Army General Milley tells Congress to Prepare for War

U.S. is shifting its focus from future technology to readiness now in the largest military pivot since World War II.
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[@Iris421989]

Loving the NN segments and all the streams/content you’re putting out lately. You’ve turned it up to 11 recently. Amazing. Thanks Jive

[@SubBrief]

Glad you like them!

[@gillonba]

100%. This is a great channel! I don't watch game streamers, but I love the war stories, love the sub briefs, and I love getting a cold warrior's take on the news. The first thing I did when I heard that a sailor had been charged for the fire was head on over to Sub Brief for a hot take

[@ttrestle]

I felt the same way

[@soonerfrac4611]

Mega dittos!

[@jager6863]

The reason the carriers are leaving port with all their aircraft on board, is they have been doing work-ups prior to actual deployment, so the airwing was landed weeks ago for training flights and exercises. Normally, the ship leaves harbor and then the airwing would join. Apparently someone thinks its a good idea to be fully combat ready, practiced, etc. Returning to port allows you to top up your JP5 tanks, get any extra spares you may need, plus perhaps a liberty call before embarking to the "Combat/Patrol" zone,

[@UberFubar75]

Yes. I have been saying for the last 12 to 15 years that China will be the next big one as they've been winning the economic war for more than 2 decades and now people are surprised???? Russia are now another lot we need to watch. If someone doesn't find a way to de-escalate things then war is, unfortunately, a very short time away. People please prepare yourselves and family. Things are getting real so do what you can to try keep your loved ones safe.

[@rexmann1984]

The momentum of both countries will result in a war. China has over promised it's people and through fear of losing power they will invade Taiwan and Have North Korea invade the south simultaneously. North Korea and the Taiwan Invasion force will be reliant on the mainland for supplies. We'll invade and cut their supply lines. Starve out their most loyal

[@cedriceric9730]

@@rexmann1984 yes CCP fears losing power at home above all things , they are parasites on the Chinese people The problem is Chinese are exposed now and are due for a mass awakening the ccp will do anything to distract them We are both at the best and the worst of times in this situation

[@rexmann1984]

@@cedriceric9730 one thing is sure the only resistance must come from within the surveillance on foreigners is too good for any type of CIA boosted coup.

[@rexmann1984]

@@cedriceric9730 I think because of the people's general dislike of the CCP we could probably crush them only markedly slower than Iraq. If we have enough sense to walk away after that we'll be in good shape.

[@atlantisq]

Being Chinese I also hope for a capable US military. "Weakness begets war" is actually well said.

[@Lazarus7000]

As the Roman said, "If you want peace, you'd better prepare for war".

[@Magar0monk]

@@Lazarus7000 Thats what declining empire says to regain power but its too late. Finally we are ready for new beginning with peace

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

@@Magar0monk >>> _Don't hold your breath...._

[@safety_doggo2]

@@Magar0monk In what way, exactly?

[@w0mblemania]

@@racebannon7209 That's silly. There is zero evidence that Covid is a bioweapon, let alone a weapon targeted against the US. If it's a targeted weapon, it's an incredibly poor one: it hit China first, and it's still hitting them. It savaged Chinese industrial output. We need to do better than baseless conspiracy theories. There are REAL threats out there. Like Chinese political and military aggression.

[@joecombs7468]

Well General Milley is part of the reason why battle readiness is so low. He has prioritized things above battle readiness that have nothing to do with battle readiness. And it's not very smart to decommission ships before their replacements are ready at this time.

[@gimmeboobes]

Indeed, when you want to devote monetary resources to men who think they are women...

[@joecombs7468]

@@gimmeboobes yeah but General Milley has given us the most woke ineffective military in the world. So they got that going for them.

[@J7116R]

Several very good points here. Milley is incompetent and should be removed.

[@johnc9546]

@@J7116R One of Donnie's brilliant moves, hiring this idiot.

[@ilovecoffeev]

@@gimmeboobes better than all the money and assets spent/left in Afghanistan...

[@Springbok295]

My father is Navy '44-'53. He feels war is coming with China over Taiwan and I have to agree with him. He hopes our current sailors have the stuff to take the beating they will endure from anti-ship missiles. He feels sorry for those who are going to have to be on damage control after being struck by one. He said to me, "We had kamikazes which were bad enough but the anti-ship missiles are a different thing altogether."

[@hededcdn]

Here is the deal. We will be bombing and hitting missile sites airbases and their naval vessels quickly on the outset.

[@hededcdn]

@@nobstompah4850 you serious? Definitely read about how the military does things post Vietnam.

[@DumbledoreMcCracken]

That would be suicide. Nuclear armed nations do not go to war directly. They fight through proxies who are expendable.

[@hededcdn]

@@DumbledoreMcCracken how do you figure? We can counter nukes. They can't necessarily stop American weapons yet. Don't be skeered baby.

[@raymondmckay3237]

This current administration and democrats in general will let Taiwan fall to the communists in Beijing. Hello Afghanistan fell without one single American cruise missile strike.

[@davidk8184]

I'm starting to really get worried about the world. “This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it.” Adm Painter

[@themacker894]

Great "Red October" quote. I remember that scene well!

[@quadpumped34]

what do you even want to live through a nuclear apocalypse for?? There will be nothing left worth living.

[@stevepirie8130]

Military bosses always paint bleak pictures especially when budget cuts are due or if their arm isn’t due the lion’s share.

[@ttrestle]

Great Red October movie quote

[@stevepirie8130]

Great book too

[@randomrandomnesss2188]

Current active duty E-5 stationed in Mayport. Did 3 and a half years on the Truman and I can tell you I believe we are going to get a real hard kick in the balls the first few months of a real war. The culture on the deck plates and what is prioritized for promotions is not about winning wars, it’s about looking good on paper. Job proficiency is not emphasized as much as collateral duties, volunteer work, and “sailorization.” There will be a lot of unnecessary lives lost because of the Navy’s peace time mindset. Sailors on my ship were required to go one time during their tour to an advanced DC course for two days, but you bet leadership was keeping everyone on board late if one sailor didn’t have their annual diversity/SAPR/ other nonsense ‘training’ up to date. I hope I’m wrong, but if and when we go to war with China, I will be requesting an early return to sea duty transfer. It will be an all hands evolution, pray for those sailors on the sea folks.

[@cwg9238]

war with china would be decided by nukes, not by throwing their entire navies at each other in the middle of the pacific.

[@AmazonWebService98]

@@cwg9238 no it won't , stupid comment

[@cwg9238]

@@AmazonWebService98 then tell us genius, what other possible outcome would there be? what would stop it from escalating to that point? our morality? youre delusional.

[@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368]

"During peacetime, the war-like man fights himself." - Old Klingon proverb.

[@richardstuart325]

It is a well known phenomenon. When a war starts, the "leaders" who slimed their way up the political greasy pole in peacetime need to be weeded out and replaced by practical war fighters. There is typically a phase of incompetence and confusion while the politically savvy but useless place holders are elbowed aside by the clear thinking hard men.

[@steveashlearnerturner]

HMS Prince of Wales is HMS Queen Elizabeths' sister ship and is commissioned and currently undergoing sea trails, expected fully active is 2023

[@mhamma6560]

Not sure how jive didn't know that -- I think I even recall him featuring the ship on a segment already.

[@FHAhab]

unfortunately, most of the type 45's are under repair/refit.

[@GM-fh5jp]

@@mhamma6560 That's what I thought. Surely any naval guy would be keeping up on its progress. It will be 2 x Carrier Strike Groups in 18 months or less. With full compliments of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter on board and 6 escort Destroyes and Frigates per group...that's a lot of firepower to arrive off your coast if you mis-behave ;)

[@bobthebomb1596]

@@GM-fh5jp It will be a rare occasion indeed if we see two full CSGs at sea at the same time.

[@Alvi410]

The role of the military is to be prepared for war. To simply say: we dont wanna go to war its not the point. Even if you dont want to run into it war might be out to find you. Ask the swiss. Declared neutrality. Centuries of peace. Yet the have a decently sized army well trained and equipped ready to defend themselves.

[@yaenlauper7272]

Respectfully, I believe that people abroad have an exaggerated view of the Swiss military at times. Military spending is a very low priority here and the material inventory is small and mostly from the last millenium. Kind regards from Switzerland.

[@BitwiseMobile]

Neural doesn't mean without an army. It just means they don't get involved in the political theater. Any nation is going to have an army to protect itself.

[@richardmckinnon8791]

@@BitwiseMobile the Swiss are up to there eyeballs in Evil intrigue and greed.

[@YamahaR12015]

The Swiss also shot down many Allied AND Axis planes to maintain neutrality. And to prevent anybody from abusing their neutrality

[@TealJosh]

"If you wish peace, prepare for war." While in philosophy, history and foreign policy, there's some problems with that quote... In my opinion it shouldn't matter for layman, it's descriptive and gets to the point.

[@christosvoskresye]

Or, "Federal Employee Tells Congress He Needs More Funding".

[@ralphholiman7401]

And he warned Congresd, if you thinkthe January 6th protest was bad wait until they show up with pitchforks and AR-15s instead of selfie cameras.

[@jacobcastro1885]

This comment deserves more attention.

[@memyselfandi8544]

Those aren’t regular people. Those generals are all Freemasons. Devil worshippers. They planned all of our past wars and they now prepare the way for the Antichrist. Don’t believe me? Look it up. Albert Pike. Freemasons. Satanism.

[@JohnDoe-nd9mv]

why bitcoin will rise and the dollar fall

[@jamesblonde2271]

cynic...

[@AllThingsCubey]

I ma glad to tell you, Jive, that we (the Brits) already do have two Queen Elizabeth carriers. We built the sister ship, HMS Prince of Wales, alongside the Queen Elizabeth, and she is currently finishing her trials for full service entry. Landed her first F-35 a few weeks ago.

[@mhamma6560]

Any word if the USMC is going to deploy on board her as well? As a US taxpayer I fully support deploying onboard both ships in a combined force. Not only does it foster seamless combined force working relations, but it brings the full capability of both militaries to bare if the need arises. It also helps keep both ships with full air wings while the politicians do the nonsense they do.

[@AllThingsCubey]

@@mhamma6560 Unsure but, given our F-35 numbers are still quite low, I would bet on it as a likelihood.

[@Akm72]

@@AllThingsCubey The next F-35 squadron is currently scheduled to be formed in April 2023; 809 Naval Air Squadron.

[@AllThingsCubey]

@@Akm72 Yeah I know. not the best timescale in the world but it's the one we're working with. We got the ships ready and into service with much less issue than the F-35 has had overall (not to detract from how good they are now, but it's been a rough ride) and now the planes have to catch up with us. Admittedly, our F-35 procurement was hurt by the two years when we flip-flopped between the B and C models while deciding the final configuration for the carriers.

[@og1689]

Thank you BRITAIN!

[@iamscoutstfu]

Ah yes, Gen. Mike "The white rage" Milley!

[@cwg9238]

lost any respect for him after that. he seems like a gullible fool who got nagged into believing that delusional lefty dogma, despite his "tough guy face."

[@iamscoutstfu]

@@cwg9238 Maybe its 4D chess? The one who really bothers me is that dude who poses with a cigar in his mouth in uniform. THAT is overt toxic leadership. Why would anyone in a professional volunteer army, abide by standards which the leadership ignores?

[@davidbrannen2243]

I really wanted to know what in the hell he thinks "white rage" is and how it might manifest..

[@waynedavis936]

@@davidbrannen2243 I understand why Milley would study a potential enemy. I don't think American citizens fall into an enemy category, especially when 'white rage' is just a made up Marxist story to help divide our country, just like this 'White Supremacist' canard. Milley should have given better advise about Afghanistan. Loser.

[@tyclark8162]

Miller is a pos n a reptilian, look at his eye sockets n his eyes themselves.

[@DjigitDaniel]

I was gonna say something about Milley, but the comment section did its job already. He can continue touching his toes and fighting for elbow room under the Hayes desk.

[@sampanyofella5832]

I found this channel a couple weeks ago and was hooked. I learn so much and really enjoy the videos. Thank you for making such informative and enjoyable content Jive.

[@jamielonsdale3018]

Which wire? For debrief reasons, you better know which wire you were hooked on ;)

[@briand4000]

Silly Milley is more concerned about woke CRT training than actual warfare. Sensitive soldier feelings trumps battle training in today's Army.

[@marknowakowski6590]

America better have YHWYs blessing before going to war or at least he’s using us to keep the evil nations more than ours at bay till the tribulation period begins.

[@jesseterrell9354]

100%

[@cameraman1234567890a]

Are you actually stupid? When did having more socially aware soldiers ever interfere with combat? You’re brainwashed by people like Ben Shapiro.

[@jesseterrell9354]

@@cameraman1234567890a 🤣

[@icantthinkofaname4265]

I don't think you understand the U.S military. A more PC culture and more PC appearance is not gonna diminish out ability to fight a war. It's just not

[@BitwiseMobile]

7:09 "The fact that they even work is mind boggling." Indeed! I was on the USS Enterprise and I am still amazed to this day that such a complex piece of machinery could be designed, built, and operated by the crew in such an efficient manner. I hate to say it, but military technology is often the penultimate of engineering and collaboration. Even down to the individual pieces of gear. I worked on the AQS-13E and it was an amazing piece of gear. It was so far ahead of it's time in terms of acoustic processing. Military technology is an amazing feat of human engineering (sad to say).

[@XH1927]

Only sad thing about it is ordinary people became so complacent they let the government hoard the good tech

[@matchesburn]

And the thing about military engineering: it can't just work in laboratory conditions. It's one thing to make a piece of technology that can work in a lab and in climate controlled settings or a clean room. It's another to make it work while exposed to freezing water/rain/wind and in scorching 100+ degree heat.

[@ttrestle]

Why sad to say?

[@BitwiseMobile]

@@ttrestle because the business of death and destruction brings out the best in humankind. That's sad.

[@BitwiseMobile]

@@matchesburn 100% spot on. Mil-spec is there for a reason.

[@davidteer80]

2:17 at least the ship we are losing was not really capable of anything. Better than losing a Tico or Burke.

[@youtert]

Least Capable Ship Little Crappy Ship Lots of Casualties at Sea Little Capability to Survive Figurative Combat Ship

[@ashesofempires04]

@@youtert Should turn them over to the Coast Guard, since they have armament and capabilities that fit the coast guard mission profile.

[@bigmike9128]

With general Milley are we sure it's not a war on our greatest threat , cisgender straight white men . 😂

[@chrism472]

LOL, exactly

[@charlesfowler4308]

Jive you are right not all f-35s are VTOL the 35As are convention aircraft for the Airforce like an f-15, 35Cs are normal carrier planes like a Hornet for the navy and 35Bs are the VTOL/STOLV aircraft for the marines like a harrier. So the ones on a Nimitz or Ford class carrier will be 35Cs, not VTOL the Bs will go on Wasp and America amphib assault ships.

[@richardpatton2502]

Love the channel, love the humility and honesty. That being said…I don’t agree with you at all. China couldn’t even invade Japan in a “normal” war. People tend to analyze the next Great War based on the last. Every war brings a new challenge. In my opinion space will be the first battleground, satellites will be the first targets. If you get them you’ll immediately neutralize a great part of the new weapons systems The country that invests in satellite destruction and/or non satellite dependent systems will have the upper hand All the best to everyone

[@galliman123]

Space along with cyber, take out the network and the physical connection and with no communication you have no war

[@richardpatton2502]

@@galliman123 yeah you’re right. One thing’s for sure, it won’t be as straightforward as many people think

[@darthbigred22]

I think the Cold War plans were prepped for this. Sad part is all the military experience recently is only beating up losers we don't annihilate because of who we are doctrinally.

[@lsxaddict2631]

Probably one of my biggest fears is the impact to low Earth orbit. If we mess up and create a debris cloud in LEO we could be screwing ourselves as a species.

[@b.elzebub9252]

Nah, destroying satellites is very problematic for a number of reasons. The debris would destroy your own if the enemy doesn't shoot them down and we'd be unable to launch anything at all at that point. Honesty it would be much more efficient to hack and take them over, or at the very least jam them to make them useless. Or, maybe even better, hack them without your enemy knowing and feeding them false data that way.

[@BobbyBjfef]

I served on a the USS Enterprise and I can tell you that there were whole sections that you did not know who was who. This was especially true when the air groups came on board.

[@tedlogan4867]

In addition to all of this activity you're describing, the Air Force has moved around numerous bomber groups and fighter groups, the National Guard is in a flurry of activity all over the 48. I'm on the road quite a bit and I've seen massive convoys of Army/National guard moving EVERYWHERE from coast to coast. Something definitely is up.

[@tyclark8162]

I agree 100%, n thank u truckers who haul goods for the stupid sheep. My E9 son sailor said he received orders to expect a call up under national security orders. This was last Tuesday, n he confirmed other submariners officers n submariners were also contacted. Get ready people, you can even feel it in the wind n moon at night especially.

[@scm24]

NG/Reserves train during the summer; so, that could be it...however, not discounting your theory as a segment of 82nd got routed straight to Afghanistan...my fear is a multi-pronged "flare-up" of conflict....Taiwan/Israel/Lebanon/Iran/Afghanistan/Pakistan/Syria/Korea/Yemen/Libya....

[@tyclark8162]

@@scm24 redpilled, I don't like to jump n to conclusions as many times things go a nip wacko. My submariner son e9 got a order last Tuesday n he's be out for 10yrs n numerous others. I probably said enough. They know we know vis versa, guess not too much slides bye undetected these days. My biggest concern is the fraudulentecy himself is at the helm n every one of our adversary's realize there's never been a better timing. Especially since folks are struggling within our own country. Markets are on shanky ground n our open border is a Very Big Hole for Terrorists to blend into our country. Nobody's there to even notice in some places like N.M. I was told there a 50 mile stretched of border crossing that the DHS n USBP won't even into at darkest. They ought just put up a search light so the whole world knows its there. Too late, they knew since 6jan21'. It wouldn't surprise me if Obidma cut a deal to invade thru the SA n Mex sea ports for the last yr. Since they own n are rebuilding several (Chinese) n share one with Russia in Berging Sea region. I honestly think China will not recognize a weak link n make a move on Taiwan. I think after a delayed response, the idiot will place our ACCarrier n support ships at extreme danger n Americans had better be prepared to lose thousands of sailors n our AirWings were moved n within strike distance. F22 n 35s n bombers are prime targets n that worries me greatly. Just woreout paradog myself.

[@scm24]

@@tyclark8162 Thx! Agreed, US Navy Surface Fleet has a reckoning coming....question is, will it rally/rebound?

[@scullystie4389]

9:00 regarding air wing operations you're correct that the carrier will go to sea to catch the birds. Typically for a WESTPAC the entire air wing flies to San Diego. All the aircraft, officers and enlisted, and equipment. The maintainers will onload their gear and get one last night out on the town, then the next day the ship will depart and over the next 24-48 hours all the planes will land on it. Depending on the schedule and urgency, they may deploy straight away, or they may do some final work-ups before returning to port for a day or two to top off on supplies. The only other way to get aircraft onto the carrier without it being underway is to crane them on, which is only reserved for those that cannot fly due to damage or lack of spare parts. There's almost always one or two in bad shape by the end of a deployment. My first deployment was with the Argonauts on the Vinson, about 16 years ago, so seeing this takes me back!

[@pedro-on-wheels]

This, the ship would sail and the next day my Dad (F4 RIO) would fly out to join it.

[@benildamontell2489]

Yes, you do salute. With Signal flags, and hands-on deck. The salute is from the ship that has the most Junior commander to the most senior commander.

[@BitwiseMobile]

When ships pass they don't all go out on deck and signal salutes. What are you talking about? The only time I see hands on deck (other than working parties of course) is either during un-reps which require a lot coordination, or when we pull into port. Most of the time being on deck when going into port was optional. Once you were though you couldn't leave and you had to stand at parade rest for the entire time. Not everyone came up. I spent four years on an aircraft carrier. Where do you get your experience from?

[@tonymcflattie2450]

You got the wires backwards. The Hawkeye caught the 3 wire. 1 wire is the closest wire to the back of the carrier and no4 is closest to the front. Sorry, I know aviation, not nautical terms.

[@SubBrief]

Yea, I messed that up. Thank you.

[@tonymcflattie2450]

@@SubBrief :) I wikid the subject to double check myself. This is what I found, “All U.S. carriers in the Nimitz-class, along with Enterprise, have four wires, with the exception of USS Ronald Reagan and USS George H.W. Bush, which have only three.[4] Gerald R. Ford-class carriers will also have three. “ So if it is a 3 wire carrier, you would be right, that was the 2 wire.

[@SandCrabNews]

Focus on your career path and wait for Congress to call the DRAFT. If you then choose to volunteer, all of your education and experience will boost your classification test scores and you might get into better schools for your military career. 20 years USN-Retired 1972-1992.

[@samcam8284]

Isn’t that “general” the clown who thinks YT not China is the real danger.

[@snigie1]

As someone who identifies as an attack helicopter, this news terrifies me because I know I'll get drafted.

[@ryjtse]

Tired old joke for an unoriginal person.

[@noxDOTevolvedDOTgmai]

@@ryjtse English is old.

[@Fe4rN4ught]

@@ryjtse Everything is unoriginal

[@troopieeeeee]

One joke. Every single time. The same joke.

[@jrow84]

I now identify as a cockroach. I'll be in my hole in the ground. Tell me when it's over

[@alwayscrabby7871]

Milley is one reason why I'm so worried about our military. He should worry more about the massive Chinese nuclear buildup, and leave global warming to the politicians.

[@jacobcastro1885]

You think he should be worried about China?... I bet the guy is on China's payroll... along with all the other traitors. And if I'm wrong, it's not like he doesn't act like it's true.

[@ajraussie]

Remember coward politicans start wars.. And the US has started more wars and will continue to do so

[@TheFlutecart]

I served on a Ticonderoga Cruiser back in 92-93. Super high tech back then. USS Normandy CG 60. The Navy had decommissioned my last command USS Lexington AVT-16 - imagine going from a WW2 aircraft carrier to a brand new Ticonderoga class cruiser. Honestly, impressive as Normandy was, serving on Lexington was the highlight of my Navy days.

[@captivatethem]

If I were China, every time an American Sec of State or General got in front of cameras and talks about war with China I would quietly add another two-four of ASBMs to my cart. I would also be confused because America has spent the last 20 years feverishly moving entire essential supply chains for technology and manufacturing into my backyard. Do the generals have a plan for America to manufacture the goods that Americans have grown accustomed to for the prices they want to pay?

[@suburbia2050]

Its about Taiwan not China, it will be a sea battle to stop an invasion. In such a case it won't just be the US stopping imports from China but most of the high GDP world. It will hurt consumers but I doubt it would be a problem politically.

[@ericlanglois9194]

@@suburbia2050 We're also talking about America here... the last time America was in a real war with a major power, it built entire industries from scratch, developed new ways to mass produce needed materials and equipment and commissioned over 5000 new ships (over 1200 of which were major combat ships) in the span of only a few years.

[@kirknay]

@@ericlanglois9194 That was with a separation from the rest of the planet, recovery from a depression, and implementing policies that modern day would be screeched at as "communism" (Kaynesian economics). We also had a couple years of lend-lease to warm up before we were running at full pace.

[@mdiesel23]

Oh man, this doesn't even account for all the homeless crisis, the eviction moratorium that's expired will add more. This doesn't include the fact that there has been record money printing in the last year for all the checks sent out during the pandemic. This doesn't account for the debt ceiling that's past the deadline. The trillion dollar reverse repo market ie liquidity issues in the banking sector. Housing market is in a bubble (interest rates can't remain low forever), problems in the commercial mortgage backed securities (remember everyone working from home? Whistle blower stating fraud ). 20 plus years in the Middle East and we just got out of Afghanistan. Can most Americans point to where Taiwan is on a map? In summary, American citizens wouldn't have the appetite for a hot war with China.

[@SonsOfLorgar]

@@kirknay and not in the middle of an industry induced global climate collapse...

[@raykim9061]

Watching this from australia : *chuckle* I'm in danger

[@petermoran5028]

Carriers will never leave the contingent US without a CSG compliment. They're just doing work ups.

[@BitwiseMobile]

It would be suicide to go to certain places today without the Aegis umbrella.

[@hithere7382]

Only because my 12th grade English teacher, a Mr. Moran was the greatest English teacher to ever live... Autocorrect is a scourge. Continental US. Go Rockets!

[@spankthemonkey3437]

everyone gangsta until Taliban acquires a us aircraft carrier🙅

[@grantchallinor5263]

There is absolutely no way that the Russian Pacific fleet would join the allies to fight China...... Russia and China aren't natural allies but the US's disasterous foreign policy (sanctions and so on) has been a spectacular own-goal: in many ways actually making some under-developed sectors of Russia's economy far stronger and increasing trade and other initiatives between China and Russia. China and Russia have held fairly small joint drills for a decade or so, but in recent years have held much larger scale military exercises together. Not a very smart strategy by the US, to force your 2 perceived biggest threats, to join forces (but an entirely predictable outcome). All the talk from the US really amounts to trying to shut the stable door well after the horse has bolted. For good or bad, there's been a sea change in the world economy and US just stuck it's head in the sand and is still in denial of what's already happened.

[@prwtc]

China and Russia already made clear that if the US continue on this path of confrontation, they will forge a full fledged military alliance. Anyway, not that it matters, in war-games and simulations done by the Pentagon and the RAND corporation the US will lose big time against China or Russia in a conventional war. in Nuclear war, who cares?.

[@majormattmason8408]

@@prwtc China and Russia are currently having wargames where Russia is using Chinese military hardware. There is speculation that Russia will reciprocate by letting the Chinese use their hardware in the near future including S-500 systems. They wouldn't be doing that if they weren't very serious about facing down the US together. They may not be allies on paper but they sure are acting like allies...

[@NoName-ds5uq]

I don’t know if Aegis is out of date(at 19:13), those systems have been progressively updated over the years and is still being installed on new vessels. The Ticos however, are getting physically old having been around since what, the 1980’s? Ships have a limited lifespan and there comes a time when the cost of maintenance and repairs exceeds the benefits of keeping the vessel.

[@zonacrs]

I did West Pac in 1981 aboard Connie. We craned about half our aircraft aboard and recovered the rest at sea. Not sure if that was standard or continues but that is what we did back then. Former Argonaut here, A7-E Corsair vintage.

[@GrumblingGrognard]

I think the headline VASTLY over-plays any "change of direction" The man you quoted has one-primary mission: PREPARE FOR WAR. OF COURSE HE SAYS WHAT HE SAID. I mean seriously.

[@swisstraeng]

I don't think he would say this if there was no need however. And that man has got a lot more experience than we do about what's happening. If several high ranked military men were to say a war is coming, I would 100% believe them.

[@BWIENS789]

I appreciate you putting all these on KZbin for us folks who work early

[@DarkFire515]

Something to note from that article is that it names HMS Artful which is an Astute class SSN. Strange to see an RN sub actually named like that - normally the identity of the individual sub accompanying the carrier battle group isn't listed.

[@iakazul]

Thank you for sharing!

[@The_Viscount]

Japan is also a very important ally in this. They have one of the largest and most capable fleets in the region.

[@Gunni1972]

And Naval fleets are perfect targets. Usually big, slow, and not a single cave or hill around. The good thing: nearly no chance to hit a civillian, if attacked.

[@Elaboratesandwiches]

hey keep making these. Your a good presenter and lts solid info. good job!

[@SubBrief]

I appreciate that!

[@chrisburnett7572]

Need to keep a many Carriers available as possible. Tbh we should be refitting older ships to have in the ghost fleet or to keep for 2nd line. The battleship law should be enforced. A modern 5 to 6 line of battleships to help the carriers. Guns I'm not talking about. Big ships with a lot of sea to air shutdown abilities. We can easily loose a war with those 2 red countries working together. I don't believe we're all that powerful as they tell us regular folk.

[@CoolKid-qk7tl]

Well to be fair, Russia isn’t red, and has no reason to get involved in any war with the US. It’s economy is also smaller than the US states of Texas and California combined, and the entire country is so corrupt I hesitate to call it a nation rather than a giant multi-level marketing scheme run by corrupt oligarchs

[@Milk192]

"A pint of sweat saves a gallon of blood". Better play it safe.

[@ChameleonMD123]

The United States Navy has twice the tonnage of the next 4 largest navies on earth combined.

[@GrumblingGrognard]

@@CoolKid-qk7tl ...and has more issues with China than anyone in "The West".

[@CH-pv2rz]

@@CoolKid-qk7tl "combined" would mean that Russia had an economy larger than California (3.2 Trillion) and Texas (2.4 Trillion) When in fact Russia has an economy half the size of Texas at 1.2 Trillion. You need to retake basic math...

[@anthonyziemba6920]

I served on the Nimitz CVN-68 19 77-81 during the Gonzo station. ABF3 flight deck operation. V-4 Division in the Indian Ocean for the hostage attempt. We had close to 5800 men including the Air Wing. 3.5 million. Gallons of JP5. We could operate better than any Airport.

[@anthonyziemba6920]

Time 5:55

[@terminalarray1047]

Lol Gen. Miley is a coward. Considering how terrified he was of the previous administration killing Sulaimani. He was like "stop it orange man, we're gonna go to war! I don't wanna go to war!!"

[@FOXTR0T1]

Probably upset we killed Sulaimani because unlike his old boss, he has two brain cells to rub together and understood that Sulaimani would have been much better used an ally than anything else.

[@mjepcmjepc8915]

As many others have posted, “If you want peace, prepare for war. If you want war, prepare for peace”.

[@Ludovit110]

Pre-WW2: "Oh, that's just a figure of speech. Hitler doesn't really mean it." Now: "Oh, that's just a propaganda speech. Xi doesn't really mean it." Me: *Sweating*

[@thomaskositzki9424]

Yup, me too. I am German and we know this kind of behaviour all too well. I am convinced China is going to attack Taiwan in the near future and we might lose that war.

[@TK421-53]

China will do nothing if not pushed, they want to do business. This is basically economic rivalry turned into an ideological national security interest conflict. It is a sign of weakness, not strength. How many wars has China started in the last 50 years, how many regime change operations and how many invasions? It is ironic that the country that openly want to be the global hegemonic power get’s a free ride… You need credible adversaries to keep the defense money flowing. Eternal war, eternal income and power. All tax funded, basically socialism.

[@thomaskositzki9424]

@@TK421-53 Yeah. If you had followed closely what China has been doing the last 20 years, you wouldn't talk clichés like that. This is not a phoney conflict like Iraq or any other, this is a threat the US and NATO might lose against in a shooting war. BTW regime change operations and wars: at least four. The Communist Chinese are pretty agressive. Only reason they didn't start more wars was the very weak and backwards economy of theirs.

[@joydevsarkar4474]

@@TK421-53 as an Indian I DISAGREE, they can't stomach any other regional power, today india is in their path, if not stopped tomorrow it will be your country.

[@grochomarx2002]

War with who? And why?

[@greggkemp5985]

"A little bit lucky at Midway". I would like to think a lot of skill and whole lot of courage had more effect than luck at that battle, but yeah, we steamrolled the Japanese after that.

[@mhamma6560]

The USN brass made some really stupid decisions in WW2 -- an embarrassing amount of them.

[@hertzwave8001]

@@mhamma6560 "No the mark 14 is not broken, you're just using it wrong"

[@jonathanbair523]

@@mhamma6560 Yes they did... From the USS Ward sinking a IJN mini sub hours before the air attack left the decks. Then also dismissing the air targets coming in from North West as a flight of B-17's expected from the North East..... The only good thing about the attack on pearl was it was in port where sailors could have a better chance of being picked up for medical attention quickly and the ships that got hit, if sunk where in shallow water and not deep water.... The US Navy and US Army Air Core got lucky with the fuel tanks not being hit also.... That was a blessing in so many ways.

[@andrewp8284]

@@mhamma6560 absolutely-I’ve been listening to Drachinifel’s videos about some of the naval actions around Guadalcanal. Boneheaded USN brass seems to have been a recurring theme in these battles alone.

[@mhamma6560]

@@andrewp8284 Cringe as hell isn't it? Nevermind sailing into the typhoons, repeatedly, or ignoring your radar ship's "we got bad guys on radar" being met with silence, etc.... Halsey, Nimitz -- ugh. Major facepalm stuff.

[@eparker9797]

LoL he said Doo Doo 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂 okay now time to put my serious face back on 😐😐

[@bossdog1480]

Remember when the military was always telling us the Soviets were WAY ahead with their ICBMs? Turns out they weren't....

[@hydradominatus3641]

Nobody is ahead of us with anything. I think the French military has better MREs than us but that's about it.

[@thomaskositzki9424]

Looking at Chinas development over the last 20 years, disagree with what you are implying. They are in fact racing to meet western forces sucessfully in battle and are pretty good at it. Greetings from Germany

[@lowenstaat]

China and Russia working together would be a modern realization of Sir Halford John Mackinder's Heartland Thesis circa 1904.

[@lordjarson9133]

From what I’ve heard is that the Russian populace at least doesn’t like China that much. So I’d hope they don’t form some kind of alliance.

[@colincampbell817]

Given that China will have the initiative at the start of any war, does the US have the fortitude to be willing to sacrifice thousands of service people to take the war to China? I fear not. I also fear that the logistical effort will overtax a system based on JIT.

[@tackytrooper]

Wars of that magnitude tend to have a sort of self-sustaining momentum once the first blood is spilled. You could think of it as the "Pearl Harbor Effect." By the time any news of hostility breaks, the damage reports will start coming in hard and fast and people will know that something big and serious is afoot, which should at least temporarily cause a desire to fight for vengeance and/or survival.

[@gr3123]

Great content and super easy listening presentation. Thanks once again.

[@patricstandley]

Technology and training wins the fight, but it is logistics that wins the war. Perhaps our largest advantage is our significant "practice" in recent decades projecting power with complex logistics chains making it happen.

[@thomaskositzki9424]

Well it is a bummer that the neoliberal idiots who promoted outsourcing of factories in the early 2000's (called "Globalization" for marketing) allowed 70% of the worlds production power to shift to East Asia. 50% of the worlds production power is located in China alone. So we are very, very dependent on chinese products and on top of that they can out-produce us just like that.

[@patricstandley]

​@@thomaskositzki9424 Nailed it. We continue for unknown reasons to increase our symbiotic market relationships with China, are we so naïve to not see the Chinese long game here? I don't know about you, but I could go without more Chinese "goods" for the rest of my life. It might suck in the short term, but the only way to cripple China is economically.

[@thomaskositzki9424]

@@patricstandley Thank you. :)

[@Gunni1972]

Resilience and endurance wins wars, you can count on technology until you run out of it, maybe win a few fights even. but you need to maintain it. And that decreaces the fighting availability. Plus, if you need "replacement personnel" you wait ages until they are ready. And even longer until they are veterans, seasoned, battle-hardened PTSD-cases. because they live off of prayers, right?

[@thomaskositzki9424]

@@Gunni1972 Endurance and resilience is a "nice to have" in conventional wars, but if you fail to be at least close to your enemie's technological capacities, you have lost. Take the Japanese in WW2: they showed extreme endurance but were lagging in technology and industrial capacity and thus got smashed from 1943 onwards, when the US Navy finally got it's stuff together. Soldier-by-soldier, the Western Allies never were even close to the Japanese, but in the end, that doesn't really matter. Same with Germany: we simply got outproduced by the Allies and lost, despite being better on the tactical level almost throughout the entire war.

[@DisabledParkHopper]

I would like to offer you a correction. When your are talking about the arresting gear on the USS Ronald Reagan, You have mislabeled the arresting wires and how many wires it has. The USS Ronald Reagan has three main wires. On carriers that have 3 cables, pilots aim for the second wire, and on carriers that have 4 cables they aim for the third wire. Technically there are 4 wires on the the Reagan however one is only used for the Barricade and on 4 wire decks the 5th wire is also used for the Barricade. As far a the number of the wires, You would count from aft to forward. (The one wire is the closest to the fantail of the ship and count in sequence forward from there) Hope this helps! I have spent many of years on the deck of some of our finest aircraft carriers! If you ever need a resource let me know!

[@soonerfrac4611]

Jive said “dodo”….. Hehehehe I’m sorry, I couldn’t help myself.

[@patricktsang12301230]

thanks for explantion, man

[@BasedF-15Pilot]

USAF (RET) fighter pilot view: Taiwan has TSMC. TSMC is too big to fail. The semi-conductor shortages are already stressing global industry. If China tried to take Taiwan and control TSMC, many industries that rely on devices such as PCs, vehicle computers, phones etc would grind to a stand still. Already Ford and Nissan vehicles sit in stadiums for months after being built waiting for semi-conductors. China WILL try and take Taiwan and cut off semi-conductor supply to the world in retaliation for the humiliating sanctions of Huawei, SMIC, DJI etc. This will spark the war. Luckily, it will be a global coalition against China, as the UK, India, and Japan are poised already to return fire. But the CCP already threatened Japan with nukes, so I expect some Dongfeng nuke action, and a swift ICBM retaliation.

[@ashesofempires04]

Counterpoint: those factories are insanely easy to knock out. Cutting edge semiconductor fabrication requires air filtration on a level you don't see outside of a biohazard containment facility, and if the building is damaged it could take months or years to clean everything up to a point where they could start making defect-free chips. If China invades, it'll be because Taiwan the country is an open sore on the CCP's national conscience and pride, and they hate that Taiwan is as prosperous as they are without being under an authoritarian boot (not that Taiwan is a beacon of human rights, it's had its own dubious track record. Still better than Mao's China). The machines that make those cutting edge microchips don't get built in Taiwan either. They're sourced from Europe, IIRC. So TSMC could set up semiconductor fabs somewhere else if they needed (and have, in fact a lot of the world's cutting edge fabrication takes place not in Taiwan, and the US is no slouch.) China's biggest threat is to simply cut off exports to any country that supports Taiwan, and to threaten to interdict any shipping through the South China Sea that they don't like. This is what those artificial island bases are for: to establish sea control and threaten the world's trade routes. China is in a pretty powerful position now, because of their position in the world economy, but businesses are already shifting their supply chains around. Both to lessen the sort of supply chain shocks that happen when a country idles all of its production due to a pandemic, in response to increased cost of labor in china (India and Africa are the new china, with regards to labor prices), and in response to China's threats against their host country's economies.

[@simonacerton3478]

China can make all the chips it needs. My internal armchair strategist suggests that simply destroying the fabs would be very effective. This would crater the economy and gradually erodes US and allied fighting capacity on two fronts. After containing US retaliation with China's ballistic missile deterrent would allow them all the breathing room they need to create a domestic ability to invade an occupy Taiwan and to capture and or execute anyone with semiconducter skills.

[@BrickworksDK]

"Luckily, it will be a global coalition against China, as the UK, India, and Japan are poised already to return fire." And that's why I doubt China will make a move. They know full well that they'll be up against a lot of countries if they try. If they can get a strong Alliance with Russia, then maybe... But I don't think Russia had much interest in getting dragged into a big war like that so... The only reason I can see for such a war would be if the internal situation in China gets so bad that they have to redirect the people's anger towards an external threat. But even that seems extremely far fetched.

[@trim406]

My best friend is a senior pilot with VFA-2. It's also his last deployment.

[@--Dani]

Good ridden LCS, useless things. Put me on a 80ft Viking with tuna tower and a tow/rpg, and were not far off. Plus that viking will blow the doors off that LCS.

[@420BulletSponge]

The worst injury on the Saratogas flight deck during my time onboard was a CPO loosing all of his toes on one foot. He was standing under the wing of an F-14 while it was raining at night. The aircraft handler told the F-14 to taxi forward and the left landing gear rolled over the CPO's steel toe boot. The steel toe rolled back and snipped the end of his foot off as clean as a pair of scissors. Even the most experienced flight deck personnel sometimes get hurt.

[@williamwimmer5473]

*army general tells congress to prepare for war, again, after just having wrapped up losing the latest colonial war 🤣

[@MrSpikebender]

Early 60s , 62 or 63 my Dad was on the Constellation. At some time 11 crew were on deck smoking were they weren't supposed to be. A arresting cable snapped they were all instant double amputees'

[@Bellthorian]

Excuse me sir, that is not rust, it is brown primer lol.

[@trailingrails9953]

My truck has a lot of that brown primer.

[@dkoz8321]

I beleive, but I may be incorrect, is that single aircraft on deck in port, embarcation or arrival , is a substitute for airwing's aviator's who are not onboard, and thus can't 'man the rails' or another ceremonial function. The aircraft parked, stands in for them. RNFAA does same thing, or did, with Harriers on RN carriers. The aircraft may be one that is down for maintenance, thus was unable to depart for shore, or one of pair of emergency Alert 5. Take all this with grain of salt, as I am former US Army artillery ofc. This is just what I picked along the way.

[@stephenconroy5908]

Frustrating thing about the Queen Elizabeth class is that we built two for the price of three. Short version: the cost of dithering and prevaricating was equivalent to a third ship from the original unit price, because we agreed to pay the shipbuilders while they waited for the work. Because god forbid British politicians are seen to be spending money on defence!

[@grantchallinor5263]

At least we've got (what appear to be) 2 really great aircraft carriers out of it - with brand new F-35 aircraft flying off them. I think any cost over-runs on the 2 carriers could look like small potatoes compared to what the F-35s will really cost over time.... Let's hope the claimed good things about the F-35 really are really true (That it's still stealthy when confronted with the latest Russian and Chinese technology, and that some of the (obvious) limitations, and problems, with the aircraft aren't as bad as they seem (one of the most alarming things I read, from a good source, the F-35 Joint Program Office, is that the VTOL and STOL versions of the aircraft cannot fly supersonic for more than a few seconds without the risk of structural damage to the aircraft's tail section). I'm lucky, on a regular basis to see the latest aircraft that Russia has to offer, including the SU-57. I've never seen more than 4 SU-57s flying together and I think the Russians only have 10-20 in service (a "guesstimate") but if those aircraft can "see" an F-35 (and they might well be able to - we don't know) that's a big problem when you consider what else the latest Sukhoi aircraft can do. Let's hope the F-35 really is stealthy......

[@suburbia2050]

@@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24 you kk?

[@stephenconroy5908]

@@grantchallinor5263 You're right, we've got two excellent carriers anyway in the end. I can remember all the times where it was doubtful they'd ever be built, then only one to be built, then only one commissioned with the other sold off. Got there in the end! F35 is probably fine, there's a lot of hyperbole around it and I find often the truth lies somewhere in the middle. Think about it, often the F35 gets character assassinated in western media while Russian jets are described as wonder-weapons. All military equipment has it's advantages and disadvantages, both in themselves and in their use. The interesting thing is Project Vixen, the UCAV/drone tanker/drone AWACS project the RN has got going to supplement to limited number of F35s. RN jumping on the political band wagon of drone-obsession, RN leadership very much got their finger on the pulse in fighting the political battle.

[@grantchallinor5263]

@@stephenconroy5908 I'm extremely worried about the F-35 Stephen. So many roles were added along the way (too many) that it looks so compromised - because it is designed to do so way things, you wonder if it will excel at any of these roles. The RN's variant can clearly do VTOL and STOL (which was what was needed) I just hope it really is stealthy too. I grew up in Southsea, my aunt, for 50 years had an apartment at the very top of Seaward Towers in Gosport (one of the 2 enormous 1960s apartment blocks overlooking the entrance to Portsmouth Harbour) what a view she had: all the ships coming and going, Old Portsmouth, the South Downs, the historic dockyard, HMS Victory.... I think they got the size of specification of the new aircraft carriers spot-on.

[@stephenconroy5908]

@@grantchallinor5263 Love Gosport, the Submarine Museum there is fantastic! Hopefully Project Vixen provides specialist drones that allow the F35 to focus on fewer missions, as I agree it's a bit risky to have a jack of all trades piece of gear. The good thing there though is that it does simplify maintenance and keeps all the spare parts the same, adding one type of drone to this that has mission pods might just avoid the problem of have a smorgasbord of different logistical needs. Does require catapult launch though by the looks of it, just as well the QE's are so big to accomodate the upgrades. I think the F35s will be stealthy enough, what frustrates me is the pace of weapons integration. At the moment they're good for air-to-air and simple air-to-ground, but the long range weapons are still a couple of years away. I'm sure we'll get there, hopefully before anything hot kicks off in the Gulf (or elsewhere...)

[@Ullr-el3pu]

The fish are not effected by the explosions because it’s done in deep waters where they are not around. Most fish are around shallow waters where they can feed on other life.

[@YamahaR12015]

I'm interested to hear what you have to say about the Chinese submarine that was shadowing the Queen Elizabeth before intentionally revealing their presence

[@sillywonka8219]

we al do it. nothing new here to see. BB61 talking, nobody wants smoke with USA. Period don't get caught up in the political BS..we have all the smoke anyone wants. Pls believe it. all this other stuff is all BS. ur Uncle Sam don't lose period

[@jagdpanther2224]

Fake news

[@YamahaR12015]

@@sillywonka8219 nah I'm well aware... I'm just curious what kind of weight it holds overall. A Japanese sub shadowing the brand new British carrier is kind of a big deal, especially since from what I read there was 0 indication that we had any clue. Also if you think China is opposed to trying out the US... you haven't been keeping up with the world's political climate

[@YamahaR12015]

@@sillywonka8219 and uncle Sam has and inevitably will lose again. How long before that happens is the question

[@Halinspark]

@@YamahaR12015 Chinese or Japanese? you've said the sub was both.

[@shanejohns7901]

From the Wiki page on Ticonderoga class (destroyer-)cruisers: ``Scheduled decommissionings In December 2020 the U.S. Navy's Report to Congress on the Annual Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval Vessels stated that the following ships were planned to be placed Out of Commission in Reserve;[ 2022 San Jacinto (CG-56), ’’Lake Champlain’’ (CG-57), Monterey (CG-61), Hué City (CG-66), Anzio (CG-68), Vella Gulf (CG-72), Port Royal (CG-73) 2023 Bunker Hill (CG-52), Mobile Bay (CG-53) 2024 Antietam (CG-54), Shiloh (CG-67) 2026 Chancellorsville (CG-62)``

[@jordanerhardt5038]

Hot war is unlikely, Cold War 2 is highly likely though in my estimation

[@peterprovenzano9039]

The CCP has different goals and mindsets than the Soviet Communist party. Hot war on a conventional front is more likely than a proxy war this time

[@YamahaR12015]

Cold War 2.0 has been underway for 15 years now

[@TealJosh]

From foreign policy POV. My understanding is that China doesn't want hot war. It's preparing for one, but that doesn't matter. Actions matter. Okay, there's gonna be hot war if US can't stand another full sized equal peer alongside itself. That war would be started by US, rest of the world will not accept that. China is going hard for leading the trade. Trade is the best de-escalation tool to avoid war.

[@scullystie4389]

@@YamahaR12015 this. We're already in Cold War 2 with the Chinese and the battlefield is global trade routes rather than a nuclear standoff. China exerts a lot of economic pressure on developing countries to join their trade network and exclude the west. It's just the next chapter in great power imperialism, only China has learned from the mistakes of others over the last two centuries that it's much easier to get countries to do what you want with money and trade rather than overseas armies. Their expansion of the navy is to maintain sea control over their trade lines and territorial waters, similarly to what the US Navy does. In this world, all roads lead to Washington and I personally don't think the Chinese have any interest in a hot war with their biggest trade partner. If anything, they are in the position the US was against the Soviets, attempting to accelerate the collapse of the American empire through forcing us to overspend on defense projects at the expense of domestic quality of life.

[@bjorntheviking6039]

The CCP is more like the NSDAP than the soviets.

[@christopherscarpino8994]

Nice report. Thanks.

[@rustintime9333]

In reality we (the UK) can't afford to operate two carriers. Expect the second one to be sold off. They are white elephants.

[@stevepirie8130]

We had proper CVs in the 70s but the cost was horrific. It was a billion £ a yr per carrier in 1979. Two in three years they were at sea, routine ops, etc but a whole year in dry dock for refit as the sea is a horrible environment for electronics let alone the ship.

[@YamahaR12015]

There's no money to be made in selling it. UK can definitely afford to use 2 and I highly doubt the sister ship which will be updated if anything will be sold to another country

[@craftpaint1644]

I would think you would want more submarines 👩‍🔧🇺🇲🛠️🇬🇧

[@tisFrancesfault]

@@YamahaR12015 The government has been considering selling on PoW since before she was laid down, finding a buyer for a carrier that can only use F35bs and of such size is more the problem. and selling them wouldn't be about making money, but cutting losses. The UK can barely afford 1 carrier. QE is only ever expected to have 20 planes.

[@death_parade]

@@YamahaR12015 "There is no money to be made in selling it". India: Hey we've got the money, as long as you can retrofit a couple of EMALS on it. . But yeah, I agree that UK does have the money to operate both carriers.

[@specvracer1]

If its been longer than 5mins since Boden was reminded about his 330 ship goal, someone should remind him again.

[@bryandepaepe5984]

The F-35B is the VTOL version for the Marines and fly off the smaller assault carriers, the Navy uses the F-35C which is not VTOL but has larger wings and landing gear.

[@Cragified]

And is slower due to having larger wings.

[@Whiskey11Gaming]

Marines have F35C on carriers as well for the VMFA squadrons...

[@bjorntheviking6039]

On the first pass I read that as the Marine variant not having landing gear, lol.

[@swisstraeng]

@@Cragified speed doesn't always matter.

[@excitedbox5705]

Railguns right now are slow, and shoot small projectiles, and wear out quickly. The range doesn't help you if you are shooting a tiny projectile.

[@UberFubar75]

U.K Forces would be with you 100% bro, we always have been. I'll try keep an eye on news over here, to see if we're getting ready. I know the Apache's near me have been training a lot more lately, so I wouldn't be surprised if the UK are gearing up for military ops. IMO only

[@UberFubar75]

@@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24 OH MY GOD!! That, is not only WILDLY inaccurate,, and quite frankly rude as hell. OK point was Harrier was the first V/STOL aircraft and UK built it, just some trivia out there, not attacking anyone. Yes, it's out of date, but don't you have the F-35 V/STOL model?? Yes, you do, so, although I have nothing but respect for the US and especially their Forces cos they're all really cool people (The ones I've met) so don't be so defensive dude, is it a crime to show a little patriotism for opur own country? C'mon bud, chill :)

[@UberFubar75]

@@neues3691 Regardless of the reality, that you may think you're aware of, is not the issue. Calling a nations Armed Forces a joke is pure disrespect! I could say that your army was a joke when we occupied you, and you had to employ 40k French troops to do get your "Independence" (Then ripped them off with lands in Canada which they were not impressed with were they??) am I right?? That's fact btw! It's like you hate UK. Don't forget, there's many Americans that were born here or had one parent at least in US Forces from all those airbases during the cold war, so be careful who you direct negative stuff at, as a big population of yours have roots here mate!!! And Ireland etc.

[@UberFubar75]

@@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24 OK mate, I totally get where you're coming from, I apologize.. Mate, without going into detail, I know the UK have some aces uo their sleeves, and never evr underestimate what SF are capable of nowadays! Trust me, we do have SAMs, I live near a base that has them, so I know they exist. I took you out of context and I'm sorry. That's why I detest typing, because the context can get lost in the text, if that makes sense.

[@death_parade]

@@UberFubar75 TBH, UK isn't much without USA. Especially its Army. The most powerful assets of UK would likely be their SSBNs, their QE-F35B combo and their Special Forces. Other than that, not a whole lot. But then, if I look at Europe (minus France), they are even worse.

[@UberFubar75]

@@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24 My dear fellow, to hear the way you chat about UK fprces with such pure disregard is soul-crushing. I'm going to say this then I'm done. The size (And your inaccurately-informed opinion is your right) is completely irrelevant. We're still part of NATO. I assume you know what that means. Your crazy logic could be applied to any country standing alone against a larger force determined to complete their objective. Could Scotland stand alone against England? Could Japan stand alone against Russia? it's all relative. NOT ONE SINGLE COUNTRY IS STRONGER THAN A CONGLOMERATE HELL BENT ON OVERCOMING BY FORCE!! Simple.

[@joninwm]

I am currently in the Philippines and they follow the happenings of China much closer than in the states. Just last week China threatened to nuke Japan. I am debating going back to the US sooner than later as I see no possibility of this not becoming a shooting war.

[@andreassjoberg3145]

It is a shame that the government of Afghanistan failed to secure their towns from the taliban clans, and it is so heartbreaking to hear how their military hardware falls straight into rebel hands. When the u.s.a is gone they will be military and politically stronger than before the u.s. intervention. It's sad, and my country (Sweden) and the entire EU will carry part of that burden, with increasing refugee-streams and more narcotics coming over the borders.

[@edmundbell-king4538]

Sweden, and the EU carrying the burden? Who do you think you are kidding? The EU doesn't have any army and Sweden is neutral.

[@Gunni1972]

You, think Sweden has borders to Afghanistan? Or might it take a plane, train or Ship to bring it to Sweden? Do you have customs services? The refugees will be shared among all the US-Allies. so they can't afford to fight. also quite practical to you know... "spread Terrorism", so your state "upgrades" its police authorities, and Saab, Bofors Norma and your Patrol boat manufacturers get Jobs. I like the Skjold class ships though.

[@Alvi410]

Was the title made to see who would comment before even watching the video?

[@ricbish]

Thanks for the video update, I always look forward to these. The only issue I have with the General complaining about not being prepared for war with whoever is then stop all the CRT stuff. That has no place in our military period! I served in the USCG & we never had a problem with any of that nor does anyone I know that’s served. My brother was in the AF PJ’s & he says the same thing. So I think it’s funny that he’s acting all upset when just a few weeks ago he was talking to congress about white rage. It’s just stupid. I’m not a fan of this guy anyway. But I do agree with you about China ramping up. I sure hope it doesn’t happen but I’m not going to hold my breath!! I think China will make there move on or about their 100 year anniversary! Anyway thanks again for the video!!

[@bjorntheviking6039]

There are traitors at the highest levels of the government and the military, we certainly have our work cut out for us on the home front. Hard to fight a war when you have to fight half your leadership at the same time.

[@dammonard7344]

Your Sub brief series are incredible.

[@Norvvid]

Our mighty woke armed forces shall cancel any and all of our enemies.

[@cbaylor0369]

Nice one

[@themacker894]

Love it! They send us Fentanol and we export Harvard grads. The result will definitely be in our favor.

[@rainyvideos3684]

Sub Brief, Army SGT here, E-5 type. Me and my platoon leader were talking a little bit about the navy and we were wondering how do you all on submarines maintain morale with no where to go, no wifi, no internet, nothing to do, etc.

[@jamielonsdale3018]

Movies most nights, best food in the Navy, camaraderie to name but a few. Then there's the heaps of tradition, for example the ceremony for becoming a bluenose when you go into the Arctic, during which you're gonna be sitting on an ice-throne made from the rubber 'cap' of a torpedo that's filled with water and then frozen, in nothing but your kegs. Other line-crossing ceremonies, such as the Equatorial baptism also help to break up the monotony and dramatically improve morale. Taken from Wikipedia - The two-day event (evening and day) is a ritual in which previously inducted crew members (Trusty Shellbacks), aka Seamen of the U.S. Navy, are organized into a "Court of Neptune" and induct the Slimy Pollywogs into "the mysteries of the Deep".[12] Physical hardship, in keeping with the spirit of the initiation, is tolerated, and each Pollywog is expected to endure a standard initiation rite in order to become a Shellback.[12] Depending on the Ocean or Fleet AOR, there can be variations in the rite. Some rites have discussed a role reversal as follows, but this is not always a normal feature, and may be dependent on whether a small number of Shellbacks exist to conduct the initiation. The transition flows from established order to the controlled "chaos" of the Pollywog Revolt, the beginnings of re-order in the initiation rite as the fewer but experienced enlisted crew converts the Wogs through physical tests, then back to, and thereby affirming, the pre-established order of officers and enlisted. The eve of the equatorial crossing is called Wog Day and, as with many other night-before rituals, is a mild type of reversal of the day to come. Wogs-all of the uninitiated-are allowed to capture and interrogate any shellbacks they can find (e.g., tying them up, cracking eggs or pouring aftershave lotion on their heads).[citation needed] The wogs are made very aware that it will be much harder on them if they do anything like this. After crossing the line, Pollywogs receive subpoenas[13] to appear before King Neptune and his court (usually including his first assistant Davy Jones and her Highness Amphitrite and often various dignitaries, who are all represented by the highest ranking seamen), who officiate at the ceremony, which is often preceded by a beauty contest of men dressing up as women, each department of the ship being required to introduce one contestant in swimsuit drag. Afterwards, some may be "interrogated" by King Neptune and his entourage, and the use of "truth serum" (hot sauce + after shave) and whole uncooked eggs put in the mouth. During the ceremony, the Pollywogs undergo a number of increasingly embarrassing ordeals (wearing clothing inside out and backwards; crawling on hands and knees on nonskid-coated decks; being swatted with short lengths of firehose; being locked in stocks and pillories and pelted with mushy fruit; being locked in a water coffin of salt-water and bright green sea dye (fluorescent sodium salt); crawling through chutes or large tubs of rotting garbage; kissing the Royal Baby's belly coated with axle grease, hair chopping, etc.), largely for the entertainment of the Shellbacks. Once the ceremony is complete, a Pollywog receives a certificate[14] declaring his new status. Another rare status is the Golden Shellback, a person who has crossed the Equator at the 180th meridian. The rarest Shellback status is that of the Emerald Shellback (US), or Royal Diamond Shellback (Commonwealth), which is received after crossing the Equator at the prime meridian,[15] near the Null Island weather buoy. When a ship must cross the Equator reasonably close to one of these meridians, the ship's captain will typically plot a course across the Golden X so that the ship's crew can be initiated as Golden or Emerald/Royal Diamond Shellbacks. You've also got the mid-deployment movie night, which lasts from when chow is served until past midnight.

[@phillipbartowsky2979]

The rail guns work and works well. The problem is barrel life. They don’t last long enough to be used in battle. Yet. Material Science is the field that defines our generation

[@klugermann5806]

Have they tried coating the barrels with graphene? 🙄

[@jb-xc4oh]

Rail guns are useless and a waste of money.

[@swisstraeng]

@@jb-xc4oh I wouldn't say 100% useless but yeah...

[@cgirl111]

When I was in carriers out of San Diego (during my time it was the Enterprise) were berthed at North Island Naval Air Station because the Coronado bridge was too low for them and they couldn't get to the 32nd Street berthing area. To show how long ago that was my ship (Truxton) was part of Nuclear Task Force 1 which was made up of the Truxton, Bainbridge, Long Beach and Enterprise - all long gone now.

[@H0kram]

Have you guys ever considered that the US could be the one starting it all? In modern times, it certainly often has been the case, no matter how we put it. There's always a reason behind a war, that doesn't make it inevitable until someone jumps in and starts shooting. Even the case of Taïwan is to be criticized : let's be realistic 2 seconds here. Nobody cares about the government of Taïwan. It's about having a foothold right next to China. Now take a map and a history book and tell me, is this legit that this island is basically considered more american than chinese, on the geopolitical scale of things? What business it is of foreign countries to assume this island should stay as their foothold, right next to the rising empire? Reverse things, imagine a second that there's an island off the west coast of the US, that is not part of the federal government, and protected by China. How long do you think it'd last before the US plans an invasion / annexion? I sure hope China will solve this matter with diplomacy and tact. If they find an agreement, they can do so, and use their force to deter any stupid idea of attacking them in the process. I am actually more concerned by the US and the Nato '' confederation '' position, who's ego is likely to inflate as the leadership is shrinking, to sing us the song of their people, aka '' We gotta save democracy '' and start what would likely be the most destructive war since WW2. Let us all stay strong in arms, but also mentally. The weapon is to stay hidden, like a submarine. Not using it, is the actual skill and goal. China is not stupid. 5000 years of History, with ups and downs. They've always been after the consolidation of their own gigantic territory. How about keeping an eye on their main focus elsewhere : economy. Check out the Silk Road, the infrastructures in Africa, the deals and harbor acquisitions in the EU, the tremendous amount of trademark applications in both EU and US. They did it without drawing swords, not a single time. There's a lesson to learn here, and economical moves to make.

[@death_parade]

Don't know if you live under a rock, but China just broke an agreement and murdered our soldiers days after agreeing to withdraw from our land. You can hope all you want that China will "not draw the sword out", but they;ll frustrate you everytime. I don't care if the USA wants to fight China, but I can tell you that the Chinese are targeting our nation regardless. So if the USA joins (in the SCS), it would help take some pressure off of us, and if they don't, well, we certainly are no pushovers.

[@johna5484]

Exactly. We are encircling the whole region with military equipment. Of course the US calls this a defensive stance. How do you think China sees it ? Offensive of course. Imagine China war ships off our shores and encircling our country ? Oh yeah , we are the instigators !

[@death_parade]

@@martinpalmer6203 5 Chinese died, says the CCP after months of losing them. Initially they said nobody died. Then they bumped it up to two men died. Then it became 3. . Compare that to India which declared the casualties immediately and by next day had given each and every soldier a state funeral in each of their home towns in full view of private news media. Look at the history of both countries. CCP usually takes years to declare names of its casualties, whereas India is upfront about it everytime. . Butthurt is for CCP that captured the ridges of Finger 4 and dug in expecting us to attack like half-wits, head on. But then they got surprised by our Mountain Warfare specialist Infantry who simply captured the higher reaches of that same ridge-line while also surrounding their Moldo garrison in one swift coordinated move. The PLA ladyboys didn't expect this, maybe they didn't understand that India has the best mountain warfare troops on the planet. Maybe they never heard of Operation Meghdoot or Operation Vijay. Now surrounded by Indian troops, they had no option but to meekly withdraw, which they did early this year. The butthurt must be really strong. . Now go and take your 50 cents from Xitler WuMao. And go eat your bat soup.

[@death_parade]

@@martinpalmer6203 No factual response and rants about "cricket". Well, seems like my work here is done.

[@BrickworksDK]

@@johna5484 "Imagine China war ships off our shores and encircling our country ?" Or imagine if other countries flew drones over the US, occasionally dropping a bomb on a suspected "terrorist". The US has always practised a policy of do-as-we-say-don't-do-as-we-do, and yet they see themselves as good guys. It really boggles the mind at times...

[@thechiefsway2618]

The additional ships will probably be the Frigates that are going to be rolling out of Wisconsin. Good to see the return of the Frigate. My first ship was USS McCandless FF-1084 out of Norfolk 84-87.

[@starkdilemma4916]

Prepare for war!? Why?! For our wonderful economic opportunities? For the honor of our women? For the families my generation cant afford to have? For the glory of "OUR" country? I served once, never again. Im perfectly fine watching the world burn, then risking my life for globalism to purge the world of all that was green and good in this world.

[@death_parade]

You sound like a true patriot. I am not even American, but pains me to see this.

[@starkdilemma4916]

@@death_parade America is a stagnant beast that labors for breath, and has for decades now. It has never truly been challenged, and since the inclusion of foreign powers into its command structure, it lacks racial or tribal definition. The reason why people haven't risen up, is because no one group feels that this nation belongs to them.

[@death_parade]

@@starkdilemma4916 I feel a similar way about my country, India. We are the undisputed most diverse nation on the planet, but unlike USA, the diverse people groups in our country have a shared history stretching out over millennia. That is the glue that holds us together, but the later inclusion of foreign peoples and cultures and the stagnation of our own culture due to 1200 years of incessant waves of invasions has led to decadence of our society and today, we are very divided as a nation. As a result, people seldom rise up as these foreign cultures smother our original Indic culture. Irony is that India will cease to exist the day the smothering of the Indic culture completes. For both the USA and India, I always wonder if the pendulum would ever swing back and reset all that we have lost.

[@starkdilemma4916]

@@death_parade It can, both our nations can, but it requires making very difficult choices. To build what once was, we must first burn that which stands today. America has to collapse, the people responsible for it's degradation are too well protected, but the moral fabric of the next civilization will be less tolerant and understanding of their filth.

[@death_parade]

@@starkdilemma4916 Maybe it is inevitable. This always happens in civilizations after every two-three centuries. Wonder why us humans are unable to overcome this. Unless we do, it will be very difficult for us to spread out to the stars.

[@tomdolan9761]

The F35C isn't a VSTOL version of the aircraft. The F35B is the VSTOL version flown by Marines off LPDs and off the two Brit carriers

[@paul_winter]

Hey! Krasnoyarsk has started sea trials finally) K 571 I mean, not the city)

[@ge45gecalled39]

someone should take general milley behind the wood shed and give him 40 wakes

[@mENTALdRIFTER]

A 40ktn underwater detonation test would be one HELL of a flex.

[@stevenk8189]

And I am looking so much forward to see the US going down hard.

[@AdmiralBob]

I'm not convinced that China needs to tackle us militarily at all. They are beating the pants off of us diplomatically and economically. Dominating in Africa, South America, and now Afghanistan. The main way I see this going hot is if we resort to military force to try to overcome loosing so badly in the other areas cornered animal style.

[@jacobcastro1885]

China is not stupid. They will attack, but not until they know they can win. They will wait... but they might not have too wait long.

[@death_parade]

@@jacobcastro1885 And the point that OP mentions might come before the point in time where China is ready to attack. Even I hope it does, because otherwise, the war is already lost.

[@gaur637]

Taiwan: am i a joke to you?

[@jamielonsdale3018]

@@gaur637 Sorry Taiwan, but yes, you're a complete fucking joke. Look at the Ukraine, which the US agreed it would defend in return for nuclear disarmament. Did America lift a finger to stop Russia? No. What they did instead was refuse to recognise the right of the Russian military to be there. The Russian military is still there, regardless of America's choice not to recognise their right to be there.

[@jacobcastro1885]

@@jamielonsdale3018 ah, someone hasn't easily forgotten history.

[@TacShooter]

Just curious. WHY do we (and any foreigners watching) need to know the location, status and deployments of these assets?

[@neontetr4551]

Isn’t that the same guys who sent his officers to woke sensitivity training?

[@johndoe-so2ef]

Yep, and you better support it, or you could end up a white supremacist terrorisms.....

[@gw5309]

Yes. He is a marxist. He Should Not be leading our military.

[@TealJosh]

@@gw5309 sounds perfect for the job to me, too bad he's war mongering conservative ghoul like the rest of them and not a marxist.

[@themacker894]

@@johndoe-so2ef I drove around my neighborhood in absolute terror yesterday, realizing that every 10th house or so was flying an US flag. The horror! It's here for sure!

[@johndoe-so2ef]

@@themacker894 those rasis! Those terrorisims! Get to the safe space and hide....

[@geo4681]

It's been long overdue... It's about time! USA 🇺🇸

[@minimax9452]

the joint chief of staff obviously works on his next job in the military-industry

[@williamspendlove]

I love listening to you talk about the mechanical workings aboard the ships... reminds me of operating industrial machinery at the big theme parks here in the US, you'd be amazed at the similarities.