Could USAF Strike Penetrate Crimea And Bomb REINFORCED Kerch Bridge? (WarGames 53) | DCS

[@grimreapers]

Ukraine-Russia Series: Fulcrum/Flanker vs Foxbat/Super Flanker: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJm7l6uZbpl9d7c NASAMS vs Russian Cruise Missiles: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnuskJVvas-tps0 Russian KH-47M2 vs Polish Air Force: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZ_Vh6ungZqkb9k Su-27 & Drone vs Snake Island: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipDSg6KLZ6asnNE Su-25s vs Russian Convoy At Kyiv: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKq5Z2iYiq-tqNk NATO Eurofighters vs Crimean AWACS: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5qtY5d8h81sa8k Patriot, Gepard & Gripen vs KH-65: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJnblaWEn86aZ8k A-10s vs Russian Convoy At Kyiv: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGHXi6KlZdp_npY USN Tomahawk Strike Kerch Bridge: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqfTmmuud96ajJo USAF Stealth Strike Kerch Bridge: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3vFl2x4mN2hrZI Ukrainian Jets Strike Kerch Bridge: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2mppqCrj7eYeJY F-22 Raptors vs Russian Fighters: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eaDQg5ajp9x9jc0 Raptor/Eagle vs Super Flanker: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZbUiqCriKqiY5o USAF Bombers vs Mariupol Defenses: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3TWk6KFfJWEi5Y Ukraine Bombs Snake Island: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eImZammDgMmemJo Stealth Fighters vs Russian Bombers: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKrQamOgo7Z3qaM Sinking Of Moskva #3: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHrNoKx_nsqCsLs Sinking Of Moskva #2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZ_Nl5WglKqqjZY Sinking Of Moskva #1: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKnamWmDfLF9hMU Russia Nukes Britain: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKvOZWiIe7aqd5o Ukraine Uses Danish F-16s: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2izmp6opZWEl7s Ukraine Uses Polish Mig-29s: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHTMZad3ft-ohbc Russian-Britain Missile Attack: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKiseJmXl9utfqM Ghost Of Kyiv: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6PGpWuMadNkY7c Belgorod Raid: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4LcnIeuqZuZqtk Eurofighter/Fulcrum vs Super Flanker: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4Hcepymes2aiJI US Strike vs Odessa kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZbMgHudr86WbLs Russian Helo Rocket Lob: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2KbeJp9o7WSqa8 Russian Su-25 vs US Patriot SAM: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6TTZ2yQecSnhZI Understanding Russian SAMs: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGXbhauCg7-Lmdk Ukrainian Jets Road Operations: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nnPTq4SentODmNk Russian 40 Mile Convoy: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKPCXmV8gcefeM0 Flanker vs Super Flanker: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jICkpoJ8ga96oZY

[@Anarchy_420]

My only complaint would be the over use of The SU-35's, when MIG-29's, SU-27's, and SU-30's are more prevalent! Even SU-34's...

[@Anarchy_420]

Love seeing The F-22 Raptor's and F-35 Lightning II's working together! Simply beautiful!😁👍👍 Lol idk why or what it is about the idea but I REALLY want to see a mission including F-22's, F-35's, B-2's, F-117's, and YF-12's!😅🙏

[@hotstepper887]

These questions are only juvenile in their context. The USA can't beat farmer Taliban, armed with only old 1950s AK-47s and homemade IED's. The United States has one of the worst, and easily the most cowardly military record/history of any country on earth. Yet read you all? The United States was founded in 1776, (even that's a lie). She's been at war for 226 out of her 246 calendar years of existence. In other words, there were only 20 calendar years, in which the U.S. did not wage any wars. The Wars waged were never against any militarily capable countries, but only countries considered the Third World. Any resistance from those countries, always saw the USA lose!. Pick any year since 1776, and there's about a 91% chance that America was involved in some war during that calendar year, and about 73% they lost it. Less nonsense.

[@Anarchy_420]

@@hotstepper887 your delusional, deranged, and have an incompetent backwards way of thinking if you can even call that garbage you typed thinking more like spouting out racist nonsense, I hope you receive the help you apparently need in w.e screwed up country you crawled out from under your bridge from, freakin despicable👍

[@Gabriel_McMillan]

Looks excellent so far. Still in the mission brief phase... Sorry I haven't commented on the Iraq Shock and Awe campaign. Brings back not so great memories, to be honest. I suppose that's a story for another day. I do want to thank you for taking the time to do all of that not-so-sexy data entry on the Iraq video, to make it truly realistic. For all the people in the world who wish to learn to fly realistic combat aircraft missions DCS, or a future, hyper-realistic simulator (since all truly realistic simulations of the same aircraft will, by definition, be very similar, and knowing how to fly one should mean you will quickly know how to fly in the other too), or to fly a real combat mission. I do see how it could be a little aggravating, though, so perhaps this process has been streamlined quite a lot with the F-35 target data entry system, using lessons learned from experiences like yours. It is extremely useful to have a detailed, real-time video of someone actually trying to hurry, in a realistic scenario, showing us all how to do this as they go along. I assure you, your experience is indeed very realistic. I'm sure that's only a small fraction of how flustered the people on the tarmac in 2003 were. I recall my own experiences, carrying my rifle into the C-130 on a tarmac in Kuwait in 2006. Flustered indeed. One thing they've learned is, you really want to make these things as simple as they can be, because you're a bit less able to concentrate than normal when people are really trying to kill you. Another benefit of drones, is that it may actually improve pilot performance considerably, partly because the stress will be much less, if you aren't actually about to die, and partly also because things like going from 9 G's to weightlessness can also be quite distracting, as it turns out, when people are also trying to kill you, and you need to be worried about that instead of worrying about why you suddenly weigh1,800 lbs... Anyway, back to the video. More to come. And, thank you all. Keep up the good work. This is a more useful service you are performing than many of you may realize. I know it is for me, in helping me to better visualize how all of the systems interact, what changing one variable here does to other variables there, what their limitations are, the best counters, and tactics, how to optimize the use of one system or another in various conditions, etc. I hope some of my ideas may also be useful to you.

[@Davros-vi4qg]

USAF tanker crews have a long history of ‘bustering’ towards emergency low fuel aircraft, and ‘towing’ them back to friendly skies! Not every flying hero straps on a fighter/bomber. 🫡

[@grimreapers]

^^^

[@darrendegouff9965]

Amen and protect the Refuelers

[@optimusprimus89]

Yeah I was thinking that too

[@anthonysaponaro6318]

1000 % they're in the war as much as anyone else and they will do everything they can to get their men fuel , including EHR situations . . . .

[@oceanhome2023]

Do you mean the Tankers can actually tow a plane to safety?

[@christophero55]

I really appreciate the time and effort you take in reading our comments and addressing criticism and ideas presented by we the valued viewers. It's nice to have a content creator that engages so much with the community. Kudos.

[@grimreapers]

It's where all of my ideas come from TBH.

[@headoverheels88]

@@grimreapers So you're saying you owe US money. Interesting. You'll be hearing from my lawyer, SIR.

[@adamtheninjasmith2985]

For real though. Cap is pretty awesome 👍

[@adamtheninjasmith2985]

​@@headoverheels88 I'll take my payment in warbirds... 😂

[@1mouseman]

Well said!

[@vipondiu]

I think missions from an external POV are the most enjoyable, like this one. It allows to see the bigger picture and pay attention of every small part of the theatre, like in this one we could follow the side show with the SEAD planes better than if Cap would had been flying. I really enjoyed this mission

[@damonried1720]

It's for this reason that I root for Cap's demise on these types of missions.

[@Neugo]

turns out it was easier to do it with a U-Haul

[@Dream0Asylum]

I find it hilarious that the commentary is always surprised that the Russians run out of fuel. The Russian aircraft are notorious for not carrying huge volumes of fuel and also having relatively higher mass/tonnage than their competition in the same generation. Were the AI actual Russian defense coordinators, the interception aircraft would loiter at low consumption velocities and only intercept after the aggressors had done most of the work of closing the distance. It's also possible that the AI is simulating "possible/unconfirmed hostile contacts" and is simply scrambling interceptors to confirm a contact and/or scare off an opportunistic strike. EDIT: After watching the whole video. This operation would have benefited from a feint or drone decoy precursor originating from the exact opposite vector (Ukraine) with highly visible assets. The Ukrainians feinting an attack would have scrambled alert fighters on full afterburner - and that might have allowed f-22/f-35s to subsonic (low consumption) route to the primary target over the black sea. That being said, have you guys ever thought about a "wild-weasel" video where you soften a primary target first by depopulating the area of interest of SAM/AA?

[@daveyjove]

This aged beautifully

[@fatherwilliam7256]

The more I think about it, the more I'd like to see this scenario done with two teams: red force planning and operating the defense, and blue planning and executing the attack. Red would be generally aware of the vectors bule was attempting to infiltrate from and that destroying a section of the bridge is the objective, and blue would have intel on all static assets such as ships and SAM sites in the area. No MANPAD's or WMD's , but anything else modeled in game goes. Ready? FIGHT!

[@grimreapers]

agreed

[@Daemor]

And properly working AA systems, and no godmode AWACS Cap.

[@bonesmiginty2458]

Awesome video, Cap! I also really appreciate how you go through most of the comments, super cool. So here’s my thoughts on this mission. I was definitely disappointed that the Su-35s detected the Raptors and Lightnings that far out. I’d love to know how that happened. But it was cool to see what happens when things don’t go to plan (was also sad to see you lose your Raptor, but I won’t hold that against you :) ).Awesome job with the SEAD aircraft. Simba, you did a great job taking down the AWACS and the Su-35s, always awesome to see the Raptor dominate. And F-35 pilots: Awesome job to you all! Here’s what I’d love at some point: An updated version of this mission. F-22 with AMRAAM D (when it’s available in DCS). That would help a lot against Su-35s. I’d also love for the Raptor and Lighting to be undetectable past 20 miles. I feel like the S-400 would pick them up in real life, but I always like seeing stealth dominate. I think next time, have four F-22’s, four F-25s, and a dozen SEAD aircraft. I get you have real people fly these so getting those numbers would be tough. Just some thoughts. Awesome video!

[@bastianstiefler3390]

I gotta say it amuses me to read the russians talking complaining about not being op enough and their bridge not being treated as a "marvel" of technology. Shows the effectiveness of state media. Feels to me like Germans in WW2 talking about "invincible" tigers.

[@bastianstiefler3390]

You are absolutely right. This game does not represent reality. However it is weird and amusing for anyone to claim to know how the real systems work or perform, outside of people who worked with the system, who all signed extensive NDAs. Let alone anyone suggesting they know what can or cannot destroy a specific building. And yes, it is my opinion that russians are as delusional about their weapon systems as americans are for their own. Whenever both came up against any enemy of competence those enemies allways proove their weaponsystems to be not at all as good as they claimed to be

[@jakobholgersson4400]

I read that Ukraine was considering to license-produce Gripens before the invasion, but decided not to because they lacked the funds. I'd like you to make a video on how the Gripen might hold up in the current conflict.

[@xaviergarcia7965]

Yes! I would think this would be a good video! A Gripen squadron also works good because they’re design for highway takeoff and landing and short takeoff/landing. If they were given air-air weapons from NATO, they could even run Meteors from France and UK, and IRIS-T from Germany while getting the airframes from their planned factory in Lviv.

[@kirgan1000]

The latest Gripen will murder a Flanker, if Ukraine have the Meteor misile.

[@tranbachuyen6655]

@@kirgan1000 in your dream russian have awacs ukraine didn't . also all russian jet fighter in ukraine carry R-77 they no longer carry any outdate R-27 anymore

[@hemendraravi4787]

@@kirgan1000 can argue the same if russia is using r37s

[@grimreapers]

Wilco

[@ShionWinkler]

I know it is a limitation of DCS not being programed correctly, but the fact the SU-35 can see a F-22 or F-35 at 31 miles is BS, the radar cross section of both planes is that of a marble, and a SU-35 can't see a marble at 31 miles. “Whilst the Su-35 does have the hypothetical capability to detect the F-22 at close ranges using its IRST (Infa-Red Search and Tracking) and potentially the Irbis-E radar, both sensors would have to be cued to focus on exactly the right part of sky to have a chance of generating a target track. By contrast, the F-22 will know exactly where the Su-35 is at extremely long range and can position for complete control of the engagement from the outset with superior kinematics.” ~ Justin Bronk, Senior Research Fellow for Airpower and Technology in the Military Sciences team at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). We also no this is correct from real life experience of F-22's coming up on SU-35's without the SU-35 pilots even know they were there till they got into visual range. This took place in Syria in December of 2017.

[@grimreapers]

The strange thing is that it all worked fine in testing, but in the live multiplayer session they somehow saw us again. very strange.

[@benghazi4216]

Justin Bronk is really one of the best sources of information you can find He has some interviews uploaded here on KZbin, a few with Ward Carroll, and those are pure gold

[@charlietheunicorn5383]

@@grimreapers It is called Russian Bias.

[@ShionWinkler]

@@grimreapers From what I've learned from a software engineer, it is very hard to make a program ignore information it has available. Basically DCS knows where you are, and DCS can't help but uses that information when controlling the AI. This is an issue mostly seen in RTS games, like StarCraft, etc., where the AI simply knows where you are at all times.

[@nikolanojic6861]

Yeah and S400 tracked F35's on a range of 100 + kms ! also in Syria

[@superflyguy4488]

Dear complainers, you do realise this is a PC game being used on KZbin for the purpose of entertainment, just wondering.

[@anthonyadkins7487]

And it’s probably the best it gets!

[@kurtreichenbach8927]

We were operating on the ramp right at the end of runway during a Red Flag @ Nellis AFB and B-1's taking off at night that was an awesome sight and we were close enough to feel the burners rumble as they took off. Also APG is airframe, powerplant and general(always has been), Also know as All Purpose Gorillas. RB

[@Tragic387]

All the people lining up near area II gate to get glamor shots, makes me appreciate how close I get

[@markmastenbroek8959]

Gawd! These early morning take-offs are so incredibly beautiful! And even Cap shows some respect... 🙂 We'd have these spouses with cricket all the time. They were called "The Grass Widows" not liking that the match would take so long and all was so boring.

[@NightshadeX85]

All this is assuming the Russian gear works coz it ain't been doing to well in Ukraine .

[@anthonyadkins7487]

Cap…”ahh a thing just happened.” I had a belly laugh. I’m sorry it was at your expense. You guys are great. Every video I feel like I’m in the cockpit with you. You guys are so professional. (Most of the time lol) thanks for you hard work Cap.

[@grimreapers]

lol thx

[@_Addi_]

Gotta love that nighttime/early morning takeoff. Just absolutely gorgeous.

[@headoverheels88]

It legit made me deeply miss traveling pre-COVID. Whether flying into a city at night -with lights sprinkled across the ground- or falling asleep at night and waking up to the sun reflecting off clouds. Damn. I need a vacation.

[@infamousRED91]

Loving these missions, RIP to the guy who had to end his session early

[@fagalon9152]

14:10 i've seen that, back when there was B1's posted at Fairford, was walkin home and heard this almighty roar, looked up from my phone and all i could see was these four streaks of fire Everyone in the high streets stopped and looked at it 😂

[@martinsimek3963]

The real question is though - can you drive with a Russian plane from one side of that carrier bridge to the other side across the carrier decks ? :-) But honestly, watching this is like watching top gun 3 :-D

[@jr8656]

or takeoff without burners.

[@charlietheunicorn5383]

Entertaining. It appears there should have been 3 strike/CAP packages. 2x F22s dedicated to taking out the enemy AWACs, 2x F22s flying CAP and the F35 strike package for the bridge. As mentioned already, hell of a job putting all the pieces together to run this DCS simulation. USA valued viewers, have a good Memorial Day weekend.

[@zedwpd]

I'm a 20 year Mission Crew Command Air Battle Manager on AWACS and have been saying I would have taken out the Kerch bridge months ago. Still needs to happen.

[@forge20]

Agree 100%, and no planes needed to do it. Just one SSGN and a few Tomahawks.

[@danysainz-gootenberg7809]

@@forge20 if tomahawks were launched at the Kerch bridge by a US warship all American cities would be rubble within the hour. It’s just not feasible

[@romain5967]

This is hands down your best simulation, another long range steath strike with multiple units and directions of attack video would be fantastic

[@yuuzyerbrejn9603]

Seems like 150 or so Tomahawks split between the 4 pylons might overwhelm the defenses without endangering stealth assets and pilots. You'd have to try both a concentrated single direction swamping effort, and then a dispersed, many angle attack maybe? I love it when the scenarios immediately don't go how you thought they would. Adds to the sense of realism. Keep it up!

[@DiegoHernandez-bh4sw]

I think using any standoff weapon makes more sense than a incursion

[@charlietheunicorn5383]

There are rumors of a stealth version of the Tomahawk cruise missile. This also appears to be a target that a hypersonic missile would be designed to knock-out.

[@michaelmitchell6629]

To bad my navy ship from west coast Gorgeous port city of long beach CA Which took out many enemies in Vietnam an Korean an first Lebanon war when I was in my navy duty .my ship most powerful navy ship. Uss New Jersey bb62. Most powerful ship. In world. Just to bad navy shut them down took them out of duty. Them Iowa class ships bb 63 our sister ship Famous uss mighty mo. Based in long beach too for while with my ship.other Iowa class ship uss wisconsin.bb 64. Uss Iowa bb61 was on duty we would show Russia lessons Move away from coasts of Ukraine or we blow you out water open up that blockade so merchant ships can pass in and out to carry food .for world

[@michaelmitchell6629]

My ship and other Iowa class battle ships has tomahawk and harpoon missiles that blow any Russian subs or ships out of water if all 4 or 3 together sailing together with our Nimitz class carriers two of them together will be huge firepower that Russia will Not mess with.

[@the84redtiger]

I doubt if Russia really have 14 Su-35S operating in this area. They have only 142 for whole russia - if you take realistic numbers at least one third of them would be in maintenance, which means only roundabout 100 are really operational. So it woudl be something about 15% from all SU-35S just protecting this little amount russian airspace. I don't believe that this is a realistic amount. I believe that there would be a nice mix of SU-35, Su27, MIG-31 and MIG-29 operating. I believe that the SU-35 is the smalest part in this mix.

[@nikolanojic6861]

You are forgeting that this is one their most important positions to defend in the moment !

[@anthonysaponaro6318]

LMMFAO @ Russia and maintenance in the same sentence.

[@The340king]

It certainly shows the value of splashing the AWACS immediately if possible. They appeared to not function without the AWACS.

[@Lunumbrus]

The 2nd and 3rd SU-35 groups kinda seemed to be vectoring for Simba intercepts, based on what seemed to be Datalink info from the one he was sitting on top of, despite the radar cone not covering him...makes me suspicious that the AI don't use radar data as the only detection factor towards the AI behaviour. But I know next to nothing about this game, so yeah.

[@cfurterer]

Turns out, the complaints were moot. You can just do it with a truck😂

[@Davros-vi4qg]

Next test… how fast can a supercar go and stop in the length of a carrier! Sounds like a Funday challenge!

[@Catholic_convert81]

I wouldnt really want to see any Russian missions against Ukraine at the moment, it kinda seems in bad taste what with the mounting evidence of war crimes against civilians and the fact that Russia is the agressor. Russia vs any other nation is fine though obviously . Dont know what the rest of our community thinks though as this is just my opinion.

[@grimreapers]

noted.

[@Davros-vi4qg]

Agree, seeing Redfor bomb a maternity hospital due to either;incompetence, cowardice or terrorism, doesn’t have the same ring of heroism as this rerun of the Dambuster… but with a bridge. 🇺🇦

[@Catholic_convert81]

@@grimreapers just to make myself clear im only talking about Russian Ground attack missions against Ukraine targets. I think strictly air to air between the 2 is fine and Ukraine Ground attack missions against Russia are fine as they are really outgunned so they make for difficult interesting missions.

[@benjaminringrose536]

Love when Cap takes the AWACS role

[@andrejsmith]

Like many, I lap up these air combat scenarios. This one really captured the full range of possibilities and strategies and thus stands out as one of the best yet. Also the current relevance around the Kerch Bridge question adds layers of excitement.

[@iandennis7836]

"No battle plan survives contact with the enemy " so realistic.

[@tonymills5086]

Well.... Nazi Germany ran through Europe like a hot knife on butter, it was called blitzkrieg, you know if Hitler hadn't got greedy we might be living in a different world today

[@DefenderCJ21]

Loved watching the BONEs take off from downrange. I love the video I got of one... SUPER LOUD when taking off heavy.

[@AlexKlimanov]

I think Simba should have flown not South, but straight North and, using his invisibility, infiltrated through small-range coastal air defenses, and land on the nearest friendly airstrip on Ukrainian territory.

[@mikemike669]

“DD” was it? Former A-10 Crew Chief? I wanted to say I appreciated your service! I’m a retired USAF JTAC. The A-10 is our Buddy in the sky! Cleared Hot Brother

[@lordsqueak]

@2:06 I almost expected Shakespeare there. To bomb, or not to bomb, that is the question!

[@cakeshoe]

If you ran a few tests from the Russian’s side, do you think you’d have similar results with regard to picking up the stealth aircraft flying in formation / becoming visible while bomb bay doors open/closed?

[@grimreapers]

Looking forward to trying.

[@latch9781]

That shot at 12:37 with you looking over your shoulder at 4 trailing aircraft in formation, banking perfectly in sync as the sun rises above the clouds, and knowing each one is a player? That's special

[@TURVY27]

What could get you in is some fine tea, right cap?

[@grimreapers]

yes

[@noycamba]

use hundreds of high-speed drone speed boats full of TNT and simultaneously drive to to the bridge pillars. overwhelm the radars and defensive missile. - kaboom

[@vanguard9067]

Or one container ship, captained by a disgruntled former Mig pilot?

[@rodbey9318]

Maybe they have a couple of dozen coast watchers with industrial spotting scopes placed about.

[@grimreapers]

nice

[@pogo1140]

bridge don't damage easily? bridges are always under stress, release that and it goes down. 4 2000lb bombs are enough to weaken it enough that gravity does the rest. we know this because US Air Force and others have been studying the problem since WW2 and have been doing successfully since the 1970's.

[@master_shifu4208]

bro the guy who made that comment was clearly a russian fan boy

[@pogo1140]

@@master_shifu4208 Pretty much, cause the bridges blown up by air delivered bombs are milestones in military aviation.

[@Davros-vi4qg]

Ask the old folks of 617 Sqn how to destroy bridges. No Sat nav, no LGB, no stealth!

[@abc1908]

Is that the new AI from Eagle Dynamics which you guys are flying against?

[@grimreapers]

Yeh, it's VERY different to what we are used to.

[@about3penguins]

Welp the first 2 complains are warmonger simps

[@BravoCheesecake]

"The bridge is impossible to defeat!" OK buddy relax lmaoooo

[@jerseyshoredroneservices225]

That was a very interesting. Thanks for putting in all the time to make videos like this. I have two questions. Why didn't the hornets and vipers fire the s400? Also wouldn't there have been well-fueled and armed 22s and 35s high in the air off the coast of turkey ready to assist the x-fill? Maybe even a tanker off the coast of turkey to help those guys make it home?

[@javiermoya2801]

300 mile spot on stealth with no established IADS....I was going to be generous and say highly unlikely but given that F22 raptors during the war on ISIS penetrated a mixed Russo/Syrian IADS with total impunity to hit ISIS targets, I can confidently say that stealths being spotted at 300 NM out is outright impossible.

[@anthonyb5279]

DCS has a bug. AI can see stealth at any range.

[@grimreapers]

Yeh, something weird was going on. Never seem that happen before.

[@anthonyb5279]

@@grimreapers I wish I was aloud to release the DOD version of X-Plane. But there are too many national security issues. DCS is sooooooo slanted to the Russians that its total bullshit.

[@abymathew295]

A squadron of world war 2 planes vs a modern jet dog fight would have been a real nice one..🥰😍🥰😍

[@dominickefrim3088]

This was entertaining considering the bridge got bombed 4 months later....by a truck. 😂

[@MqncoMarepoto]

i dont think it was a truck

[@dominickefrim3088]

@@MqncoMarepoto it was last week. A truck packed with explosives. Could've been something else. I only saw 1 video angle.

[@capdexcox2339]

12:48 I probably found that funnier than it was but that made be chuckle

[@benghazi4216]

Man, that guy did really drink all of the Kremlin kool-aid..

[@BringerOfD]

I think the formation was what gave you guys away at 300mi, whoever said that was right. You basically created one large radar signature by combining a few signatures that should have individually been basically invisible.

[@dcijams]

Airframe and power, was used back in the early 80s for commercial flight. I work for TWA. Started out as a line service and was working gradually over to an A & P. The planes that we had. Were the Beechcraft 1900. TwinTurbo,

[@ey6008]

Multiiple rocket batteries now installed on Snake Island

[@benkirby8461]

Simba always manages to do the unexpected and impossible. Sometimes good and sometimes bad. Always a joy to watch you "beautiful boys". Thank You

[@grimreapers]

Yup that's our Simba. He will never be ordinary.

[@Sightbain.]

I do wonder how much damage an airframe travelling as fast as possible would do if it slammed into one of the supports. It kind of turns into a ballistic missile at that point and if the planes have no way of returning and the airframes cannot be allowed to recover it might be interesting to ditch them into the pillars too. Of course nobody would greenlight it but I am curious nonetheless.

[@andrewhogan6533]

Any of you guys see TOP GUN Maverick yet? If so, will you be talking about it.

[@loganjefferies3927]

i saw it yesterday and no spoilers but it is very good

[@andrewhogan6533]

@@loganjefferies3927 oh, I saw it, I thought it was okay.

[@grimreapers]

I havent seen yet.

[@loganjefferies3927]

@@andrewhogan6533 it was pretty cheesy. but a solid 7.5/10

[@andrewhogan6533]

@@loganjefferies3927 it’s funny, it seems everyone who loves it didn’t care for the original.

[@anthonysaponaro6318]

Been watching you for a while , don't know what took me so long to sub? Very interesting content. KUTGW my man , All the best!

[@anthonysaponaro6318]

This stuff can not be that simple to produce and edit. I appreciate you .

[@marktuyet]

Need some B-25 Mitchell's flying in low and skip bombing the bridge .

[@Way-M]

Wouldn’t mind to see what the RAF could do to Kerch bridge. Typhoons would be interesting…

[@grimreapers]

We would be mullered by S-400.

[@Way-M]

@@grimreapers 1 way to find out. Video? 😂 I’m kidding hahah

[@Way-M]

@@grimreapers We do have a few F35s tho. But the S-400 would just decimate quite a lot of us 🙂

[@Archangelsword]

Often times the indirect approach is the best just like the truck bomb.

[@ricbarker4829]

"His wife was annoyed how long the mission is" WTF? Dude needs a new wife.

[@ricbarker4829]

@@TeenTeenFpv Out of a cannon I hope...

[@michellecruzhickok6244]

I would like to see this same mission using the Felon and the SU35 for comparison.

[@sebastianromanowski3087]

Love your videos cap

[@richardmartinek3467]

When The Concord Landed in Battle Creek, Mi for the only landing not on the coast. It was f*@!&* G awesome. I will never forget that.

[@HypnoticChronic1]

It amazes me how Russians seem to believe anything they build is somehow indestructible and is some "marvel of engineering" get real its a bridge like any other, damage or compromise the support structures enough and the bridge will buckle under its own weight same is true for any bridge or any structure in general for that matter. On a side note saw somebody mention the Concorde as a tanker in the comments personally not a fan of the idea, if we are talking a supersonic tanker despite the ridiculousness of that proposal I think the XB-70 would be a better option given that its max take off weight is nearly 200,000lbs greater than the Stratotanker and 100,000lbs more than the Concorde.

[@simsreject5925]

Do the same mission flying F-18s with a ceiling below 250ft and the target in the crater of a volcano. And add a canyon run just for fun.

[@Wolfe351]

seen that exact run.... it was glorious! And F14 vs Su57s at the end.....

[@inside98]

Simba MVP!

[@gqshorts7102]

To the people reading this, I pray and wish that all strugles and hardships that you are facing right now are going away and just know that you will be okay and you will get through whatever you need to do. I hope you have a wonderfull day and that it is filled with joy! Amen :)

[@berzerkwolfgangson5209]

I dont think the su-35's saw you in the beginning, I think they were patrolling a certain area, flying a certain way, and it just so happened to be the direction they were flying towards.

[@grimreapers]

I wish we'd get a report of what they were thinking.

[@wheeljork]

You were right Cap, someone buffed that Su-35 in a fit of national pride

[@grimreapers]

It feels like it. We'll fly it soon and see how we see the F-22s.

[@edwinknight5204]

You could have run for eject over friendly held territory in Ukraine rather than ditching in the sea

[@HAL_9001]

To the guy who wrote the paragraph @1:26. I could summarize a rebuttal, but you've done so for me perfectly; no weapon behaves the way you want it to. Also, to those with intel about Russian A-50s, Mig-31s and Su-35s in the area, I don't ever see them on flight trackers. What is the source of your info?

[@UkrainianNarrator]

aged well LOL

[@therealdebater]

9:35 Another great belly-laugh. It's all in the timing. 🤣

[@lightningxx]

Some dope shots @15:14

[@D_Rod205]

Cap in the awacs. Love it

[@crakkbone]

Another Kerch bridge attempt nice

[@mrspaceman2764]

DCS: Best sunrises in the business!

[@drones7838]

I think the game controls the anti-air systems better than the Russians do in real life the game never took into account that the Russians would put cheap Chinese tires on their rigs or a variety of the other maintenance issues that the systems seem to have along with the incompetencies of the operators sure there’s some very fine Russians making these things work but the majority seem to be subpar. Slava 🇺🇦

[@kenhelmers2603]

I actually predicted success! Thanks GR

[@JoeJoe-wt7ss]

This aged well

[@raa729]

There is an easier way to take S400 offline, just shower it with missiles filled with rubles, instead of Harms. Crews will leave the stations, take Rubles and run home to get these precious toilets before they disappear from the the shops. But jokes aside how about sending hundreds of cheap cruise missiles to run out Pitunoids out of s400 missiles? These are expensive and can’t be infinite.

[@jeebuzcrust]

DCS seems to get further out of touch with reality by the day.

[@luke5g230]

Really love these missions thank you everyone involved and please keep them coming

[@peter5869]

Hello

[@grimreapers]

Hello Peter

[@xaviergarcia7965]

@@grimreapers hey cap! I have a suggestion. SAAB had an old plan to allow Ukraine to license/produce JAS-39C’s in Ukraine which was scrapped after the 2014 Crimea crisis. Seeing it’s compatibility and designed to be launched from alternative sites like highways or roads, it would be cool to see you and the crew take on a scenario where SAAB goes through and allows license production. Ukraine can also purchase or get loaned meteors from the UK and France, and IRIS-T from Germany and Sweden, while building their own airframes, thus allows Ukraine to operate a squadron of JAS-39C Gripens. It could be an interception/CAP, recon, or strike mission, as JAS is literally what that means in an abbreviated form in Swedish. What do you think?

[@grimreapers]

Love it thanks!

[@MikooBo.]

In regards to them seeing everyone hanging out in Turkey... is there a separate Lua file for when the refueling doors are open. I can imagine there not being a specific number set as a modifier and it defaulting to a bigger number

[@andrekuh3956]

Of course they CAN. HAVE SOME FAITH , MY friend.

[@163pete]

If I ever find myself in a combat situation flying a fighter I want this guy on my right wing! Victory to Ukraine 🇺🇦

[@derpstorm23]

You really shouldn't support fascists just because it's trendy.

[@No1sonuk]

@@derpstorm23 He's not pro-Russia, so not supporting fascists...

[@derpstorm23]

@@No1sonuk Fascism has a definition and that definition isn't "anyone corporate media tells you to hate". You're cheering on a nation whose army is riddled with REAL white supremacists who proudly display the same black sun symbol the Buffalo shooter did. Led by a guy who has banned political opposition and censored all opposing speech. For freedom and democracy or something. Definitely not for his billionaire friends who are bending over backwards to protect him.

[@No1sonuk]

@@derpstorm23 The leader you just described is Putin, except for the freedom and democracy part. He even brought in a law banning telling the truth about the war...

[@gardenofeden3295]

Day and Night 24/7 i am here patiently praying waiting with thousands millions of optimism this Putin's bridge that connect crimea to russia will FLY into pieces!!!!!!!!! Love it to happen very very very SOOOOOON! Have a GREAT TIME! It is SUPER FUN to see the bridge will "fly me to the moon"then Putin will then have a heart attack! :( GOOOOOOOD LUCK GUYS!!!:)

[@geronim00]

Why are you listening to the valued stupid viewers views?

[@grimreapers]

They pay my house mortgage so I have to.

[@hi13760]

Idea for next video. You need to rescue the pilots that ditched at their general location.

[@grimreapers]

nice!

[@MrJimmyT]

Looks like a mint game, I might have to get it good work.

[@darellion]

Can the LRASM not be used to target a bridge pylon? Love the videos just stumbled onto the channel recently

[@medul8039]

i feel like people overexaggerate russias abilitys half of what they use isn't even appropriately maintained and people think they have 30 jets in the air 24/7

[@samanazimi5087]

Remember that winwing technology is your ultimate hardware solution :) 164

[@CorsetGrace]

After Ukraine, seeing how well Russian equipment actually works, I seriously doubt a Russian missile could track a stealth fighter and hit it. The main radar might be able to see but I doubt they have the datalinks to guide those missiles in. That bridge would never be attacked by jets because of the distance. This is why cruise missiles were invented.

[@subjectc7505]

You know it's gaps between stealth technology? That's how the F-117 was shot down due to its bomb bay's. It just takes a pilot to mess up.

[@CorsetGrace]

@David Stickney That MAY be, my issue is that I do not believe for a minute that the Russian air defenses are as good as they claim. Look at their fail rates with their equipment in Ukraine due to training and maintenance issues, not to mention corruption in stealing spare parts. I'd honestly be surprised if half the assets Russia claims are in Crimea are actually operational. Also, we've seen in Ukraine that their tech is further behind the U.S. than we thought, their best anti-air ship, the Moskva went down easily to two missiles and that was their FLAGSHIP! Their very best people aboard and they couldn't operate the air defenses correctly. I have doubts.

[@tremedar]

@@CorsetGrace Also the fact that Ukraine, which possesses *ZERO* stealth aircraft, launched a to-there-and-back air strike on Russia, and the Russian air defense did nothing to stop it. When Ukraine with their modestly outdated airframes could successfully penetrate the vaunted s-400s defensive perimeter...whatever an F-22/35 was set to attack would be a smoking pile of rubble without anyone ever seeing what did it.

[@forge20]

This. No planes need go anywhere near that bridge, the US Navy can handle it quite neatly with one SSGN.

[@tremedar]

@@forge20 Shades of USS Barb.

[@manuelroca5289]

Awesome simulation! Very realistic. Loved it!

[@robertorzech8922]

Knowing the way that Russia builds things , I'm surprised the bridge hasn't come down in a strong breeze ! It just needs a "Rod from God" to hit it anywhere and the whole thing will come down !

[@LionPaw743]

they build better than you, obviously. Look at Detroit and generally most outdated US infrastructure ....lol.