"Hey, Earl, I bet it would be funny to just load them missiles up in some milk crates and dump 'em out the back." "You know what Bo? I think you got something there. We can put a parachute thing on 'em and just pump them babies out!!" Lockheed Martin exec: "This is why I vacation in Florida."
@IKilledEarl
Ай бұрын
I plead the 5th
@Nathan-vt1jz
Ай бұрын
😂
@xTakumEx
Ай бұрын
This is Lockheed's clever way of getting around the whole cluster bomb thing. Good stuff.
@mwdouglas3794
Ай бұрын
@@xTakumEx This is nothing like cluster munitions, not even a little close.
@AviRox1154
Ай бұрын
There are few things more American than essentially creating a CRUISE MISSILE SHOTGUN SHELL, and I love it. 😂
@Marbeary
Ай бұрын
Before: it is just a Cargo Plane Now: Oh no it is A Cargo Plane
@arthurmoore9488
Ай бұрын
Hey, the AC-130 looks like "just a cargo plane" to radar and if you ignore the cannon sticking out the side. Admittedly that's a close in air support thing. Still, turning cargo planes into weapons delivery platforms is nothing new.
@drpainglove3389
Ай бұрын
To put into perspective how insane this tech is, a c-17 cargo plane can now launch more cruise missiles then a Ticonderoga class missile cruiser.
@LeeBrown-zi4bh
Ай бұрын
Cruise missles would be launched outside of detection range
@lics01
Ай бұрын
That aircraft has been in service for 60 some years. One of the greatest in history, it has done so many different jobs they can't be listed here. Calling "just a cargo plane" is like calling Tom Brady just a football player. Sure it's true but falls so short of being accurate.
@ChessIsJustAGame
Ай бұрын
During the 1960's during that Vietnam thing, the largest bomb was delivered by cargo plane and was pushed out the back ramp. The bomb was big enough to open a "fort-sized" clearing in the middle of a jungle. Sometimes that space would be left alone for enough time for the enemy to rush in and occupy it. Then visited by other flesh destroying mechanisms. I spent my child/teen years praying that "war" would be over before I was of draft age. Prayer answered right after my 15th birthday.
@DemocracyDiesInDarkness
Ай бұрын
A dump truck of cruise missiles, definitely an American innovation.
@cohibaguy4981
Ай бұрын
😊 yep
@SaiakuNaSenshu
Ай бұрын
'merica fuck yea
@bryanduchane2371
Ай бұрын
Had to be a Marine that came up with this idea. Can see him sitting on a carry ship on the way home and see some left over cargo of cruise missiles. "Huh, what if they dropped these missiles out the back, HE'LL YAH!!!!"
@Ifinishedyoutube
Ай бұрын
People tend to forget that the devil came to Georgia, and lost.
@matthewnardin7304
Ай бұрын
Just wait, we're making a revolver for cruise missiles.
@fountainvalley100
Ай бұрын
The ultimate flex turning your 500 cargo aircraft into strike aircraft. The US can now air launch 15,000 cruise missiles.
@fuzzy3440
Ай бұрын
There's only 2,000 JASSM in the inventory right now.
@patdbean
Ай бұрын
Yes, what you save on the launch aircraft you spend more on the missiles. A Vastly more costly b1/b2/B21 can fly right over the target and drop loads of JDAM bombs. @@fuzzy3440
@trazyntheinfinite9895
Ай бұрын
The true horror for air defence planners is now: every cargo plane is now a doom machine. The psyops you can pull. Lol
@PSC4.1
Ай бұрын
@@fuzzy3440that we know of, the military and government loves to keep its secrets, I wouldnt be surprised if they had more in storage.
@fountainvalley100
Ай бұрын
@@fuzzy3440 time to go on a buying spree.
@Chris.Davies
Ай бұрын
Whoever designed the original Hercules, probably never imagined that it would become the world's most offensive aeroplane, with the AC-130 gunship, and being able to drop Rapid Dragons. The simulations of attacks using Rapid Dragons in DCS are.... rather devastating, to say the least. FYI: I think it was Korea's famous King Sejong, the inventor of Korean's Hangul characters, who also invented the rocket-arrow machine launcher.
@Plaprad
Ай бұрын
Funny thing, most of the guys who designed and built the C-130 hated it. They considered it a taxi that would be out of service within a couple decades. And it's still in production and constantly being upgraded for new missions. So, jokes on them.
@harryhenrygebel3506
Ай бұрын
😂😊
@PiDsPagePrototypes
Ай бұрын
@@Plaprad Someone needs to do a Seaplane / Flying Boat version, for fire fighting.
@RonNieminen-z6h
Ай бұрын
Logistics and attacks
@bullydungeon9631
Ай бұрын
@@PiDsPagePrototypes sorry that's not profitable
@jim.franklin
Ай бұрын
Simon, one thing you forgot to mention is stealth, Cruise missiles, specifically LRASM, Stormshadow and their ilke, all fly at around 25-40m from the ground, over the sea this can be as low as 5m depending on sea state, this makes them challenging for any radar system, but the US is now coating some in the same materials that the F-35 and F-22 are coated in, coupled to their already small size and profile to deflect incoming radar signals, this makes them virtually undetectable before it is too late for air defense systems to react and engage. With ships, this is somewhat easier as most have radar that can work across sea level and they have close in defense systems that can engage very rapidly, but as you pointed out, in a swarm, especially from multiple directions, that becomes ever more challenging.
@dra6o0n
Ай бұрын
Anti-radar coating on a rock, dropped from orbit.
@jim.franklin
Ай бұрын
@@dra6o0n In your dreams
@NeuroRando
28 күн бұрын
@@dra6o0nexpanse reference?
@saureco
27 күн бұрын
"Those dark sea gulls sure are gliding towards us at an awfully aggressive rate..." - Chinese carrier watch officer
@jim.franklin
27 күн бұрын
@@saureco Chinese Captain "Sea Gulls are flying cats, pure evil, you need to watch them, they'll steal your fish and chips"
@Beegs164
Ай бұрын
HOW DOES THIS DUDE HAVE SO MANY CHANNELS I CANNOT ESCAPE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD GO OUTSIDE
@henryward5457
Ай бұрын
He doesn't write his own scripts. He's basically a radio host with several teams of writers behind him.
@Kurt_Philanderer
29 күн бұрын
HOW DOES THIS COMMENT TURN UP ON SO MANY VIDEOS I CANNOT ESCAPE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD GO OUTSIDE
@ChadLuciano
29 күн бұрын
@@Kurt_Philanderer third world keyboards for the love of god....buy one without a shift key
@Kurt_Philanderer
29 күн бұрын
@@ChadLuciano it's a play on the op bro
@solnidor
28 күн бұрын
His accent is fake. Enough said.
@blueg6demon423
Ай бұрын
Rapid Dragon, the newest evolution of the venerable - pointed stick.
@rjy8960
Ай бұрын
A pointed stick with the super powers of dog poo on the end! (best ever weapon to chase girls round the playground with when I was at school)
@notjustanother3191
Ай бұрын
We really did peak with that one. Should have stopped while we were ahead.
@M0053yfate
28 күн бұрын
Sponsored by Bad Dragon Inc.
@twodogsandtheirfamily
Ай бұрын
Imagine 4-6 C17's with 2 of them loaded with decoys and 4 loaded with actual missiles. It's hard to imagine a possible defence to this. 90 decoys and 180 missiles incoming, that could easily completely destroy several military bases.
@imapopo2924
Ай бұрын
Or absolutely devastate an opposing navy in one attack wave.
@StephenMcGregor1986
Ай бұрын
Israel shot down more when Iran attacked them so there's that
@cptcosmo
Ай бұрын
Those cruise missiles can carry 50 kiloton nukes.
@feoxorus
Ай бұрын
Yeah, C-17s are so stealthy nobody would ever see them coming.
@KilledByThatTrain
Ай бұрын
They don’t need to be stealthy, they launch their long distance payloads far from the front line
@jonhendrickson6122
Ай бұрын
The voice crack at 3:30 is awesome.
@nitroxide17
Ай бұрын
Firstttt
@JoeTheis
Ай бұрын
Love that this is the top comment. Happened to unpause the video at that very moment and thought my phone had glitched out or something 😆
@Gunni1972
Ай бұрын
Crack indeed.
@Andy_Babb
Ай бұрын
The strategic voice crack is not to be underrated
@Andy_Babb
Ай бұрын
@@nitroxide17first what? It’s a reply.
@omarjassar4650
Ай бұрын
One word " Sharks with frickin laser beams attached to their heads "
@mugsbugsly2975
Ай бұрын
My fav single word
@omarjassar4650
Ай бұрын
@@mugsbugsly2975 Right on Crouton
@Cameron-d2n
Ай бұрын
there is almost no relation between these things. I guess they're both weapons?
@omarjassar4650
Ай бұрын
@@Cameron-d2n you can hold the entire world hostage if you had Sharks with frickin laser beams attached to their heads , and extort a ransom of 1 million dollars
@buckeyesfan4700
Ай бұрын
Hell yes man 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍
@TracksideViews
Ай бұрын
This guy just follows you around KZitem from channel to channel
@cant_kill_me
Ай бұрын
"this video seems intere- OH HEY IT'S SIMON AGAIN"
@thatguyoverthere9705
Ай бұрын
And he’s the main narrator for all of them!
@benaultowski1226
25 күн бұрын
I swear, I've block a dozen channels with this guy's face in the thumbnail. Not that KZitemrs own known for doing original research, but there's no earthly way this guy is more than a face for some content farm, chock-full of borderline plagiarism
@mikelittle5250
15 күн бұрын
i mean...he is a bit drippy...but the content is usually okay
@RAS_Squints
Ай бұрын
Rapid Dragon, a fearsome weapon system firing missiles with a name where jazz hands come to mind (AGM-158 JASSM)
@GuntherRommel
Ай бұрын
But you do Jazz'em. You hit'em with the ol'Razzle Dazzle.
@kyledabearsfan
Ай бұрын
Everything's a joke til the sky is filled with Jazz Hands
@Gunni1972
Ай бұрын
@@GuntherRommel And Vagazzle-dazzle by Advertazzle
@batticusmanacleas510
Ай бұрын
I just think its wild the US named anything of theirs after anything remotely related to China, let alone something as iconic as the dragon carts. In gratitude, the PLA is set to name their next aircraft carrier after Bull Halsey.
@arthurmoore9488
Ай бұрын
I blame English. The language. Though it also can apply to the empire as well. If it sounds cool we'll make it our own.
@kyledabearsfan
Ай бұрын
Our entire culture is odds and ends from other cultures mixed in a giant bowl and then stirred with fierce independence and FUUUWALLLALA stir for a couple hundred years, spread unevenly and enjoy. We show our appreciation in a lot of other cultures, look at our city, county names etc. we aren't that bad.
@georgepoitras3502
Ай бұрын
It is FOR China..............🤣🤣😂😂That sure is a big invasion fleet you have there...........🤠🤠🤠🤠
@TheTuftyOne
Ай бұрын
The US has a history of doing this, it's actually a thinly veiled threat to adversaries. Basically "we named this after something you feared/previously killed you, please consider f'ing around and finding out". Another example would be the "Davy Crockett" launcher, designed to blow up Russian 'bears' and named after a guy who killed bears!
@oneounceslugAPEX
Ай бұрын
It's something the Chinese were scared of....
@nekomasteryoutube3232
Ай бұрын
this weapon feels like it'd be a Kill streak reward and just basically carpet part of the map with explosions.
@romemedina4712
Ай бұрын
Imagine a line of dozens of aircraft each dropping a couple of those pallets. Change "the arrows blackened the sky" to missiles.
@feoxorus
Ай бұрын
Imagine a line of radar targets, stealthy as a fart in church.
@najlitarvan921
Ай бұрын
Irl macross missile massacre
@rihanm.sgoogleaccount4462
Ай бұрын
@@feoxorusYou sure they wouldn’t send the Dragons in without SEAD first?
@lonerider5315
Ай бұрын
Only to be intercepted by 2million 5 dollar chinese mini drones.
@Low_commotion
Ай бұрын
@@feoxorusYes, this would definitely be something you need to keep at standoff distance, because that plane has the survivability of a popsicle in the Sahara in any hostile environment. Luckily cruise missiles tend to have good range
@sundragon7703
Ай бұрын
An understated detail is the versatility of the deployment of the AGM-158B missile. It's a guided weapon able to be launched from a variety aircraft. It was not long ago when guided weapons could only be deployed from specific platforms with specific accommodations.
@saureco
27 күн бұрын
Rapid Dragon: When you have to wipe out an entire near peer opponent's coastline by 7 am, but also need to make it to your dentist appointment by 8 am.
@craigquann
Ай бұрын
Imagine flexing on the competition and stealing a kickass code name that they were absolutely going to use on their next new toy. Little espionage tongue in cheek.
@MDuarte-vp7bm
Ай бұрын
The name is kind of jank. I do like that we ruined it for the other guys tho.
@arthurmoore9488
Ай бұрын
@@MDuarte-vp7bm Still better than "Ghost Eye."
@bakedbeings
Ай бұрын
@@arthurmoore9488Look at the names they use for advanced persista threat groups in digital warfare, it's hilarious. Fancy bear, charming kitten etc
@MOREPUROAMORE
Ай бұрын
Meow wolf
@gomahklawm4446
26 күн бұрын
Hilarious that you think they care....and you wouldn't know if they made the same and called it the same....
@ricksgrandauditorium8790
Ай бұрын
Spoiler alert: there is a grand total of zero dragons in this video. If your here for the dragons, like many were, you'll find none. If you woke up today and thought, I'd love to see some badass dragons while Simon Whistler talks words in the background, turn around now. I repeat...Here = No dragons.
@stingman777
Ай бұрын
False. Just because you can't see them does not mean they aren't there. I mean, it's in the name. RAPID dragons. They're just moving too fast for the cameras to catch them. AND we all know dragons are magical creatures. Some of them are probably hovering in the scene and are just invisible. You can't prove they aren't there. You can only prove you can't see them.
@shannonconnor3697
Ай бұрын
I wish there was a laugh react 😂 the like doesn't do justice
@thesilentgod7863
Ай бұрын
*plays radioactive by imagine dragons*
@jeremiahjenkins9221
Ай бұрын
Ah. You mean there's no Fwaming Dragon?
@Andy_Babb
Ай бұрын
So, wait for season 2?
@xiniks
Ай бұрын
I think an unintended consequence of this might be that it could make civilian aircraft viable targets.
@grandaddyoe1434
Ай бұрын
For nasty people, they already are targets . . .
@andrewhooper7603
26 күн бұрын
@@grandaddyoe1434 convenient nasty people who get wheeled out to justify whatever demonic shit the MIC wants to sell, lmao. The problem isn't those who would already shoot down an airliner, but those who otherwise would not. But who even cares, people turn into bloodthirsty primates when you tell them it's necessary for "security", even if that same argument placed us under constant threat of a nuclear holocaust. This species is going to off itself eventually.
@jhuck8166
26 күн бұрын
@@grandaddyoe1434Like Russians?
@MadDeuceJuice
24 күн бұрын
Flight 655. Like the Americans
@budroberts5929
12 күн бұрын
Take the train. I understand trains are how you get in and out of Ukraine. Why would you drive your Piper Cub around a war zone?
@kaneo1
Ай бұрын
2:14 OOOOHHHH!! Never considered a pallet of Dragon-dropped Switchblade UAVs! 🤯
@Gunni1972
5 күн бұрын
That'll work exactly ONCE. and after that, freight planes are "Fair game" for the opponent. Now, THIS situation WILL slow down logistics considerably. It is an ambush tactic, that may work on a small group, or single targets. But against an army, you risk a lot for little result.
@theemissary1313
Ай бұрын
Spare a thought for the cargo officer who has just pushed out 80,000 times his lifetime wages worth of missiles out the back of the plane he's on...
@JustSomeGuyLass
Ай бұрын
In America, those thoughts are 'get back to work'.
@michaelgautreaux3168
Ай бұрын
As compared to billions of $$$ in equipment, personnel & infrastructure? Very equitable by my calculations.
@bradycobb563
Ай бұрын
Tye😅
@Plaprad
Ай бұрын
That's pretty much what we did all day every day. The costs of a lot of the equipment we carry around is insane. But damn, it is some cool stuff.
@MDuarte-vp7bm
Ай бұрын
That's like 3 to 5 billion dollars
@stevedixon5318
Ай бұрын
The Swarm Drone concept is still my favorite
@mikeharvey9184
Ай бұрын
45 cruise missiles, with each missile being a carrier for a dozen or two drones? Well, that's not terrifying at all...
@Phil-ey6yh
Ай бұрын
@mikeharvey9184 the "Russian nesting doll of death", as it were....
@koharumi1
Ай бұрын
Arsenal bird moment
@JustJove
29 күн бұрын
Black Ops two was on the money, apparently. Drone warfare is our newest frontier.
@bulukacarlos4751
Ай бұрын
Very good video. Another precedent to mention, only on a larger scale, is the test on October 24, 1974 when a Minuteman missile was launched from a C5 Galaxy. Greetings from Patagonia Argentina.
@Chris1982416
Ай бұрын
Low key I was in that video you showed with the Patriot system
@Plaprad
Ай бұрын
I remember when I was on C-130's back in the early 2000's this was discussed. The concept has been bounced around since at least the 60's. But it never got pat the "Hey check this idea out" on the back of a napkin at a run down bar. From what I've seen so far from open source, this is an incredible system. It's probably going to take it's use in combat for most of the public to really understand what kind of capability this gives NATO and other US allies. With minimal training and modification, ANY cargo aircraft of US allies can have firepower usually reserved for strategic bombers or naval warships. And they can be on station within hours. I have a feeling Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea are already in discussions for buying a few once they go to full production. As well as more than a few European nations.
@VainerCactus0
14 күн бұрын
Australia uses the C-130s, I hope we get some. We're a pretty tough prospect for a naval invasion already thanks to our geography, over the horizon radars and our military. We can deny air and sea with a tiny force compared to the PLAN. With an extra volley of missiles from a few C-130s, I don't see anything wanting to sail into those conditions.
@Gunthrek
Ай бұрын
Am I the only one who saw "Rapid Dragon Reborn" and immediately thought of Robert Jordan?
@sneeringimperialist6667
Ай бұрын
The Amazon show ruined it for me. I used to be a big fan of the books...
@Simple_But_Expensive
Ай бұрын
Yes.😂😂
@Omega21487
Ай бұрын
You're not the only one. As soon as I saw it I was like did they just sneak a wheel of time reference in on us? Lol
@sneeringimperialist6667
Ай бұрын
@@Gunthrek why do I keep getting comments when KZitem erased my own comment?
@LordLewsTheDragon
Ай бұрын
...no ...
@Minion-J
Ай бұрын
Lol, The great Hercules.. the "hold my beer" of aircraft.
@chrispavin1373
Ай бұрын
The best part is America now has stealth cruise missles, which means invisible rapid dragon deployment.
@Iamhere-cr5vu
Ай бұрын
Mega project idea. How Chicago reversed the flow of the Mississippi River
@Goldie644
Ай бұрын
All the rapid zooming of the camera is very distracting
@arthurmoore9488
Ай бұрын
I agree. It's also from press CGI of "future capabilities". Aka, things the company is trying to sell the military on.
@anumeon
Ай бұрын
Kudos to the editor for including a clip from the movie Wing Commander (really bad adaptation of the games) A guilty pleasure movie for me. :)
@GuntherRommel
Ай бұрын
Same
@rickl4159
Ай бұрын
The fact that this is on KZitem tells me this is old tech and their past this already
@ben5056
Ай бұрын
Worked on the engines powering these bad boys. Cheap and reliable.
@SophiaKathleen-n4e
20 күн бұрын
Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort.
@Chris.Davies
Ай бұрын
Video starts at an unbelievable 6:06.
@billwaterson9492
27 күн бұрын
That's a hefty price for an advertisement 😂
@CecilRalph-u1r
20 күн бұрын
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
@kevoseddo4064
Ай бұрын
Genius way to start this video. It spoke directly to my “unga dunga” brain
@koharumi1
Ай бұрын
2:15 this reminds of the first time I had to face the Arsenal bird in ace combat 7. An endless swarm all coming at you.
@theawesomeman9821
Ай бұрын
Both fascinating yet terrifying at the same time.
@pr0cr4st1na7or
Ай бұрын
My understanding is that most high-quality modern air defense systems (e.g. Patriot, Iron Dome) can track and engage dozens to even over 100 targets simultaneously. The potential danger to them is that they usually don't have as many SAMs available for simultaneous launch, leading to the idea of a saturation attack (firing more missiles than the defending system can shoot down in one go). Think of the Iranian attack on Israel a couple months ago, which likely would have overwhelmed Israeli air defenses if the US, Jordan, and other aligned forces hadn't intervened to shoot down portions of the barrage.
@arthurmoore9488
Ай бұрын
The other common techniques are to confuse the radar operator or to get them with an Anti-Radiation missile. For example, the HIMARS missile looks very close to the much cheaper and less accurate Grad. So until Russia issued a software update Ukraine could send a whole bunch of cheap missiles while sneaking in some expensive ones. Plus, things like the S-400 are apparently designed more for air breathing targets than missiles.
@pr0cr4st1na7or
Ай бұрын
@@arthurmoore9488 True, I was restricting to what was discussed in the video and what's in scope for just Rapid Dragon. Also, there's a reason I specified _high-quality_ modern Air Defense and didn't list any of the S-x00 series ;)
@simplegunsmith
Ай бұрын
2:15 I like this concept, my estimation is this animation shows about 150 individual warheads seperating, and the core launcher could still be designed to have it's own massive warhead and guidance system.
@arthurmoore9488
Ай бұрын
Unfortunately, it's not quite how it would work unless you already have air superiority. They're too small to have a long range. Instead the missile itself would carry a fewer number closer to the target and then deploy them. As another person noted it's the modern way of getting around the US refusal to use cluster munitions. Note: We don't use them because around 1% of the little bomblets fail to detonate and can become unintended landmines.
@simplegunsmith
Ай бұрын
@arthurmoore9488 no i agree, for that system to fit into a standard cargo planes and still fit 150 individual bombs on it they wouldn't be able to be much bigger than a medium large drone. But if you have air superiority than something like that would be a devastating swarm
@XavieraWood-v8h
20 күн бұрын
Your destiny isn't just fate; it is how you use your own developed abilities to get what you want.
@Altaree1
Ай бұрын
Nice little bit of Wing Commander right there at the end!
@RichyArg
Ай бұрын
the most significant military innovations are often the ones that introduce flexibility factors. the recurve bow basically turned every Herder in the steppe belt into a deadly soldier and a supply train in the same body
@slushy_shutter
Ай бұрын
I just love, how he explains stuff in caveman terms, so we understand.
@Mirmaker
Ай бұрын
Me like it no rocket science!
@john-vs4vq
Ай бұрын
Well, Marines do watch this channel.
@itsjustjoe3790
29 күн бұрын
“Relax Vlad, it’s only a single C130. Probably full of Bud Light.”
@adamchurvis1
Ай бұрын
I have always loved cruise missiles! When I was a student at Georgia Tech back in the Eighties we had a presentation from General Dynamics. They were trying to recruit soon-to-graduate students. When it got to the Q&A the presenter called on me and I asked, "What is the yield of the--" He interrupted with a smile and instantly said "Sorry, don't know. Next question -- you in the blue shirt..."
@ristube3319
12 күн бұрын
3:46 The B-1 is a beautiful and underrated jet.
@zegaracosmus
Ай бұрын
they are working on a drone variant as well, instead of missiles it will be a drone dispenser with built in EW tech to block enemy drones/missiles from hitting them as easy, an EW tech "pallet" with a multiple balloon/parachute system to inflate a single balloon or throw another parachute to hold it up until it gets popped/torn then shoot up another balloon/parachute for increased survivability and run time would be nice, since EW tech broadcasts in a SPHERE or focused cone and not just a hemisphere *looks at flockheed shartin* can`t wait for the 7th gens the electromagnetic tech on them is stupid good
@Cameron-d2n
Ай бұрын
the fact you used 3 commas is more frustrating to me than if you hadn't used any punctuation at all.
@zegaracosmus
Ай бұрын
@@Cameron-d2n yup, you got that right bud, i care not for punctuation. at. all. linguistics and proper punctuation isnt my flavor of tism. my flavor of tism is engineering, or physical stuff not this social stuff. hate it honestly. so if your tism is all this....stuff, have at it as for me i am going to continue doing what i do. :)
@datatronx
Ай бұрын
That very last clip just at videos end was from the Wing Commander film! Bravo to the editor for that one 🙂
@gangfire5932
Ай бұрын
"Shut up and take my money!" -- Fry, _Futurama_
@ArionRDAW
Ай бұрын
This reminds me of David Weber's Honor Harrington sci-fi series. In it, space naval combat 'evolved' from combat battleship/submarine types to glorified tug boats towing pods and pods of missiles, fire and forget over vast distances giving the defender little time to detect and counter it.
@arthurmoore9488
Ай бұрын
Same. What's not mentioned and is crazy is another thing Weber shows. Datalinks! The US has already demonstrated the ability of a patriot battery to hit two missiles using two F-35's radar instead of its own at the same time. Even today there's rumors that US AWACS are guiding Ukranian missiles into their targets. Imagine an F-35 stealthily sitting over an enemy position and targeting things of interest in real time. One pod takes out the air defense, so the rest are automatically re-targeted to other things. That's the Sci-Fi future we live in.
@ThePeter123a
Ай бұрын
With this weapon carrier it is possible to use transport aircraft with a tail ramp as a strategic bomber. Most of the world's air forces do not have long-range bombers and many do not have tankers. This makes it possible to use civil aircraft with tail ramps as bombers from civil airfields.
@TorstenKnodt
Ай бұрын
Can civil aircraft fly safely with the tail gate open?
@michalpavlat3943
Ай бұрын
Most of the (quite rare) tail ramp equipped aircraft outside the military service are just (more or less) "renamed" military aircraft. And not every military transport aircraft may use the ramp this way in flight anyway.
@Mugdorna
Ай бұрын
I don't think there are any "tail ramp equipped civilian cargo aircraft" designs. Tail ramp is very much a military design.
@Mugdorna
Ай бұрын
@@TorstenKnodtAircrfat can fly with tail ramp open. Just has to be slow speed and under 12,000 dt
@TorstenKnodt
Ай бұрын
@@Mugdorna They are used for transport of heavy and big things sometimes, which cannot be easily (dis)assembled. And I also saw some videos from civilian parachute jumpers.
@jimmcfarland9318
Ай бұрын
Imagine pallet drops at the same time an F-15EX deploys its very long range cruise missiles at the same time: one set to take out defenses, while the other takes out dams...
@Charcha8761
25 күн бұрын
Like the 3 gorges dam, ....... China and Taiwan...... It is already a military plan. China knows it.
@seldoon_nemar
Ай бұрын
That's 45 in a C-17? So in a C-5 Galaxy, you're probably getting like 60-80
@Woobieeee
Ай бұрын
bro hittn with the wing commander clip at the end.
@jakeaurod
Ай бұрын
Did you forget the palletized ICBM test? A Rapid Dragon with cruise missiles is good, but imagine if they had anti-air missiles to take out aircraft or ballistic missiles.
@arthurmoore9488
Ай бұрын
One thing at a time. Also, you know they're working on it.
@RETOKSQUID
Ай бұрын
Pallets full of Sparrow, Sidewinder, Harm, and even Phoenix missiles suspended by a balloon vice parachutes. 🤔
@MichelVaillancourt
10 күн бұрын
there is already an SA-6 adaptation allowing a volley of 20x SA-6 "Big Stick" missiles to be fired "that a-way" and then have targeting information sent by otherwise passive 5th Gen fighters that can see / illuminate targets.
@MauriceMoore-s5j
19 күн бұрын
Bold is not the act of foolishness but the attribute and inner strength to act when others will not so as to move forward not backward.
@bariman223
Ай бұрын
The delivery system is cost efficient compared to the alternatives. Which is good because the missiles themselves are expensive.
@AllenMarcrllus
20 күн бұрын
To bring anything into your life, imagine that it's already there
@DownWithBureaucracy
Ай бұрын
Rapid because of how quickly it can be deployed, Draggin because that's what Uncle Sam is doing with his nuts across the enemy's face. Any other Fat Electrician fans here? Check it out if you want the short version of this
@jarrettnebrich4826
Ай бұрын
The funniest part is I was thinking FE as I read your comment. Spoken like a true FE fan.
@Jon-sy3tx
Ай бұрын
Terrifying to America's would be enemies, but also absolutely terrifying to the American taxpayer
@loydfreeman5743
Ай бұрын
Some poor E4 dropping more $$ out the back of the plane than he'll make in a lifetime... 'Merica
@moabb0mb
Ай бұрын
Quack Bang!
@mohammedsaysrashid3587
Ай бұрын
An informative episode about US Rapid dragons 🐉 missiles...
@X85283
Ай бұрын
"From throwing stones, to bows, to cannons and mortars...." Good to know Simon in a Civ player. Surprised he has the time lol
@arthurmoore9488
Ай бұрын
Sounds like he's going to be starting a gaming channel next. How he has any time is beyond me. Even with someone else doing everything else. Especially because he still is the business owner.
@MyValki
28 күн бұрын
I heard it named "The infomercial" because it launches a barrage and then goes "But wait, there's more!" and cue pallet #2 and then again for #3.
@Ptolemy336VV
Ай бұрын
Nice! I want one. I have a Putlerian place I want to fly it to at high speed.
@loganburntitus6948
3 күн бұрын
Great vid, that thing terrifyingly effective.
@enigma51ted
Ай бұрын
OMG USAF here this is first time i heard but ive been away
@craigrussell7542
15 күн бұрын
My pitch for the opening sequence for the next Mission Impossible - Tom Cruise clinging to a deployed Rapid Dragon cruise missile box... Cue multiple launch, and his team has to take control of one so he can ride the last cruise missile to catch and destroy the rest!
@AndyBonesSynthPro
Ай бұрын
Cruise missile bukkake
@NPC-fl3gq
Ай бұрын
Just replace the JASSM's with JISSM's!!😂
@thediner8929
Ай бұрын
Lmfao. 😂
@NathanJudd
20 күн бұрын
Peanut butter and jelly caused the elderly lady to think about her past.
@MrBrettrx7
Ай бұрын
A bunch of C5s loaded with ultra stealthy cruise missiles protected by a bunch of F22s, F35s and F15ex with stealth sentinel drones , followed by a bunch of C130 gunships and A10s
@samuelgarrod8327
Ай бұрын
What about it?
@Zarrar2802
Ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂 @@samuelgarrod8327
@Crimethoughtfull
Ай бұрын
Absolute unstoppable wave of destruction...
@Alex-hu5eg
Ай бұрын
You've forgotten the Decoy drones. Those are the first to arrive.
@AubriGryphon
Ай бұрын
(Insert clip of Grant Imahara bellowing, "HWACHAAAAAA!")
@angryginger791
Ай бұрын
TLDR: The US now has the ability to sling massive amounts of highly accurate JASSM from cargo planes and into the eyes of any who threaten it. (I'm sorry. I'm 43 going on 12. I'll see myself out.)
@perryrush6563
Ай бұрын
Fellow soul!
@znk0r
Ай бұрын
This is a great threat to air craft carriers.
@itemushmush
29 күн бұрын
Very nice video. Great writing and presenting
@Jason-fm4my
Ай бұрын
Military spending may have decreased, but military innovation is still alive and well.
@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket
Ай бұрын
Spending decreased?!? I'm pretty sure it's highest now compared to any other peace time.
@mill2712
Ай бұрын
@@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket By dollar amount you're absolutely correct. At 800 billion+ it's larger than it's ever been. Adjusting for inflation. But I am glad we aren't at cold war percentages in our military spending in comparison to our national budget.
@Jason-fm4my
Ай бұрын
@@mill2712 It's reduced by >20% over the last ten years when accounting for inflation. Manning has also gone down roughly the same amount.
@ryanlowe6753
Ай бұрын
This video was posted after the Three Gorges dam vid... are you trying to tell us something? ;)
@lu544
Ай бұрын
Taiwan is aware.
@Alex-hu5eg
Ай бұрын
The desert storm started with some b52 taking off in england...
@@StevenDrewittIt never landed until back there either.
@Alex-hu5eg
Ай бұрын
@@StevenDrewitt wow, thx
@nargileh1
Ай бұрын
Congratulations that's how you make every suspiciously perceived cargo plane a possible preemptive target.
@michalpavlat3943
Ай бұрын
Sure, coz before this all the transport aircraft were safe and you had no reason to shoot them down. Seriously? ;o)
@TheRealAb216
21 күн бұрын
With this and the hypersonic revolver all our cargo aircraft have just been turned into massive weapons platforms.
@DannyHeywood
Ай бұрын
It sounds like a Vibrator...
@RobertRavoalavoson
Ай бұрын
I love the expression "military evolution" so much!
@DrKaill
Ай бұрын
Have you done a video on the rods from god concept?
@patrickjordan2233
Ай бұрын
Veritasum ran the whole concept as an experiment + video... FYI..
@kennethloki7011
Ай бұрын
Insanely expensive for minimum results. Waste of time and resources.
@XtreeM_FaiL
Ай бұрын
99,999% useless.
@Newman-q3w
19 күн бұрын
Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul. Only kindness can do that.
@redj59
Ай бұрын
Cargo aircraft require air superiority which isn’t always the case.
@andrewhuang436
Ай бұрын
Do they need it 600 miles away from the target? Or 1200 once the XR models are up and running?
@rubiconnn
Ай бұрын
@@andrewhuang436 Yes, they pretty much still do. Almost all anti aircraft systems made in the last half a century can shoot down cruise missiles. JASSM missiles are partially stealth so it will reduce the range that they can be detected but they still are easily seen at closer ranges by SAM systems that have powerful radars.
@mugnuz
Ай бұрын
but isnt that the whole idea besides cost reduction on easy targets? making it so vheap it can be used in barrages to overwhelm defensive systems@@rubiconnn
@Alex-hu5eg
Ай бұрын
Except if you are the USAF and you can destroy SAM-s with stealth planes, drones and cruise missile-s to achieve air superiority.
@dodoubleg2356
Ай бұрын
Really enjoy your content on the U.S. military. 🇺🇸👍✌️
@bendershome4discountorphan859
Ай бұрын
China we have bbadass hypersonic dragon missiles C 117 crew....hold my beer
@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket
Ай бұрын
"will have" Sure they'll have what they incorrectly call hypersonic weapons, but we've had that tech since the 80's as did the soviets. That's why we were able to put something similar together so quickly. Thing is those missiles still fly in a predictable flight pattern. Also bigger issue, China can't the broadside of a barn. Like the soviets it's all about numbers and hope for their missiles.
@lipingrahman6648
Ай бұрын
Soon we will have both the funnel system and mobile dolls from Gundam. What a time to be alive.
@ddalton8754
Ай бұрын
Never seen a release in the first 10 minutes.
@Didyeaye404
Ай бұрын
Your badge is in the mail. Wear with pride😊
@coconutsmarties
Ай бұрын
Then your wrist technique needs work.
@gamersunite7968
Ай бұрын
Now do rapid dragon with the AIM-174 and a data linked F-22 or F-35. Now you have an increased range air missile in a platform with long range endurance.
@heckinmemes6430
Ай бұрын
*slaps top of crate* This thing can flatten so many schools.
@garryuyahoo
Ай бұрын
Another issue with sending your planes up to attack incoming cruise missiles is that you run the real risk of friendly fire. It also opens your air force up to stealth fighters - especially with the new long range air to air missiles that can be launched from non-stealthy planes and guided in by stealth assets.
@kayurbach5182
Ай бұрын
is it just me, or are the audio dynamics getting worse over the last couple videos? last year I had no problems listening, even as non-native speaker. Lately it's super common I need to rewind because I didn't get the end of sentences because the voice is getting so weak. Idk, a mic change, different mixing or just more whispered than before. Just listen to the "legendary status" at 1:20.
@olbuck
Ай бұрын
Same observation. I slow to 75% and turn the volume up
@elektromaik
Ай бұрын
@@olbuck Same at my site :(
@jonnyd9351
Ай бұрын
You must really be an old buck then because anything less than 1.25 here is a bore.
@olbuck
Ай бұрын
@@jonnyd9351 Good on you! Yep, sporting 35% hearing on only one ear may have something to do with it, but I never have to adjust other channels...glad I have the choice
@waltertomashefsky2682
Ай бұрын
Puff the Rapid Dragon Lives in the air And jettisons its cruise missiles That then go everywhere
@strandedtimetraveler8435
Ай бұрын
All of you laughed at Gundam for spewing missiles everywhere but here we are, it was just an AI swarm of drones with warheads doin' their best!
@MamieLeopold
20 күн бұрын
Douglas figured the best way to succeed was to do the opposite of what he'd been doing all his life.
@camerakid76
Ай бұрын
2:00 “the worst that could happen” ….is actually collateral damage of unintended targets that could escalate the situation out of control. But hey, war machine, amiright. 😣
@mill2712
Ай бұрын
Probably depends on the war and enemy you're fighting. A limited war with insurgents or weaker powers? You have a good point. But a conventional war with a near pear like China or a massive belligerent power like North Korea? Well, I doubt the top brass or even a large percentage of the public will lose an ounce of sleep.
@pmk.661
Ай бұрын
@@mill2712good point
@Apeiron2357
Ай бұрын
It's already happening tho. From that aspect, It will remain same.
@simon-c2y
29 күн бұрын
Mass civilian casualties in war since WW2.
@coconutsmarties
Ай бұрын
That last sentence is so true.
@dewayneblue1834
Ай бұрын
Informative, but let's use the established, time-tested abbreviation 'AD', and not that nonsensical new invention 'CE".
@johndelagarza361
Ай бұрын
If people insist on using CE we must remind them it stands for Christian Era. 😉
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