Could US Air-Launched SM-6 Missile Snipe Chinese AWACS At 230+ Miles? (WarGames 221) | DCS

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  • Today we investigate whether an air-launched SM-6 missile could be used to hit Chinese AWACS and other high valued targets at ranges of 230 miles and above.
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  • @willwozniak2826
    @willwozniak2826 28 днів тому +53

    OUTSTANDING...waiting for a Makos Hypersonic missile mission of the F 35Cs.....

    • @Anarchy_420
      @Anarchy_420 28 днів тому +2

      I'd love to see AGM-183, Mako, and AIM-260 in one vid👍

    • @user-2410
      @user-2410 28 днів тому

      As far as I understand Makos won't fit into the F-35Cs internal weapons payload, only F-35A and F-35B

    • @grimreapers
      @grimreapers  28 днів тому +5

      Enjoy: ua-cam.com/video/np1qcVTYqb0/v-deo.html

    • @christopherchartier3017
      @christopherchartier3017 28 днів тому +4

      @@user-2410Actually it can fit in the C, just not the B since the B needs to make room for the VTOL fan

    • @willwozniak2826
      @willwozniak2826 28 днів тому

      @@grimreapers thanks man..👉🏻

  • @Echowhiskeyone
    @Echowhiskeyone 28 днів тому +48

    Many decades ago, the USAF used the AGM-78 Standard Anti-Radiation Missile(ARM) and tested the XAIM-97 Seekbat, a derivative of the Standard. Both to be launched from fighter and attack aircraft. The SM-6 is a descendant of the Standard Missile. So this is very probable, but how likely would it really be?

    • @Boomkokogamez
      @Boomkokogamez 28 днів тому +2

      Air launched SM6 lack the booster but it has AMRAAM Radar so it is definitely doable.

    • @ashblythe9598
      @ashblythe9598 27 днів тому +2

      I mean we got pictures of F-18 with SM-6 missiles attached without the booster but it's probably just some tests and unlikely to employ them.

    • @corvanphoenix
      @corvanphoenix 27 днів тому

      ​@ashblythe9598 Yeah, Navy officially didn't go for it. Still cool that they tested it IMO.

    • @NeroontheGoon
      @NeroontheGoon 5 днів тому

      @@ashblythe9598Never underestimate the deviousness of missile slingers!

  • @spinmaster4348
    @spinmaster4348 28 днів тому +31

    0:58 as of now, neither the cancellation nor the program itself has been confirmed, the same goes for aim-260 and its delay into service, and the air launched patriot was based on the pac-3 missile for anti ballistic missile purposes

    • @grimreapers
      @grimreapers  28 днів тому +3

      It's amazing they can keep these things so secret. Camera's everywhere.

    • @saltysteel3996
      @saltysteel3996 27 днів тому +4

      ​​@@grimreapers BTW, PAC3 is 10 inches in diameter, 17 feet long, and about 700 pounds. Has been fired from an F15 before.
      Edit: also the PAC3 doesn't have a warhead, it's kinetic energy "only" so direct hit-to-kill.
      Has a small lethality enhancer (shrapnel charge) for larger air breathing targets.
      Super maneuverable with the ACMs (attitude control motors) which are the solid rocket engines in the neck. Nothing can dodge it.
      It's also hypersonic (mach 5+), and it's already supersonic by the time it leaves the launcher.
      All public info available from Lockheed demo videos which go into way more detail.

  • @Istandby666
    @Istandby666 28 днів тому +13

    @33:18
    The first F-16 submarine...lol

  • @Istandby666
    @Istandby666 28 днів тому +16

    Caps famous words..."I guess I lied"...lol

    • @Doodelz02
      @Doodelz02 28 днів тому +1

      ... and the LANGUAGE!! "you (F15) giant knob-face"! My poor delicate ears! 😢 😊

  • @dennisvandermarkt8263
    @dennisvandermarkt8263 28 днів тому +9

    You guys did a thing. Nicely done

  • @user-ve8fu9ti5i
    @user-ve8fu9ti5i 28 днів тому +3

    I still find it funny that you get an altitude warning as you are coming in to land!!

  • @dragonbladem6899
    @dragonbladem6899 28 днів тому +26

    Apparently, Russia has moved one of its Su-57 Felons to Crimea with an escort of three Su-35s. Could y’all construct an intercept battle on the side of Ukraine, NATO, Turkey, or some other opponent to try and take down the Felon before it can land at an airbase? I feel like it’d be a little bit of a challenge, especially if using non stealth fighters and would probably make a cool video

    • @saltysteel3996
      @saltysteel3996 27 днів тому +4

      From public reports about the Su57 and it being tracked on that escort, the RCS is estimated to be about the same as the Super Hornet.

  • @bladeslicemaster5390
    @bladeslicemaster5390 28 днів тому +5

    Fun to watch a complicated mission... Well Done!

  • @eaches
    @eaches 28 днів тому +4

    Mission goes EXTREMELY WELL...... aaaaaaaand then it's time to "land".

  • @colinboneham7387
    @colinboneham7387 28 днів тому +5

    Great mission with a banger of an ending

  • @sweatybotfn9982
    @sweatybotfn9982 28 днів тому +7

    Love how all the PL-15s just didn’t function this time😂😅

    • @grimreapers
      @grimreapers  28 днів тому +3

      They worked fine, we just flew smart and kept outside of their WEZ. (most of us)

  • @gameactual
    @gameactual 27 днів тому +1

    This was my 2nd GR video after watching #215 (Iran mission). Great video and the ending made me lol. 👍😎

  • @robotswithgunzlol
    @robotswithgunzlol 28 днів тому +1

    One of the most enjoyable videos in a while. Good effort. 🙂

  • @SklllsS
    @SklllsS 27 днів тому +1

    AWACS in front "Dark dont shoot it down!" MADE MY DAY :D

    • @dexlab7539
      @dexlab7539 24 дні тому

      Dark DIDN’T do a thing 😂

  • @JBSmoke1
    @JBSmoke1 28 днів тому +1

    Very cool concept and awesome video, Gents!

  • @TheStormpilgrim
    @TheStormpilgrim 28 днів тому +4

    "I think we're really good at distracting people." You don't know the half of it.

  • @jerrycallaio5130
    @jerrycallaio5130 28 днів тому +2

    Mach 500....Whoops.... (Talk About HyperSonic) Error Will Robinson! About @27:50

  • @emfournet
    @emfournet 28 днів тому +1

    Gorgeous, gentlemen! Loved it.

  • @AxlePlaysGames
    @AxlePlaysGames 28 днів тому +11

    I was surprised how small SM-6 is. I expected a plane sized missile 😂

    • @logansorenssen
      @logansorenssen 28 днів тому +2

      Yeah, surprisingly it's not that huge. Mk. 41 cells aren't all that big - so it's long, but nowhere near as big as things like Talos or S-200.

    • @AEFisch
      @AEFisch 28 днів тому

      I think the ship's vertical launcher has a booster that gets it going

    • @logansorenssen
      @logansorenssen 28 днів тому

      @@AEFisch The VLS configuration for SM-6 has a big-ass rocket booster attached, yes. SM-2 doesn't (except Block IV). Not a cold-launch system like S-400 where a pancake motor lobs the missile out of the tube and gives it the first 100m/s or so of velocity before the main rocket ignites, though - Mk 41 is a hot-launch system (as is SYLVER), where the rocket booster ignites while still in the cell.
      There's actually a case to be made for calling the air-launched version here an air-launched SM-2 Block IIIc instead of SM-6. Though it probably makes things cleaner if they designate it AIM-174A instead of AIM-66something - there were earlier air-launched Standard variants like the Standard ARM and Seekbat.

    • @grimreapers
      @grimreapers  28 днів тому

      Agreed.

  • @timblack6422
    @timblack6422 28 днів тому +5

    It’s a GRaeaT DAY!

  • @kathrynvega6867
    @kathrynvega6867 26 днів тому +1

    saying fuel's gonna be close at 17 miles? looks like Cap forgot about the SATAL 2021/22 Gold Final that GR won by gliding an F16 37 miles :P

  • @jcremeringful
    @jcremeringful 28 днів тому +2

    You guys did a thing!

  • @mrlodwick
    @mrlodwick 28 днів тому +2

    Awesome crew!

  • @choctaw2sticks193
    @choctaw2sticks193 28 днів тому +1

    love those landing you guys . . . 👍

  • @chrisstopher2277
    @chrisstopher2277 28 днів тому +3

    Would a missile kill people by flying over them if it was able to travel at mach 40 while doing nap of the earth? How far away would it be safe or deadly?

  • @captain_kirkyt2481
    @captain_kirkyt2481 28 днів тому +2

    It would be cool for you guys to do this but you fly f-15ex and possibly with aim 260

    • @grimreapers
      @grimreapers  28 днів тому +1

      Our AIM-260 in DCS only has a range of 135 miles, we'd have to get twice as close.

  • @sullyfubar
    @sullyfubar 28 днів тому +2

    The F-15EX veridical stabilizers match like the F-15C and unlike the F-15E.

  • @SuperAd1980
    @SuperAd1980 28 днів тому +4

    Me likey.
    This was fun

  • @janicmeier1
    @janicmeier1 28 днів тому +2

    They shoud install sommeting licke Sea-Ram on these big AWACS

  • @DarkAgeTM
    @DarkAgeTM 28 днів тому +7

    That SM-6 ripped chineese AWACS to shreds. What's the warhed on that thing?

    • @brandonwestfall3241
      @brandonwestfall3241 28 днів тому +6

      64kg, per Wikipedia
      AIM 120 is 20kg, for reference

    • @grimreapers
      @grimreapers  28 днів тому +3

      64kg would shred an AWACS.

    • @brandonwestfall3241
      @brandonwestfall3241 27 днів тому +2

      @@grimreapers Easier to list thing that aren't shredded by 64kg, lol

  • @saltysteel3996
    @saltysteel3996 27 днів тому +2

    Does the DCS USA AWACS not have the electronic decoy and jammer pod that can be deployed and towed behind the jet?
    They also added this to the F35 upgrade.
    And the PAC3 Patriot has already been fired from an F15 (air to air) a long time ago.

    • @dexlab7539
      @dexlab7539 24 дні тому +1

      Yea, AWACS are dumb in DCS unfortunately

  • @sammysmirh3889
    @sammysmirh3889 28 днів тому +1

    Fantastic CAP

  • @nobodyhome8148
    @nobodyhome8148 28 днів тому +2

    Who knew Pooosh could walk on water 🤣

    • @dexlab7539
      @dexlab7539 24 дні тому +1

      Yup, he’s very religious 😂

  • @forestgrant3437
    @forestgrant3437 28 днів тому +2

    Centerline tank vs middle tank

  • @timkirby5179
    @timkirby5179 26 днів тому

    31:25. Outside of Stanley all the roads are gravel tracks. I doubt it's would be a comfortable landing. Oh! Sorry this is not the Falklands!

  • @Kevin-hb7yq
    @Kevin-hb7yq 28 днів тому +2

    They did a thing.

  • @AEFisch
    @AEFisch 28 днів тому +3

    Does DCS have the integral fuel tanks for the F16? Way less drag and extra fuel. Jamming pods are integrated with new radar as well.

    • @grimreapers
      @grimreapers  28 днів тому +1

      WE have IFT modelled in the Block70 but not visible on the actual 3d model.

  • @-Ripcord-
    @-Ripcord- 28 днів тому +2

    Where has Sock been?!?!

    • @dexlab7539
      @dexlab7539 24 дні тому

      Ya he’s disappeared. I think him and Grump had an issue?

  • @jamesricker3997
    @jamesricker3997 28 днів тому +1

    Ukraine does have an aerospace industry.
    They could have put a second stage on a SA-2 or did an air launch while guiding it with a ground based radar.

  • @Istandby666
    @Istandby666 28 днів тому +5

    Here's a hypothetical situation.
    Design the StarShip in game. Use the military version of StarShip. Launch Star Ship from the U.S., have Star Ship enter back in the atmosphere over Russia or China and have the Star Ship while in horizontal flight, drop rapid dragon creates.
    This is to test if the U.S. military does get a Star Ship. What could they use it for?

  • @mrjava66
    @mrjava66 28 днів тому +1

    A stealth uav like a wraith or a sentinel carrying a missile to within 100 miles is a better way to do this sort of thing. Lobbing Thre hundred mile range missiles into an airspace is a tremendously risky action. Such a missile could go off and hit almost anything.

  • @pancudowny
    @pancudowny 27 днів тому +1

    Cap: "Sheeps operating Patriots...!"
    Me: Are you sure they're not wolves in sheeps clothing?😁

  • @Archer89201
    @Archer89201 28 днів тому +1

    Could you do a scenario of USAF vs Navy from 1980s/90s

  • @stevenmiller184
    @stevenmiller184 28 днів тому +3

    Yay!

  • @kenhelmers2603
    @kenhelmers2603 25 днів тому

    Good fun!

  • @johncande1
    @johncande1 26 днів тому

    If only there were places or extra taxiways somewhere to get off the runways. You guys should invent that.

  • @sdghtjsdcgs
    @sdghtjsdcgs 28 днів тому +2

    Wow. That thing blew that AWACS to shit.

  • @mikeclark7002
    @mikeclark7002 9 днів тому

    Have you seen the figures for a high lob boost cruise profile for the Meteor, especially the projected figures for the Japanese version which will have the AESA seeker and the new anti radar software update. Realistic ranges against a big slow target forgoing the final boost intercept mode are crazy long and I mean crazy. There is also the boosted Meteor model using a version of the ASTER booster for air long and the figures are just silly. Saying nothing that isn't in the PD if you burrow.

  • @timbaskett6299
    @timbaskett6299 28 днів тому +1

    What missile was it that the US Navy used to kill the satellite? Maybe that was the missile that replaced the concept of the ASAT missile the F-15 carried. It would be interesting to have an air launched version to kill a satellite!! Just looked up the missile the Navy used. It was an SM-3. I wonder if you could mount it on an airborne platform to kill a satellite!!

  • @JamesWellsIndiana
    @JamesWellsIndiana 22 дні тому

    With fuel reserves, being so mission critical, why wouldn’t the first bird lunched be a tanker, so that the planes could be refueled somewhere closer to the target just enough to top them off. Wouldn’t there already be a tanker flying, if tensions were high, just to make such a mission possible and more safe?
    Why not launch the slower birds first, so they could fly in a more fuel efficient manor, then let the faster bird catch up?
    With just a little bit more planning, this mission would be a lot easier.

  • @modelpro72
    @modelpro72 28 днів тому +2

    Happened to Damp Sock?

  • @nathanellis3111
    @nathanellis3111 28 днів тому +2

    Just remembered this thought I've had for a while. Does the 515 taking off in the lead with afterburner help the planes behind them take off shorter? The more air over the wings add lift, and the F15 is pushing a lot of air over the wings of the planes behind it.

    • @markredacted8547
      @markredacted8547 28 днів тому +3

      No, it hinders any aircraft behind due to wake turbulence (disrupts air-flow over the wings, minimising the amount of preferable undisturbed air), in civilian aviation aircraft wait a minute behind similar sized aircraft and 2 min behind larger aircraft before they take off to give the wake turbulence time to dissipate. Being fighter jets they create less wake turbulence so the effect is diminished yet still present so spacing is still used for maintaining a safe distance. You will see exceptions (aerobatics teams) blue angels, Thunderbirds etc. train to fly in turbulence, but it is not the norm, (wake turb = less lift = longer take-off run). 😉

    • @grimreapers
      @grimreapers  28 днів тому +2

      ^^ great explanation!

    • @nathanellis3111
      @nathanellis3111 8 днів тому

      @markredacted8547 I get there would be a lot of turbulence. A ton more for civilian aircraft. A little Cessna in a strong wind can get airborne though, and there is a ton of turbulence.
      I'm guessing it would come down to wind speed, weight, aerodynamics, turbulence etc.

    • @nathanellis3111
      @nathanellis3111 8 днів тому

      @grimreapers Yo Cap. Hope you're feeling better. Youre soundong good. Maybe you could test this somehow in DCS? Turn on hurricane force winds and do a standing start.

    • @markredacted8547
      @markredacted8547 8 днів тому

      @@nathanellis3111 Different wing types generate different vortices behind them, most aircraft civilian and military aircraft think 737, 777, A320, F16, F15 rotate (take-off) around the same speed with an average of 157kn (180mph/290kph) depending on load-out etc. The only difference being the drag and vortices behind the aircraft causing turbulent air. Also keep in mind turbulence is relevant, I am not exactly sure why you assume the Cessna experiences more turbulence? maybe I misunderstand you, but that same turbulence is felt on every aircraft it is just felt differently due to the engineering design of the aircraft and how it manipulates the air around itself. A Cessna will feel a roll for example that you have to counter with rudders due to the propeller rotating air which spirals across the surface of the body where it makes contact eventually on the left side (facing forward) of the rudder, (pilots pov, prop spins clockwise, this air will make contact with the left side of the rudder which pilot corrects with right foot forward on the yaw peddle straightening the aircraft, in a jet, air is thrusted equally backwards and no yaw is required to correct excluding cross wind, the only air impacting the front of the jet is caused by momentum it's designed to be slippery (kind of) as this just opens up more about connected vs disconnected airflow. in this example alone I hopefully show how although both planes may look similar they are designed to interact with the air differently. My recommendation look up a book called "Understanding Flight" (David W. Anderson & Scott Eberhardt) it is a great book on how flight works as well as explaining wing design and it's interactions with the air. Sorry for the long message I didn't want to just put the book info in and say "do research" as that would be rude, so I put some ideas I think might help you understand airflow, without being able to draw pictures it is a little difficult but hopefully my memory of aerodynamics in aviation isn't too broken and I helped in some way. 😉

  • @Pre613
    @Pre613 28 днів тому +3

    It would make more sense to send in F-22’s and F-35’s first to get in close and engage the Chinese fighters.

    • @TimvanderVelden-dp3fs
      @TimvanderVelden-dp3fs 28 днів тому +2

      Sure, but Cap said they were using 4th gens to make it more of a challenge.

  • @akisakis7980
    @akisakis7980 28 днів тому +1

    Blue background color when you see the map??? how??? i want it hahaha

  • @superflyguy4488
    @superflyguy4488 28 днів тому +1

    Extract or withdraw, never ever retreat.

  • @user-nh6cw5wu2p
    @user-nh6cw5wu2p 26 днів тому +1

    isn't that call a wild weasel style mission cap ?

    • @dexlab7539
      @dexlab7539 24 дні тому

      Kinda except with a chainsaw

  • @abialo2010
    @abialo2010 28 днів тому +1

    can you do this again but with f22s doing sneaky action or a nonsensical version with av8s

    • @grimreapers
      @grimreapers  28 днів тому

      5th gen is just too easy. They can only see us at 20 miles. Too boring for us.

  • @JClark2600
    @JClark2600 23 дні тому +1

    Hey Cap why do you still have all your AIM's left...?

  • @0cujo0
    @0cujo0 27 днів тому

    Hmmm what about an air-launched SM-3 Missile? :-D

  • @rumannkoch4864
    @rumannkoch4864 28 днів тому +3

    Anyone know what happened to Fly? Haven't seen him for a while.

    • @SuperAd1980
      @SuperAd1980 28 днів тому +1

      He's about in the land of GR discord

    • @dexlab7539
      @dexlab7539 24 дні тому +1

      He’s been around a lot in recent videos…can’t miss that German accent

  • @mattthemouse1
    @mattthemouse1 28 днів тому +1

    Next mission: US Navy Carrier Group against the Chinese navy, only this time the US Navy jets are armed with SM-6’s. Now _that_ will be interesting!

    • @grimreapers
      @grimreapers  28 днів тому

      oof wouldn't want to be Chinese in that battle...

    • @zachhoefs9543
      @zachhoefs9543 27 днів тому

      Given that the SM-6 is also a confirmed anti-surface and anti-ship missile... yeah, that would be a nightmare for the reds.
      Rumors of a B model AIM-174/SM-6 that will mount a bigger booster and bigger warhead, to be utilized as a strike missile.

  • @kskeel1124
    @kskeel1124 28 днів тому +1

    AMRAAM and PL-15 were pretty much useless today...

  • @ryabow
    @ryabow 28 днів тому +1

    "who needs super long range missiles when your fifth gen fighters can *actually* get within spitting distance?"
    -USAF, probably

    • @grimreapers
      @grimreapers  28 днів тому +4

      Yup that's absolutely true BUT that's not the sexy way, will not impress any girls like that.

    • @dexlab7539
      @dexlab7539 24 дні тому

      @@grimreapersYup, chics hate 5th gen pilots 😂

  • @GatorAaron
    @GatorAaron 24 дні тому

    If you aren't sticking around to the very end...may all your spins be flat.

  • @beko23
    @beko23 27 днів тому

    ummmm your intro might be incorrect lads...The US AIM-260 with 200km plus is set to enter service this year....

  • @BlackMesa322
    @BlackMesa322 17 днів тому

    Did Cap fire a missile? :P

  • @lydjeb6064
    @lydjeb6064 27 днів тому

    Which map is this please ?

  • @stephenfowler4115
    @stephenfowler4115 27 днів тому

    Why no refueling tanker?

  • @user-qb3ll9cn3h
    @user-qb3ll9cn3h 28 днів тому

    You said that the SM6 was probably never put into service because of it's weight. Therefore you used the F15. What if you used a B21 as a super long range stealth air to air fighter 🤔

  • @GatorAaron
    @GatorAaron 24 дні тому

    I swear I about fall out every time Cap replies to someone's pun. 😂😂

  • @rogerupi999
    @rogerupi999 28 днів тому +3

    15 seconds🫡

  • @docauger2032
    @docauger2032 28 днів тому +2

    Thaad😅

  • @SkatingIn805
    @SkatingIn805 28 днів тому +2

    Why isn't china and japan used in game? Is the whole world not modeled? Genuinely curious.

    • @duanemckinley9353
      @duanemckinley9353 28 днів тому +1

      DCS does not have the whole world modeled so they have to pick an existing map to use.

    • @SkatingIn805
      @SkatingIn805 28 днів тому

      @@duanemckinley9353 Oh ok, thanks for clearing that up for me!

  • @carlousmagus5387
    @carlousmagus5387 9 днів тому

    Good mission 🖖🏿🇹🇼

  • @Plastikdoom
    @Plastikdoom 28 днів тому +1

    This is cool, I like it, but he fact being left out. Is we don’t feel the need for a dedicated missile to do this. As the only true super power. What does that say? We already can. With existing missiles and aircraft/drones. Deal with this problem of enemy limited awacs, and is zero issue to do so/naval ships and missiles. Everyone knows what we release is already 2 plus decades old at least. And we could do it 20-50 years earlier even if at horrific cost.

  • @tylerwolfbenbow
    @tylerwolfbenbow 28 днів тому +1

    How did you get the kill count and tax Payer cost on the top right corner?

  • @jerishigan6567
    @jerishigan6567 28 днів тому +1

    The sheep want blood 😂

  • @tylerchristopherson4245
    @tylerchristopherson4245 28 днів тому +1

    3300 hundred pounds! lol

  • @layneanderson9582
    @layneanderson9582 27 днів тому

    lost a F-16 who got shot down or crashed

  • @Plastikdoom
    @Plastikdoom 28 днів тому

    And why aren’t you doing a ballistic climb until the engines flame out like when we shot down our own satellite footing the Cold War. To prove to Soviets we can shoot down theirs too? F-15’s can do more than Mach 2.05 of pushed to absolute limit of failure, stepped down a few percentage. Also they don’t flame out at high speed until like 70k plus feet, they are damn near space fighters. Literally. Give them 2-3 stages of JATO’s, and lox
    For aux tanks, they could be space fighters. Literally that’s the funny part and they could still carry their normal air to air compliment of weapons. And be straight up low endurance space fighters: with a couple orbits max.

  • @Vtarngpb
    @Vtarngpb 28 днів тому +1

    RIP AIM-54 🥲

  • @mr.starks
    @mr.starks 28 днів тому +1

    Russian awac didn't stand a chance. Crazy...

  • @AmericanBattlewagons1944
    @AmericanBattlewagons1944 28 днів тому +1

    whats a statue mile

    • @TheStormpilgrim
      @TheStormpilgrim 28 днів тому +2

      About 310 of those Michelangelo's Davids end to end, or 5,280 feet.

    • @duanemckinley9353
      @duanemckinley9353 28 днів тому

      And it is being called out since aviation makes heavy use of the longer nautical mile (6076 ft or 1852 meters)

    • @grimreapers
      @grimreapers  28 днів тому

      Statue mile is the type of mile you use on land and in your car. A nautical is 15% longer.

    • @dexlab7539
      @dexlab7539 24 дні тому

      @@grimreapers…that’s why I measure my giggity in nautical miles 😂

    • @philipr.6090
      @philipr.6090 18 днів тому

      @@grimreapers"Statute," not statue. 😊

  • @kenc9236
    @kenc9236 28 днів тому +1

    Sheep air defense. Well' that's something you don't see every day. lol

  • @BoraHorzaGobuchul
    @BoraHorzaGobuchul 28 днів тому +1

    Would you intercept me?

  • @aurorathearcticwolf4243
    @aurorathearcticwolf4243 28 днів тому +2

    "keep ahead of the F-15" only in DCS and IRL mission breifings, if sent alone that thing would just melt away even tho everything china has for "modern fighters" are nothing more than cheap imitations of russian garbage (they have nothing but 3rd, 4th, and 4.2nd gens), the J-20 is the closest they will ever get to a US built fighter but even that is TRASH (hence why im calling it a 4.2nd gen) so your attention to realism is unmatched and makes for sime interesting stuff! keep up the great work and maybe someday we will have that final standoff and see who has the superior firepower in the East China Sea! *now where did i park my star dreadnought*

  • @rhodie33
    @rhodie33 28 днів тому +1

    I love it when people takes China on its word about their missile capabilities. It's not like we haven't caught them exaggerating like Russia does, lol.

    • @luluapple1067
      @luluapple1067 28 днів тому

      The Chinese economy is only 10 times bigger than Russia lol

    • @leexingha
      @leexingha 28 днів тому

      "I love it when people takes China on its word about their missile capabilities" - false. most people undermines our military assets particularly the ones we created from reverse-engineering & research
      "It's not like we haven't caught them exaggerating like Russia does" - which part of Russia's military asset was exaggerating? care to explain coz i never seen one. or r u referring to Russia's cold war relics crushed by modern western assets?

    • @ethan3818
      @ethan3818 28 днів тому +1

      ​@leexingha unfortunately for china their military is sub par when it comes to quality equipment

    • @leexingha
      @leexingha 28 днів тому

      @@ethan3818 its fine as long as the margin isnt too wide. also, war isnt won by just equipment alone
      remember, when GB underestimated IJ prior to invasion of Singapore? the attitude costed them 2 capital battleships

    • @dexlab7539
      @dexlab7539 24 дні тому

      @@ethan3818You based that on what data?

  • @BirdstrikeJack
    @BirdstrikeJack 27 днів тому

    wait. why you guys use DCS for current political tension simulations? i dont get it really. if some china channel did the same id react in the same manner. this isnt righ nor fits DCS comunity guidelines. you should stay away from this kind of DCS content. its inpropriate torwards chinese DCS players at last. simulate nuke impact on Britain using channel map or something gross. Id mind that too. youre sinking in my eyes guys. use some other software if you like but you just provoke low level efforts here. im shielding my DCS part from this.