1982 Falklands War: The AMAZING First Vulcan & Sea Harrier Strikes | DCS Reenactment

[@GustaHeavy]

The argentine reporter is Nicolas Kasanzew, he at these very days is always giving conference about the war and making difusion about how argentines veterans fought. I have the proud and luck of knowing and being friend of a soldier that survived one of the Black buck raids. It was the 4th of May. He was in the airport in a trench, and the bomb hit a few meters from him and his comrade, they were sepulted by the debris and the rest of the regiment were searching for their corpses but they did survive for 2 hours under 2 meters of earth and stones, until they were founded, without injuries. This was considered a miracle. They stayed in the islands until the end of the war, and of course there are more details to the story. The name of my friend is Jorge Palacios. Great video cap!!! Thanks and greets from Argentina.

[@grimreapers]

Amazing info thanks!

[@Slikx666]

Too many people died so it's nice to hear about people surviving. I hope he doesn't have any PTSD from what happened, it's horrible.

[@GustaHeavy]

@@Slikx666 He is doing very well, always participating in acts, and giving interviews; however his comrade, the other surviving soldier, never spoke again about that experience, and do not particpate in any of the veterans activities. Greetings!

[@nathanshoaf6833]

interesting

[@mavrikmavrik3032]

“I think I can land on a carrier but that little thing we got airborne from was not a carrier”. ROFL!!! One of the best lines I’ve heard from GR for awhile!

[@grimreapers]

lol

[@Drummer2020]

I am a Falklands veteran, although in a supportive role on the troops ship [cruise ship] Canberra. A couple of small points. Firstly the Harriers always offset their approach to and from the carriers, so that Argentine radar could not reverse their radar track and get an idea where the carrier strike force was situated. The Black Buck Vulcan missions although not physically successful in damaging the runway, did send a huge moral boost to us in the task force heading south, as well as a strong message to the Argentines they were not out of reach. What is less reported is later Vulcan mission fired Shrike anti radar missiles which destroyed some enemy radar and killed some of the operators. I actually had a wounded operator flown onto my ship for treatment and eventually we took him [and their army ] home after the war. The Argentines were fighting for a perceived ownership of the islands and we were fighting for the rights of the actual islanders, what seems a small point makes a big difference in motivation when the fighting starts. My own small part in the war, including how I came back with a signed thank you card from the enemy is recorded in my award winning book 'The Band That Went To War'.

[@TheSpencemeister]

Don't think you are supposed to bring your cat with you on aerial strikes

[@grimreapers]

She enjoys the ride.

[@StephenSavage-dd7dw]

My dogs going nuts listening to her lol

[@TheSpencemeister]

@@grimreapers Cat-sized G-suit sounds adorable

[@midnightbluevt]

I thought I was hearing things lul. Also, I have cats too, which only added to my confusion.

[@supermilo]

Harrier comes equipped with one behind the pilot, by default

[@Gman-109]

Sounds like Cap's cat was co pliot and wanting to give those Argies hell!

[@robcat6377]

was thinking the same thing: please remove cat before flight.

[@user-hy7su3jm8z]

Cat is used for scanning enemy targets, called a cat-scan I think. Requires a cat I am told....

[@chrisk_nfl4120]

Always great to see Harriers doing Harrier things (being an absolute beast in whatever task it was given) Would be cool to see some helicopter missions from the Falklands and even some "What if the UK had Apaches" or something!

[@tomriley5790]

Appreciate cap using the correct variant of the sidewinder. The GR3 wasn't able to use its INS System as it wouldn't align on the carriers decks so it was all map and compass - the Sea Harriers were able to.

[@grimreapers]

Thanks

[@mortoopz]

My favorite little fact about Black Buck; Because there was no point filling in a bunch of the bomb holes, several are still there (and probably will be for hundreds of years more) You can see them clear as day on google earth, south west of the airport look for a marker called 'Canopus Guns', and note how the chain lines up with that one big bit of runway they patched.

[@dankaynie]

I loved watching this, reminded me of being 10 years old, watching every news program I could to keep updated - it scared and fascinated me all at the same time. When it was all over, I felt so proud to be British!

[@Vyborgclark]

Thanks! Loving the Falklands Content! It is a campaign that gets overlooked.

[@tomriley5790]

Great to see you using the South Atlantic map! Being an Argentinian helicopter pilot and suddenly seeing harriers flying in low level past you would be a bit of a shock!

[@xxxyz721]

The rapier system was nicknamed “repair” by some of my dad’s friends who were on the falklands as they were so unreliable at the time and needed constant fixing…. Though they did use the microwave range finding system on this and other weapons to heat tea and cook food by using the test cycles :).

[@richardvernon317]

Rapier in its Field Standard A, Field Standard B and Tracked Versions were dog shit as regards reliability. The Final Field Standard C system on the other hand was a very reliable bit of kit.

[@vintagepairdisplayteam910]

SCRAM! Is an excellent book! I built the full Falklands campaign after reading that (and all the Harrier pilots books!)

[@Master-im7jc]

RIP Sharky Ward

[@markmaher4548]

Was about to say the same thing. Fair winds & following seas Sharky. We have the watch.

[@Gman-109]

@@markmaher4548 Ditto. His book is a MUST read on this subject, my favorite of the 1/2 dozen or so Falklands Harrier accounts/books I've read.

[@chrisjones2149]

@@Gman-109 Yes, the book is a great read. Highly recommended to anyone interested.

[@markmaher4548]

@@Gman-109 Rick Jolly's "Red & Green Life Machine" is also very much worth a read.

[@Wilko601st]

for a second i really thought this would be the mission...you know the one where everyone took off, performed to the highest flight standards and returned home for tea and biscuits......alas not to day 🤣 Grea video guys and Cap ive just ordered that book👍

[@SimonAmazingClarke]

Great mission. 1982, just before I left school. This war reminded me of the dangers I might face when I joined the RAF. I applied three months later. The Vulcan bombings shocked the Argies. They didn't think anything could get to them They had to fortify the Airport with resources from other areas. BN, the Chinook, went onto 18 sqn at Guttersloh after the war. I worked on her 87 to 90

[@kaynanvulperus4633]

My thoughts exactly, as minimal as the physical damage may have been it was the psychological impact of “even on the opposite side of the world, we can still get you.” Also, I’d add Bravo November had a long and illustrious, decorated career. Deployed to every major theatre of conflict (excluding Balkans) that BAF were in since with a decoration from each. She now resides in the RAF Museum Cosford after being officially retired in 2022.

[@SimonAmazingClarke]

@@kaynanvulperus4633 Thanks for that. I went and visited BN a couple of years ago. Strange to see something that I had worked on operationally in a museum.

[@timonsolus]

Yes, the Black Buck raids were the Falklands equivalent of the Doolittle Raid on Japan in April 1942. Actual physical damage done - minimal. Psychological damage done - enormous, since the bombers had done something the enemy considered to be impossible.

[@trev8591]

Pleased you took the ship's cat along for the ride, Cap! (I joined the Royal Navy in 1983, memories of the Falklands were still very fresh and they were changing a lot of things from the lessons learned there).

[@saintuk70]

Nice choice of missions. Brian Hanrahan (sp) was such an iconic voice bringing on-ship coverage during the conflict, as can be seen from your clips.

[@grimreapers]

Yeh it makes it so much more real.

[@vossrightfurtwangler9989]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZpS6dHd-eZmifMU Legend. Guess Cap wasn't on that particular raid.

[@WillardWhy]

37:04 From what I've read, fresh WD40 actually increased the RADAR signature on the harrier, and this was noticed when different harriers had different radar signatures. Test done on the paint found that paint that was contaminated with WD40 actually reflected more radio waves than the normal paint.

[@grimreapers]

Thanks.

[@Definitelynotanalienoranything]

I've just finished reading Harrier 809. Excellent book about the Falklands Harrier war. 🇫🇰

[@WendussyDynamics]

Excellent video. The Balkans conflict lives rent free in my head

[@chrisstopher2277]

I watched a PBS frontline documentary on the first fight for Falluja this morning. They probably have the best war documentaries I've seen. It has the people who were on the ground, not the Generals or politicians. It was brutal, but you get to see the best and worst of people in war.

[@cousinjack2841]

Yet another successful mission from our secret weapon Super Cap. Couldn't find the waypoint; (thanks Simba), couldn't drop his bombs; could drop his fuel tanks when he wasn't supposed to and then ditched the airframe. No wonder the Argies gave up.🤣

[@grimreapers]

Welcome to my life. This is normal for me...

[@JoshSmith-ok7jh]

Another amazing video guys. Love the falklands stuff. Keep it up.

[@jrizos06]

That's our Cap - drops no bombs on the mission and makes it back to the carrier first! (underwater)

[@grimreapers]

lol, some things never change heh?

[@jrizos06]

@@grimreapers That's why we love you!

[@therealbettyswollocks]

In hindsight, it is incredible that the UK was able to retake the islands at such distance with such limited resources. At the time, it was almost taken by the public as a given that we would prevail, but we now know how close run a thing it was at key points in the war. The heroics performed by the Harrier pilots were a major part of that. P.S. Matrix's SODCAT definition for navigators was first class fast-jet bants.

[@ayeidoucareau5014]

I think if I would have had a chance I would not have sent my children to that war... About 1000 people died in that conflict. For what? An interesting read is Excursion to hell. It is from the perspective of a infantry soldier. If the political leaders would haver to participate in the war at the front line, and if their families would have to fight there, too, I am sure we would have far less wars.

[@midnightbluevt]

Cool video. The Falklands is such an interesting conflict, I wish I knew more about it. I'll have to pick up some books, including the one you recommended.

[@SA80TAGE]

Cap left his cat in the cockpit again.

[@Dan-iv9tg]

I thought I heard meowing!!!!

[@R0d_1984]

Lynx was an amazing helo. Love Harries and A-4's.

[@AnthonyAdrianAcker]

Lol Cap, your kitty wants attention. :P I can hear it meowing all throughout the video lol. Pretty funny honestly.

[@Moodrey91]

High time to dust off Sharkey’s Sea Harrier over the Falklands. Amazing read! Thanks for the great vid 💪🏼

[@sjwilli1972]

Great video, super informative and entertaining. Thanks CAP. Nice landing 😅

[@timbaskett6299]

I built a model of the USMCs AV-8B after watching a demo at an airshow. They were, and are an amazing aircraft.

[@StephenSavage-dd7dw]

G’damn that looked ace as you rolled in over the top of two sisters 😮 Reminded me of Flight of the Intruder

[@quantumcomata105]

22:27 is somebody's cat meowing? Cats on average will have a Meow session every 100 hours.

[@rubiconnn]

lol that's the Harrier's engine, it makes that sound when you throttle back.

[@cg9952]

and again around 23:00😂😂😂

[@barryrrab]

sounds like Cyclon raiders

[@tbe0116]

Definitely a cat

[@vec306]

The cat is either hungry or horny.

[@GrahamMilkdrop]

There actually is a Vulcan mod. It's named the "Hawker Siddeley Vulcan" for some reason and comes only with a grey livery but it works. edit:(By that I mean it installs and appears in mission editor... I haven't tested it thoroughly.)

[@grimreapers]

Thanks, I didn't realise or look hard enough I guess.

[@neallewis8628]

910 tracker Seawolf - (ex maintainer well after the Falklands war) - 2 modes auto radar guided and autonomous control to target, also had camera and IR which could be guided by operator sat in a seat in the ops room. the type 22 had 1 system forward and 1 aft. short range protection. proximity fuse activated. 6 barrel launcher each end before reload. Certain modifications were made after the war to make it more effective against low level attacks. The Royal Navy also learnt a lot about smoke containment after damage to ships....

[@grimreapers]

Thanks

[@RogueKnight423]

Love Matrix in these

[@R0d_1984]

Yeah, it's wrong it he wasn't.

[@Wolfe351]

the Argies had Napalm stored in drop tanks at Goose Green too, luckily for 2Para I don't think they ever used em

[@grimreapers]

Pucaras dropped two Napalm canisters on 2 Para but both missed by a mile. One Pucara was hit by a Blowpipe 3 seconds later.

[@richardvernon317]

@@grimreapers Shot down by Marine Ricky Strange of 3 Commando Brigade's Air Defence Troop.

[@meh4841]

Cap, hope you are feeling better, I know how frustrating the waiting and the unknown can be with long term health issues. Keep taking it day by day. What books have you been reading (besides Scram) on the Falklands? I love these videos where you go in depth about the actual history before simulating it in DCS. It’s really cool seeing how excited you get about the details of the history and the technology and also the human perspective on the ground. Keep it up!

[@grimreapers]

Just finished "three days in June" and now on Scram!.

[@erickg9011]

having a Avro Vulcan would be amazing. Also, the English Electric Lightning.

[@dace0326]

1st use of paveway in the Falklands. Crazy 80's

[@Thumblegudget]

Aha! I could tell you'd been reading "Scram!". Really good book.

[@watcherzero5256]

21:42 Thats a funny sounding Harrier.

[@ProDriver007]

Hi mate I’ve always wondered how different the war would have been if the carrier ark royal with phantom FG1 and the buccaneers hadn’t been decommissioned in 1979. That would be an awesome video and would love to see it!!!

[@SmithandWesson22A]

As a schoolboy in 3rd or 4th grade in Australia we learned abut this.

[@R0d_1984]

Was in High school mate. Oi...

[@ricardomartinez1871]

My dogs are barking to the cat LOL

[@tomriley5790]

To answer the question on reserves - they got smaller and smaller as the conflict went on - afterall in a vertical landing aircraft you're not going around :-)!

[@clangerbasher]

It's amazing to think these days Stanley runway would have been TLAM'ed to the n'th degree easier than using your airfryer to cook tea!

[@grimreapers]

Yarp

[@BobH809]

I remember the Rapier having issues due to the weather, and having a problem getting them to 'settle down.'

[@nigeldepledge3790]

I believe Black Buck 1 involved 11 Victors and two Vulcans. However, the primary Vulcan discovered a cabin pressurisation issue shortly after takeoff and had to turn back. Thus the backup Vulcan conducted the first Black Buck raid. And one of their refuelling encounters happened in a storm.

[@XxusmcsamurixX]

I am a USMC veteran. I was 6332, aircraft election for the Av-8 airframe. Weird little aircraft. And way over engineering made it hard to fix.

[@richardvernon317]

A research aircraft modified into a combat one. British had the same issues with the Lightning. Hawkers actually liked to try and build ease of maintenance into their designs, unfortunately the weight limitations on the airframe stopped the designers (Ralph Hooper and John Fozzard) from putting in as much as they would have liked to. A couple of years after the War, a book was published called Harrier at War. It was part of a series of "At War" aviation books produced by a compony call Ian Allen that covered the history of various aircraft and other weapon system. Though the Book was credited to Alfred Price, the various chapters were based on recollections of various people who worked on or with the aircraft. These people included: John Fozzard - Design and development of the Aircraft from P1127 through to first Gen Harrier Bill Bedford - Flight Test of the P1127 Fred Trowern - One of the RAF pilots on the Tri National Kestral Trials in the mid 1960's Ken Hayr - First RAF Harrier squadron CO on bringing the GR1 into service Drax Willaims - The AV-8A in USMC Service Sharky Ward - Introduction of the Sea Harrier into Service. Dave Morgan - Sea Harrier at War from his prospective. Steve Thomas - Sea Harrier at War from his prospective. Tony Harper - GR3 operations from his prospective. Jeff Glover - Being Shot Down and taken prisoner. Eric Annal - RAF Electronics Engineering Officer in charge of the development of the Blue Eric ECM pod based on a Aden Gun Pod. 15 days from start of the project to 10 operational systems being ready for shipping down south. Peter Squire - OC 1 Sqn in the Falklands War giving an overview of the aircraft in the ground attack role. As most of these guys were still serving at the time, they couldn't be as critical as they later were about the mistakes that happened in the war, however Fozzard does apologies for the Avionics bay doors and the butt load of screws that held them on. Part of the load bearing structure old boy!!!

[@MumblingNoob]

my old man actually slept throgh all of that raid. im a falkland islander currently living in the uk.

[@jyralnadreth4442]

There was a Roland on the islands that caused the task force problems as it shot down the bombs meant for it

[@jeffwiltshire]

I was in the RN at the time of the Falklands but didn't go. Instead I joined Antrim when she came back (with the wobbly flight deck from the bomb repair) and we ended up watching the US invading Grenada close up an personal. I was quite happy in Barbados but Maggie wanted us to go to Grenada. I have a number of photos of the US fleet/US Airforce taken from Antrim. Interesting times

[@R0d_1984]

I was in High School when this happened, in Australia, Aussies were really upset (knew diggers who wanted to go), seething just down the surface, you could see the anger in the grown-up; we cheered every time The U.K forces won a victory; i was more shocked at the lost of soldiers and ships, then i was of 9/11...

[@bobmcguirk7272]

Hope you're doing well, Cap!

[@FleetDefenderRA5]

The Vulcan Bomber was one fantastic bird. I know it has a tail, but otherwise was the radar cross section relatively small? Loved the mission! Love the cooperation required.

[@potusuk]

Tiger cat was the land variant of the Sea Cat which was on many of the RN ships at the time, both were quad launchers, don't think I ever saw one hit a target. Likewise Argentina made use of a land variant of Excoet, that which later struck HMS Gamorgan, RiP shipmates.

[@sigbjrn-kf9ji]

And that's how you make a reenactment video.

[@ivorharden]

21:45 someones pegasus is running rough 😂

[@clangerbasher]

What happened to my comment about Guy Bransby I wonder? The RAF Regiment manned Rapier in the FI War. But a more interesting individual is one Guy Bransby who was in the RAF Reg. He spoke Spanish and went as interrogator. Before he served in the RAF Reg he was in the New Zealand army and went to 'Nam. He has two books on Amazon, one about the FI War, and one about Nam.

[@jeffwiltshire]

On the subject of Carriers, Bulwark was still in Portsmouth Dockyard in reserve when Hermes and invincible sailed. An assessment of her condition was done in the days after the fleet left and she was in such poor condition that there was no point to start working on her. There was an offer from the US of the loan of the Forrestal (the CV which has the major fire off Vietnam as the result of the Sidewinder coming off an aircraft on the flight desk and impacting several aircraft waiting to take off on a sortie, the subsequent explosions kill the fire fighting team onboard. She burn for several days with destroyers pumping water into stern via hoses. The RN had always trained the whole crew on firefighting but the US Navy had not although they changed the policy as a result of this. There was a film of the incident which was used as a training material in the RN). A crew was being selected to fly to the States to take over Forrestal and steam south in the event of a damaged or lost carrier. Illustrious was also fast tracked through trials and went south to relive Invincible after the conflict ended. She had numerous issues, gearboxes and shafts as a result.

[@dbvetter7485]

I would hope that Just Flight would port over their Vulcan to DCS

[@StephenSavage-dd7dw]

The RAF Regt were the operators of the Rapier. They were not however, allowed to place them optimally, by the Army.

[@darrellmf]

@grimreapers ‘Junglies’ were pilots from the Commando Helicopter Force so named from their operations inserting Royal Marines into Borneo. I’m sure a marine pilot might be mildly offended to be called a ‘logistics’ mover 😮😉

[@athodyd]

Kitty in the background doing Argentine psyops to distract Cap

[@BrianPost--ni6qs7yc4w]

Cap was that your cat meowing in th background upto the 24 minute mark? If the cat is supposed his reo, Caps flying the wrong plane, he should be in the F-4E Phantom :)

[@MWSin1]

The Falklands were saved single handedly by Ted's mustache.

[@exAirMover]

Theres something so fundamentaly cool about the Harrier 😎🇬🇧, especially in tje RN Colour Scheme of the time

[@jeffwiltshire]

Would be interesting to run the same raid with Buccaneers and Phantoms from Ark Royal & Eagle

[@OneCrazyMonkeh]

Out of interest, what planes did the two RAF pilots fly, while they were active military? Always wondered but don't remember it being mentioned. Thanks!

[@grimreapers]

Those two fly Jaguar and Tornado.

[@grimreapers]

*flew

[@OneCrazyMonkeh]

@@grimreapers Brilliant, thanks Cap

[@peternicholson83]

Guys, 63 Sqn RAF Regiment were there with there rapier kits they were deployed to the san Carlos beach head

[@Slikx666]

Let's just hope there's not a repeat of what happened. Things are already going bad in this world. Rest in peace everyone from all sides involved in the conflict.

[@CheekyChex]

I believe the Invincible class were at sometime classified as "through deck cruisers" rather than carriers.

[@stevenmiller184]

What a difference JDAMs and Cruise Missiles would have made.

[@dace0326]

One harrier did a manoeuvre kill on an argue helicopter. Believe the wash from a near flyby caused the crash.

[@waynetowers5046]

It'd be great to actually have Harrier FRS-1s and GR3s in DCS... And why not the FA2 and GR7/9s too.

[@theackshow5048]

21:05 Did someone have a kitty stowaway?😁

[@bobhawkey3783]

Sounds like stowaway cat does not appreciate this mission over water. 🙀

[@Axispaw1]

You said not much was achieved by Operation Black Buck but you are very wrong, sir. Although only one bomb hit the runway the operation had much wider implications in that it showed Argentina that the Brits could bomb their mainland which subsequently meant they held back dozens of their fighter jets on the mainland and not on the Falklands themselves. This meant the fighters had roughly a 1000 mile round trip to get to the Falklands giving another huge advantage to the British in the air and ground war. It was a stroke of genius!

[@christophero55]

Guys that wasn't an accident. Lt. Pickles (the cat) is Cap's WSO and a damn fine one at that. Constant communication with his pilot, feeding him the most important information like: Pickles wants attention. Pickles wants kibble. Feed Pickles. Love Pickles...real mission critical data.

[@gregHames-u6n]

Probably have boots de-iceing boots along the leading edge

[@marcosavila8215]

Dear Jon, isnt a way to get these missions you did?, i would pay for it, cheers and is so nice to hear your voice in the videos.

[@grimreapers]

Just msg me Discord. I don't want any $.

[@patmcbride9853]

My cat found this video fascinating.

[@novacat3032]

the big impact of the Black-Buck-Raids was to convince the Argentine Air Force to keep one or two of their best interceptor squadrons in Bueons Aires to guard the capital since it is closer to Ascention Island than the Falklands... and these very capable fighter never got closer to any british forces than several hundrets of miles

[@grimreapers]

Thanks

[@nigeldepledge3790]

I was under the impression that the purpose of Black Buck was to deter the Argentine forces from stationing any of their fast jets at Port Stanley.

[@Kevin-hb7yq]

With the recent activity in Cuba... have there been any attempts to recreate whatever the hell went on with all of that?

[@wafif2709]

Nice video! does anybody know if we can download anywhere his missions and play them?

[@anthonybonawitz444]

At 21:47 is that someone's cat I hear meowing for the next minute + ?

[@olivere5497]

Next you need to look at Argentinian bombing raids on commercial ships. They were rolling freefall bombs out the back of C4 cargo planes fitted with a bomb sight in the copilots seat.

[@richardvernon317]

Wrong!! the Argentineans removed the external fuel tanks off the wings and fitted Multiple Ejector racks to the pylons. The aircraft modified Serial number TC-68 could carry up to 12 500lb bombs.

[@olivere5497]

@@richardvernon317 well thank you for clarifying that!

[@olivere5497]

@@richardvernon317 was Boeing informed about their modication or was it an Argentine DIY project?

[@richardvernon317]

@@olivere5497 Doubt Boeing had anything to do with it seeing the C-130 is built by Lockheed!!!

[@olivere5497]

@@richardvernon317 you know what i mean...

[@barryrrab]

cloudbase 150 feet? loads of room for a bucanneer, only wish we'd had a proper carrier to do it with at the time... having said that the harriers proved the point of the so much owed by so many to so few.

[@markmaher4548]

You can thank John Nott for that, he was the minister of state at the treasury who reckoned we couldn't afford them anymore.

[@supermilo]

A likely story about the stealth WD40 :)

[@sonar357]

I wonder how the Falklands would've gone if the British still used the F4 in the Fleet Air Arm?

[@darkstar453]

I'd love to see a hypothetical scenario where sinking of the Belgrano didn't happen for whatever reason so the Argentine Navy did their planned pincer attack on the British task force.

[@therealbettyswollocks]

The Belgrano would have been sunk before it could engage the fleet in that scenario.

[@ahlads]

This video is the cats meow.

[@theoneneo5024]

Is it just me or did the first several minutes of the BBC video seem more like a bunch of guys each trying to figure out their own game plan instead of a mission briefing? I've sat through many military briefings and none of them were remotely like that, although all of mine were US Navy submarine operations and not aircraft.

[@grimreapers]

In the book I'm reading at moment, it says that all of this was a giant rush, nothing was really planned properly to begin with. These briefings were done in mess halls or small cabins ad-hoc. Yet another reason I find this conflict so interesting.

[@gyratingwolpertiger6851]

A case of making do with the circumstances you're given.​@@grimreapers

[@nickt9467]

Who has the cat?

[@jasonmote9529]

Will the make a vulcan for dcs?

[@justinswain7540]

When you are talking about Rapier at the 20 minute mark, it's a bit misleading. Rapier had a Radar that fed target information into an optical system. The joystick was used to center the target aircraft, but the radar was tracking the target so it was a matter of adjusting the crosshairs until the target was centered rather than tracking the target through the air manually. It needed to do this because it's interceptors didn't have a seeker head so the operator had to dial in the position of the missile. On a side note: something like this seems like it would be perfect for engaging drones in a modern setting. All of the sensor technology is in the launcher instead of the interceptor so in theory you should be able to design very low cost interceptors. Another side note: IMHO if you are going to use the AV-8 as a replacement for the Sea Harrier, you should at least mention that the Sea Harrier had an air intercept radar and the AV-8 doesn't. It's a massive difference for an air to air platform.

[@grimreapers]

I'm rusty obviously BUT I thought the radar was an addon to the Rapier system that they didn;t have in the conflict?