Could Strategic Bombers Be Used For CHEAP Precision Stand-Off Mass Strike? (WarGames 140) | DCS

[@parmvirgrewal6145]

Keep up the awesome work man. Can you do a video where the Patriots system has to defend against hypersonics? I know what will happen in real life I'm just curious what will happen in the sim. Thanks 👍

[@Firedad376]

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[@grimreapers]

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[@Mark-xv5lb]

@@grimreapers What scenario would show how Ukraine could best use 40 F-18s? Sounds like US greenlighted Australia transferring them. No idea what model they are.

[@stupidburp]

Best use of Hornets or Super Hornets would be dispersed in the East and South of Ukraine, operating from rough, damaged, or austere airfields with their reinforced frames and strong gear and side intakes. Upgrade Hornets with Super Hornet radar as the USMC did. Missions would be a combination of air to air and air to ground plus eventually some patrols over the Black Sea. Crimean unsinkable aircraft carrier in the future. In the near term they would be mostly used as wild weasels to destroy remaining Russian air defenses inside Ukraine. HARM + MALD + JASSM + JDAM trucks with enough AMRAAM and AIM-9 to keep flankers mostly inside Russia.

[@parmvirgrewal6145]

@@grimreapers how'd u fucking do that... Must be a time traveler it's the only explanation 😂

[@Echowhiskeyone]

"Somebody did a thing." It would not be a GR mission without somebody doing a thing.

[@grimreapers]

Agreed

[@dexlab7539]

😂😂😂…perfect GR ending

[@RedTSquared]

GR Videos... Came for the Mission, Stayed for "Did A Things"! Never change GR, never change!

[@bloodtypexneg]

I love the B-ONE! Its my dads plane. He was a wind tunnel technician with Rockwell International when the B was being tested for deployment. I have a picture of my dad working on a scale model as they were testing supersonic airflow over the open bomb bay. I also have several operation manuals for some of the testing as well as a general manual for the wind tunnel. The B-ONE will always have a place in my heart!

[@johnvtedder87]

Please give your dad a fist bump from me cause the B1 is one of the coolest planes to cruise the skies. I can't even imagine how much fun it was to design! He probably has tons of wild stories about the design progression. 👍👍

[@bloodtypexneg]

I wish I could ask him. He sadly passed away in 2009.

[@dexlab7539]

Thx - I was wondering why they called it that. B-1 (one)

[@skibum1610]

I like the scenarios because it kinda of gives us a perspective where everything is perfect. Real life scenario there are variables like unmanned, untrained, un maintained air defenses, morale, etc.

[@CyrrusNL]

The B1 has always been a favorite aircraft of mine. It's such a sleek, menacing-looking airframe. The Tu-160 gives me the same vibes by the way.

[@dexlab7539]

Me too…but TU-160 is still my fav

[@meganjarrod]

Matrix showing the ‘older and wiser’ method of coming in to land, stand clear of GR on final approach 😂

[@shanearchibald9477]

I remember watching the show Dogfights and they theorized that in the future a plane such as a B1B Lancer would be loaded with BVR missles and stealth jet would fly point and use data link to mass lob missles. Ive always loved the B1B design.

[@statickevin]

GR did a couple videos on this concept -- look up Grim Reapers B-1R

[@henrygibson9613]

Love multi task mission strikes, some specific near peers one would be very interesting.

[@theoneneo5024]

I've watched a lot of these videos but for some reason this was one of the most entertaining. Good job team!

[@judgehelbigii3885]

Someone was flying with a VMFAT-101 skin F-18! I was at that squadron for 2 years. That’s awesome! Thanks for including it.

[@gosborg]

Wow! A complete success. How un-GR of you, but in a very refreshing way.

[@erikerice9068]

I wonder how many AIM-54'S could the B-1R carry?

[@pogo1140]

None, because they don't have the radar

[@Anarchy_420]

Lol about as many AIM-260's they put on it, perhaps a few less ;)

[@Anarchy_420]

​@@pogo1140 lmao the B-1R was a concept concentrated on air-air engagement! So what are you talking about?? Just didn't kno? Or are you talking about Phoenix missile bc The AIM-54C should absolutely work!👍

[@exAirMover]

Mod a B-1R with a super AESA Radar. It's got a large nose that could probably accommodate it. I recall a series of books by Dale Brown Inc. Flight of the Old Dog, which introduced the concept of highly modded Battleship Bombers. A B-2 modded to launch AIM-260 (?) by data link could provide large area Air Dominance, whilst being undectable

[@stupidburp]

B-1B already has been upgraded with SABR AESA radar. Essentially a super sized version of the radar in newest F-16s. Should be capable of supporting new AIM-54 variants if they reentered production. B-1R would likely have the same radar or better if built. Any of the old phoenix missiles used on F-14 are probably expired by now. Currently I think that Iran is the only country producing them, in their local copied variants.

[@roytelling6540]

I was half way down the runway at the Farnborough Airshow 2008 and seen the B1B Lancer doing a fly by WoW. I did take my headphones off to listen to it ROAR

[@superflyguy4488]

Had a nightime show of force from a B1B in Helmand, it was deffo lower that they initially told the JTAC, man that thing in full reheat close overhead is loud.

[@imellor711]

Great vid cap, wouldn't it be nice if multi crew and flyiable bombers like the Lancaster, Hinckle, Vulcan, backfires, F111 and B1 come into DCS.

[@morrielarsen]

I was working at a warehouse in downtown Phoenix just west of Sky Harbor International Airport in the early 2000s when a B-1B took off with full afterburners. It set off every car alarm in a five mile radius. Alarmingly loud.

[@JasonEllBowling]

My thought during the takeoff roll: "I wonder if DCS simulates wake turbulence..."

[@exAirMover]

Excellent co-ordination and team work there guys 👍🙂

[@saintuk70]

Loving the footage coming from RAF Fairford at the moment with the 4 B-1's visiting. They are just lovely 'craft, despite being old.

[@bigcountry5045]

i LOVE seeing b-1s form my home town of Abilene TEXAS ( DYESS AIRFORCE BASE ) in game .... i believe we have some over in the U.K. at the moment !!!!!

[@eyxom]

"Uh oh, uh oh, uh oh" 😂😂 Well done, boys. Great video!

[@nathanellis3111]

Had to comment on a post to maybe get money. It was what do you eat and watch at midnight. GR and Cap while eating apples and oranges

[@AusExplorer]

I'd love to see how the F-111c [Australian version] would perform if you bring it up to the spec that was planned before they were scrapped. I've heard™ that with the engines it would have got [and that one was tested with, from what I'm told] that they no longer knew what the thrust-based max top speed was because the new limit was thermal from friction. [around mach 3 at high alt.]

[@SeanPower-yr9rh]

Starfighters are just dangerous..

[@TheWeatherbuff]

Thank you, CAP & Reapers Crew. I so much look forward to your daily videos, (subscriber and donator).

[@yuuzyerbrejn9603]

Landing with a B-One-R is HARD! It's STIFF feeling and you have to be careful of sudden EJECTION. But it is a very SATISFYING climax of emission, I mean a mission.

[@JohnDoe_Poland]

That F16 scheme is just wow

[@Anarchy_420]

Yo Cap! Please run a scenario with the boy's using both F-15E's and A-10C's!🙏👍

[@Anarchy_420]

A-10 Thunderbolt II, SU-25 Frogfoot, MB-339 Aermacchi, Super Tucano, OV-10 Bronco, and Pucara VS Warbirds!🙏👍

[@dryphtyr]

I love watching Cap chase big B-ONE R's

[@subjectc7505]

I didn't know the bone was falling apart.

[@SGTJackMorgan]

ED, give us an official B-1 module! Awesome video and great work to Cap and the Boys!

[@bluemen9647]

I would love to see the Raptors vs the SU-35, but instead of having the same number of aircraft, I think it would be a great experiment to match each sides price. So the stealthy US fighters vs. the Russian 4th gen fighters that are equivalent in price.

[@Valorius]

A real Mk84 2000lb bomb actually weighs 2700lb (+ JDAM kit). It's amazing that such a simple (yet huge) detail has been overlooked by DCS.

[@rmp5s]

I was thinking, "you should never put a plane below you...that is how collisions happ...", then you collided. lol

[@sargisdrake]

Damn, I would love the see the point of view of the other pilots when Cap zoomed between the F-18, F16 and the B1 at almost mach 2...

[@LondonSteveLee]

When BA retired Concorde I said the MoD should have bought them up and turned them into stand-off weapons delivery platforms. No fighter will catch something capable of mach 2 for hours on end unless they get really lucky with the intercept.

[@joshwindom7882]

I was a Bone maintainer and can attest to the nightmare of maintaining it.

[@splatoonistproductions5345]

Can’t wait to see those type 26 frigates in action, could even lead to possible joint operation scenarios between the uk, Australia and Canada in areas like the pacific, that’d be pretty neat

[@mixit2413]

I know this is probably impossible but concord converted to a bomber or very big missile truck would be interesting

[@aland7236]

Proposal for nation names, Narnia and Mordor.

[@JaneCobbsHat]

Love the Polish livery on the F-16.

[@nigeldepledge3790]

The BoneR has got to be my favourite plane out of all the GR videos . . .

[@krismurphy7711]

JDAMS killed parking spots on tarmac.....zeros hits on runway?

[@tom23rd]

Crazy when it all goes to plan, lol 🎉🎉🎉

[@nathanshoaf5452]

When’s the next naval battles?

[@brianvanhedel]

i love the f16, used to be the only fighter in our airforce, we do have some f35s now, but the f16 is just beautifull, our f16s are also together with the f16s from the usa are the most modern. I am dutch btw. love your videos, wish I had a pc with dcs etc

[@Craeshen]

You could even have the b1b's toss the bombs to extend their range even further.

[@voradfils]

I'm honestly relieved Simba is MIA. Some rogue AI is not going to take over the world. It's Simba's exponentially growing capabilities that I'm actually worried about.

[@Firedad376]

Spoiler alert....HE'S BACK!

[@DavidFMayerPhD]

Flying such a bomber costs circa $200,000 per hour.

[@grimreapers]

oof

[@Mendezmaybe]

Great stuff Bone-R for the win

[@TheShorterboy]

you would use F-111's coming it at mach 1.2 at sea level, go pick that up on radar, it's what they were designed for

[@choctaw2sticks193]

love these videos, you guys are great . . . 👍

[@ashtiboy]

the hey the us airforce B-52 can allready do this with the older agm-158 A's already

[@davidgermain]

what is the highest and fastest bomb launch on record? how far will they go, how far will a glide bomb go

[@stupidburp]

Depends on how you define “bomb”. If you include missiles, then highest and fastest is probably the anti satellite test launches from an F-15 flying a parabolic flight path, hitting a satellite in low orbit.

[@stupidburp]

If we are talking only unpowered weapons released from an aircraft, then some drop by B-1B is probably the highest because of its very high operating flight ceiling.

[@stupidburp]

Could also potentially be some test drop by F-22 but unlikely to be used that way in real combat.

[@aatwinner1377]

Any chance the B-1R/updated weapons will be released to the public? I love the B-1 but the core game weapons/B-1 are poopy.

[@ChickenLegs-fp9py]

Just out of curiosity, where is Simba?

[@grimreapers]

Deployed

[@petertyson4022]

Doing so well . Tell the end. Almost perfect. Lol👍😁

[@christospapantonakis5959]

Sorry if asked before, where can we find the JDAM-ER to use it in our own missions?

[@streetcop157]

I do wish you guys would quit pointing out the age of these aircraft that were new when I was a kid….50 years old? That can’t be right.

[@armandorodrigues144]

from the recent Ukraine aid conference we did get some hints that Ukraine will also receive a few modern F-16s, likely F-16C Block 50 from the US, it won't all be older models even if recently overhauled (MLU upgrade and other similar ones) there are some F-16As that received an upgrade to bring those to F-16 Block 50 standard, can't remember which countries purchased that upgrade

[@deanminer2340]

AGM-129's Would do it

[@Anarchy_420]

U.S. Navy VS Iranian Attack! Drone Sworm! Silkworms with Flack, old SAM site's and Iranian air-air F-14's protection! Iranian anti ship F-14's, Iranian UH-1H's, and variety of Boghammars all attacking together! VS U.S. Carrier Fleet!🙏👍

[@Anarchy_420]

Carrier Launched Fights-- F-18 Super Hornet's with AIM-120C-7's VS F-14B Tomcat's with AIM-54C's!🙏👍 MIG-29KR's VS SU-33's!🙏👍

[@Istandby666]

I was at Edwards Air Force Base when the B-1A crashed. I do not like the B-1B. I don't like the F-18, either.

[@markewilliams4667]

Excellent!!!

[@gunzelloharris3348]

Tht wuz coolbeanz!!

[@timallison8560]

great mission!

[@bwheatley1]

CoreDCS best dcs, then you get the joy of Multicore update. :)

[@grimreapers]

Thanks

[@Valorius]

A B-1B at high altitude coming within 50 nm of a S400 battery would get smoked hard.

[@MTBScotland]

F16's can swing if they want to "sniggers like a 5 year old"

[@jmtpolitico80]

Good Mission guy's!

[@gunzelloharris3348]

Where can I DL tht Viper Liv CAP??? Tht sh.. Hot!! ;)

[@grimreapers]

It's core game.

[@CrashingKiwi]

Great mission guys! Would love to see you wargame out the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and if the US could have prevented it had they had a carrier in position. Would be great to see a comparrison of 1990s compared to a 2020s carrier group running the defence.

[@saberdewsproductions6422]

I want to put the engine from an sr71 into a b1

[@done.6191]

Any reason for the incredibly unsafe landing there?

[@surferdude4487]

The answer appears to be , "Yes".

[@sulyokpeter3941]

UK CSG vs Russian CSG with the current assets please. :(

[@macgibbon]

B-52 Loyal Wingmen?

[@gordonmullan1418]

I wander if the hams ark royal with its harrier squadron could have defended the Channel Islands from the German ww2 bombing and navel invasion?

[@joblo341]

A cheaper (in terms of air time) stand off strike would be done with cargo planes dropping Rapid Dragon launch cradles with cruise missiles. That could stand off 500+ miles. OK. You have shot down that suggestion because the missiles are too expensive, or at least war gamed it ... . I'm curious about a total mission cost comparison, aircraft air time and munitions (etc) for the 2 types of mission: cruise vs JDAM. What is the minimum altitude for dropping a JDAM-ER to get the stated 50 (statute) mile range? Everyone states the range, NO ONE states the min drop altitude for that range. I've inferredc that it is 30K ft or more. Just curious, if you want to cream the air base, I can see using 2000 pound bombs for some of the targets, but wouldn't you be able to spread the pain more by using a mix of smaller JDAM-ER bombs too? Your sim of the A10 raid on The B-One is 50? Wow! Yes, it is a pretty plane. I also think the TU-160 is another pretty plane. So sue me ... I like that aesthetic. Right there with the B-58 Hustler.

[@SeanPower-yr9rh]

Yeah cap the bomber looks great..

[@jeebusk]

We want a bone update

[@jerrycallaio5130]

Could Ten C 130's Armed With The Rapid Dragon Weapons System Take Out The Entire Chinese Naval Attack/Invasion Fleet Headed For Taiwan?

[@jimmymcgoochie5363]

“Cheap mission” 2 F-16s lost in mid-air collision

[@wolfram2299]

just here to remind people it was call the b-1r .... so the pilots could call it the boner. b-one-r.

[@walkerhartge9177]

Why not use SDB-39 a lot more can be carried on a single bomber

[@Darthybuddy]

probably needed a bigger boom. GBU-39s are great for loads of small targets. But if you need to hit a big target with a proper full size bomb, the JDAM-ER is your friend.

[@LennyIsStoned]

Respect to the guys in ww2 who would fly huge strat bombers, risking being shot down and killed, just to drop propaganda pamphlets on people lol.

[@johneckert1690]

This was a great and wonderful mission. Thank you all so much to all. I am wondering if Ukraine could do the same thing to Russia, but with only F-16's. Maybe try a mission to destroy the Russian Black Sea Fleet, or maybe attack Russian Rail yards, Power generating plants or other infrastructure. MAKE THE COST OF WAR SO EXPENSAVE THAT RUSSIA CAN'T AFFORD IT AND IF THEY DO THEY GO BANKRUPT.

[@Dreddip]

CAP needs a lot of practice on his formation station keeping. he all over the place.

[@MikeHarrison3266]

I offered Ukrain 15 Sopwith Camels, I am waiting to hear back.

[@TheNecromancer6666]

All F16 for Ukraine will be F-16A MLU, either are already or will be reworked.

[@lordandrewbruceofthemcinne5046]

You know, I never thought I would see the day when I would hear someone (especially Cap) say, "Look at the size of that Boner! Look how big it is!" 😂😂😂

[@justinolson834]

Bone-R haha...

[@Istandby666]

If I was in a race and I had missile's, I shot people down to win...😝

[@monkey7233]

I wonder where the GLSDBs are that arrived in Ukraine allegedly in march. Noone mentions or talks about them anymore. Where are they?

[@joeds3775]

Used

[@92HazelMocha]

Falling onto Russian positions lol. Iirc there's even video now of them blowing up Russian equipment.

[@reuvenpolonskiy2544]

I think that Russia does somthing like that in Ukraine right now.

[@nazarsalama7503]

video Idea: replicate the 1991 invasion of iraq but With DCS AI (kinda like your naval battles) but make it so there is ground and air combat.

[@jrizos06]

Seconds after Cap's great flyby at 32:20 and the stream of BONE comments, Matrix makes one the best unintentional follow ons - " F-16 pilots, you see the white stuff coming off the wingtips?" classic GR, can't script that..

[@dexlab7539]

Haha yup, Matrix didn’t seem to catch that 😂

[@mark97199]

The USAF has paired JDAM-ER with quickstrike naval mine fuses. Precision, standoff, ariel mine laying, much like what you've done here. The big difference is the defenses. I wonder how this would go against modern SAM and if the US/Taiwan could use them to mine Chinese ports in the event of an invasion

[@geekpoet7443]

GR idea - WW2 Germany has small group of heavy bombers defended by me-262 trying to attack various locations in England.

[@YT-mn4eq]

Jdams could be great against s400s. Just the cost ratio alone is amazing. Drain the sam network and dare them not to fire.