Tik Toker's Q&A 4
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- Опубліковано 10 чер 2024
- 2 Hours of informal Q&A from my TikTok followers. We cover lots of ground here, from a general discussion of the ADF, the Hunter Class Frigate, the B-21 in Australian service, tactical development in the Roman military, the US military's encounters with UFOs, the Royal Navy, NATO expansion, the fundamental intractability of warfare and the UN's inability to stop it and, of course, Ukraine. Enjoy.
0:00 How will the war in Ukraine end?
4:48 How could America have won the Vietnam War?
8:16 How would I change Australia's strategic posture?
17:08 The B-21 Raider for Australia?
21:48 Should the Hunter Class Frigate be cancelled?
33:25 What major defeats changed Roman tactics the most?
41:40 What does the Albanese Government mean for AUKUS?
42:47 What concerns do I have for the Royal Navy?
44:50 What can we expect from 6th Gen fighters?
47:30 An Australian perspective on American mass shootings?
53:13 What made the Red Army so good?
57:19 Can the UN ever ensure world peace?
1:00:40 Security podcast recommendations?
1:01:17 Biden's 'gaff' on defending Taiwan?
1:03:27 Which people most fiercely rejected a "Roman" identity?
1:05:18 Are the Ukrainians fighting like "westerners"?
1:07:44 How can we explain Russian success around Severdonetsk?
1:12:45 First non-North Atlantic nations to join NATO?
1:14:26 A fantasy ADF?
1:21:51 Is history cyclic?
1:23:57 US military encounters with UFOs/UAPs?
1:27:03 Was Julius Caesar too nice to his enemies?
1:30:52 How long can the Russians keep fighting in Ukraine?
1:33:26 How many F-35s would you need to defeat WW2 Germany?
1:35:38 Will Western support for Ukraine wane over time?
1:38:30 Does Ukraine tell us anything about the nature of contemporary warfare?
1:43:25 Is the US military overrated?
1:44:49 The future of warfare (not including drones)?
1:45:49 Similarities and differences between Taiwan and Ukraine?
1:47:53 Where do I surf?
1:48:55 What would a PLA base in the Solomons mean for Australia?
1:49:52 What is "Open Source Research"?
1:51:52 Should we be critical of Germany's treatment of Russia, both past and present?
Always great to hear a fellow ausie give his opinions for a change.
Great channel keep up the great work
Aside from these mixed-bag videos I would definitely love a long-form expansion about your fantasy ADF.
Heck, refund everything back to Jan 1st 2000 and start from there.
I could listen to you talk for hours. Fantasy armed forces on their own aren't educational, but they can definitely be a convenient way to bring up real-life reasoning.
I support this
New warhammer 40k channel :)
I’d love to see something similar regarding the British Military and the Canadian Armed Forces.
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As a Canadian Veteran, I was lucky enough to serve with Australian forces in Cambodia. Great people.
Thank you for your service. 🇨🇦
you mean the aussies or the cambodians?
No, you're great people
R°22R?
We sure made Cambodia chaotic, didn't We?
THANK YOU! Your videos are so good! Please keep enlightening the rest of us. I watched your youtube videos for 6 hours straight last night.
Thank you so much for answering my question! I've been a massive fan of both your youtube content and tik tok content for a couple of years now. Really appreciate it!
Really appreciate your work mate, always great to see your content and how much youve grown both here and on Tiktok.
Thanks for this, really like the format and hearing you talk about a variety of subjects. Please keep up the good work
I just discovered this Q&A format from your channel; its great!
Thank you for this. Please keep them coming.
Absolutely love your videos. Fair and well informed takes, left this video feeling smarter.
Good to hear an Aussie voice 👍❤️
So good! He is amazing.
2 hours of content straight to my veins 😩👌 good stuff man thanks
Thanks a million for this. Love your content. Nice to hear a nuanced view on Germany
Really enjoy these Q and A’s. Awesome show Mate.
Great program. Much appreciated.
As a spaniard i do love some praise for our products, long live the friendship between our nations (btw as reciently graduated engenieer my dream job would be to work on your shipyards, i have a huge amount of love and fascination with your country), 2 more Canberra class and 3 more Hobarts would be pretty spicy for us too really.
What do you think about the F-110 Class? its like a less armed version of the City class so that sucks for us.
Rest assured my Spaniard friend. You truly are great ship builders. Keep doing what you are doing. Follow your dreams. Stand on the the shoulders of the giants who have built a very good ship building industry. Always know that many others aspire to build better. This shod drive you not slow you down.
Good watch mate, took me a few sessions to find the time to get through the whole video. It's a nice way to consume your content for sure, cheers for putting the effort in.
Thinking about how everyone used to press you to do a podcast, this kind of format is actually pretty sweet. Could do this every 2-4 weeks as a pod?
You could quite literally upload this exact audio as a podcast.
Awesome stuff yet again Hypo. Can't help yourself from delivering quality content over and over with your knowledge on ancient and contemporary militaries, no exception with your geopolitical takes either. Keep it coming.
There is another Australian UA-camr called Perun I reckon you should check out. He talks a lot about the mechanics of modern warfare, mainly in the Ukraine conflict. I'm probably dreaming here but a collab between you two, possibly about the situation in Ukraine could be an interesting idea.
Either way, keep the good stuff coming.
Perun is as clueless as this guy.
Anyone who thinks Poland has good intentions to Ukraine really needs to read wider.
Gamers have their place, but their lack of knowledge and wider experience regarding History, Economics and Statecraft leaves them as only fan-boys for 'The Good Guys''.
Peace.
@@MicMc539 You can feel free to disagree with either of them on a number of points, there is no one vaild or all encompassing viewpoint on topics like these.
But if you legitimately think they're "clueless" then I think you're the one that needs a clue.
"Peace".
@@MicMc539 what makes you say that about Perun and Hypo, personally i find there stuff very well researched and atleast there educated opinions are being shared in good faith. So saying "these people are shit" is one thing but on the other iam wondering what has made you come to that conclusion?
@@rext87able I said ''Clueless'', NOT 'shit'. Don't put words in my mouth.
My argument against their viewpoints is listed above, reread them. Slowly.
I also share my opinions in good faith, and I say their views are not researched in any depth nor width at all, and therefore not suited for an adult audience.
Peace.
@@MicMc539 Superior very clued in non-gaming adult opinion.
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Dude I know this video got less views than a lot of your other ones but it was such an interesting watch and I loved it so much. Definitely way easier to answer these on UA-cam than on TikTok
W.James here. Thank you very much for answering my question it’s made my day. I’d have to say I agree with your since I don’t think a global government would last more than a day and could potentially be very dystopian. And that war is a fundamental part of human interaction, it’s just a shame it affects non combats as much.
Been looking forward to this thanks.
Please keep this up, very interesting points.
For the 3rd question, I'd add Chile to the list of nations Australia could reach out to and form closer defense and economic ties. Both nations are major players in the mining industry with large reserves of strategically valuable raw materials, and both control a massive maritime territory. Chile's military is very Westernized and is one of the most NATO-like armed forces in Latin America. Australia could solidify relations with a relatively modern and capable ally in South America, giving it a foothold in South America, and springboard towards Antarctica, the Staight of Magellan, and the South Atlantic. Australia, New Zealand and Chile could basically control a massive chunk of the South Pacific.
I think that would be a fabulous thing. I've always been mightily impressed with the Chileans that I have met. I think both our countries share similar geographic challenges and benefits .
@@farnarkleboy we also recently sold them 2 of our old adelaide class frigates
You need a podcast love the content and explaining systems
Hey man love your videos and work you do. Was wondering if you’d ever consider making a video about Saudi Arabia’s military. It’s the 3rd/4th largest military spender globally yet has a pretty bad reputation for being ineffective and underpowered. I feel like it’s often overlooked by a lot of media and commentators but holds a unique position in the global security landscape. Would be super interested in hearing your take on it!
I just want to say that your nuclear bomb video is unbelievably amazing. It is so well done. Thank you so much for taking the time to put it together. It really is a great work. Well done!
This is fantastic
Thanks for answering my question about getting an Australian perspective on mass shootings in the United States. You covered it well and thoughtfully. It’s a difficult question and appreciate your response.
The thing that most people get wrong on this issue is failing to consider culture. The answer in one culture may not work in another. Hypo balanced his opinion with the need not to impose an outside solution. We should try to consider this on many issues in other countries.
Dude I've been following you on tiktok for years and had no idea you had a UA-cam channel! I just found this today!
Any chance you could do a video on the battle of Binh Ba? This is the big one at my unit and I would love to hear your in depth analysis on it.
The ADF camo on their Abrams is awesome. That is all
YES!!! I definitely would want a live stream! On tiktok or twitch.
Twitch
Great channel, really enjoy your views - I'd be interested in your thoughts on the new next generation weapons and ammunition the Americans are looking at the Sig spear xm5, 6.8mm, 338 etc and what this could mean for tactics and warfare.
Keep up the great content mate
50 mins in and I already love the video, lots of good questions and fantastic answers.
I agree, the Hunter should get 48 VLS, even if the extra two 8 packs are the shortest 'Defense' version and just provides for 64 ESSM's and that would leave the full 32 existing cells for offensive ordinance. I also think an 11 round SeaRam in place of a Phalanx CIWS would be better as they can be both re-loaded at sea and the SeaRam gives more range, engages more than 1 threat at a time and I believe the Phalanx would run out of 'on board ammo' after only about 6 engagements while the SeaRam has 11 on board engagements before needing re-load.
Busy at the Moment so just scanned the questions. So many interesting questions.... I am looking forward to listening to your opinions. Especially interested in an update on the Hunters and the SSNs.
Yes,..would be keen to watch and ask questions in a live stream. 😁
Hey mate, currently studying defence and strategic studies and planning on joining the RNZAF as a pilot after I've graduated, so needless to say I love your channel. Was wondering if you might be able to do a video on the P8 Poseidon aircraft I am hoping to be flying in a few years. Cheers.
Hi. Whens' the next video looking like coming out? And, what can we look forward to hearing about? Cheers for the awesome work :)
@1:19:40 Damn, the Aussie camo on the Abrams looks awesome.
Good listen Mate! I was trying to background listen while DIYing, but the ads kept interrupting and I had to click skip ads. Any chance of putting next one up as a podcast?
Please do more on the fantasy ADF
With the Hunter class Frigates, why not design out the mission bay and use that area to place 16,24 or 32 vls cells, whatever can be fitted.
I'd say when the shooting starts, the Hunters will become the hunted.
Awesome QnA👍A LOT to take in n process but interesting indeed. I reckon UMSV is possibly to fill shortage of VLS n having Hobart or Hunter size warship as fleet size warship with tanker n unmanned submarines. Increase fleet size but recognise crew shortage. Two part situation that didn’t get ask: Do we need Coast Guard? Even though manning issues or can RAN run effective UMSV for Coast Guard. Second question would be, does Australia need build better inland roads or freeways/railroad to move defence equipment around given if we were be attack?
The Type 23 'Duke' class frigates have actually received upgrades in recent years most notably the Sea Ceptor air defence system paired with the 997 radar.
This takes the type 23 from a point defence system in the sea wolf to local area air defence that is capable of dealing with the supersonic sea skimming anti ship missile threat.
The Type 26's will be a big improvement especially once equipped with FC/ASW and potentially tomahawks.
Great video as always pal, special mention to "Supermegarimmer" that cracked me up 😂
The issue is with Australia’s current environment and likely combatants the 32VLS cells really don’t cut it. 48 should be a bare minimum, 64+ is where a vessel that size needs to be
@@MaCcAM40a3 32 would be fine if the ESSM was the sole air defence missile as they can be quad packed, however it seems the ADF wants an air defence destroyer and an anti submarine specialist frigate in the same ship which is why the weight of Hunter has ballooned from the baseline design.
If they wanted more air defence capacity they should have bought more Hobart's. The UK variant (Type 26) seems to be a perfectly well balanced ship with 48 short to medium range air defence missiles and then an additional 24 Mk41 VLS cells for potentially a mix of Tomahawks and the next anti ship weapon.
@@AB-gi3qy it’s supposed to be a multi role frigate. I agree the type 26 is what the Hunter Class should be armed too. Hopefully the Hunter has the room for a comparable armament otherwise it’s a waste of a vessel
Big yes for live stream!
Would love for you to do a deep dive into the Super Tucano and it’s usefulness to Commonwealth nation’s Air Forces.
There is a good paper about developing the Lombrum Naval Base, on Manus Island. Plenty of options on the table there.
From what I understand, Ho Chi Minh approached the US after World War II seeking support in gaining independence from France. Had the US received him, its conceivable that Vietnam would be a democratic nation today.
From what I understand the NVA and the Viet Cong agreed to a peace deal called the Paris Peace Accords. Ending the war. Thus U.S. did not "lose" the war they won in fact. Then North Vietnam broke the deal after the U.S. left and reinvaded.
@@The_Conqueeftador A good point for Ukraine to remember.
Another point against getting Arley burke class destroyers for Australian service is that the Arley burke III is at the maximum limit in weight and electrical generating capacity, so it will not be able to take on new systems.
Given the many challenges associated with standing up and maintaining nuclear submarines in non-nuclear Australia, would replacing the purported 8-10 Virginia class Block V with a squadron of B21's be a valid alternative capability? (assuming agreement could be obtained from the US of course).
Living on the Peninsula is like Fight Club. The first rule of living on the Peninsula is don't talk about how good it is living on the Peninsula.
You should do a Guide to the f-22 raptor video that would be cool.
As a Canadian, I have to agree with Canada and Australia deepening ties. Just looking at Naval procurement, Canada has a lot to learn from Australia's strategy in particular. Problem in Canada is we want the industrial benefits of military projects of the US without paying for them. The Canadian public really doesn't consider the Canadian Armed Forces an important military player given we feel reliant on the US. That said, you make a great point about Canada being a pacific power as well that should pull it's weight in that future theatre as Australia is.
Do you train BJJ? And if based in Melbourne would love to catch up for a roll!
Re missile defence: EOS (I'm a shareholder) has developed a system similar to Israel's "Iron Beam." Laser defence is ideal as it is cheap per shot, literally fast as light against hypersonics and virtually impossible to jam.
For the ground forces of Australia I would have eitherpicked the AH1v with the USMC having a base out here there is already a supply line for them
It would match our strategy more in our employment of them. I would suggest again maybe Worthing with them to maybe make a new AH alongside them as the Apache imo is a little to expensive and maintenance heavy for what we seem to need hower the longbow systems would be a must on any AH we invested in
Quick question you said a j8 smer what is this weapon system
I have a question, though it's rather basic
What are, in your opinion, the most underrated modern fighter aircraft (1970s-2020s)
Can Victoria support defence industry? It seems to never be considered for any naval or other development projects.
Thanks for answering my question Timmeh, I'm the VL turbo guy
Would be great if you could do a youtuber's questions as well, as you suggested. Here is my question, what is your estimates of Russian losses in this war, its hard to sort through the various sources that may be biased one way or the other. Thanks.
While the idea of a number of B-21's sounds genuinely fun, I feel in reality it would turn out to be Big Expensive Toys syndrome that would lead to buget cuts everywhere else in the Defence budget and result in a less capable military.
Absolutely.
Surely there has to be a place for ballistic missiles? They don’t need massive runways air traffic controllers & towers , and anywhere near the man power that’s associated with running air fields & pilot training, ground crews , flight hours of maintenance, fuel costs ect ect ect . They can also be used to boost & project other hypersonic, long range cruise missiles. Surely a concept of fairly low tech bomb truck aircraft , smaller submarines, vehicles & surface vessels could also project ballistic missiles forward or to more inconspicuous launch sites. As well as keeping them mobile & harder to hit on the ground or deploy to friendly nations ect.
More importantly they can be used as cheap decoys to soak up air defence missiles. So cheaper training missiles could be used amongst other “ real “ guided missiles. Deploying drones of all types . To me they are a wasted asset. This nation needs to be able to go it alone & for as long as possible. Thanks.
@@concernedaussie1330 I agree that a whole lot of missiles is a much more cost effective solution, not to mention that one of the less salient parts of the AUKUS... 'collaborative agreement' was the co-development and construction of missiles in Australia which would have many more follow on benefits to Australia itself then sending super freighter loads of cash over to the US. Not that I'm a pro Military/Industrial complex person, just advocating for the best policy and most efficient spending of resources for Australia if it must happen.
@@bernadmanny 100%. It's not pro military industrial complex! It's common sense. If the likely battlefield / battlefields are close to Australia doesn't it make strategic sense to manufacture munitions & common war fighting equipment here ? Shorten the logistic chain ?
Also the ability to manufacture, repair & upgrade systems ie submarines , naval & air assets only makes sense. The US & U.K. could also build facilities here . That in turn keeps strategic interests in this region, so it's in their interests to keep some defense systems in this region. That helps keeps some of our own costs down .
As a German I'd say the biggest obstacle to providing arms to Ukraine is German bureaucracy. Our government is currently working on getting leo1 mbts, gepard anti air, artillery and ifv's to Ukraine as well as providing leopard 2's to our allies so they in turn can give their t72's to Ukraine. But all this takes a lot of time because of German bureaucracy. Also some people seem to think that the 100B for the Bundeswehr will make Germany some sort of military powerhouse when in reality it's only going to repair the damage decades of neglect has done to the Bundeswehr.
Mr Putin did not think his special military operation would awaken Germany. I think this will be one of his greatest regrets. It will be right up there with pushing Finland and Sweden into NATO.
Yes, but also because Germans (especially at the political levels) tolerate such inaction/ incompetence as "just the way things are".
+ a bunch of other collective unprocessed German traumas of WW2 being revealed as being unprocessed, preventing politicians from thinking straight in the last 20 years.
A lot of your fantasy adf was like year but money but 200 loyal wingman sounds perfect as you’d befit economically from production and may help with exports.
Hi. Do you think an agreement like CANZUK, would be militarily beneficial to all 4 nations
1:00:04 I guess this is a good a place as any for questions. Have you read/ listened to any of "The Siege" series by K.J Parker. He's borrowed some really neat ideas from history. My favourite being how to cross a river by diverting it.
It is imperative Australia develops a long range radar base on the Cocos Keeling Islands and discussions with our Papua neighbours take place with a view of stronger military cooperation. Yes a sovereign missile program is crucial and must include defense from ballistic and supersonic missiles on the northern Australian mainland. A long range bomber capability discussion with our US partners should take place.
Out of curiosity, do you think the Trieste LHD would fit our needs better then the Canberras? They seem to basically be a good middle ground between the carrier and LHD Juan Carlos/Canberra configurations.
Where is the money going to come from and we don't have F-35B's to use off them either, Labor traditionally has gutted defence spending in the past.
Build 6 more Hobart-classes that would be great! License build DDG51 Flight III with CEAFAR2 you'll save $40billion. You can use the weapons already purchased for the Hunter-class on the AB. From the Shackleton report it takes 3 Hunter-class ships with 244 more crew to provide the fire power of 1 DDG51.
Some good stuff, some tic toc.
would you buy B2 second hand from the USA?
Do you know anything about sasr four squadron theyre allegedly more involved in intelligence and also the SASR overseas in lesser known conflicts such as Somalia and Northern ireland
Can you do this but with the dumbest questions you’ve been asked?
Would be funny but he might lose subscriptions
Just look at his TikTok lol
@@hughman3241 I will never download tictok
After the recent run in's with china I am changing my mind about the B21. I think we should get them. I think we should also cancel the hunters and get some much smaller frigates / corvettes that only require about 60-80 personnel. The Hunter is too big and resource hungry. The arleigh burkes are no good either because to replace the anzacs we could only get 4 arleigh burkes.
I agree that we should absolutely get B-21s if the US will support that. I suspect they will under the AUKUS Pact. I amni two minds about the Hobart Class. The Arleigh-Bourke I'd truly formidable.
What we need to do via AUKUS is to sit down and design and ship that can be built and deeply maintained in any of the sponsor countries. They should essentially be as automated as possible and expandandable as possible, to the point of adding additional bays to lengthen the ship for additional ammunition capacity.
Look at a platform such as the C130 Hercules that has been developed expanded and lengthen over many decades. I think those principles could be adopted better in ship building.
I 💯% agree with your comments.
B21 is projected to cost $550 million per unit on 2017 dollars
Great assessment of the Ukraine war. I to was shocked at mobilization by Russia. Well done and now here we sit on the eve of somewhere we have never been before as a people. Does common sense prevail. Or sadly our worst nightmares????
Enjoy these long format answers!
Seeing that the Solomons just caved to the Chinese, that places them athwart the routes from USA to Austrailia. How would that fit in with the island nation strategy?
Im not certain one can say that Solomons caved to the Chinese. It smelled to me like Manasseh was trying to solidify his own power rather than any national interest. The opposition politicians seemed pretty alarmed by that deal and was vocal.
Also can we get a video on Ngad
Just a comment on your "fantasy ADF question", I heard one of the reasons for not building more Hobart class is because the hull design itself is becoming antiquated and loud/non-stealthy design. They don't make ideal submarine hunters.
Well it's a good thing the 'Air warfare' class (Hobart) wasn't built for submarine hunting 🤣
@@darhman5299 He was inferring the Hobart and Hunter were interchangeable, when it's not really that cut and dried. I understand its main role is air warfare, but you can't really go building more to fulfill the submarine hunting role.
Let’s go!
OK,..watched the video again. Ill move on from the B21. I think its a fabulous idea to ramp up a joint Naval Base, with FIJI or another Pacific Island nation,...potentially in partnership with the US. This is exactly what happened in WW2 with an Advance base in Suva for example. It would drive economic activity for the Pacific nation as well. It would also be a significant Strategic conundrum for China.
I think your solution regarding tactical VLS module makes a lot of sense,..assuming that the weight issue is solved. And to be quite frank,...not reading Dr Shackleton's paper, Australia still requires a robust sustainable ASW capability. One should not be secondary to the other. Both antimissile and ASW are equally importantly critical for Australian Blue Water and Littoral Operations.
As for Podcasts and UA-cam Channels. The Hoover Institution Videos are brilliant. The GoodFellows are amazing,...because debate issues and often don't agree with each other. You get both perspectives and I think they are grouse.
On Taiwan,....people like Niall Ferguson and Victor Davies Hanson have commented that the Biden's Administration regarding Taiwan is almost hawkish and neocon. In fact they are surprised it does not get more media attention. So I dont think Biden's comments a gaff at all,..I think its a change in US policy towards China. Whether its all talk is another thing? But if it is new and sincere it will be interesting to see if that policy remains after the mid-terms and the next US election. If Trump is reelected,.........I'm not sure he is that keen for such a policy and he is naturally more isolationist.
Disagree on the carrier,......for a lot reasons you already have articulated,..cost, Chinese Missile threat, manning etc etc. Much prefer B21s, Nuclear Submarines and long range air/subsurface and surface launched cruise missiles. Interesting discussion though. F35/B21 and NGAD (with Loyal Wingman) would be a potent force mix for the air combat component of the RAAF. Not sure about the recent Armour Force procurement,....my view has been evolving?? Not because of the Ukraine. But because, Im not sure what such a heavy brigade would be utilised for by Australia? Not to mention sustaining it. The USMC have gotten rid of their Tanks. Dunno,..tanks in the Pacific,..against China??
Excellent video,..thanks for the effort.
C’mahn. Man. Resistance to Roman’s? Gotta be the Scott’s and Pics. They got conquered multiple times.
I agree with your assessment of the battles around Severodonetsk. The Russians appear to have focused something like 60% of their forces to fighting for this small 20kmx20km area, and have been denuding other fronts of units. Like you, I suspect the Ukrainians have been holding back a lot of men and material, committing just enough force to keep the fighting going while grudgingly giving ground and inflicting heavy casualties on the Russians. I hope this is correct, and they will be able to launch one or more major counterattacks in the near future.
One view is that Westmorland refused to train South Vietnamese troops. There were some special forces but not general training for the SVA.
Hard to train unmotivated people. The south Vietnamese were not into defending their status as a virtual American colony.
What i got from the last part of the video.
"Hey Germany, wake up!"
"Nieh"
"Please"
"Nieh"
"The world has a Russia problem"
"Say whats?!"
"The world has a Russia problem....again"
"..............."
"Germany?"
*Prussian brass marching music quietly begins to intensify*
"It has began"
A lot of mistakes here. For example the VLS fitted to the Adelaide class frigates was the self-defence length, only capable of carrying VL Sea Sparrow,
Australia needs to be doing everything in its power to coerce musk to build a sister starship port down under.
Is it true there is heightened Chinese military activity on the eastern Sino-Russian border? This is a Russian held region (think Vladivostok area) the Chinese have long thought to be theirs. If true, this would be an interesting development.
Hypo - a few things.
First up, I have a suggestion on a video. That is the procurement on B-Vehicles. The ADF 4x4 fleet. I must say, I think we've got it wrong.
As an old soldier, (parachute engineer not a driver) I think we should have stayed with the unimog, which is tries and true, used across many militaries and universally available given they haven't changed much.
More importantly, we have recently bought the Mercedes G-wagon. I am not doubting the capability of the platform. I am doubting, for want of better word, the universality of the platform. I have seen a few on Sydney streets owned by millionaires. But, when I look at the difficulties of the Ukrainian military, I can help but think we should adopt the Toyota Landcruiser 79 series (again, not a rep for the product). I suspect that it lacks the capabilities of the G-Wagon or land rover.
The Ukrainian experience reinforces the view that (at least initially) you fight with what you have, not with want you want. Luckily for them, they have received international assistance. We may not be as lucky.
My point is, we should look at what we are blessed with. We are an island nation, we are blessed with sunshine, coastline, an educated workforce/fighting force. But we are also bellesed with more 79 series landcruisers than you can poke a stick at. That is coupled with a commensurate number of mechanics familiar with the vehicle and spare parts that are locally available.
Based on the Ukrainian experience, we would likely lose a high percentage of the fleet very easily on. We may not be able to rely on foreign imports. We will certainly be able to rely on their being at least one landcruiser on every farm.
I an not wedded to brand names but if we needed a few thousand 4x4 we have very few other options.
The same could be said across the board. If we were pushed to a mass mobilisation, what would out platforms be? I a scenario with little lead time we would fight with what we have, not with what we need.
I suspect that now is the time to realise that. Realising it sooner rather than later allows up to map the workshops, understand the logistics, develop armour or radio kits and understand the limitations of the platform.
Could I humbly suggest an episode of you assessing us fighting with 'what we have' in a general mobilisation scenario. I suspect the 737 maybe the airframe of choice, as was the C47 Dakota, and that emergency services radios will be repossessed for military means. Just a thought.
Secondly, your content is amazing, full stop. No arguments. No points for improvement. It's amazing!
Finally, I with your points on US gun culture and school shootings. I have lost both a brother and father to firearms, though I am not anti gun ownership. I think Australia has the balance right. I often wonder whether 'active shaming' plays a part. For example, what was previously known in Australia a decade ago as a 'king hit' is now known as a 'coward punch'. That rebounding to actively shamed the practice, reduced occurrences and saved lives.
The US will do what they will on gun laws. These shootings are well associated with mental illness but the active shaming component may help people understand that they will be forever remembered as cowards. Unlike the US, we lack the arms culture for good and for bad. The Ukrainians appear to have lacked a 'gun culture' but have been able to acquire those skills whe needed.
As as fan I would have emailed you directly but couldn't find an address.
I think my main issue with the b21's is the fact that over horizon radars can pick them up. I'd rather a faster platform with the ability to carry long range standoff weapons like a cross between a B1 lancer and an F35
Which I know is a pipe dream and has its own issues as well as being an independent design unless we got say the UK or others in Europe to replace their tornado fleets with it
You would of course make EW and other versions much like the old spark varks allowing us to replace prowlers and go to a say 3-1 ratio of f35's n this new strike/heavy fighter/EW
Maybe not an outright 6th gen but at least a super cruise larger 5th gen platform
Would be interesting to hear your position on Ukraine now. The UAF is losing manpower at a significant rate, they're not able to replace the losses that are being incurred, and what they are replacing their losses with are civi street average joes that receive on average one months worth of training, and those are the ones primarily being used as fodder in Bakhmut. Sure they're receiving MBTs and IFV/AFVs along with trained crews for those platforms but the front line infantry losses adversely effect the deployment of these assets as combined arms strategy will be impacted when you're utilizing poorly/insufficiently trained troops.
I feel like these would get more views if you had a theme and a topic in the title, like “Ukraine Q&A”
I would say the US military is vastly underestimated. Even if you are someone who holds the belief that the US military is the greatest military in human history…you’re probably still underestimating the full capability.
Plus Hunter class I'm POSITIVE is being designed with room for at least 1 300-600Kw Anti-Hypersonic missile laser as we(US) are testing an 300Kw(the basis for eventual 600Kw) now for possibly Blk III Burke, and for certain the DDG(X) which start construction 2028-2030...
I spent 14 years in defence. I mostly agree, but a few points I disagree on;
Australia has lost a lot of logistics capability through sucessive defence cuts in late 90's and early 2000's - and we cannot assume support from UK or US to sustain major operations immediatly as was the case in East Timor and the tsunami. I would go even bigger, especially in Navy and airforce, whilst army needs to solidify certain areas.
Navy
18 x Frigate
12 x destroyer
24 x off shore patrol vessel, to include roles such as survey, minehunting, etc
Plus 2 clearance diver teams
Start new LHD project, with greater capabilities similar to USN style WASP - get 5 ships.
A special naval warfare squadron to support special operations similar to the USN SWCC
A naval special operations engineer regiment - similar to USN Seabees
5 Squadrons of V22
4 Squadrons of F35C
5 Ambphious assault squadrons, each
1 beach landing teams to co-ordinate amphibious operations
3 LCAC
2 LCU
12 LCM
12 Collins MKII until new subs arrive
36 Seahawk
Airforce
An air force special operations regiment, to encompass PJ's, special recon, combat controller, pathfinders. TACP and weather.
14 x B21
200 x loyal wingman
Army
Increase to 18 x CH47
6 new x MH47
120 x Blackhawk
36 x Apache
200 x new amphibious vehicles to replace LARC
2 x Air Defence regiments
Increase commandoes to a full brigade of 6 battalions, 4 regular and 2 reserve similar to Royal Marines, with it’s own artillery, aviation regiment, close support medical regiment, engineers and signals regiment.
Increase SAS to 6 operational squadrons and 4 reserve spread across 2 regiments
Lynx AFV with 60mm gun
Boxer AFV with 40mm gun
Boxer self-propelled artillery
An MP company to each brigade
A new sustainment brigade to include HR, finance, supply, transport and catering
Add one regular and two reserve battalions to each regular brigade
Add a new brigade to 2 Div to cater for national emergencies and disaster assistance
Two general medical regiments to 2 Div
Coast Guard
4 frigates
18 x offshore patrol vessels, encompassing all current border force, customs and similar roles.
This could be paid for by federalising roads, education, police, health portfolios from the states.
All well and but how do you propose to pay for all that and where would we get the extra personnel? People seem to think the ADF can just be a mini-me of the USA but they have unlimited budgets and manpower. We don't.
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1) Not mini-me USA at all. But more independant and less reliant on US/UK to support bigger operations.
2) As I said you could pay for this by federalising roads, education, police, health portfolios from the states.
The amount of duplication by each of the state and federal governments in these areas is extraordinary, and goes into the billions of dollars each year.
You could easily enough gain, some of the staffing via recruitment from the US/UK/ France/Germany/Canada etc which we did during the 2000's.
3) More contraversially, you could open a Australian version of the US National Trainning Centre with a dedicated OPFOR and provide this service to foreign armies such as France, Canada, UK etc who currently compete for time at American NTC's.
4) An idea that had a lot of grounding back in the 8-'s and 90's was to have a much bigger airborne/ air assault school and teach US/UK soldiers.
Now that the americans have re-raised the 11th Airborne Division, this should be looked at again as our weather is (usually) far more predictible than that in the US/UK.
@@Medieval_Mayhem changing Federal/State relations like that would require a substantial rewriting of the constitution. I prefer to focus on what's possible.
@@mjguerin63 it’s a labour policy dating back to the Hawk era, no reason why it couldn’t work. Giving the very real likely hood of further instability in the info-pacific, natural disasters and even the possibility of the collapse of nation states and the difficulties the ADF has had in quickly garnishing international support for operations such as Timor, I would suggest it us time for the federal government to seriously look at how better to support the ADF.
@@Medieval_Mayhem I’m all for the Federal Government supporting the ADF but the cost would be extraordinary. There certainly isn’t the duplication between roads/health/police to do so. Much of any cost savings would be burned in transition. Interesting concept however
When will you make more WW2 videos dude?
As for the submarines. We don't have the man power to operate 8 astutes and so you can forget about virginia or los angeles class. At most we have the capability to operate 4 astutes.