine has shown that Towed arty is too vulnerable now
@@Patson20 Agreed. Marines are singularly trained to fight in littoral combat. That's where there's an important strategic merging of land and sea. Island hopping is littoral combat. Establishing a beachhead for the Navy is littoral combat. Fighting in the plains of Central Europe is not littoral combat, and should be left to the Army. Yes there will be some overlap, but the Marines mission is very different than the Army mission. Marines deploy from the sea, establish control over a littoral area, and make it so the Navy can advance. This is their function.
We're forever fighting the last War. Until the next one knocks on the door. “No plan of operations reaches with any certainty beyond the first encounter with the enemy's main force.” -General Helmuth Von Moltke.
@@knowahnosenothing4862 a, wwi, b, still makes no fucking sense. Were you around in the early 20th century? If you're gonna make a dumbass _"I'm first please give me attention my parents don't love me"_ comment, at least pretend to make the smallest inkling of sense.
I think any nation that goes to war is going to have a very rude awakening with drone technology. Being an average infantrymen these days, you have to worry about IED’s from the sky now, flying at you, not just buried in the ground where you patrol.
Yep, and the US has counters to nullify drone attacks. Also the US carriers are undergoing upgrades to include an AI command structure that'll send thousands of aerial, submersive, and other attack drones. The US is light-years ahead of our adversaries in drone warfare.
@@cubed0724 You can never nullify any sort of attacks, you can only try your best. Every air defense system can be oversaturated. It´s like a DDOS attack with drones. AI is a great example. A low tech enemy keeps massing small amounts of troops and coming to a border, firing some shit a couple of times and retreat. This done over a period of 1 year and after the year has passed your AI systems thinks massing troops near the border is a normal thing and nothing strange and that´s how the attack on Israel on Oct. 7th happened. You got much to learn kiddo. pride comes before the fall, underestimating your enemy has always been the single dumbest thing to do, and that´s what you do right now.
@@cubed0724 I don’t think it’d be hard to get 10,000 mini drones strapped with C4 flying at you on a script. 10k $10k drones is only 100 mil. We have cruise missiles on this very video that are 50 mil a pop. It wouldn’t be hard for China to do the same. I’m a U.S. Marine veteran btw I’m not saying anything bad about the U.S. I’m just saying it fucking sucks to be infantry right now.
@@evangaudet Yep, Ukraine is a learning experience for the US military, they've seen what drones do to Russian troops, I've seen the videos and it's terrifying. But, it'll get better as I've seen infantry vehicles with advanced EW that'll shut down drone swarms and also weapon systems that'll use cheap guided rounds to shoot down drones. The US is adapting yet again to the changing warfare. I like to compare the US military to "Doomsday", always adapting and getting stronger. Thank you for your service btw.
FCS was not meant to counter A2/AD. It was meant to shift from an “industrial age” military to an “information age” military. It was part of the OSD led transformation effort.
Cappy is getting some things wrong that I know are wrong: -A-10's did not have Army pilots. (This would violate the Key West Agreement on how the service branches operate, for one thing) -The Typhoon system DOES launch SM-6 SAM missiles, but the range numbers (and the pic he showed at 19:03) is actually about the Tomahawk land/sea attack cruise missile, which the Typhoon can also launch. (Typhoon is basically a truck-mounted version of the Navy's VLS ship launchers) -At 20:36, the BSB unit is labelled as "Air Defense Battalion". This is actually a logistics support battalion (for the missile units). -Picture at 26:13 is actually a Raven observer drone, not the Switchblade.
You left out North Korea simultaneously attacking the South as China blockades or attacks Taiwan. This would open up another front the US would need to address.
In the case of WW3, the draft would be instated, and we would have around 100 million troops, over the current 2 million, China has 2 million active troops to match US, but if China enacted a draft (which they would) they would have around 400 million military aged males, so we are already outnumbered 4 to 1.
There are currently trillions of bullets on earth, so that won’t be an issue, however if it becomes nuclear, the earth will continue to spin but humanity will cease to exist in the modern sense.
@izkh4lif4 honestly if China actually enacted a draft I'd suspect they'd fall into civil war. Their whole country is already being held together by a thread and faith in the government is slim. Not to mention they are falling into population collapse and they have almost a 20 million men who don't have women to marry and have nothing to fight for. I could definitely see some generals starting the return to the warlord era in response to Xi stopping their money train.
@@izkh4lif4 Sure they have 400 million military-aged males but do they have the equipment and training infrastructure to field 400 million troops. This isn't a video game.
Part of the 1947 defense reorganization. All fixed wing aircraft went to the new USAF (from the old Army Air Force). The "new" Army would operate rotorcraft and the occasional OV Bird Dog.
If I remember correctly, the army still used the a10 is close air support role, flown by army pilots when I was young. There was an announcement on the news about the army retiring the a10, but the AF would keep it in the inventory. 90's maybe?
@protorhinocerator142 they've been outdated for 30 years have have literally only survived off of memes, not even joking. In Iraq in 1991, you saw those photos of them getting torn up but making it back right? Well, that was such a common occurrence that it was affecting op tempos to the point where F-16s had to take their job and pick up the slack. Modern anti-air is far more sophisticated now. They are too vulnerable in high intensity combat and too expensive and are overkill for COIN. It's time to retire them.
@@Avera9eWh1teShark6 They're still good against insurgent forces with no air defense. Do people really think the US will never fight against another insurgency again?
I think nobody wants to set the world on fire, not even the dictators. But they do want to subjugate us. And as bad as the USGov and the EU are, the others are infinitely worse. ,
@@Patson20 Simulations of nuclear war show that at present most Americans would survive, but our economy would collapse as we rely too heavily on our cities for logistics and planning. Furthermore, we don't know what the smoke from all of our forests burning down would do so there is a very large question mark.
Here's what we need: - mass production of the B-21 Raider - Rapid Dragon - Laser defense on all our surface vessels - European allies to help us build more submarines - mass production of the F-15EX Eagle II - two more Ford-class carriers
Not sure about the new rifle for the US army as it uses a 6.8 mm round which has more power but no one else is using the round. Thus, if there is an ammo issue the soldiers are left high and dry. With the current rifle using the 5.56 round they can at least get spare ammo from allied forces. If the new rifle is going to be used then other allied nations need to adopt the standard or the US risks supply issues and the soldiers suffer.
I hope we are coming up with a plan for Drone Swarms, because that's coming next. Think 1000 to 10,000 drones versus a Destroyer or Forward Operating Military Base.
This is a very hot take because you’re probably right, but do drone swarms play to the current strengths of FPV drones? Current FPVs are very hard to spot, very hard to counteract and usually have the element of surprise. Drone swarms would be much more vulnerable to air burst ammunition and EW, and those systems are likely to be active in a location important enough to warrant a drone swarm attack.
OK... some questions for your consideration: 1, Where would you propose to obtain all of the needed personnel to staff this new warfighting doctrine and shift of tactics or strategies? The "draft"? 2. Let's assume that the "draft" of eligible persons does bring in XXX number of persons into the military. Any thoughts as to the time needed to train, where they could be effective at their intended roles? 3. And if you do "draft" XXX of persons into the military, what would make you think that they would be inclined to do their intended jobs? To die for their country, as it is? Patriotism? Apple pie and the "American way"? 4. Have you looked at the persons who are in the US military as a whole now? Take a good look at those in the US military: Do you really think these people are "dependable" when the situation requires a real life or death commitment? You have a small "core" of dependable people; the remainder have enlisted or become "officers" [not leaders], purely because the US military is largely a social service organization that offers free benefits for those who have a parasitic "service" to reach the retirement qualifications only to benefit themselves and not the country. It's time to take a realistic and critical look at the US military and not scream wildly that one isn't patriotic when such is brought to your attention. Do you remember the story of "The Emperor's New Clothes"? Same thing here.
Nah I wouldn’t suggest a draft. The army wouldn’t even want that. They’re cutting 32,000 roles to make room for about 8,000 new rules in air defense mainly instead. The army’s recruiting numbers are back on track again as of this quarter so , not sure where people are getting this draft talk from
@@Taskandpurpose I'm nearing 30 years old, but I really won't mind if I get selected for the draft or not. Enlisting in the Army or Navy is my Plan C in life. I wish you could choose which front would you be deployed at.
Do what the army did in WW2 Be a lot of 90 day wonders The big thing is equipment We don’t have the industry Thanks to Clinton and continuation of that policy older equipment is not warehoused But destroyed Bush 2 ran into this when went back into Iraq And the army never corrected
Yeah, there is a problem with a lot of support troops. But I watched the 3rd ID doing field exercises a few months ago. The troops that will be doing the fighting are still effective.
Eventually the Army will come to the conclusion that the best military platform is a F350 flatbed truck that can have any palletized smart weapon system attached to it. I almost thought they had seen the future when they selected their new light infantry squad vehicle based on the Chevy Colorado, but alas, they had to go make a hundred changes to that too. In a day and age where almost anything can cut through armor, why not at least let our boys have decent AC, plush leather seats and cup holders?
They need to build a souped up F 350 that is for military use. It would change the entire Ford industry. Tesla cyber truck dumpster on wheels opened that door and Ford should walk thru it.
The problem with the XM7 is that it's using a completely new cartridge. This is terrible for logistics and interoperability. The power and range needs could be met by several existing cartridges.
Not true, there is a reason they developed the new ammo type. Also don't forget, there are two variants of the new ammo, steel jacketed and the hybrid ammo (it's the hybrid ammo that's really different). This round carries more energy for penetration, while maintaining ballistic accuracy like the 5.56 loads. Yes it's larger but that's the point, while not being a monster of a gun like larger, heavy caliber round guns that exist now. In addition to the new round, it's the new gun itself and it's optics platform which may be even more important. Those two together is what really optimizes the new rounds. Combination of light weight plus advanced optics is what will maximize the round's potential. It looks like the army is getting a good offering, finally, given all the previous "it's good but not really better" prototype guns which came and went.
@@c_rock3512it's lighter than existing 7.62 counterparts in similar configurations using commercial equivalents. To get the same capabilities with a current market rifle you'd need a SCAR-20 or M417 20" with suppressor, LPVO, range finder, and PEQ.
6.8x51 was specifically chosen due to it's compatibility with 7.62 via a simple barrel swap. It's like 5m56 vs .300 BLK. Yes, you could achieve the same results in performance with 6ARC, but who amongst our allies uses that? Now compare that with the commonality of 7.62.
Thorough video. It looks like we are on track to meet the near term threats. The military will need to continuously transform itself to meet the threats of their times. So, good job.
I've been reading about the Army's promises about how they have and/or will "transform" for almost 3 decades now, but they still lose more wars than they win. In the late 1990s and into the late 2000s, it was called "RMA" (a "Revolution in Military Affairs"). Change rarely happens in the Pentagon, improvement never happens, and reform is a dirty word among their "leadership".
Chris, when you post some written words during your video, please keep it posted a little longer. I couldn’t read what you wrote. Thanks! Love all of your videos. I was an infantryman with B Company 2/5th, First Air Cavalry Division in 67-68.
The Typhoon is a huge waste of money. $41mil per missile is insane. Building a THOR system, put in orbit by SpaceX Starship, could do 69 tons TNT damage per penetrator for only a few million each, and have global reach with Mach 11 speeds..
on a few things here, one that’s illegal. military weapons in space are outlawed. 2 wdym for only a few million? the entire project, launching the station into orbit, delivering the rods, among other things would cost well into the hundreds of millions. this is also ignoring the fact that the station would be fairly easy to destroy. it’s a cool concept sure but likely wouldn’t be that efficient in comparison to other systems.
@@cedriceric9730 the law isn’t supported by nothings it’s supported by if we do it our competitors will. why start another arms race when all it will lead to is more destruction?
The US chooses the most expensive way, American weapons have reached such an extreme that even America cannot afford to buy them in large numbers. Everything is overcomplicated, just so that everyone can make money from it, that's the way to defeat
Love your videos, always put in a little funny snippet but is always totally true. And then the accent at 17:30 had me rolling 😂 Keep up the amazing work and thank you for your service!
I really can't see America doing much in WW3. Haven't won a war in a long time and the country is too divided and weak from within. Too many factions within America have their hearts pledged elsewhere.
Overweight women in glasses, staggering around a 400 m running track in 16 minutes doesn't really strike fear in anyone. The US Army is a pathetic joke but the Marines are still somewhat allowed to retain a warrior spirit. Unfortunately for the US, the Marines will be reduced to pronoun snivelling, fat-bodies within a few years, and all their wonderful machines will be stuck at charging stations thanks the the Green New Deal. Pax Americana is no more.
Not to mention the US once have the industrial power to support two fronts in the last world war, but now I think most of them already gone since everyone just go for stocks and IT.
Ракета "Например от Парижа до Москвы"? А может такой вариант : "Сармат" случайно падает на вулкан йеллоустон, а на месте северной америки появляется удобный пролив имени Путина.
@@BaBaYaga1999-p7u Джонни, всю свою историю Россия противостояла мощнейшим империям агрессорам. Причём эти агрессоры воевали всегда альянсами. Все они перестали быть сильнейшими империями после нападения на Россию. Сегодня этим агрессором является террористический блок НАТО. А это список лишь одной страны из этих варварских стран. *Полный перечень войн, вооруженных конфликтов, развязанных США за свою историю* Когда-то самым популярным языком был французский, потом немецкий. Сегодня самый популярный язык - английский. Нет никаких ассоциаций, аналогий?
@@seamusesparza1943 Да, Афганистан так называют. Только СССР выполнив свои задачи покинул Афганистан с поднятыми флагами. Весь так называемый "доблестный" альянс НАТО убегал из Афганистана сверкая пятками, оставив все свои базы, вооружение и бросив союзников на произвол судьбы. Наивно полагать, что Афганистан не был завоёван. Список стран, которые якобы "не смогли" его захватить насчитывает 27. Из них большинство, о которых ты даже не слышал. Потом ты открываешь список империй, которые исчезли в результате нападения на Россию. Это были САМЫЕ МОЩНЫЕ ИМПЕРИИ В МИРЕ в своё время. Все они нашли в России то что искали - землю, примерно 2Х2 метра для каждого. Ну а если ты так веришь в то, что Афганистан - кладбище империй, то я ещё раз напоминаю, что последними были США и их сателлиты.
@@agush22 my apologies man , I am really sorry, I get so many of these nafo bots everyday on my real youtube channel I am gave up answering them logically.
Super job! About a year ago I left the Army after spending 34 years there. One thing I always enjoyed was that strictly following was only done if there wasn't another better way of doing things. Innovation, assertiveness, and aggressiveness was nearly always favored over going by the book. There was always a real desire to get the mission done in the best way possible and with the minimal risk to life.
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I think there's a lot we can learn from Ukraine. Americans are used to overwhelming firepower and lightning maneuver. That's great when we have it.
But if we're talking about a multi-front war, that may not be an option. But what if we could deploy quickly to the less critical areas and use our forces to tie up the enemy for a year or two? We could rely heavily on trenches and drones.
If we do that, we can use overwhelming force on one or two fronts, and then tie up the enemies on all other fronts.
We defeat one enemy good enough, and then shuffle the workload and move the overwhelming force to the other fronts. For the first front, we switch to a Ukraine-style long-term defense meant to grind down the enemy's resolve and make victory for them impossible.
A2/AD only worked because the United States was party to some treaties of Russia, of which China wasn’t. China is now begging Biden administration to enter into some new treaties so that it can salvage its A2/AD strategy.
Maybe we're forgetting Iraq 1
We go big when we have big help.
If this scenario looks like WW3 you can bet countries will want to be neutral at there peril 😢
TBH, I was little surprised that Multi-Domain doctrine wasn't already in Combined Forces doctrine papers. We have 3500 special forces in Poland not attached to any units and directly commanded by Polish Pentagon in American way. Though we miss nuclear deterrent, Poland built up WOT (territorial defense deterrent) to cover in a Polish defense war concept all Combined Forces actions taken by Polish Army, which seemed natural and really obvious to us in Poland. This is why from 2014 Poland is so obsessed with building up Polish A2/AD and putting pressure on American Industry to provide Poland with modern radars to Polish Patriots and anti-air combat system (IBCS) on level with already existing Polish artillery system Topaz.
When I was active duty we worked with some UK counterparts. They were great soldiers. One of them quipped about how American combat doctrine scares them. When asked why they replied “In the absence of orders we hunker down and wait for reinforcements. In the absence of orders you guys advance. It’s crazy.” The fact that America puts so much trust in its NCOs is huge. The US military rewards thinking outside the box and taking initiative.
Imagine how strong Taliban is than
@@OSTemlistrong enough to run away from coalition forces, put a mine somewhere, hoot when it goes off, and can only beat a badly organized Afghani military in open combat. And?
@@OSTemli The Taliban has NCOs?
@@OSTemlilol you fool
No army wins a war which cannot be won. USA had and still has no fundamental interest in the place but the people living there DO.
"If we don't know what we are doing, the enemy certainly can't anticipate our actions" That's comic gold.
Wait til I laugh my teeth off of your response because of my success, that’ll be comic gold.
Except if the enemy have slightly better order - and that's what they're trained for over almost any other aspect of their doctrine - they'll storm through.
It sounds like new US doctrine ))
"The reason Americans are good in combat is because war is chaos! And the American Army practices chaos on a daily basis!" A German Generals critique of the U.S. Army (Brought this before the host here did)
@@southboundaustral "one of the serious problems in planning against American doctrine is that Americans do not read their manuals nor do they feel any obligation to follow their doctrine." - USSR
Born too late to land on Normandy, born too early for spaceship battles. Born just in time for a DJI drone to drop a grenade on me while I take a dump.
facts😂
"Bing chilling, Bing chilling- plop"
"What the Fu-"
whats horrifying about this video is that the word drone is not mentioned a single time, lol. our buddies that are training for war in Ukraine here on US bases have been quoted as saying that they are baffled as to how and why were not preparing for the drone future of warfare, as it will make all this obsolete and its been proven to.
@@aspectratiosYTthe US is though, drones are becoming part of many units even down to the squad level. The US was head and shoulders above everyone at military drones from the end of WW2 through to VERY recently and still do a ton of R&D, it's just that the rest of the planet started to catch up.
You might also might wonder _why_ the Ukraine war now has so many drones. In 2014 the Donbas war drones were almost unheard of in the Ukrainian military but the US had just spent a decade in the middle east using Predator drones to blow up Soviet armed Iraqis for the second time. Then after the Donbas war the US sends trainers and equipment to Ukraine and when Russia invaded the second time suddenly the Ukrainian military dusts off a bunch of drones and goes to war against Russia. Sure, consumer drones became more common between 2014 and 2022 but that doesn't mean they'd just suddenly integrate them into the military overnight from scratch but it would be way easier if you'd just spent 8 years being trained in similar systems by a bunch of USAF operators
Also you may want to actually wait until your more then halfway through a video to draw conclusions, especially when that video starts in the Cold War and you're talking about the 2020s, he spends the last quarter of the video going "drone drone drone UAV automatic kill system drone drone UAV drone pilot drone".
@@aspectratiosYT watch the video to the end, then edit or delete your comment pls sir
Multi domain warfare is risky, but war is risky. This is why preventing war from ever occurring should be the primary focus, but preparing for war is also absolutely necessary.
What isn't discussed in the video is how much MDO is involved in preventing conflicts through deterrence. It's all-encompassing before, during, and after conflict as a constant mission that doesn't just start or end at the shooting part.
Everything is about deterrence. The constant updates and changes are to tell others we can change to respond to their actions, this includes international alliances and our political decisions as well as direct investment in weapons procurement and development
We are way past the stage of preventing war.
Russia started the war on their own(greed).
China is "mad at" Taiwan on their own(they want the chip fabs).
Deterrence only works against opponents that don't rule with an iron fist. Hybrid warfare is already being used by them, and it has had enormous impact on the civilian and political sectors in the first world countries over the years. Meanwhile, the autocratic states of Russia, China, and North Korea, are growing increasingly more menacing, and they show clear intent to overthrow the current world order in its entirety (although North Korea is just a puppet state under Chinese influence). Everything can be blamed on Kissinger, who came up with the idea when he was working under Nixon, that by using economic persuasion then these states will see the allure of a non-oppressed populace and its inherent economic growth. Kissinger's plan has still not worked, at all, in any nation.
So while the West has continued to feed money into lawless states in the global scene, and gained high profits because of slave labor and criminally cheap manufacturing, they've habitually been stealing intellectual properties in those states. And because their political narrative has always been to conquer their surroundings and to become the strongest on the planet and spread the greatness of communism, of which Russia isn't fooling anyone, it has made them into adversaries that can threaten not just NATO, but also the world. If they do gain world control, then it'll be the end of democracy for real. It's why deterrence and persuasion isn't working, and will never work; becausd their populations are too afraid to pay the ultimate cost en masse in order to bring down their military dictatorships.
@@jacobp8294deterrence only works against opponents that don't rule with an iron hand. Also, Kissinger's plan hasn't worked at all, and has in fact only exacerbated the problem to a catastrophic level.
As a Viet Nam veteran I can tell you that NCO's make or break any combat unit. How well this new concept will work will depend on how well future NCO's are trained and if they are retained after their training. Generals plan, officers order, NCOs implement and us lowly trooper die and are injured to make it happen. I hope these generals know what they are doing because no amount of orders, implementing, or injured and dying can overcome a stupid plan!
No how well the recruits are its mayby a best question??
Also it's best if the US Military avoid any more "nation building" missions again. It's not what they do.
In contrast, indian army focuses on training officers the most, and have very high officer casualty rates. They need to really think on it, it's high time.
We have an amazing NCO core in the US military. Other armies that don't invest in their Non-coms ultimately suffer. Look at the Russian and Ukraine conflict for reference 🧐
@@husker_nation Also US trains its soldiers to act and think independently unlike Russians who have a very top heavy command structure.
Your videos have become so much more professional and you've really become a fantastic communicator. Your script reading has become much more natural and conversational in tone. I'm so impressed by the way you cover such heavy topics in a way that is informative and engaging. You've become one of the worlds best at being funny without being disrespectful. Which is something that's so difficult when covering topics as complex as weapon systems, and painful as war and death.
It's something to be said that among the major powers throughout history, wars are won by changing tactics to adapt to new technology, as opposed to holding to what used to work. The Franco-Prussian War was a prime example of this.
It is exactly why the US shouldn't be providing security for all these countries. Don't want to be a Chinese slave? Get off your asses & defend yourselves!
@@thebarkingmouseWhich nations are you attempting to indict?
@@thebarkingmouse You're either a chinese bot or you truly cant comprehend basic Geopolitical Strategy lmao
the drones are waiting.
@@thebarkingmouse acting like US-allied countries don't develop their own weapons systems
I had the opportunity to go to General Starry's home around 2012, shortly after he had died. (I did not meet him personally) His basement looked like a library, and he was known for being an avid reader. The relative who knew him and let me see the home said he was sharp till the day he died.
I was under his command at Ft Monroe
That’s an incredible story . Would be fascinating to know what he was reading. The guy had a major hand in developing one of histories most successful war strategies/ weapon systems
General Starry was the guy who replaced General Sierra Mist, right?
@@Taskandpurpose "Naruto, My hero, Attack on titan... huh..."
@@rustyshaklford9557yes and I’ve heard he was better too
Sounds like the US army is taking a page from Sun Tsu's book:
"In order to confuse your enemy, you must first confuse yourself"
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*_FINALLY_*
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Funny enough it's been commented that it's very difficult to figure out American tactics. Mainly because half of the time even we don't know wtf we are doing.
@@rusty_shackleford2226 Not half the time. All the time.
- Confuseious
- Confuseious
As Secretary Rumsfeld once said, you go to war with the army you’ve got. We found out Humvee’s with canvas doors don’t provide a lot of protection from IED’s and snipers. Armor for Humvees was paid for in blood. I saw that as a soldier in Iraq first hand.
I will hate W forever for what he did to NATO veterans and the NATO militaries. Iraq should never have been on the radar. Now NATO has to fight Iran ourselves...
@@williamyoung9401 and No Clinton NATO no UN approval.
Rumsfeld or woke Milley, who is the bigger idiot and who damaged our military more?
And then they came out with the MRAP’s
@@williamyoung9401 Why do we have to fight Iran?
"attacking deep into their rear areas" are we sure the navy didn't write this?
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Great run down, Chris. I’m an Air-Land Battle vet which was so much better than active defense. Multiple Domain is a good start. No doubt it will mature and involve additional changes.
And thus The Resource War started and Vault-Tec was born.
Damn right I'll get the military contract if I have too to have that open up
Yep, feeding the US Military Industrial Complex.
A double edged sword.
Resources has always been the reason for war. Gaining new territory, resources within(both human and natural).
Also, you're leaving out the possibility of skynet.
@@johnlucas6683
Nah... Wars of & by the West are for making profits.
I worked in LA during the early 1980s. Chris was right; the Reagan buildup was wild. In fairness, it started during the Carter administration. My clients were building everything-from valves for the space shuttle's main fuel tank to jet fighters. They were the most intelligent people this country has ever produced. I still miss the old Hughes aircraft. Rumour had it that they would tell the DOD what to buy. As a funny note, at Hughes, the older secretaries still told stories about Howard Hughes (1982). - they called him "Uncle Howie." God, it was a wild, good time. But the thing is, everyone in the defense industry was working towards something. Back then, the Cold War was not an abstract concept. It was real! And through the 70's, we were f........ loosing. God, I can talk for hours about those days.
Idk why but i feel happy for you, my dad was born in 71 but he always seemed to get happy when remembering growing up in the 80’s. People behaved differently, objects and everyday activities were different, The world was different. Every year I understand it more and more while I look back and realize the world i spent my childhood on dosnt exist anymore and the globalized world college told me to prepare for is now turning into a multipolar one lmao. Every time I think about my childhood I see it in a 480p less color debt with banding issues just like the videos of the time. I bet it happens to you too with the 70’s characteristic palette of colors and resolutions. Good wishes to you sir.
_" But the thing is, everyone in the defense industry was working towards something. "_
A hundred trillion dollar National Debt.
What are we ready 2sacrifice r soldiers, sailors and airmen for? 2 be #1? China makes or is absolutely irreplaceable as yet for the making of American's prescription medicine. Mitigate that please. For Blinkin, Sullivan, Biden not to get catastrophically humiliated and defeated in another unnecessary war? For American leaders, usually old mfers to pound their chests and threaten the whole world unless they let us loot? Or because we're stupid?
@@texasray5237 Most of that doesn't come from defence spending and government deficits were proportionally smaller back then despite spending significantly more money on defence then they do now.
Bro, you have a YT channel. Microphones are dirt cheap. Get your stories out there. It might just be beer money, but I bet there's an audience for this sort of thing. One of my favorite channels on YT does anecdotes and 'I swear, this happened to a buddy of mine' campfire stories about life in the US Army during the 80s-90s. 'Tank Rodeo' and 'The Werewolf NCOs of Wildflecken' were classic.
Excellent. I’m retired from an army far away long time ago. The way u present ur video is based on very good research and advice.
I love how Chris is slowly turning from a strong young infantryman to a thin office job dad with every video
Haha yeah I can see it now in his arms
He's not going to sleep with you
He's more confident...comes with age, no need to appear imposing or battle ready if you have little fear as you live. Many younger guys (not all) bulk up or work out as a deterrent or protection subconsciously. Health takes priority as one matures and discards these concerns/fears. Natural progression, he looks good.
She identifies as Christina now.
@@MikeMcMulholland-d5f You know what the axiom of Cognitive Psycholgy is? ....
*We see things as we are, not as they are*
You're just hoping too hard it bluring your vision
You have a knack for providing important but complicated info in an entertaining format. Well done!
“I think the term game-changer is wildly overused. So I’ll just call them what they are - regime-changers.”
Beautiful!!
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They've changed nothing in ukraine. Maybe call them dream changers.
Regime change is pretty much always a mistake, as we've learned.
This is probably the best presentation you've ever done. Excellent!
"If the US government is targeting you with one of these things consider yourself a very very special person" Task & Purpose ☺
Man this channel has quickly become one of my favourites. Excellent work 👏
I was assigned to TRADOC and used to fly Depuy who was a 4 star. He was short and would climb up the air-stairs (C-12) to look some commander in the eye to chew him out.. He was always great with us but a real terror on those he considered dead wood. I liked him.
Technically, it's "Typhon" not "Typhoon". From Copilot: "Typhon is a figure from Greek mythology, known as one of the most fearsome and powerful creatures. He is often described as a monstrous serpentine giant and is considered the deadliest being in Greek mythology"
Thank you for the correction ! I my brain thought it was typhoon
According to those old myths, Typhon was defeated when he picked up a MOUNTAIN to throw at Zeus and Zeus hit him with a lightning bolt that made Typhon drop the mountain on himself, imprisoning him. Which mountain, you ask? According to myth, Mount Etna.
@@bgdancer100 That is some Looney Tunes level of stuff.
If anyone’s played Borderlands 3 this info makes Typhon Deleon an extremely ironic character.
@@Taistelukalkkuna Pagan gods are often part Looney Toons and part Avengers.
After all, no matter how hard or high Thor lifted, the back of giant's cat just arched higher.
Best strategic military content on UA-cam by far, thank you.
A famous and popular business book, "The Fifth Discipline" talks in detail about the benefits of the "learning organization". It appears that the US Army and maybe all branches are using this philosophy better than any top-down adversary. I'm sure that our team is studying the Ukraine War in detail.
Thank you sir, I check that.
Have you documentation recommandation ?
@@jeanleduy9923 I suggest that book. ;)
It's also a reflection of the country itself. Saudi Arabia for example does not allow their military to think for itself afraid of a coup. They (government or royal family) lose their power without a top-down approach. That is why they have been so ineffective against the Houti's, despite a ton of advanced American weaponry.
The US military has always had a multi tier approach to evolution of doctrine
1. Every mission of every type has an After Action Review where everyone involved has to give 3 goods and 3 bads. This is at the lowest level this is happening. The mission leader(for us as MPs it was the squad leader) then briefed the commander.
The commander took what adaptations we were doing on the ground and shared them with other company commanders. This all effected local SOPs.
2. This would eventually get pushed up the CoC. At the theater level when people are deploying in they usually receive an updated fresh TTP training over about 2 weeks.
3. This all gets pushed up to various MOS centers of excellence where training is standardized job wide so every MP unit is getting updates from down range roughly everyb6 months training is slightly modified.
4. Eventually TRADOC updates basic training and MOS school training curriculums.
Not to mention service academies have a center for lessons learned where cadets as part of course projects take extensive deep dives into major things and publish it like a student would publish a doctoral science experiment study in a journal.
The Army has always been this way. Long before any business book was written. It's most evident I think in WW2 with how the Army evolved following initial combat in Africa.
The Ukraine war should never have happened, no one has benefitted, not Ukraine, not Russia, not UK, not USA, only corrupt politicians and the military-industrial complex Eisenhower warned us about.
Great Summary. One minor point: 19:00, the Mid-Range Capability (MRC), or Typhon, is a US Army transporter erector launcher for Standard SM-6 and Tomahawk missiles. The Standard 6 or RIM-174 Standard Extended Range Active Missile (ERAM) is a missile in current production for the United States Navy (USN). It was designed for extended-range anti-air warfare purposes, providing capability against fixed and rotary-wing aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, anti-ship cruise missiles in flight, both over sea and land, and terminal ballistic missile defense. It has a classified range that is estimated to be up to 250 miles. It is not the 1700 mile range missile you are suggesting. That would be the BGM-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) is a long-range, all-weather, jet-powered, subsonic cruise missile that is primarily used by the United States Navy. It has a range up to 1,550 miles depending on what variety is being utilized.
This is another great post from Cappy and the Task/Purpose platform.
I've enjoyed watching this channel grow from just another run-of-the-mill military UA-cam channel to a source that is, imho, very decent and objective in its style and presentation... (It provides good information to laypersons and serious followers/consumers of modern military issues, while still being entertaining, too, imho.
Anyway, Cappy, keep it up- the viewers appreciate your journalistic approach to the issues that you cover. (Non ironic Ho-rah! (?)
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For anyone that's wondering, yes, Cappy actually left that comment on the official Army Futures Command video.
Hahahahah
WW2 German Auftragstaktiks (mission style tactics) heavily influenced the US Army's 1980's doctrine revamp to maximize the flexibility of its new Airland Battle Doctrine.
Exactly what I thought. Air Land Battle in practice, tactical independence, heavy reliance on NCOs etc., is all right out of Germany's WW2 playbook.
Actually that goes well before WW2 in Germany, it was a mindset already present in Prussia. What is ironic is that in WW2, Germany started well with this doctrine of the "indepence of the lower commander" and steadily began to be micromanaged by Hitler himself, while the USSR was going the exactly opposite way.
@@eliasmiguelfreire8965 Well, that's ...simplifying. First, German Generals like to blame Hitler for their failures; there's lot of truth to it, but not all. Hitler has been pushing things his way from very beginning, as he initially promised that germany will be ready around 1944. This fake it till you make it worked.... against Poland or France, but caused problems already in battle of Britain. Also Stalin relaxed his iron grip, true and considerably - but while he allowed breathing space and learned to delegate, he remained very much top down.
@@piotrd.4850 I'm giving the general picture, of course there was exceptions. Hitler pushed his way more on a strategic scale in the beginning of the war, of course, he was pushing his agenda, his vision of the future. After the debacle of moscow and the retreat of the germans in 1941, he issued his "halt" order, which actually worked and it must had given him the confidence of meddling on operational and tactical questions reserved for the commanders in the field, since he issued an order that, in his view at least, saved the germans in USSR. This meddling grew steadily as the war went on, especially after the summer of 1943 when Germany began his overall defensive standing.
Once again great info and detail! Thank you for the time you put in for these videos!
The Army had an "Air Sea Battle" concept to follow on to the 1980s 'Airland Battle". It disturbingly required very early strikes on China's mainland to pre empt Area denial operations
ill have to check that out. I know there were several doctrines I left out to keep things moving and focused on the main major changes. there was one after fullspectrum before multi-domain too but it wasn't a huge change. I'll have to check that one out though
Didn't General Douglas McCarthur see that during the Korean War? But was fired for his thoughts. But yet here America is at a soft war with China.
I love that we keep having MIG-29 syndrome. Where opponents build new things and claim how awesome they are, and then the US realizes just how big the defense budget is. Next thing you know the ground equivalent of the F-22 appears and everyone shits themselves.
@@gow1044 Reminds me of the story of why the CIA was formed. Army intelligence would say that the enemy had way more capable tanks and way more of them so that we would increase the army budget. The Air Force would say the enemy air forces were growing too fast and they had new technology, and that would increase the Air Force budget… and so on. The CIA had to be formed to get an independent opinion from the services.
@@chillxxx241 That seems more like a bit of opportunistic thinking. Instead of faulty intelligence and public opinion.
@@chillxxx241 and now it has its own military wing, meaning we're back to square one. the good thing is that sat images can be bought open-source.
Better being ahead than behind. I'm from a third-world country and our oceans are being claimed by China and the most we can do is whine at the UN.
I envy the US military. China's spine would jump right out of their body if the US ever decided to take them seriously.
I think Americans should be more appreciative of the fact they have a military feared by the world versus an armed force that gets participation trophies like the one my country has.
Ground equivalent of the F-22 and the image in my mind is an Armored Core.
I'm right there with you about the term 'game changer'. By now it only triggers an eye rolling and, at least for me, it tears my attention from the point of the conversation.
Fool the enemy with planning, and be chaotic. "Rommel, you magnificent bastard, I read your book"
Poor Kim, you left him out from your worst case scenario. Dude launches missiles left and right, small notebooks his apostles carry around are full of his wisdoms and yet hes left out.
Kim sounds like the US. Launching and invading everywhere. They lost every war in the 20th century and now they can't even take on cave dwellers.
PS: The US showed up to WW I when everyone was bankrupt already and claimed victory.
The Russians fought 80% of the German army in WW II. They won the war against Hitler.
South Korea can handle him.
Fine with me!
Kim is acting like America, but he hasn't invaded anyone.
@@kmrtnsn Not if Russia and China get involved.
I think this is my favorite episode of your channel. Nicely done, and the later episode refinements (typhoon/typhon, etc) go deeper. I love this mix of weaponry and strategy, enwined with world politics. I would LOVE seeing someone like Sally Paine doing a guest spot. Not sure how you'd work something like that. But thanks for your work on this channel.
I just want to say that America would be nothing without friends in the world.
Over the last 200 to 300 years this country was made by almost everyone in the world
And it is still being made by all of us, I am a proud German who lives in America.
America has got more enemies than friends. But that's what happens when you keep meddling with other countries power and politics.
You got it wrong. Friends without America would be nothing. America had to save Friends from your Germans twice already
You’re not German, you’re a traitor.
Not friends but vassals who better not step out of their American-made bounds.
The European mindset is so fascinating to me, always an outsider and never fully comprehending that Americans are American because we our home is a melting pot, not because we all originally came from the same place. So simple, it’s cute.
For an average infantry man you are punching above your weight! Keep it coming.
I might have a quibble of your characterisation of the SM-6, but holy cow you did work here, distilling a lot of concepts in a coherent manner.
USA: **makes fancy new guns**
Russia: *let’s just the AKM for another 50 years :)*
UK: lets do absolutely fuck all and get into debt buying shit from the yanks again.
Not true, Russia makes a fancy new gun....
Shows off photos of it and then quietly puts it away because somehow that single one cost 35 billion rubles??
@@MostlyPennyCat true lol
He'll, they're issuing Mogen Nagantz bolt action rifles designed for WWI
Well, why change something that do its job? Statistically firearms are less lethal than any other army weapon.
Sad we missed the timeline with powered armor and nuclear armed bipedal tanks.
Always hated that dumb sci fi shit. Why not go with a smart idea instead, nah it got to be the power fantasy of some 15 year old.
Sad??? Sad you missed a nuclear holocaust?
Excellent. Complex transformations explained without any complexity. Many thanks!
Yah uh, about that WW3 thing... uhm. Could we not?
it's might happen or it'll be like a cold war 2.0 until one side collapse
@@obt-cinder *until one side doesn't exist*
The US oligarchy says you are going wether you like it or not in the name of democracy TM
I was hoping I'd see more comments like this but na. The sheep are really out today. Like do people realize that ww3 could end all life on earth? Plus all the people rooting for this won't go fight.
I pray we don’t
Following the USMC's radical reorientation to fight within the First Island Chain.
Marines are lean and mean amphibious green bad assess.
You mean return to what marines are actually supposed to be doing rather than being diet army?
Yeah. It seems Army wants to be a Rocket Force.
@@Patson20
I wouldnt say that
The USMC has made some smart calls recently as well no so smart ones but they are getting there
The F-35B needs an cruise missiles with 300 mile and 500lbs warhead that can be carried internally
The ACV needs 105mm heavy guns variant
The Corps needs to adopt the Spike NLOS for the Cobra as well as Tomcar 8 pack launcher that can be carried internally by the CH-53K
Lastly, they need to sit down with the Army and agree on either the Archer or RCH 155s as Ukraine has shown that Towed arty is too vulnerable now
@@Patson20 Agreed. Marines are singularly trained to fight in littoral combat. That's where there's an important strategic merging of land and sea. Island hopping is littoral combat. Establishing a beachhead for the Navy is littoral combat. Fighting in the plains of Central Europe is not littoral combat, and should be left to the Army.
Yes there will be some overlap, but the Marines mission is very different than the Army mission.
Marines deploy from the sea, establish control over a littoral area, and make it so the Navy can advance. This is their function.
Great breakdown mate!! One of your best videos so far
10:45 Being a "Full-Spectrum Warrior" is way funnier with modern connotations.
Operation Chicky Nuggies begins.
lol that term is also being thrown around in the Canadian Military, everytime i hear it i giggle.
Very Special Ops
There’s a joke to be made about how the crayon-eating Marine stereotype fits into this.
We're forever fighting the last War. Until the next one knocks on the door. “No plan of operations reaches with any certainty beyond the first encounter with the enemy's main force.”
-General Helmuth Von Moltke.
_"everybody's got a plan til they get punched in the face"_
@@juneyellowsnek Mike Tyson.
@@Stumpy1234 you right, my bad
_"Everybody'th got a plan til they get punthed in the fathe"_ - Mike Tython
Learned a lot from this episode. Very interesting and encouraging. Thanks.
Last time I was this early Franz Ferdinand was still alive
Not for long..😏
The fuck does this even mean
@@juneyellowsnek Franz Ferdinand's assassination was the starting gun for WW2.
@@knowahnosenothing4862 WWI
@@knowahnosenothing4862 a, wwi, b, still makes no fucking sense. Were you around in the early 20th century?
If you're gonna make a dumbass _"I'm first please give me attention my parents don't love me"_ comment, at least pretend to make the smallest inkling of sense.
I think any nation that goes to war is going to have a very rude awakening with drone technology. Being an average infantrymen these days, you have to worry about IED’s from the sky now, flying at you, not just buried in the ground where you patrol.
Have you seen the fire-drones the Ukrainians are using? Looks like a flying witch dropping balls of flame till it explodes.
Yep, and the US has counters to nullify drone attacks. Also the US carriers are undergoing upgrades to include an AI command structure that'll send thousands of aerial, submersive, and other attack drones. The US is light-years ahead of our adversaries in drone warfare.
@@cubed0724 You can never nullify any sort of attacks, you can only try your best. Every air defense system can be oversaturated. It´s like a DDOS attack with drones.
AI is a great example. A low tech enemy keeps massing small amounts of troops and coming to a border, firing some shit a couple of times and retreat. This done over a period of 1 year and after the year has passed your AI systems thinks massing troops near the border is a normal thing and nothing strange and that´s how the attack on Israel on Oct. 7th happened.
You got much to learn kiddo. pride comes before the fall, underestimating your enemy has always been the single dumbest thing to do, and that´s what you do right now.
@@cubed0724 I don’t think it’d be hard to get 10,000 mini drones strapped with C4 flying at you on a script. 10k $10k drones is only 100 mil. We have cruise missiles on this very video that are 50 mil a pop.
It wouldn’t be hard for China to do the same. I’m a U.S. Marine veteran btw I’m not saying anything bad about the U.S. I’m just saying it fucking sucks to be infantry right now.
@@evangaudet Yep, Ukraine is a learning experience for the US military, they've seen what drones do to Russian troops, I've seen the videos and it's terrifying. But, it'll get better as I've seen infantry vehicles with advanced EW that'll shut down drone swarms and also weapon systems that'll use cheap guided rounds to shoot down drones. The US is adapting yet again to the changing warfare. I like to compare the US military to "Doomsday", always adapting and getting stronger. Thank you for your service btw.
Really enjoyed this video. Very well put together. Your humor is very much appreciated.
US Battle Strategy. Cracked me up.
FCS was not meant to counter A2/AD. It was meant to shift from an “industrial age” military to an “information age” military. It was part of the OSD led transformation effort.
Cappy is getting some things wrong that I know are wrong:
-A-10's did not have Army pilots. (This would violate the Key West Agreement on how the service branches operate, for one thing)
-The Typhoon system DOES launch SM-6 SAM missiles, but the range numbers (and the pic he showed at 19:03) is actually about the Tomahawk land/sea attack cruise missile, which the Typhoon can also launch. (Typhoon is basically a truck-mounted version of the Navy's VLS ship launchers)
-At 20:36, the BSB unit is labelled as "Air Defense Battalion". This is actually a logistics support battalion (for the missile units).
-Picture at 26:13 is actually a Raven observer drone, not the Switchblade.
its typhon not typhoon, greek thing
@@frogsribbit8540 My bad...but what an odd choice, for a weapon intended to be used in the Pacific.
@@MM22966 he got it wrong throughout the video too, and i guess it would avoid confusion with the Eurofighter Typhoon
Time to learn how to grow veggies folks.
For sure, if Komrade Kamela gets in.
@@Chuck_Hooksshe'll just confiscate them😂
Been doing that homie you late to the game
@@Im-just-Stardusthope it's radiation resistant
Me and my family have been doing that our whole lives, and anyone with any since started in 2020.
10:03 idk why, but that sounds so funny 🤣 “no read just smash” (is how i see it)
I have to watch it twice! Very interesting info to digest. Thx for your work
You left out North Korea simultaneously attacking the South as China blockades or attacks Taiwan. This would open up another front the US would need to address.
Well Biden did rewrite the draft in the beginning of his term.
In the case of WW3, the draft would be instated, and we would have around 100 million troops, over the current 2 million, China has 2 million active troops to match US, but if China enacted a draft (which they would) they would have around 400 million military aged males, so we are already outnumbered 4 to 1.
There are currently trillions of bullets on earth, so that won’t be an issue, however if it becomes nuclear, the earth will continue to spin but humanity will cease to exist in the modern sense.
@izkh4lif4 honestly if China actually enacted a draft I'd suspect they'd fall into civil war. Their whole country is already being held together by a thread and faith in the government is slim. Not to mention they are falling into population collapse and they have almost a 20 million men who don't have women to marry and have nothing to fight for. I could definitely see some generals starting the return to the warlord era in response to Xi stopping their money train.
@@izkh4lif4 Sure they have 400 million military-aged males but do they have the equipment and training infrastructure to field 400 million troops. This isn't a video game.
Im sure Pvt Tyrone and Pvt Pedro will acquit themselves admirably against Pvt Ivan and Pvt Chang.
As well as Pvt Connor and Pvt Giovanni did against Pvt Hans and Pvt Daisuke :9.
Things can only get better my friend fingers crossed!
The A10 is an Air Force airplane. Designed for CAS(close air support) but never flown by Army pilots.
I was wondering if we used to have Warthogs. Makes sense but nah.
Part of the 1947 defense reorganization. All fixed wing aircraft went to the new USAF (from the old Army Air Force). The "new" Army would operate rotorcraft and the occasional OV Bird Dog.
If I remember correctly, the army still used the a10 is close air support role, flown by army pilots when I was young. There was an announcement on the news about the army retiring the a10, but the AF would keep it in the inventory. 90's maybe?
@TINMAN-eg9zj The Army has always flown the AH-64 Apache, and the USAF has always flown the A-10 Thunderbolt II.
Nope.@@TINMAN-eg9zj
I was never in the military , your show is great. I laugh and I’m informed on how our country is kicking butt
Your videos just keep getting better.
Cap must be feeling better. The humor is on point in this video. Good job!
About to eat takeaway and then I see a video has dropped. Couldn’t get any better
Take-out
@@BaBaYaga1999-p7u brilliant
An excellent review and breakdown... Masters level.
Army pilots flying A10 Warthogs? Umm, don't tell the Air Force. 8:44
Long past time to retire those.
Yeah I was thinking wtf... they did get the apache ... but no army a10 cas
@@kurtwicklund8901 No, let the Army operate them. They're too valuable.
@protorhinocerator142 they've been outdated for 30 years have have literally only survived off of memes, not even joking. In Iraq in 1991, you saw those photos of them getting torn up but making it back right? Well, that was such a common occurrence that it was affecting op tempos to the point where F-16s had to take their job and pick up the slack. Modern anti-air is far more sophisticated now. They are too vulnerable in high intensity combat and too expensive and are overkill for COIN. It's time to retire them.
@@Avera9eWh1teShark6 They're still good against insurgent forces with no air defense. Do people really think the US will never fight against another insurgency again?
The US army is building wide network of Fallout shelters? Cool. That's the only appropriate preparation for WW3.
We don't want to set the world on fire...
You wouldn't wanna survive that anyway.
I think nobody wants to set the world on fire, not even the dictators. But they do want to subjugate us. And as bad as the USGov and the EU are, the others are infinitely worse. ,
@@Patson20 Simulations of nuclear war show that at present most Americans would survive, but our economy would collapse as we rely too heavily on our cities for logistics and planning. Furthermore, we don't know what the smoke from all of our forests burning down would do so there is a very large question mark.
@@Ryanowning Are you joking?
This video was great. This is one that's going on my watch later list so I'll be watching it again.
Here's what we need:
- mass production of the B-21 Raider
- Rapid Dragon
- Laser defense on all our surface vessels
- European allies to help us build more submarines
- mass production of the F-15EX Eagle II
- two more Ford-class carriers
If only it were that easy
I don't know about the European ''Allies''... we're getting cold vibes lately... some even talk about a new alliance... european [mostly]
I wonder how much energy would be needed by each surface vessels with laser defenses, when tens to hundreds of missiles are going their way?
NGAD
@@user-McGiverthey have to protect themselves against a hostile trump regime (however unlikely the orange kook would win)
Too young to go to the Middle East… too old to go to the Middle East….. juuuuust right to go to the Middle East 😂
Yeah....middle east came to us. Europe turned into a desert shit place by now, those f*rs have won
Great overview; thank you!
Not sure about the new rifle for the US army as it uses a 6.8 mm round which has more power but no one else is using the round. Thus, if there is an ammo issue the soldiers are left high and dry. With the current rifle using the 5.56 round they can at least get spare ammo from allied forces.
If the new rifle is going to be used then other allied nations need to adopt the standard or the US risks supply issues and the soldiers suffer.
The XM7 is compatible with 7.62 vis barrel swap.
I hope we are coming up with a plan for Drone Swarms, because that's coming next. Think 1000 to 10,000 drones versus a Destroyer or Forward Operating Military Base.
Yeah, I think so. I did hear somewhere (maybe here) that we also have our own.
@@DeathPredatoryeah “Hellscape”
You mean are we coming up with a plan to Send Drone Swarms? Because that's how you win.
This is a very hot take because you’re probably right, but do drone swarms play to the current strengths of FPV drones? Current FPVs are very hard to spot, very hard to counteract and usually have the element of surprise. Drone swarms would be much more vulnerable to air burst ammunition and EW, and those systems are likely to be active in a location important enough to warrant a drone swarm attack.
Tennis racquet mate.
🦘🇦🇺👍
Chris, great presentation. The multi domain approach seems to be a good start. It’s starts with good tools and an American soldier to improvise.
OK... some questions for your consideration:
1, Where would you propose to obtain all of the needed personnel to staff this new warfighting doctrine and shift of tactics or strategies? The "draft"?
2. Let's assume that the "draft" of eligible persons does bring in XXX number of persons into the military. Any thoughts as to the time needed to train, where they could be effective at their intended roles?
3. And if you do "draft" XXX of persons into the military, what would make you think that they would be inclined to do their intended jobs? To die for their country, as it is? Patriotism? Apple pie and the "American way"?
4. Have you looked at the persons who are in the US military as a whole now? Take a good look at those in the US military: Do you really think these people are "dependable" when the situation requires a real life or death commitment? You have a small "core" of dependable people; the remainder have enlisted or become "officers" [not leaders], purely because the US military is largely a social service organization that offers free benefits for those who have a parasitic "service" to reach the retirement qualifications only to benefit themselves and not the country.
It's time to take a realistic and critical look at the US military and not scream wildly that one isn't patriotic when such is brought to your attention. Do you remember the story of "The Emperor's New Clothes"? Same thing here.
Nah I wouldn’t suggest a draft. The army wouldn’t even want that. They’re cutting 32,000 roles to make room for about 8,000 new rules in air defense mainly instead. The army’s recruiting numbers are back on track again as of this quarter so , not sure where people are getting this draft talk from
@@Taskandpurpose I'm nearing 30 years old, but I really won't mind if I get selected for the draft or not. Enlisting in the Army or Navy is my Plan C in life. I wish you could choose which front would you be deployed at.
Do what the army did in WW2
Be a lot of 90 day wonders
The big thing is equipment
We don’t have the industry
Thanks to Clinton and continuation of that policy older equipment is not warehoused
But destroyed
Bush 2 ran into this when went back into Iraq And the army never corrected
Only made goal by cutting units and playing with numbers and taking in less qualified people
Biden updated the draft rules
Yeah, there is a problem with a lot of support troops. But I watched the 3rd ID doing field exercises a few months ago. The troops that will be doing the fighting are still effective.
Got it, so by next Tuesday
Love your channel man!
“America’s major seaports and rail network” show’s a Dutch railway
Clickchasers are stupid like that.
Do you know how many people will know and care? Not many. Do you know how many people will appreciate having the illustration? Everyone else.
@@mcarrowtime7095 go marry your low standards if you love em so much.
@@camojoe83 it’s more love than you’ll receive
@@mcarrowtime7095 go like more of your own comments, ditch dweller.
Eventually the Army will come to the conclusion that the best military platform is a F350 flatbed truck that can have any palletized smart weapon system attached to it. I almost thought they had seen the future when they selected their new light infantry squad vehicle based on the Chevy Colorado, but alas, they had to go make a hundred changes to that too. In a day and age where almost anything can cut through armor, why not at least let our boys have decent AC, plush leather seats and cup holders?
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They need to build a souped up F 350 that is for military use. It would change the entire Ford industry. Tesla cyber truck dumpster on wheels opened that door and Ford should walk thru it.
@@SkinE-Vadee-Veechee That’s a great point.
Lenco Bearcat, it’s literally an up armored F-350
With are lack of industries this probably be true
Long as we control the plants in Mexico
Well done! great explanation
Did Cappy drink some preworkout while making this vid? He seems more Ho-Ah than usual
Double fisting the Rip-it.
The problem with the XM7 is that it's using a completely new cartridge. This is terrible for logistics and interoperability. The power and range needs could be met by several existing cartridges.
Not true, there is a reason they developed the new ammo type. Also don't forget, there are two variants of the new ammo, steel jacketed and the hybrid ammo (it's the hybrid ammo that's really different). This round carries more energy for penetration, while maintaining ballistic accuracy like the 5.56 loads. Yes it's larger but that's the point, while not being a monster of a gun like larger, heavy caliber round guns that exist now. In addition to the new round, it's the new gun itself and it's optics platform which may be even more important. Those two together is what really optimizes the new rounds. Combination of light weight plus advanced optics is what will maximize the round's potential.
It looks like the army is getting a good offering, finally, given all the previous "it's good but not really better" prototype guns which came and went.
Dude that gun is like 12lbs it is not light. Things a hoss
@@c_rock3512it's lighter than existing 7.62 counterparts in similar configurations using commercial equivalents. To get the same capabilities with a current market rifle you'd need a SCAR-20 or M417 20" with suppressor, LPVO, range finder, and PEQ.
6.8x51 was specifically chosen due to it's compatibility with 7.62 via a simple barrel swap. It's like 5m56 vs .300 BLK.
Yes, you could achieve the same results in performance with 6ARC, but who amongst our allies uses that? Now compare that with the commonality of 7.62.
If they need to it's not too difficult to swap it back to 308. I agree it could be a problem esp if we get into a war right now
Thorough video. It looks like we are on track to meet the near term threats. The military will need to continuously transform itself to meet the threats of their times. So, good job.
I've been reading about the Army's promises about how they have and/or will "transform" for almost 3 decades now, but they still lose more wars than they win. In the late 1990s and into the late 2000s, it was called "RMA" (a "Revolution in Military Affairs"). Change rarely happens in the Pentagon, improvement never happens, and reform is a dirty word among their "leadership".
Politicians are the ones that usually snatch “defeat “ from the jaws of victory, not the military itself.
Fortunately for the Army, the Marine Corps will be there to do all the heavy lifting
With the demographics of the Marines nowadays I don't think They will be lifting that much.
@@JustNo8808
The Woke havent completely taken over
The marines are downsizing and are counting for the army to pick up the slack
Yes they have
Chris, when you post some written words during your video, please keep it posted a little longer. I couldn’t read what you wrote. Thanks! Love all of your videos. I was an infantryman with B Company 2/5th, First Air Cavalry Division in 67-68.
The Typhoon is a huge waste of money. $41mil per missile is insane. Building a THOR system, put in orbit by SpaceX Starship, could do 69 tons TNT damage per penetrator for only a few million each, and have global reach with Mach 11 speeds..
Illegal to arm space
@@TheWaynester101 yea and the us doesnt want an opem nuclear arms race
on a few things here, one that’s illegal. military weapons in space are outlawed. 2 wdym for only a few million? the entire project, launching the station into orbit, delivering the rods, among other things would cost well into the hundreds of millions. this is also ignoring the fact that the station would be fairly easy to destroy. it’s a cool concept sure but likely wouldn’t be that efficient in comparison to other systems.
i dont like laws which are supported by nothing, for that to be a law it will have to be enforced by other space weapons😂t
@@cedriceric9730 the law isn’t supported by nothings it’s supported by if we do it our competitors will. why start another arms race when all it will lead to is more destruction?
The US chooses the most expensive way, American weapons have reached such an extreme that even America cannot afford to buy them in large numbers. Everything is overcomplicated, just so that everyone can make money from it, that's the way to defeat
Love your videos, always put in a little funny snippet but is always totally true. And then the accent at 17:30 had me rolling 😂 Keep up the amazing work and thank you for your service!
I really can't see America doing much in WW3.
Haven't won a war in a long time and the country is too divided and weak from within.
Too many factions within America have their hearts pledged elsewhere.
Overweight women in glasses, staggering around a 400 m running track in 16 minutes doesn't really strike fear in anyone. The US Army is a pathetic joke but the Marines are still somewhat allowed to retain a warrior spirit. Unfortunately for the US, the Marines will be reduced to pronoun snivelling, fat-bodies within a few years, and all their wonderful machines will be stuck at charging stations thanks the the Green New Deal. Pax Americana is no more.
Not to mention the US once have the industrial power to support two fronts in the last world war, but now I think most of them already gone since everyone just go for stocks and IT.
"The US doesn't do strategy; it does business plans." - Andrei Martyanov.
Brilliant explanation Cappy thank you.
Ракета "Например от Парижа до Москвы"? А может такой вариант : "Сармат" случайно падает на вулкан йеллоустон, а на месте северной америки появляется удобный пролив имени Путина.
Nyet, Boris…Nyet
@@BaBaYaga1999-p7u Джонни, всю свою историю Россия противостояла мощнейшим империям агрессорам. Причём эти агрессоры воевали всегда альянсами. Все они перестали быть сильнейшими империями после нападения на Россию. Сегодня этим агрессором является террористический блок НАТО. А это список лишь одной страны из этих варварских стран.
*Полный перечень войн, вооруженных конфликтов, развязанных США за свою историю*
Когда-то самым популярным языком был французский, потом немецкий. Сегодня самый популярный язык - английский. Нет никаких ассоциаций, аналогий?
Хорошо сказал, но в этот раз у них действительно колоссальный перевес по силе. Нас только ядерный щит спасает.@@ПетрПетрович777
@@ПетрПетрович777Blah, blah and Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires.
@@seamusesparza1943 Да, Афганистан так называют. Только СССР выполнив свои задачи покинул Афганистан с поднятыми флагами. Весь так называемый "доблестный" альянс НАТО убегал из Афганистана сверкая пятками, оставив все свои базы, вооружение и бросив союзников на произвол судьбы.
Наивно полагать, что Афганистан не был завоёван. Список стран, которые якобы "не смогли" его захватить насчитывает 27. Из них большинство, о которых ты даже не слышал.
Потом ты открываешь список империй, которые исчезли в результате нападения на Россию. Это были САМЫЕ МОЩНЫЕ ИМПЕРИИ В МИРЕ в своё время. Все они нашли в России то что искали - землю, примерно 2Х2 метра для каждого.
Ну а если ты так веришь в то, что Афганистан - кладбище империй, то я ещё раз напоминаю, что последними были США и их сателлиты.
This person is more like a cheerleader for USA and Israel
ZOGbots
@@MohdAquib-the-senior I was refering to the guy on the video not to you dude, look into the meaning of
@@agush22 my apologies man , I am really sorry, I get so many of these nafo bots everyday on my real youtube channel I am gave up answering them logically.
@@MohdAquib-the-senior cheers man
The cheerleader has the best group than queens of cups
Super job! About a year ago I left the Army after spending 34 years there. One thing I always enjoyed was that strictly following was only done if there wasn't another better way of doing things. Innovation, assertiveness, and aggressiveness was nearly always favored over going by the book. There was always a real desire to get the mission done in the best way possible and with the minimal risk to life.
You guys put out the best stuff
Great video! Thank you.
excellent video. great info.
GREAT SHOW Chris