Fatal Mistake: Somali Pirates ATTACK US Stealth Destroyer Ship - This is What Happened Next!

Dive into a high-stakes simulation where the USS Zumwalt, the US Navy's stealth destroyer, faces an unlikely adversary: Somali pirates. In this scenario, witness the futuristic warship safeguarding trade vessels in the piracy-prone waters of Somalia, utilizing its advanced weaponry and stealth capabilities. This video offers a gripping exploration of what might unfold if pirates dared to confront this naval powerhouse. Subscribe and join us in witnessing a thrilling maritime encounter that showcases the supremacy of modern naval defense technology.
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[@dannyorsello8668]

I very much doubt any small boat pirates would even dream of attacking this vessel and why would they? It's absurd.

[@DMBall]

Agreed. This video is tripe.

[@jamesweekley1087]

Furthermore, the video's title described this as a real attack. It's just a scenario; a propaganda piece. No Somali pirate operating out of a small boat will ever attack a US navy warship. They aren't stupid enough to get themselves torn to shreds that way. They'll stick to unescorted merchant ships.

[@SurfCityDurban]

Clickbait 👈 .I agree. This post is a load of BS..!! 😎 😎 The Zumwalt has never been deployed off the Somali coastline to combat piracy. It's a guided missile Destroyer and not suited for the task. 👎Do you think that the US would use their most expensive warship ever to chase pirates..!! 😅 Ridiculous to say the least. 😆

[@SurfCityDurban]

Clickbait 👈 .I agree. This post is a load of BS..!! 😎 😎 The Zumwalt has never been deployed off the Somali coastline to combat piracy. It's a guided missile Destroyer and not suited for the task. 👎Do you think that the US would use their most expensive warship ever to chase pirates..!! 😅 Ridiculous to say the least. 😆

[@martinm3422]

its a simulation, read description

[@diapricea4888]

This is ridiculous. There's no way pirates would go near a ship like this. What a waste of time, this is pure storytelling.

[@patagualianmostly7437]

Comes across as a Sales Brochure ....... It's nonsense.

[@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp]

nty @@patagualianmostly7437 I did not know that bare feet pirates from Somalia have sophisticated missile defense systems that are better than the latest technology of the US Navy. After all - who is the Navy compared to the Somalis who are equipped with ropes to climb ships?

[@charleslord8672]

You do realize that the Somalis are not exactly of their right mind while they are attempting a stupid feat. Have you not heard of the twigs they chew that gives them a euphoric amphetamine high. Not in their right minds.

[@kimmacgregor02]

A lot of silliness.

[@machobunny1]

The only thing I can not help noticing is that he fails to say "Zumwalt" in at least one sentence. That is a travesty since the apparent rule is that "Zumwalt" must be said at least one time for each breath taken, and twice if a hyphenated word is used.

[@st-dm5mr]

You're right. I watched it again and can't unhear Zumwalt.

[@aeiouandwhy]

@@st-dm5mr Yup he's on a roll and lovin it

[@erepsekahs]

I love this voice-over...right out of a children's fairy tale: "Once upon a time there was a battleship...."

[@artemmen7357]

and Captain Jack Sparrow...

[@raybarry4307]

Created for people that have never heard of this ship or Somali pirates ever before and with the I.Q. of a 9 year old.

[@richardbool4232]

You forgot to say Zumwalt in your sentence. But it had Nuclear Power and lots of Missiles , and Guns.

[@markr.1984]

This video is purposely mistitled to deceive and get clicks. Classic click bait.

[@StingrayBay]

Spot on 😢

[@hendrikjbboss9973]

Then give it a thumbs down 👎 👎 👎

[@lelandallen144]

The video is pretty stupid. Pirates would never get aboard a stealth destroyer.

[@klaustand]

It’ll most definitely be the last time I am ever gonna click on a video from this site

[@helderferreira1610]

A monument to stupidity

[@Shannon-ij1pm]

Is the narrator really suggesting that a Zumwalt would use a harpoon or tomahawk against a pirate speed boat? A tomahawk is about $2M a unit and harpoon about $2.25M a shot. Not really cost effective, don't you think? Wouldn't it be more effective to use a M2 50 Cal from 1,000 yards?

[@garivera15]

After all that and you still didn't tell us if the pirate boat was ever apprehended or sunk.

[@mojazzinthe619]

Seriously!! A lot of videos on KZbin are drawn out and sometimes a bit ridiculous. I thought it was an actual video of idiot pirates attacking an actual ship.

[@Yonder27]

@@mojazzinthe619🤣Welcome to 🪛🫵🏼🧪.

[@cooljazz8]

Clickbait. There was no attack on the military ship. You can report these jackholes by clicking on the three dots to the right of the Share and Download buttons, then go through the list. "spam, misleading text" call it "misleading title."

[@diapricea4888]

Stupid

[@gregc2467]

Just dislike and don't recommend channel, that;s what I did !

[@mickbryan7716]

If the pirates got within five meters of the ship I would be looking for another crew

[@TheSmallRabbit]

Maybe the crew were sympathetic to their cause. Woke and all that.

[@cattinkerbell4946]

More like 5 kilometers...

[@brianfeistcnnsucks9765]

lol

[@dcatura1]

No Somali pirate is getting within even a mile of the USS Zumwalt.

[@jamesgraham6796]

That is what Biden's generals are teaching these days. @@TheSmallRabbit

[@kwgm8578]

What an absurd scenario.

[@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp]

FAKE.

[@gordjohn2322]

@@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kpRight. That is a perfect definition of what you are....FAKE.

[@philwaters5654]

I completely agree. And facts presented are not as accurate as the creator thinks they are.

[@jmack4298]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤​@@philwaters5654

[@JohnDoe-jq1br]

I hate click bate video's

[@zeriousvolt1245]

NO, I will not watch this video until the end, no matter how much you beg. How dare you?

[@michaelwelch757]

How can they not see these guys coming from miles away? It's mind boggling to me.

[@kokomo9764]

This never happened. It is click bait. No Zumwalt class destroyer has ever been deployed in this part of the world.

[@cyrusgrady9641]

There is enough news out there right now why make up a bunch of b.s. give the real deal and you'll get subscribers

[@piuli95]

@@kokomo9764 Yeah and if it did it wouldnt be in our knowledge.

[@VoidFireheart]

Half the stuff this dude is saying is wrong about the Zumwalt stealth destroyer. It does not have as much weaponry as a regular destroyer does this infuriates me and many other well naval informed people it has two main guns on the front, possibly some secondaries towards the rear. Otherwise it is not meant for anti-piracy regular destroyers that aren’t meant for stealth, but carry more weapons small arms is meant for that stuff.

[@dalesloop]

I think it it a robo voice. It cannot say "155 millimeters", it says 1point 55. "7.62, coma "caliber" machine guns....

[@michaelgeorge3092]

in addition the AGS guns arent even armed since each round roughly costs 800k per round. they will never use it to attack a pirate boat. kind of like using an old Phoenix missile to shoot down a chinese balloon

[@jamesweekley1087]

@@dalesloop The whole video was a stupid propaganda piece. no pirate in a small boat will ever attack a US navy warship to be torn to shreds, and the makers of the video know it.

[@SurfCityDurban]

Clickbait 👈 .I agree. This post is a load of BS..!! 😎 😎 The Zumwalt has never been deployed off the Somali coastline to combat piracy. It's a guided missile Destroyer and not suited for the task. 👎Do you think that the US would use their most expensive warship ever to chase pirates..!! 😅 Ridiculous to say the least. 😆

[@wishusknight3009]

@@dalesloop I was about to stop the video if he said "Zumwalt ship" for the 140th time.

[@jamesreid8638]

Desperation, or delusions of grandeur? Such hypothetical threats are absurd. A US Navy ship is a hardened target, not an easy target.

[@disculpateurdifferentiel4416]

I agree 100%, viewing this video, I had the same opinion

[@ssconver]

Don't worry, they have mounted 7.62 machine guns... yep they us AK rounds.... only a Brit who has never been in the same room as a firearm would say some dumb shit like that!

[@sparkyguitar0058]

Anything can happen. The best anyone can do is out think the others best ideas. That works both ways.

[@robertvirnig42]

To make this scenario plausible at all you would have to suppose that the pirates were sponsored by a hostile foreign power like Russia and given tech that they would not normally possess. These navy ships operating alone could also be threatened by mass attacks from drones but again probably be beyond your typical pirates.

[@steadyeddie7453]

@@robertvirnig42 Yes, this scenario is absurd. Pirate ships exist because international laws forbid weapons aboard merchant ships, so they become easy targets. To think one of these 20 foot long wooden boats even has a radar system is too funny. But the real threat could be from detonating an EMP missle above the destoyer that relies heavily on electronics for all systems. But I would hope our Navy has countermeasures against that and they are held secret.

[@loki111262]

You do know the pirates generally prefer to go for ships that don't have 50 caliber weapons?

[@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp]

Why would that be? They will wave their pirate's flag with a scary logo printed on them - and that's the end of any missile according to this lunatic who posted this crap.

[@EricBare]

Informative but you repeat way too much

[@danwentz]

The larger question is would these poor souls know how to do squat if they even managed to “take over” an alien tech vessel light years ahead of their own comprehension?

[@armandosanchez8901]

Not sure I would call this monster " an easy target to the pirates"

[@oldschoolfoil2365]

A million dollar plus Hellfire Javelin atomic bomb missile shot at a rubber dingy? Unbelievable waste of tax funded money while us back home are living worse then a third world pirate in somalia. Absolute joke

[@1951woodygeo]

Can't be that stealthy if a bunch of pirates found it.

[@MT-Pink]

The F-22 is a fucking LOUD fighter. Stealth would have to do with radar.

[@ssconver]

Didn't you know that 3rd world pirates with outboard motor fishing boats always have radar capabilities???? Duh!!

[@MICHAELKEANE-v9w]

Indian Navy use old battleships with heavy guns....fires at Mother ship then questions anybody left

[@steadyeddie7453]

@@ssconver You read my mind. I am still laughing at the scenario of 50 pound Somalian men in 20 foot wooden boats attacking a US destroyer. So I have to wonder. Was the real intention of the video to expose the capabilities of our latest destroyer? That was a lot of technical information for the public (world) to consume.

[@mizzury54]

They have radar.

[@tomknapp6194]

Sailor 1: I heard you were attacked. Sailor 2: Nah, we just had some target practice and went on with the rest of our day. We had cheeseburgers for lunch.

[@350Scrambler]

The navy needs to fire on those pirates and not give them any warning.

[@pryder5943]

The idea is good, but the western human rights movement say different. Personally I feel the choice of breaking off peacefully is better. To just open fire and discriminate is no better than these pirates. It makes you the same thoughtless person upon others

[@350Scrambler]

@pryder5943 I disagree. That is like someone robbing your house and you not calling the police. The crooks get away with it. If you don't call the police, they will come again. There are consequences when pirates do what they do. The US Navy must attack them when attacked.

[@steadyeddie7453]

@@pryder5943 Breaking off peacefully? That's just kicking the can down the road and making it someone else's problem. Someone else who may be less capable of dealing with these pirates. Merchant ships do not carry weapons, so they are easy targets. Breaking off peacefully just redirects the pirates to some other ship that is helpless. It's not like these pirates learned their lesson and will go back home to become pillars of their villages.

[@MaryShoemaker-wi4fy]

Amen 🙌 they know what they are doing IS WRONG 💯 NO WARNING 💯

[@JamesTalton-oh5zw]

¹11111​@@pryder5943

[@KO-pk7df]

I call this click-bait. I do not believe any of the three Zumwalt ships are deployed anywhere near this part of the earth. One will be in drydock and the other two are not deployed for Pirate warfare.

[@muhorozibb2777]

You are right. The cover picture itself is the work of an imbecile artist

[@waynedavis936]

Reported as misleading. Hopefully these sites can be closed or corrected so we don't waste our time.

[@zvast]

How did they get 2.3K thumbs up?

[@muhorozibb2777]

@@zvast from all the gullibles.

[@KO-pk7df]

Answer: it's clickbait. Disinformation clickbait, it's called that for a reason. @@zvast

[@SelwynClydeAlojipan]

It's too expensive to expend a missile to destroy a motorboat. Just use the armed helicopter or drones and autocannon.

[@steadyeddie7453]

Agree. Spending any more than ten dollars to stop the threat of 50 pound Somalian men in wooden boats would fall under the fraud, waste, and abuse regulations. LOL!

[@buzzwaldron6195]

Uh... you forgot they wasted missiles on Chinese spy balloons... Democrats are wasteful... AFTER they allow the Chinese spy balloons to finish their spying missions...

[@vl647]

I am from a NATO country. But I feel scorned watching this video. Or the other pirates attacking warships videos.

[@Terinjim]

Its headline and the beginning saying it will show you what happened, but never does, it's misleading. It wants you to watch until the end so it can get credit for a full view so they can get paid.

[@bbgcars]

Thats why I posted where that BS ends to save all of us the trouble.

[@frontiervirtcharter]

The text sounds to me like it was written by ChatGPT ..

[@Armyguy91]

Take a drink everytime he mispronounces USS Zumwalt.🤦🤦🤦😂😂

[@livebymyownlaw7641]

Can't be that stealthy if a couple blokes in a tinny with no radar or GPS Found it 😂

[@Kittsuera]

is radar stealth... of course its ability to hide from radar is useless when they dont even use it. ;D

[@ItzMinaAimi_]

Fact: If Somali pirates can somehow approach and even board the Zumwalt, then that's just the crew of the Zumwalt doing things so terribly that it isn't even suitable for a scenario.

[@unforgiven1224]

Why not say it’s a simulation in the title?

[@ernestagyemang-botchway108]

I asked same.

[@juliathompson8335]

Oh 4 Christ's sake stop complaining what r u like eh

[@RichardStadtherr]

If the pirates can get the U.S. to fire a $1.5 MILLION Harpoon missile at a $1.5 THOUSAND inflatable boat, they've already won.

[@487joe]

I needed a good laugh today; thanks.

[@kenm8376]

At approximately 12:30, you stated that it can, "eliminate all the pirate ships and merchant ships it is protecting." That would make the job easier. 😂😂😂

[@TheGweedMan]

I learned a lot from this video however, parts of the videos were not shot by the navy or navy ship. I saw a couple of scenes with Tom Hanks, who was in a movie about Somali attacks.

[@the-vanquish3885]

It doesn't exist yet maybe prototype

[@davidbeckenbaugh9598]

I loved it where, at point 9:55, they labeled the 'Steve Irwin' a pirate ship. So quacky it was funny.

[@bubbabiscuitcub]

CRIKEY!!!

[@davidbeckenbaugh9598]

@@bubbabiscuitcub OK, you are right. I should have built that into my comment. Excellent of you to (gently) rip my oversight. Gave you a 'TU'...

[@TheBargepirate]

Well, that was 13:26 wasted that I'll never get back. Does anyone else feel like they lost IQ points watching this??

[@Snipergoat1]

Easy target? Any Vessel with an actively resisting crew is tough but a Naval vessel of any sort would be a nightmare scenario for anyone trying to capture it. A large, armed, actively resisting and trained crew that knows the ship? Even the Zumwalt's 150 men is many times more than would be on a civilian ship the same size. Civilians crew for efficiency, Naval ship crew to keep the ship afloat and fighting even if taking heavy damage and casualties. You wouldn't send a SEAL team into that unless you were desperate. This is not a matter of capture the bridge, capture the ship. You have engine rooms and armories all in a complex unfamiliar 3D space where your numerous armed opponents know the ambush spots intimately. Of course none of this matters, they could just waste the skiffs with deck guns or flat out outrun them if they weren't in a killing mood. Rifle aren't great for shooting over water. Without reference points finding range is tricky to say the least, never mind that it's changing all the time and everything is moving relative to each other. (It not like AKs are sharpshooters rifles to begin with)

[@thekingsilverado3266]

Like that shark that jumped in our boat near Miami. By the time my brother and I got done with him he was begging us to leave him go...

[@tbusch63]

@@thekingsilverado3266 😂😂😂

[@steadyeddie7453]

The scenario is an absurd joke. A 20 foot wooden boat with 50 pound men with AK's isn't going to attack a US destroyer. I still laugh at the thought. The video really just gave up a lot of perhaps sensitive information about the capabilities of one of our most sophisticated naval vessels. That concerns me.

[@jrstf]

How does a cargo ship defend itself when they have not a single gun? Water hoses?

[@Maxehi]

Haben die keine Bordkanonen

[@eddiequinn1335]

I've found the best way to watch this amazing video ...is to turn the sound off and read the comments .

[@TheAnalyst-mw3dy]

we watched till the end to watch what happened to those pirate and in the end noting happened. The video was just a documentary of the capabilities of the USS Zumwalt.... i successfully wasted 13minutes and 23 seconds of my life

[@curiousgeorge1940]

So ... did you give it a thumbs-down and tell YT to NOT recommend Nauctis' channel in your feed? If you did --Thank you-- I'm next. If you did nothing, then you'll see a lot more crap videos, with stilted, boring narration, like this one.

[@DavidMcLane-ws4qi]

Odd, how you never see pirate boats being destroyed by Naval ships, only firing at RV drones 🤔

[@patrickmonahan-rj2kn]

The third one built, the USS Lyndon B. Johnson has a steel superstructure instead of carbon composite one due to manufacturing overruns on the first two ships.

[@JaimeGarcia-pe7bj]

Steel above the O-1????????

[@rollfpeters5159]

Have you seen the falklandwar --at this time they thought Alue was a nice material--it meltat--so sry for my english--but carbon was never an answer like alue----so I only want to discus it --I´n my opinion STEEL is better---"like you said"3 one was steel"--enjoy your live--protected by US NAVY--thx --if you read it --tue rolf @@JaimeGarcia-pe7bj

[@LS-mc2rv]

Banes

[@michaelduncan2210]

This class of ship is a piece of junk.

[@georgebarnes8163]

@@michaelduncan2210 they are indeed, total lemons

[@Tellyawhat4]

This is beyond hypothetical; this scenario would never eventuate unless we're talking kamikaze pirates.

[@matej.m.rejsek8537]

"Somali Pirates ATTACK US Stealth Destroyer Ship - This is What Happened Next!" well, it didn't happen? The pirates attacked a 'trade vessel'? Hmm where's that 'don't recommend channel' selection..

[@TheRdwyer]

Why was the USS Zumwalt Cancelled? The absence of anti-ship missiles, anti-submarine torpedoes and long-range area-air defense missiles limited the Zumwalt's prowess. To make matters worse, the long range land-attack projected guided shells incorporated on the destroyers were extremely pricey.

[@sendit572]

The narrator has never been om a US Navy Ship of the Line. This is an inane discussion promoting expensive technology of marginal operational value. $2 billion of ship at risk of being neutralized by a single heavy machine gun

[@RSF-DiscoveryTime]

Advocating use of Harpoon missiles on pirate small-craft is like recommending nuclear weapons to go bear hunting.

[@JohnShields-xx1yk]

I can't imagine pirates attacking any war ship even with their limited intelligence.

[@davidchappelle6480]

I know for a FACT this did NOT happen a month ago Because the Zumwalt has been sitting in our shipyard for almost 3

[@MrGaryGG48]

There ya go... just ruining a perfectly good fairy tale! I guess there was a good reason I stopped a couple of minutes in to scan the comments. Some of them are much more entertaining than the video!! 😂🤣

[@davidchappelle6480]

Your Welcome !!🤣

[@georgebarnes8163]

If you took the trouble to read the description it clearly states the video is a simulation.

[@rachaelbrundy3837]

This ship does exist. It came out of trials and was activated a few years a go. Many years in development but working now!

[@steadyeddie7453]

This is almost comical. 20 foot wooden pirate boats with 50 pound Somalians with AK's attacking a 15K ton heavily armed destroyer? Never happen. The pirates go after the merchant ships because I am told that international waters laws do not permit weapons aboard the merchant ships. So they use water canons. But what always concerns me is the amount of sensitive information regarding our naval ships that is made public.

[@thefashiongoddesschannel8099]

Yes.

[@steadyeddie7453]

@@StefanHundhammerI can't determine if you are being funny or serious. The United Nations Convention on the Laws of the Sea dictate that a civilian merchant vessel cannot carry weapons.

[@MacRODesign55]

Probably not a lot of factual information released in this rubbish.

[@1155727]

@@StefanHundhammer - yes, and some of these assault rifles have seen some use from time to time discouraging approaching pirates from boarding. It's actually quite challenging, because assault rifles are only effective at fairly short range, and once the pirates are that close it becomes increasingly difficult seeing them as they are disappearing into dead angles when they come really close to the merchant vessel... Something like a 30 mm auto-cannon would be more effective. But that probably is a bit beyond what you want to put on a supertanker. :)

[@coredissident8251]

As you all see five small boats circling the Zumwalt, I see five decorations at the bottom of the sea collecting coral and algae😁

[@fredclarke801]

So, what happened next? NOTHING!!! I fell for it.

[@rogeriosouza4678]

But how much blah, blah, blah telling the advantage of how the destroyer is this and that. You Americans never tire of praising yourselves. If the DDG-1000 Zumwalt was so good, the US Navy would have already built hundreds of them and that's not what we see.

[@KabukeeJo]

Should just use all those fancy weapons and blow the somali pirates into the next solar system.

[@elainehafzalla6441]

😂😂😂

[@1957charlyheinz]

Schön das es diese Videos gibt. Im Nachruf sind die noch sichtbar obwohl die schon versenkt wurden.

[@barrykruyssen]

what a sheeeeet video. The description has nothing to do with the subject

[@hopelesshillbilly]

At 11:51 isn't that a lifeboat in the video. Those Samolians came prepared. Laugh until I cry !!! 😂

[@deksea]

This video is total crap, starting with the thumbnail showing the Zumwalt repelling pirates with water cannons. Ridiculous.

[@bobby1970]

There isn't anyone ever going to mess with this ship.

[@Erik-oe7gc]

The navy uses sailors, no soldiers.

[@RobinPhillips1957]

Ideal for ten years old kids!

[@JamieWex]

Take a shot each time you hear the narrator say “stealth” or “stealthy”

[@johndrew3202]

Given the videos of actual pirate attacks I have seen, I think most of this video is dreams. However, as a sales video for these Zumwatts it fits the bill quite well.

[@st-dm5mr]

Spoiler Alert! It wasn't attacked. SURPRISE! This video is a complete comedy. Every sentence is laughable. Contrary to the title, the words "if it was/were attacked..." kind of changes the directive wouldn't you say? 2:30 "...if the Zumwalt sails in these high risk areas, it could potentially become an easy target for pirates". WHAT??? Easy target??? PhD's among pirates is pretty rare but I give them the intelligence to know not to poke bears. 2:36 "Although the Zumwalt has stealth technology, making it hard to detect by radar, it can still be seen with the naked eye or other optical devices". Nooooooo! Say it isn't so! So Achmed can't see it on his radar but can see it with an "optical device". Don't worry folks. A monitor is an optical device. That's why you can see it. 11:20 So, the bad guys were "...able to evade the missiles with evasive maneuvers or using simple anti-missile systems". What? They turned left, then right and used their anti-missile slingshots. So the Zumwalt needs to step up the game from @ $1.7 million ESSM to a 200 km range LRLAP missile @ $1 million to take out a $600 clapped out fishing boat that was 20 minutes earlier bouncing AK47 rounds off the Zumwalt's hull? This video is simply a child's imaginary storyline with a script written by a 6 year old who plays too many of his weird uncle's video games.

[@peterturnham5134]

This makes no sence. These Pirates don't have radar, electronics etc. They look with their eyes, attack anything they see with a scrappy speedboat awit 200hp badly maintained outboard, AK47s and RPG. You do not take the'm out with a $100 000 missile at 100+Miles. Under rules of engagement they would be obliged to get an eyeballs on view t-o make sure you are not taking out a fishing boat. You just need a fast ship and one or two 50cal mpachine guns. You just need the equivalent of a late WW2 destroyer with a bit improved radar and radio. Or give me 10 MTBs with torpedos taken off and guns added. Put your stealth ship in the Baltik.

[@chadportenga7858]

Title should read "This is what COULD happen". By saying "this is what happened", you imply that this actually took place.

[@Cuylrax]

the title of this video should mention that it does not show an actual attack

[@buzzwaldron6195]

Usual clickbait...

[@georgebarnes8163]

It clearly does if you read the description

[@donaldduke2233]

What a bull shit title on this video ! It should be "WHAT IF" or "SUPPOSE". You INTENTIONALLY wrote the title to make viewers think we were going to see an ACTUAL attack on the Zumwalt. TWO THUMBS DOWN. I wish I had more thumbs to point down.

[@dullorb]

In the almost 20 years of using KZbin this is only the second time I will block a channel. Usually I just ignore them, but this thing is a special kind of awful.

[@xenon53827]

I can't find how to block a channel?

[@ayoCanada0921]

If the pirates decide to attack the Zumwalt , maybe they dont see any guns on this ship. BIG MISTAKE

[@QuiltersHandyman]

what did the title of this video have to do with the content? Click Bait??? Just to attrack viewers ...

[@jerryhuang7194]

If the pirates managed to seize complete control of the ship by any means, they will face the full wrath of the United States navy.

[@nbrown5907]

Did you say SLQ-32? OMG we were using that back in the early 80's for stealth projection lol. I bet it has been upgraded bigtime lol.

[@staggabob]

I assumed the title was clickbait nonsense so clicked anyway 😒

[@thomaslinton5765]

A destroyer that can function "on land." COOL!

[@jay0726]

Dave forgot the most important thing it's a ghost because it could go invisible😊

[@larrymn636]

They must be desperate to attack a war ship.

[@DTavona]

A lot of hypothetical events IF they are attacked. The video title says there were attacked, and 2/3 of the way through the video, it's all "what would happen IF...". And Navy soldiers are... marines! Watching this feels more like they want me to buy this ship as if I was a member of Congress. It's clearly not designed for pirate patrol.

[@joblo341]

Pirates have radar in their fishing boats? Is this real or just a simulation?

[@suemoore4797]

Most of the video's are made up story tellers! There are some that are true and I do research on all this, this did not happen

[@reddiver7293]

LOL! As if starving Somalians in a small fishing vessel would attack any military ship.

[@daddydawg1902]

This seemed more about advertising strengths, potential weaknesses of this warship to the public and potential enemies than some ridiculous attack scenario. Of course! Why not?

[@AceNiteFliteOne]

Simply by watching this video, I discovered a quick and easy way to disable that ship.

[@timeless6964]

Not What I was Expecting.....I Wanted to See Death and Destruction!!!!

[@ilyakuryakin4639]

Don't we all!

[@axiomist4488]

Nothing but click bait. No pirates blowing up. Garbage video .

[@Doug1943]

The people who make these videos don't realize that after two or three phoney clickbait productions, like this one, using stock video photage, people stop looking at them.

[@steadyeddie7453]

This video was more about exposing the capabilities of one of our latest naval destroyers. It was just cloaked in an absurd scenario about wooden pirate boats going up against a US destroyer, using stock footage from the movie Captain Phillips.

[@TjaardDuPlessis]

I like the look of this ship (ship to be or dream ship) reminds me of the sttel ships of the North/ South civil war of a century of 2 ago

[@RSF-DiscoveryTime]

You're thinking of The Monitor and The Merrimack en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hampton_Roads

[@lloyd3404]

I wonder about the cost-effectiveness of the Zumwalt's systems: what is the cost of a missile used to (potentially) destroy an outboard motor boat?

[@georgelowe8583]

It’s hard to believe that an American Warship would be used to prevent pirates from attacking the normal ships.

[@MyNathanking]

Just what do you mean by a comment like that? Isn't that what warships are made to be used for?

[@williamcooke6056]

You don't know squat! Warships from many nations have been used in pirate suppression since 2008. I participated so I know.

[@g4l430]

@georgelowe8583 "From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli..." What do you think that song was about? I think you can fairly say we've been doing exactly that for a long time.

[@jessicamerriman2336]

Well, someone didn't serve. Multi national military navies have protected shipping off Somalia.

[@michaelgeorge3092]

ignorant comment

[@snuffle2269]

The three Zumwalt destroyers are tied up in San Diego having been retained but no further deployment as their special guns never worked and will be replaced and conventional Tomahawk missiles being installed. This was a $26 billion dollar expenditure producing 3 ships that can't fight. Prove me wrong with current links.

[@jonathan-j7t1o]

too technical and why are we telling the world what the ship can do?

[@steadyeddie7453]

Agree. The scenario was so farfetched that I believe it was just a way to expose the capabilities of a US destroyer, but cloaked in an absurd attack scenario using Somalian pirate wooden fishing boats with radar capability. There was so much more info on all the weapons and guidance systems then an actual attack scenario.

[@neilmarsh1904]

Start by learning the difference between a ship and a boat.

[@aclearlight]

CLICKBAIT FANTASY...AVOID.

[@frankschwartz7405]

Here's another scenario: What if an FFG frigate were attacked by a squadron of angry grasshopper?

[@hamshackleton]

Ah So, glasshooper!

[@tonicalloway7227]

This vessel is amazing..I'm amazed..

[@thekingsilverado3266]

Its a worse pile of bolts than an old Ford Pinto...

[@johndaley9188]

I worked on the development and production, and was a Navy Veteran during Vietnam. At all levels these 3 ships compared to any other US Navy class, is the best that we can be. Original Navy build plan was unfortunately ludicrous. Better described as stupid. Too much time and money lost. Stealt was the catalyst for its design. From the hull(wave piercing) to all the electronics. Unfortunately, too much development testing had to be deleted which did bite the program later. I'd rather serve on this ship than ant other. Clearly, not a bucket of bolts and looks nothing like a Pinto.

[@spoton7461]

I am a former Navy Commander, Nuclear Submarines. I spent my whole naval career on subs. I do not know much of our surface fleet or tactics as I was always on independent duty, spec ops. I do know surface fleet warfare tactics and abilities, at least from many years ago. That is thanks to the naval war college. I also can build a nuclear weapon thanks to the US Gov. But somehow I disbelive much of what this guy says, as the persons response I am reading below me seems to imply. He seems much more knowledgeable than me. The US navy, men and women are the only thing left in this country that keeps our country sovereign.,

[@TheenaDhivnezh]

Totally out of topic , title n content . Waste time of the viewers 😂😂😂 anyway good job to gain more viewers .. title should be out of topic n the Contain should be different the title as you guys has done 😅😅😅😅

[@RabsDA]

@2:20 did he say the Caribbean?? Which part of the Caribbean, certainly not where I am. Pirates of the Caribbean was just a movie.......ships don't get hijack in our waters........

[@tyc9302]

ZMWalt DDG-1000 never sailed a few miles beyond San Diego coast, it has so many issues that US navy stopped ordering any of that model.

[@robinfinesmith4346]

Almost true. I saw it in Baltimore a few years ago, on display.

[@patrickmccrann991]

They stopped ordering because of cost, not problems with the class.

[@richardrose9943]

I worked on we as a country got robbed on this ship

[@oldergent5266]

My wife and I went on a cruise through the Panama Canal a few years ago and saw one there, waiting it’s turn to pass through. That’s a bit beyond “a few miles beyond San Diego coast”. 😂

[@johndaley9188]

Zumwalt was built in Maine, stopped in Baltimore for a few days then went through the canal on its way to SanDiego. First of its kind to be all new. Actually it's mostly, money seemed to get in the way.Nothing spins except for nav radar and a few older comm antennas were installed. Original plan was 21, politics reduced it to 3. Probably should have been 2 but forced to build 3. Management was not the best. Too much political support for DDG51(AEGIS) as well.

[@WatersandWilderness]

I had no idea that pirate ships/boats had such technology. It's no wonder they are so brazen and have been so successful at pirating merchant ships.

[@dennislink7957]

I highly doubt even if pirates got aboard, Ho would they gain entry into the ship? While the are trying the crew would annihilate them.

[@bradman1961]

Thanks, Captain Obvious.

[@JTx3c]

When all the weapons on a warship are hidden you lose that visual intimidation factor like when a pro boxer wears a fashionable suit. Maybe thats not important nowadays but seems its always prevented battles in a standoff, that intimidation factor. The only other way to get that back is show people what it can do by demonstrating it on terrorists.

[@JTx3c]

@@joofooxx2852 well of course you don't want to show the technology but whats wrong with showing people they don't want to fu*k with you before they even try. If they do try something your going to have to show your weapons.

[@steadyeddie7453]

The intimidation factor??? When you are a 20 foot long wooden boat carrying 50 pound Somalians with AK's lookind at a 15,000 ton US Naval Destroyer, do you really need to see a gun turret to know you're about to be obliterated?

[@steadyeddie7453]

@@joofooxx2852 Agree. If you know you have the capabilities to destroy the enemy, then you don't need to show off your capabilities.

[@steadyeddie7453]

@@JTx3c If you are Somalian pirates in 20 foot wooden boats looking to attack a 15,000 ton US destroyer you shouldn't need to see anything else. If you're that stupid to try to attack such a ship then seeing their full range of weapons probably isn't going to deter you.

[@rookieharmonicaplaye]

What a stupid comment !!! You don’t understand the Zumwald and the whole purpose of why it was built, and what it’s mission is !!

[@NOBULEC08thirdaccount]

8:20 bro do u know how a grenade works? its flying on a single path, right after leaving someone's hand or the chamber of the launcher